Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Don't be an Autobot

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    As a patient, I've never been the recipient of insincere/artificial scripting. Didn't know it was a

  2. Norovirus going around!

    Horseshoe replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if I had norovirus, but this weekend I was ill with a GI problem. In addition to nausea and diarrhea, I had chills alternating with hot flashes, as well as generalized body aches. 24...

  3. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm not so sure it ever was for most people. No doubt the powers that be would love to keep beating the drum that nursing is a calling, hoping to dampen the expectation of reasonable compensation with...

  4. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    The OP said a 25 year RN, not a 25 year old RN. Big

  5. NP VS MD?

    Horseshoe replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    Dang, I missed

  6. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    True, but it proves the point that those kinds of salaries rarely happen without significant higher education. That's particularly true in Texas. Congrats on seeing the fruits of your hard

  7. ER rushing patients to the floor

    Horseshoe replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Almost all of these conflict and problems would be eliminated with proper staffing of nurses, aides, and ancillary staff. And that will never happen until the PUBLIC calls for it. As it stands, they...

  8. recently let go of a job

    Horseshoe replied to Starseed6389's topic in General Nursing

    So no one in the history of nursing has ever been let go for cause? Well, I guess that's a sure way to avoid introspection and face one's need for improvement if you convince yourself that the only...

  9. Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    The burden for assuring that the student gets a proper assignment should NEVER lie with the staff nurse. It should ALWAYS fall at the feet of the CI. That is who is being paid by the school to...

  10. Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    The staff nurse apparently was FINE to be on the rotation for taking students. She just didn't want two of them, especially since she was already supervising a senior nursing student in her last...

  11. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

  12. My Phobia

    Horseshoe replied to Lisa2.0's topic in General Students

    There are specialties that don't involve poop or dead bodies. But while you are a student, it may not be possible to completely avoid. Perhaps addressing your fears with a counselor would be...

  13. Get my adn or lpn? Newbie here

    Horseshoe replied to AutumnFutureNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's true in some areas, and completely false in other areas. It's very region specific, so the OP should research the job postings in her

  14. Get my adn or lpn? Newbie here

    Horseshoe replied to AutumnFutureNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This would be so much easier to read if you would use periods and other punctuation marks. The OP may not be interested in working in a hospital, but she should understand that most hospitals do not...

  15. Drug screen discrimination

    Horseshoe replied to Steven46304's topic in General Students

    What you have described is not

  16. Chinese births in U.S. hospitals?

    Horseshoe replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    Our Constitution says otherwise (14th Amendment). What you are proposing would require a Constitutional amendment (to nullify section 1 of the 14th Amendment), something that is incredibly difficult...

  17. RN vs. Lpn

    Horseshoe replied to emerriwe's topic in General Nursing

    There is no ONE single link that can answer your questions. What LPNs can or can't do and also in comparison with RNs is determined by each state. There are not national rules/standards in place...

  18. Resigned - New Job Help

    Horseshoe replied to salpal2127's topic in General Nursing

    Why would they?! Since when is any administration required to clear personnel decisions through other staff

  19. Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    You have absolutely no idea whether the staff nurse had a choice to refuse the extra nursing student assignment or not.You know nothing about the culture/policies on her unit. As told by the OP, that...

  20. Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    If you were a RN when that experienced LVN was your pre-ceptor, the whole thing was in violation of the NPA. In Texas, an LVN may NOT supervise the nursing practice of a RN. It doesn't matter how...

  21. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't let that go

  22. Is it legal..

    Horseshoe replied to L&DRN93's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree that they are not doing anything illegal. There is no special license for taking care of pediatric patients. RNs are expected to meet minimum standards of competency coming off NCLEX...

  23. RN vs. Lpn

    Horseshoe replied to emerriwe's topic in General Nursing

    Every state has their own Nurse Practice Act. They all differ with regard to how they define/explain scopes of

  24. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    We need a love

  25. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    Horseshoe replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think the point was public school vs. home school, it's letting your 14 child enjoy the things 14 year old children enjoy vs. sending her to college and presumably off to full time work at...