RNdynamic

RNdynamic

Critical Care, Float Pool Nursing

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  1. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    RNdynamic replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a trans patient on our unit once who was anatomically male but identified as female. One of our clinical techs handed the patient a urinal when they said they wanted to go to the bathroom and...

  2. Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    RNdynamic replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    Gey

  3. Dreadlocks

    RNdynamic replied to PauperRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Ewww.. don't you have to have pretty dirty hair in order to dreadlock it? I'm pretty sure that dreads are held together by grease, oil, and grime. Correct me if I'm

  4. patient abandonment

    RNdynamic replied to conway1's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely not abandonment. You had to leave for medical reasons and urgently. It was incumbent on the facility to provide coverage for you. Most states have laws protecting you from this

  5. Do you clean bedpans or throw them out?

    RNdynamic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you actually rinse out plastic bedpans? I will always empty and rinse out bedpans that contain straight urine, but if somebody has a BM in a bedpan, I often don't empty it at all. I just throw the...

  6. Why do managers ask you to contact them with questions after interviews?

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi all, I am an RN in the one of the ICUs within my hospital. Two weeks ago I interviewed for an internal position in another unit that I am interested in. The interview seemed to go well, I...

  7. Can you ask what sort of reference your current boss will give you?

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I want to transfer internally from one ICU to another ICU within my hospital. I have transferred before from the floors to the ICU, and the new manager always asks the current manager about your...

  8. Can you ask what sort of reference your current boss will give you?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for the

  9. "For Profit" vs. "Non Profit" employers?

    RNdynamic replied to Nola009's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    After working for years in non profit facilities and witnessing highly greedy deals and practices, I almost WANT to go to a for profit facility. At least the objective there is a lot more...

  10. MICU vs SICU

    RNdynamic replied to RN_survivor's topic in MICU, SICU

    Medical ICU is by far the better learning experience. Its the most "generalist"

  11. 21 Things you never mention at a hospital job interview

    RNdynamic replied to prettyboyswag's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    OP is good; I've run into an interview where I was told I didn't have the right experience before -- right there, at the beginning of the interview. Even though my resume clearly spelled out how much...

  12. Do "PTO" systems seem like a scam to you?

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My hospital used to use an old fashioned method of granting time off where we had separate allotments for sick time, holiday time, and vacation time, and you drew from whichever type of allotment you...

  13. Doctors Without Borders Physician Tests Possitive for Ebola In New York City

    RNdynamic replied to herring_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ewwwww.

  14. Do you have (or are you) a bully queen of the ICU?

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She's loud and outspoken. Markedly unattractive and overweight, in her mid 40s, she describes herself as having been in the ICU "forever." She's large and in charge, and everyone knows better than...

  15. Ebola: Why Respiratory Protection MUST Be Worn

    RNdynamic replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't plan on working with ebola patients anyway. I'm not risking my

  16. Western Governors RN-to-BSN: My First 6 Month Term (Almost)

    RNdynamic replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

    This thread reads like an infomercial. Did the OP receive compensation for this

  17. "Two-yearitis"

    RNdynamic replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard of them; don't really care. My nursing theory places competency at 6 months to 1 year. Nice 30 year old source from australia, by the

  18. "Two-yearitis"

    RNdynamic replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse is "just starting to become competent" after two years? Nah. They aren't experts, but they are competent. By two years, for the vast, vast, VAST majority, competency has already been...

  19. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    RNdynamic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you even know what a teaching facility means? A "teaching hospital" only refers to the teaching of medical students. It has nothing to do with the teaching of nursing. I work in a large...

  20. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    RNdynamic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Exactly this. Telling the student to close the curtain "come in or step out" is rude as hell, and the insertion of a feeding tube not urgent enough to warrant being so short. Like I said before, is...

  21. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    RNdynamic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Disagree all you like; it isn't your job to teach students. I'm going to assume you are a bedside staff nurse. Reread your employer's job description for your position, and if you please, can you...

  22. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    RNdynamic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Got a little possession complex there, don't you? You don't own patients, and you can be overruled by any number of other personnel who have jobs to perform on "your" patients -- such as physicians,...

  23. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    RNdynamic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Agreed. The OP in their quotation sounded like they were short with the student. "Either come in or step out." Do you talk to your patients like that too? And I would have felt pressured as

  24. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    RNdynamic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

  25. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    RNdynamic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is stupid. Please don't prompt students to perform procedures that they are unsure if they are permitted to do. It's really, really inappropriate. I would have wanted my instructor present for...