RNdynamic

RNdynamic

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  1. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Is a nurses BP cuff sort of like a doctor's

  2. OK peer assistance job help

    RNdynamic replied to Outofluck's topic in Nurses Recovery

    OP. You should publish the names of the employers who said they don't hire nurses in the program. Their names deserve to be dragged through the

  3. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A laundress sometimes wears like a wrap on her head

  4. switch from medical school to nursing?

    RNdynamic replied to gj101's topic in General Students

    greg, Finish medical school. If you drop out now, you are extraordinarily likely to regret doing so down the road. You are going to forever wonder and worry about what your life would have been like...

  5. I know you've seen this post 1000 times, but please help me out. Rate my resume.

    RNdynamic replied to harrird's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Also, you want to get your BSN. Where I live, flight nursing services require BSN educated

  6. I know you've seen this post 1000 times, but please help me out. Rate my resume.

    RNdynamic replied to harrird's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    You need to lose weight. Most flight nursing services require candidate to be weigh under 200

  7. nursing jobs that are narcotic free...dialysis?

    RNdynamic replied to ICURN80's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You may still handle narcs in acute

  8. How in this world do you ever get 1 year experience?

    RNdynamic replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Sutter health is always in the news for exploiting nurses. I'd spend all that energy applying anywhere else. Sutter has even been rumored to hit

  9. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Isn't a laundress who you take your clothes to in order to have them laundered? Unless you do your own laundry. Sometimes I do my own at home; but some things I take in. This thread was not a

  10. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Not as

  11. STRONG ADVICE: Advancing your career? Be Local.

    RNdynamic posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have some strong advice for nurses with strong career goals in mind who are currently or see themselves some day applying for a job at a new organization: be local. This is especially true if you...

  12. Discrimination against males in the nursing profession.

    RNdynamic replied to Halim F. Dagher's topic in Men in Nursing

    Absolutely true. Women patients are given way more concessions than men when it comes to asking for

  13. Discrimination against males in the nursing profession.

    RNdynamic replied to Halim F. Dagher's topic in Men in Nursing

    Lies. Males are discriminated against plenty in nursing. They stick out and are targeted by jealous women. They are also given heavier assignments and are asked to overexert themselves in lifts...

  14. Discrimination against males in the nursing profession.

    RNdynamic replied to Halim F. Dagher's topic in Men in Nursing

    So the stereotypes you would THINK you'd hear about male nurses are "effeminate," "gay," "wimpy," etc. However, it is not my experience to be stereotyped in these ways. The more accurate stereotypes...

  15. Nurse residency programs--be aware!!

    RNdynamic replied to LexiRN6's topic in General Students

    I actually could support a Transition to Practice program, but this nurse residency crap is total

  16. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    RNdynamic replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    I completed my BSN after completing my associate degree. While some of the information was interesting, I am quite sure that it did not help me improve patient outcomes in the clinical setting....

  17. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I strongly disagree that lab coats, generally, are clean. I don't know if you meant "they have a clean appearance" or whatever, and while that may be true to a layperson, lab coats are not truly clean...

  18. Where do I begin? have never dealt with anything like this before

    RNdynamic replied to C23gregory's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It won't be as bad as you first think. When I got a DUI I read on the DMVs website that I was going to get a year of a suspended license due to refusing the breathalyzer. It ended up being only a 45...

  19. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Skin team nurses make rounds throughout the hospital assessing, treating, or suggesting recommendations for treating skin alterations, wounds, etc. They're also called wound care nurses. I thought...

  20. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well-oiled hair is when you have hair that is coated with a good balance of the natural oils that are produced by your skin, or is augmented with the right amount of artificial oil. It means your...

  21. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Because parabens popped into my mind. Like popcorn in the

  22. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    That's how you do

  23. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    How did you derive that "expectation" that you'd wear a white coat? Did it say in your job description "Expectation: the employee will wear a long white loab coat each they are scheduled to work?"...

  24. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, they're chemicals in cosmetics, deodorants, hairsprays. I saw some commercial advertising paraben free, and wondered if people took that into consideration when coming to

  25. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Appearances are critical in nursing. Appearance is an integral part of hospital politics. That's why administrators are walking around in power suits and so forth. And I think white lab coats look...