Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. need it badly guys

    Horseshoe replied to liezette's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I don't like filling out paperwork at my own job. REALLY don't feel like filling out

  2. Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to CassB's topic in General Nursing

    wow, such confidence. i worked for years in the icu. we did our own blood draws-lab only drew on the floors. it's "easy" until it isn't. if your patient has crappy veins, you can stick them all...

  3. How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    Horseshoe replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I've seen a whole lot of posts saying that the OP "didn't mean this" or "didn't mean that." Quite frankly, none of us have the information needed to say what the OP did or did not mean. Since the OP...

  4. Denied CA lvn license for 2 DUI's

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

    Jeff, I have to wonder if the problem you face is not the old DUI's but that, from the BON's perspective, you lied about them. Convictions don't just "disappear" because time goes by. They still...

  5. can they say I was terminated?

    Horseshoe replied to NamasteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm, so you are insisting this is true and several others here are insisting that in "their state" you are wrong. I wonder who is actually right? I'm thinking you have an accurate take on the fact...

  6. I have not heard back from BON (Tx)

    Horseshoe replied to rc1999's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think I know which scene you are referencing:D...love that

  7. I have not heard back from BON (Tx)

    Horseshoe replied to rc1999's topic in Texas Nursing

    Sooo...do you have a breathalyzer result proving you were not legally intoxicated? If you were up for 24 hours and made the decision to drink anything and then get behind the wheel, that was a serious...

  8. Can a nurse come to work after taking a benzodiazepine?

    Horseshoe replied to Smackdown's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure that some nurses can take these drugs without being impaired and others will not be able to. Who makes these callls? The nurse? Isn't it part and parcel that in a state of impairment,...

  9. Can RNs renew their license when they haven't work as an RN for a while?

    Horseshoe replied to 50kn's topic in General Nursing

    People, it depends upon the state. You cannot make blanket statements about what will be case for any particular person. In certain states, failure to practice for a given amount of time means that...

  10. Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    WRONG. Not a student. Certainly in practice. In my state (and probably in yours), the "problem" with someone who is not a nurse calling themselves a nurse is that IT IS ILLEGAL to do so. There is...

  11. Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What anyone "thinks" is irrelevant in a legal sense. In my state, it IS illegal for anyone who is not a LPN or RN to refer to themselves or represent themselves in any way as a "nurse." "Lay nurse"...

  12. Demerol 75 mg was given IV instead of IM. Fired!!!

    Horseshoe replied to mirtesen's topic in General Nursing

    what do you mean by this? the route was not correct (gave iv instead of im) and the dose was therefore not within acceptable parameters. it would be rare indeed to ever give a single dose of 75mg iv...

  13. 1-1 ratio for nurses

    Horseshoe replied to Roozeyk's topic in General Nursing

    OR is 1:1, as is cath lab, and GI lab. Preop in my friend's stand alone GI lab is

  14. Please help me, I'm in trouble.

    Horseshoe replied to ShellyRn1117's topic in General Nursing

    Why this DON is still employed if you have proof that she "lied" and "falsified" documentation is beyond me. PLEASE tell me you obtained copies of all of the false and incorrectly filed documents in...

  15. Can someone reassure me?

    Horseshoe replied to clarabelle81's topic in General Nursing

    i don't want to be negative, but you are right, there is no way that they can determine he is in the clear for hiv only the next day. here is a link to the cdc site which discusses the timing of...

  16. What HAVE you said to patients???

    Horseshoe replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, some of you have b@ll$ the size of

  17. Need Advice on Nursing Career - very stressed

    Horseshoe replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    i think it's great that the nurses help each other during the shift-doing it "out of courtesy" is a good enough reason for me. maybe you're expecting a little too much of your coworkers. i'm not...

  18. Need advice!!!! I hate my job

    Horseshoe replied to moni777's topic in General Nursing

    sorry to be ot, but that is the most ridiculous policy (and the instructor is correct, "unsafe") i have ever heard of in my entire career. i certainly hope that hospital is not in my state because i...

  19. Is it impossible to get a nursing job without vaccines?

    Horseshoe replied to thequestionguy007's topic in General Nursing

    those conditions above are not contagious, so an employer/educator is less likely to make an issue of it. a nurse who does not vaccinate cannot be prevented from taking and passing the nclex. no one...

  20. Is it impossible to get a nursing job without vaccines?

    Horseshoe replied to thequestionguy007's topic in General Nursing

    That's true. It's also true that a school or facility can require vaccines as a condition of employment or ability to do clinicals. The nurse then has the choice NOT to work for that facility or...

  21. What constitutes violating a patient rights in surgery?

    Horseshoe replied to SMAH's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we have no constitutional right to free speech on a message board either. The rules of this board determine what can be said-if it breaks the TOS, it will be

  22. informed consent (texas)?

    Horseshoe replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree with you that it has nothing to do with being "unprofessional" since this is not the workplace, I totally disagree that text speak is appropriate to a message forum. It's extremely...

  23. Need advice!!!! I hate my job

    Horseshoe replied to moni777's topic in General Nursing

    Seeing nursing from "many different angles" is good. However, observing nurses while a visitor, observing nurses while in a non nursing professional capacity, does not even remotely give you reality...

  24. Need advice about Job Situation

    Horseshoe replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    You need to check out the cost of living in the area which pays higher. If the cost of housing, gas, food, general expenses is high, that could definitely negate the attractiveness of the higher...

  25. What do you think constitutes insubordination?

    Horseshoe replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Start "ordering" CNA's to do things, and see what kind of response you get. I wouldn't say "Susie, would you please draw some labs for me?" But I would say, "Susie, please draw labs on patient Jones...