Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Students who chat during lectures

    Horseshoe replied to ksw1978's topic in General Students

    My daughter is a first year law student. Law school is taught using a rather brutal form of the Socratic method, where the instructor calls on students, has them stand up, and asks them increasingly...

  2. suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    Horseshoe replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    How is it "disrespectful" to question whether or not suicide among NEW NURSES is a trend? Many of those posting just want to see any evidence that this is the case. Personally I would like to see...

  3. suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    Horseshoe replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    What do you

  4. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting blurb about the various "collars" in reference to types of jobs: Collar workers - Wikipedia, the free

  5. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    When people talk about a given line of work being a "profession" or not, they are not simply talking something you do in exchange for money. Usually they are making a distinction of whether it is...

  6. suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    Horseshoe replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also did not see the posts that were removed, but as it stands, your post is actually the "nastiest" in this entire thread. And your attempts to bully the readers into submitting to your POV are...

  7. suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    Horseshoe replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    I still haven't seen anyone present compelling data that actual suicides among new nurses (allegedly partially due to cruel co workers) has become anything close to a

  8. Easily annoyed

    Horseshoe replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Well, at least you have the personal insight to recognize you have a problem. Many people like you just spend their entire lives pointing the finger and blaming others. You seem like you could be...

  9. Is it bad that I can't work holidays?

    Horseshoe replied to alieu4's topic in General Students

    I wise person once said "If you can't handle any possible answer, DON'T ASK THE QUESTION." This is especially true on the internet. Given your last post, you might consider asking a mod to close your...

  10. Is it bad that I can't work holidays?

    Horseshoe replied to alieu4's topic in General Students

    The OP's manager may not expect her student worker to work holidays, she may already have the holidays covered. Or not. But unless the OP knows how to be in two places at once, she needs to bring...

  11. Administering opiates

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, that makes

  12. Administering opiates

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My unit used the pre-filled syringes as well. They were already diluted, so no need to do anything further. In my current facility, we use fentanyl, and they are not in pre-filled syringes; one...

  13. Administering opiates

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Many drugs come with suggestions to dilute in solution when giving it IV Push. You don't need an order to do that, and it is certainly not a med error to do so. Take Morphine for instance: IV...

  14. Is it bad that I can't work holidays?

    Horseshoe replied to alieu4's topic in General Students

    Oh, COME ON. I would be willing to bet I've worked in hospitals and other facilities as a RN for FAR longer than you-enough to know how the system works and how most in management operate. Her job is...

  15. Is it bad that I can't work holidays?

    Horseshoe replied to alieu4's topic in General Students

    The DON in your college town would not see it that way at all. She doesn't give a flip about staffing at your hometown facility; her job is to see that her facility is properly staffed and that...

  16. moving?

    Horseshoe replied to petitDoc's topic in General Students

    Austin is fantastic. So fantastic that many people want to live there, so the job market may be pretty tough. I wouldn't make the move unless you have a job in hand. Good

  17. Students who chat during lectures

    Horseshoe replied to ksw1978's topic in General Students

    This is on your instructor. You can bet the farm that if she asked the culprits to get out of her classroom, this would be nipped in the

  18. Confused with IV

    Horseshoe replied to enfermeratobe's topic in General Students

    If you go to YouTube and put "How to hang an IV piggyback" or "IV therapy" into the search window, you'll get lots of

  19. Administering opiates

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That is amazing to

  20. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen nurses who wore diamond wedding rings, but that's about it. I work in Texas. I wore my wedding ring at work for a long time because I couldn't get it off. I can't imagine tying stuff into...

  21. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Where are you working that nurses are wearing lots of

  22. math tests?

    Horseshoe replied to yellowleaf's topic in General Students

    Math is an integral part of nursing, whether you are at the bedside or in research, or in advance practice or grad school. The good news is that it is not higher level math. If you did well in...

  23. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, well, you now have zero credibility. You clearly don't know what the hell you are talking about, so anything else you post will be viewed with the skepticism it clearly

  24. Hard Truth of Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to Mr.Bill RN, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    So in other words, staffing is still the problem, though perhaps not nurse to patient ratio specifically. When nurses feel they cannot keep up with the amount of work assigned to them, their...

  25. Hard Truth of Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to Mr.Bill RN, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how much the satisfaction scores would improve if facilities would change ONE thing: Nurse to patient ratios. I suspect that they would skyrocket, as so many of the problems in nursing are...