Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. I am leaving nursing...

    Horseshoe replied to littlemammanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to you. I do want to say that you are correct that stress can cause all kinds of physical ailments; infertility is probably one of those things. But we often attribute stress to our...

  2. High school students get angry if you tell them the truth about nursing

    Horseshoe replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter wasn't a teen, but only a little girl when we were driving through a very low income neighborhood. My daughter's eyes were huge and she said "Mommy WHY do these people live here? " I...

  3. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    How did you find a thread started in 2002 and last posted to in 2008? Just

  4. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    Horseshoe replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    To which post are you

  5. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    Horseshoe replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sorry to say that yes, some of these same nurses will treat the lung cancer patient with no compassion or respect because they "brought it on themselves." read through this web site enough, and...

  6. random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    studentpn73, abuse of prescription pain killers is a huge problem right now for young people as well as middle aged and probably into the older population. Abuse of ADD drugs is rampant on college...

  7. High school students get angry if you tell them the truth about nursing

    Horseshoe replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    It's the circle of life. Everyone writing on this thread probably did the same thing to older people trying to tell them the "the truth" about something or

  8. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

    Horseshoe replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I say "I don't do it for the money," what I mean is that I, unlike the majority on this thread, do NOT think nursing pays very much. Relative to what most of my friends with similar levels of...

  9. random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    studentpn73, i am sure there are also elderly who abuse drugs. but in a discussion about health care workers being required to take random drug tests, you said the following: originally posted by...

  10. random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    Not discussing polypharmacy in this thread. What you are describing is elderly not understanding their meds and the interactions that can occur, using expired drugs, discontinuing important...

  11. I don't like dead people

    Horseshoe replied to dawn.b-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that's actually a better

  12. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    Horseshoe replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Read the book The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos. Quite thought provoking and full of very surprising scientific references. I was stunned by some of the data he presents, although still, my mind has...

  13. Im scared!! help

    Horseshoe replied to Amberlynnp13's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think being scared or not knowing everything yet means you are not "supposed" to be a nurse. Every new nurse has anxiety about doing a good job. It takes time to begin to see the early signs...

  14. I don't like dead people

    Horseshoe replied to dawn.b-RN's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, people who have just died are not blue, but are very very pale. Seems a little less traumatic to me. Others may have had different

  15. Neuroinjury or manipulating the system

    Horseshoe replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have enough information here to determine whether this guy's problem is neurological, psychological, or "manipulation." I would not allow the MD to "dance around" the question. Be blunt with...

  16. Sleeping on lunch break

    Horseshoe replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    This has nothing to do with my thoughts on napping or no, but with the exception of new grads, almost everyone I know on night shift has had the opportunity over the years to take a day shift...

  17. How much free time do you generally have as an RN?

    Horseshoe replied to amk8987's topic in General Nursing

    When you read about nurses being overworked and stressed, they are usually referring to the time on the job. If you are a nurse in a facility which understaffs their floors or units, those three days...

  18. random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm, nooooo, not true that it's mainly the elderly who abuse prescription drugs. Don't know how you got that idea:confused:. Lots of people, many of them young adults abuse prescription drugs....

  19. Rn's, are you able to do job well without chemistry class?

    Horseshoe replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    Chemistry was required in my BSN program. I was terrified every time we had an exam, but I managed to do just fine. I"m glad I took it if for no other reason than to prove to myself that I could do...

  20. Journal of work experience

    Horseshoe replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    There have been some good books written by nurses about their experiences. There is one written by Echo Heron that I enjoyed (though I doubt some of her tales where she practically outdiagnoses even...

  21. Sleeping on lunch break

    Horseshoe replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    If you are talking about residents, they usually are not working a "night shift" but a 36 hour straight shift. Sleep time is actually built into that as a safety precaution, so of course they see no...

  22. First day of First RN job this week-nervous

    Horseshoe replied to dawn.b-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Natural to be nervous. You're going to feel "stupid" for a while. That's okay. Eventually you'll become comfortable and won't toss and turn the night before you go to

  23. random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the policy of every hospital, but I seriously doubt being on medication for ADD, depression, or bipolar is going to be a problem in random drug testing as long as the drugs are prescribed...

  24. random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    NOPE.

  25. random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    That's it exactly...employer tells you that you will be subject to random screenings, that is "fair warning," and by accepting the position, you are "agreeing" to the searches. Secondly, according to...