Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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

    Horseshoe replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, but the article presents no data that new nurses are actually committing suicide in significant numbers, or that this has become "a

  2. Drug urine test after 12 hour shift

    Horseshoe replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's actually true whether you agree to it or not. Yes, many companies do have voluntary policies to restrict what kinds of information they give out about a former employee, but legally they can...

  3. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Says the advanced practice nurse,

  4. PSA: Don't forget to invest!

    Horseshoe replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I decided a long time ago to just assume I would never see a dime of SS by the time I got to that age, and to just plan accordingly. Not saying it's right (and actually it is completely unfair), but...

  5. Unfair Shift Rotation

    Horseshoe replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    I would submit that there may be reasons they "prefer" not to work Monday nights that are just as compelling as the OPs. Chances are high that she is not privy to those reasons for the "preference."...

  6. Given the boot 2 weeks before graduation

    Horseshoe replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    Surely a four year university has some sort of appeals process. If you were wronged badly enough to be rightfully "livid," it seems you should have a pretty fair chance at being allowed to finish the...

  7. PSA: Don't forget to invest!

    Horseshoe replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that sucks. My sympathies. I have a feeling you will be called upon to "help" many more times in the future. And that's not

  8. PSA: Don't forget to invest!

    Horseshoe replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes, I hope they don't turn to you to bail them out when they find that SS doesn't really give one a comfortable

  9. Unfair Shift Rotation

    Horseshoe replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't make her look "ignorant" at all-it makes her look like she correctly interpreted your statement. I also disagree that manager should be taking your personal situation into consideration....

  10. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    The OP isn't talking about economic class. She's going beyond that, specifically talking "social

  11. A listening ear is also a running mouth.

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

    It's your prerogative, but NO, you are not "friendly." AT ALL. I'm also pretty private, but your POV seems extreme. No one is going to force you to tell anything about yourself. But be prepared to...

  12. I got paired with the dropout :(

    Horseshoe replied to ChristiHamm8's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In the case of someone dropping out because they had serious health issues, I do not see how you could anticipate it. Many times the person who develops the health issue could not foresee

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

    Horseshoe replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    What that means is that on the internet you must expect just about anything. That's the world as it IS rather than the world as one would

  14. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    My DH makes more than most doctors. Our kids went to private schools with the doctors' kids, we lived in the same affluent neighborhood, and ran in similar social circles. The doctors treated me...

  15. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

  16. Social Class and Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    If you are doing it right, nursing is a "knowledge based"

  17. PSA: Don't forget to invest!

    Horseshoe replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I have no

  18. Needle stick injury HIV positive

    Horseshoe replied to cdernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that your risk is pretty low. But for your husband's sake, I'd practice safe sex until you test negative at the appropriate interval. Definitely seek the knowledge and advise from your...

  19. A Nurse's Sacrifice

    Horseshoe replied to Ashley Hay, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say I agree with much of your post. My Dad was in the Air Force and would be sent off for months at a time. He worked missions three Christmases in a row in Vietnam and spent his day...

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

    Horseshoe replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    When you make an assertion such as you have, it's on YOU to back it up with data. It's not the responsibility of the reader to research it in order to establish your

  21. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    Horseshoe replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    If you have two more years of nursing school, you haven't even gotten into the real "meat" of the nursing classes. It might be premature to decide either that nursing school is "easy" or that you...

  22. Nurses smoking weed?

    Horseshoe replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was doing the same!

  23. Husband became a RN

    Horseshoe replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

    He now has a job, though. However, she's upset about that, because he got a "better job" than she has. She needs to work through the resentment she is carrying over the past, when he didn't carry...

  24. Financial Aid and $165,000.00 debt

    Horseshoe replied to Den1978's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not if he is then going to apply for more

  25. Kicked off unit when Joint Commission arrives

    Horseshoe replied to Skittles767's topic in General Students

    They absolutely