KeepItRealRN BSN, RN

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    Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

    KeepItRealRN replied to NonieJuice's topic in General Nursing

    Well many years ago when dinasaurs still roamed the earth this happened. I was sitting near my patients bedside doing some charting and in walks the cardiologist asks the age old question, "How is...
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    Watchers vs. Doers

    KeepItRealRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    Only if they are watching what they are supposed
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    Makeing 80k

    KeepItRealRN replied to LTmurse78's topic in General Nursing

    Get 20 years of experience and you will make
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    All Those NPs with No Bedside Experience

    KeepItRealRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    One problem I see these days is that one can go to school to to be a family nurse practitioner and then be hired to work the night shift as a mid level provider in a critical care unit. Being a...
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    All Those NPs with No Bedside Experience

    KeepItRealRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say to the OP is
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    is it just me, or has standard of care sunk?

    KeepItRealRN replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    No it is not you. Standards are
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    Changing shifts

    KeepItRealRN replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    That is completely unreasonable. It's as insane as working 11p-7a then coming back at 3p, or working 7a-3p and having to come back at 11p and work a night shift. Any manager that would schedule...
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    gave my notice, may need to cut it short

    KeepItRealRN replied to Jw1724's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't what that former manager did breaking the
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    Advantages of Bedside Nursing

    KeepItRealRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    1. I get paid hourly, and when at work the meter is running. When on OT, the meter runs even faster 2. I know when the shift starts and when it ends. 3. When the shift is over, it is over and I am...
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    RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    KeepItRealRN replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    If this instructor is violating policy then you have something to go on. If not and she is only tough and maybe thought of as unreasonable, then just buck up and deal with it. You will have deal...
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    RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    KeepItRealRN replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    Do what you have to do to pass and move on. A few years from now you won't even remember this instructors name. And in school there will be a couple of instructors who will f*** with you. You need...
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    Advantages of Bedside Nursing

    KeepItRealRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am the OP and you are partially right. There is an abundance of nurses in my area but there is not an abundance of skilled/experienced nurses. I live in Rochester, MN home of the Mayo Clinic and yes...
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    Uniform color by discipline

    KeepItRealRN replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    There are still a lot of patients that think a nurse in a white dress looks the most professional. Sheesh. Instead of relying on color coding to identify each other, how about wearing name tags...
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    Uniform color by discipline

    KeepItRealRN replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I think being color coded is retarded. Isn't that why we all wear name badges with our picture, name, title, and department? Do they hand a color code sheet to patients when they are...
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    When is a nurse considered experienced?

    KeepItRealRN replied to MKS8806's topic in General Nursing

    Exerienced? About a week Competent? About a year Expert? 10 years or
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    The PROFESSION of Nursing

    KeepItRealRN replied to dzadzey's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A job where one has to deal with stool (BM) on a routine basis is difficult to see as a
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    Any techniques for cleaning feces off of a patient?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Nerd5000's topic in General Nursing

    Debulk as much as possible then use shaving cream. Works great and cuts the smell. For the really sticky stuff or if it's dried on, lotion works well
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    If you did not need the money...?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    The short answer to your question is, no. To the people who say that nursing isn't about the money, I humbly disagree. It is ALL about the money. And until nurses start feeling OK thinking this,...
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    Crazy RN job advertisements

    KeepItRealRN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a perfect opportunity for someone to suppliment thier Social Security. If I were in my golden years and still needed to work I might consider
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    Ever had a patient or family members fire you?

    KeepItRealRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious to read a few stories from nurses who have been fired from the bedside. Patients and family members use very different criteria than we do to determine who is and who is not a good nurse....
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    Hospital nurses - is it really that bad?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of you who work without taking a lunch break realize that you are doing charity work for the hospital? That half hour is unpaid and is YOUR time. If you don't get a lunch then you should be...
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    Where to move up to?

    KeepItRealRN replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I'll never understand is why the further away from your hands touching a patient, the more advanced a nursing job is. Advanced=not touching
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    Suspended for not doing as nursing super ordered

    KeepItRealRN replied to ED_Bound's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sounds like you and your co workers need to start writing this guy up. You also need to start looking for a new job Monday, because this guy sounds like he has the potential to get you fired if he...
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    Help!! Going on my 2nd interview for the NICU!!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Nic_4est's topic in General Nursing

    There are many questions, but I guarantee that these three will be asked and you should be prepared with the appropriate answers. Q: Why do you want to work here? Q: Tell us your strengths and...
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    white underwear under white scrub bottoms?

    KeepItRealRN replied to ashleymarie23's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I guess going commando is out of the