Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Examples of times you have been bullied in nursing profession

    Horseshoe replied to luvmyyorkie24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While this person sounds despicable, only YOU can allow your life to be "ruined." You need counseling, and that is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. A counselor can help you regain your sense of...

  2. still at it.

    Horseshoe replied to guycna95's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You know the answer. Cut back on your hours.

  3. License info being sold

    Horseshoe replied to #wontgiveup's topic in General Nursing

    Can't blame you for that! My BON does not post addresses or phone

  4. Reporting a professor?

    Horseshoe replied to nurse1017's topic in General Students

    When I was an education major, I had to take an entire class on designing tests. It's not easy to write a good exam that actually reflects the percentage of time the instructor has spent on a given...

  5. Quitting my 1st RN job

    Horseshoe replied to Nori.Giselle's topic in General Nursing

    The answer to this question may in part rely on how your supervisor(s) views your practice. A good reference will go a long way in the face of not so much experience, which is what you will have after...

  6. Union gave away random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!

  7. New RN making mistakes?

    Horseshoe replied to virgo7598's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the conversations about your mistakes aren't punitive, I would value them. If they didn't point them out, you wouldn't have the opportunity to learn from

  8. Respiration counting

    Horseshoe replied to AMMLPN's topic in General Nursing

    That person was countering the content of your post and said nothing about you not having a right to give your

  9. 6 month sabbatical to Travel. Input?

    Horseshoe replied to KbmRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a hiring director, but if I were, I would have no problem with you traveling for six months. You will come back a more educated individual, you may have improved insight as to the human...

  10. License info being sold

    Horseshoe replied to #wontgiveup's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that's certainly true, as the BON's stated mission is to protect the public interest, not the

  11. I am not proud of my track record.

    Horseshoe replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    That is a patently false, brazen lie. You have totally lost credibility with that, so nothing else you have to say will get the respect that you would hope. I have certainly made my share of...

  12. Union gave away random drug testing

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Completely separate from the whole random drug testing issue, I dispute your contention that because nursing is a profession, we are nurses "24/7." Certainly not "ALL" nurses work in hospitals, and...

  13. License info being sold

    Horseshoe replied to #wontgiveup's topic in General Nursing

    If you own property, your address is public information. In my state, you can have your name deleted from the tax rolls only if you are the victim of domestic violence, are a judge, and a couple of...

  14. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Horseshoe replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    My instructors would have worked with you on this, and the rest of us would have cheered you on. Emphasis on skills to the point of failing someone only after a few failed attempts didn't happen. I'm...

  15. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Horseshoe replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Skills can be taught so easily. I think it's a huge shame to lose a student over something so easily corrected as taking blood pressures. I would bet that 99.9% of us could have this student rocking...

  16. I am not proud of my track record.

    Horseshoe replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    On the other message boards I visit, it is against TOS to have more than one "identity." Not so

  17. 3 Strike Rule: Non-Compliant Patients

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

    I think it's perfectly possible to find certain patients and their behaviors EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING, all the while not being "judgmental" about them as human beings. The most difficult patients I've...

  18. Medical Quackery: Let's talk.

    Horseshoe replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Nursing News

    And that have been subject to scientific scrutiny in order to test safety and effectiveness (i.e. controlled

  19. My professor is an LPN in a BSN program

    Horseshoe replied to Chadnurse's topic in General Students

    Additionally, I often read posts by LVNs stating that they supervise RNs at their facilities. In Texas LPNs are not legally allowed to supervise the nursing practice of RNs. They can orient them as...

  20. I am not proud of my track record.

    Horseshoe replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    I think blondy meant that she also wondered why the poster asked her is she was Starl, considering that her responses were similar to the rest of

  21. 3 Strike Rule: Non-Compliant Patients

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

    You need to leave your judgmental attitude in your car when you walk into the hospital. Then you can put it back on when you go home. Because judgment really has no place in nursing and it doesn't...

  22. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

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

    When I was doing my critical care new grad residency, it was rare that I was ever expected to do nothing more than "watch." My preceptor would have me do all kinds of things-she was the one standing...

  23. My professor is an LPN in a BSN program

    Horseshoe replied to Chadnurse's topic in General Students

    My psych professor worked in...you guessed it, pysch. Never realized this was

  24. I am not proud of my track record.

    Horseshoe replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but not without hard work addressing personal shortcomings. It doesn't just "happen," and it certainly isn't achieved just by job hopping, because the common denominator in all this is YOU. So...

  25. I am not proud of my track record.

    Horseshoe replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Then there is something wrong with YOU. You have conveniently neglected to address her admitted falsification of clinical documentation and time cards. Why is that, magslu? Clinical shortcomings can...