Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. How long is your commute?

    Horseshoe replied to OnaTrek's topic in General Nursing

    10 minutes and free parking only steps away from the

  2. Speeding tickets and employment

    Horseshoe replied to loveishope's topic in Texas Nursing

    slow down. there's nothing that important going on that you need to drive that fast all the time. and if you have "tons" of speeding tickets, that means you are speeding pretty much all the time,...

  3. Ethical discussion about blood donation.

    Horseshoe replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    seems to be conflicting information about gay men being at higher risk for carrying the hiv virus. from yale university: "new hiv infections have been declining among heterosexuals and injection...

  4. Ethical discussion about blood donation.

    Horseshoe replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    How is this relevant? How many individuals who were sexually active/promiscuous in the 1950's are lining up to give blood? Again, they are looking at high risk individuals, not a needle in a...

  5. Ethical discussion about blood donation.

    Horseshoe replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    they cannot eliminate all risk; heterosexuals with only one sex partner would not be part of a high risk (note does not say "no" risk) group. they must eliminate the highest risk groups, then test as...

  6. Fired - what do you think...

    Horseshoe replied to LoveBeingAnRN's topic in General Nursing

    an attorney can't help her get unemployment benefits if they are denied unfairly? if i were an employer in an "at will" employment state, i would never have gone through the trouble of the "hearing"...

  7. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    Horseshoe replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    They DON'T. But obviously some people infer

  8. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    Horseshoe replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    The above illustrates the importance of having a will, living will, and POA for healthcare. That way there is no question about where anyone ranks in the decision making process. Thanks for posting...

  9. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    Horseshoe replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Why would calling each other husband or wife reflect any inequity in the relationship? Should we eliminate all terms which reflect gender because there is some automatic assumption that anything...

  10. Fired - what do you think...

    Horseshoe replied to LoveBeingAnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you need a lawyer familiar with employment issues, perhaps in particular a lawyer well versed in medical professions employment law in your

  11. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    Horseshoe replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, as often as the term "husband" or "wife" is still used in modern lexicon without incident, I also completely disagree that it is "archaic." Perhaps someday. Certainly not at present. I...

  12. Ethical discussion about blood donation.

    Horseshoe replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    If they ask the first question, they probably wouldn't need to ask the second and third as they would be redundant. Are you sure they don't ask if you have had multiple sex partners? If not, they...

  13. Post-Mortem care, PLEASE realize it is a human being.

    Horseshoe replied to demylenated's topic in General Nursing

    How did this conversation go? Did you have any impact on the nurse and her manager? Just

  14. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    Horseshoe replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Who is "the

  15. Ethical discussion about blood donation.

    Horseshoe replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't there a period during early HIV infection where the donor's blood would not test positive for HIV because the infected donor had not yet begun producing the telltale antibodies? For this...

  16. Hate my boss...what a jerk

    Horseshoe replied to lifein08's topic in General Nursing

    "Hating" your boss is going to hurt you more than him. It's going to require a lot of negative energy, energy that you need for becoming the best nurse you can be. You need to be able to accept...

  17. I can't believe this! This is crazy!

    Horseshoe replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and would also have a huge problem with how he responded to this woman. She's "a nice girl," and he's "flattered."

  18. One Of The Saddest Things I've Seen... Can't Stop Laughing

    Horseshoe replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    The reason I ask is related to the comment about the new employees working under the license of the preceptors. That is never the case where I work. No one works as a nurse under my license when I...

  19. VFib Arrest after heaven discussion

    Horseshoe replied to curtiv's topic in General Nursing

    don't know why you'd catch the above for your opinion. my only impression is that this situation is not about her. it's not the patient's responsibility to give this nurse closure or provide any...

  20. VFib Arrest after heaven discussion

    Horseshoe replied to curtiv's topic in General Nursing

    While certainly coincidental, your conversation didn't cause a code. His physical condition

  21. One Of The Saddest Things I've Seen... Can't Stop Laughing

    Horseshoe replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have these "new grads" passed the NCLEX? Or since you are "not in the US anymore," have they passed whatever licensing exam they are supposed to pass in order to be registered nurses (or LPN's if that...

  22. difference in nurse ed

    Horseshoe replied to okchug's topic in General Nursing

    that is odd. we did everything in our oncology rotation that we did anywhere else. in fact, i gave the majority of my ivp drugs in oncology. my instructor or the nurse would be present for those,...

  23. Do Adn/Rn's ever get to be a charge nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree whole heartedly with what you are saying, those degrees are not mere "scraps of paper", but represent a lot of hard work, time, effort, and as you advance to MSN and even higher,...

  24. Dealing with people's negative comments about nurses.

    Horseshoe replied to ledzepfan's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm in the minority, but that has never happened to me. Whenever I say I'm a nurse, I get lots of comments that reflect a respect for the profession. Then from that time on, they tend to come...

  25. Please Help!!

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

    Be prepared for the other nurse to state that since you grabbed the phone from her and (allegedly) injured her in the process over a work disagreement, that YOU are the unstable one. You will have...