Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. My school is notorious

    Horseshoe replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    I think you are right to be concerned. From what I understand, GPA is very important when trying to get into grad school, particularly if you are applying directly from undergrad. But you can only...

  2. Single person check in blood transfusion

    Horseshoe replied to uniquenurse's topic in General Nursing

    No, it "certainly" would

  3. What I have learned to HATE about Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have found her clinical knowledge to be SPOT ON and I have learned from her

  4. What I have learned to HATE about Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    a joy, you make some valid points. At the end of the day, however, this forum is interactive in nature. Meaning that when someone posts a "vent," the poster HAS to know that not every response will...

  5. What I have learned to HATE about Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The main reason I think it could be relevant is that to have a long laundry list of "hates" about your career so early into it is not a good sign in terms of long term fulfillment. I'm one of those...

  6. What I have learned to HATE about Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Comments like yours are what gets threads shut

  7. Bedside charting?! Is this the new norm? VENT!

    Horseshoe replied to RockinChick66's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!!!! "Funny errors you have made in charting" could be a pretty entertaining

  8. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    whew-that's good to know. i'm glad you clarified or you might have been the recipient of a fair amount of well deserved

  9. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just because some nurses assert that they do not falsely document does NOT in any way imply that they are saying they are "perfect" and it is unfair and misleading to suggest that they

  10. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wait-I want to be sure I understand you. Do you NOT take your clients' blood sugar but treat it with an insulin sliding scale because you know this patient so well that you've decided it's not...

  11. 3.9 GPA, cant pass Nursing school tests!???

    Horseshoe replied to fleurafor's topic in General Students

    I just looked at the questions in a "Now what would an instructor want me to say here," rather than using personal experience or simplistic reasoning. Many of the answers are correct, but they are...

  12. My school is notorious

    Horseshoe replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    I doubt

  13. Bedside charting?! Is this the new norm? VENT!

    Horseshoe replied to RockinChick66's topic in General Nursing

    We do charting at the bedside (computers mounted to the wall, but we can move them around to face whichever direction we want). We have no chairs, so we never sit down in our 8.5 shift (lunch...

  14. Bedside charting?! Is this the new norm? VENT!

    Horseshoe replied to RockinChick66's topic in General Nursing

    I've been saying this for years (didn't know it was backed up by factual data) and have found it to be one of the more frustrating things about the nursing profession

  15. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I completely

  16. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  17. One year later as a nurse, what have I learned?

    Horseshoe replied to Catch22Personified's topic in General Nursing

    That's a very diplomatic way of saying

  18. Flu Shots anyone?

    Horseshoe replied to sauconyrunner's topic in General Nursing

    I have never experienced such pain as when I got the Flu. The worst sore throat I have ever experienced, and whole body excruciating pain, along with a 104 degree fever. I thought I might die, and...

  19. Flu Shots anyone?

    Horseshoe replied to sauconyrunner's topic in General Nursing

    I was much better about getting it when we had it on our units and could give it to each other. Once they changed it to employee health and you had to walk several buildings over to get to it,...

  20. Question about gauged ears.

    Horseshoe replied to allan87's topic in General Students

    I'm so square I don't even know what "gauged" ears

  21. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There is no ethical rule that a nurse must chart her assessment the moment she is through. What you have described is not "creative charting." False documentation would be charting an assessment...

  22. Denied to take NCLEX, should I take an attorney to my hearing???

    Horseshoe replied to nurse_wannab's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    ^^^^Good luck. Sounds like you'll get there

  23. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ^^^^^That takes quite a lot of pressure off of the nurse. Back in the old days when most of our documentation was pen to paper, if you had forgotten to chart something you had done earlier in the day,...

  24. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Horseshoe replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, then from a strict factual point of view, that is indeed false documentation. If it's not true, it's

  25. Working for the Rich Population?

    Horseshoe replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    one of your colleagues is discussing your neighbor's sons confidential medical problems? did you tell her she is violating his right to privacy? the hand sanitizer thing is not a "rich" problem. teens...