humglum

humglum BSN, RN

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  1. Is it okay to slug an oncologist?

    humglum replied to JessicaInOr's topic in Oncology

    This is distressing. When I worked onc, I never had the misfortune to work with an oncologist who wasn't open and honest about curative vs palliative measures with his or her patients. If you think...

  2. Why Are Nurses Given Such A Bad Rap Today?

    humglum replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see that its endorsed by the ANA. This is what I've found on my first page of google results: from Minority Nurse Discover Nursing, J&J's nursing recruitment website Nurseweek, I think you...

  3. Why Are Nurses Given Such A Bad Rap Today?

    humglum replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Now, see, I totally disagree here. I would rather be seen as a skilled, intelligent professional than someone caring but uneducated. I don't think its necessary to care about your patients in order to...

  4. Guidance re "losing skills" and esoteric specialties

    humglum posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Does such a phenomenon exist? If I don't "use" all of the skills I learned in nursing school will I really forget how to do them? Here is my situation: I have a job that I love right now. I'm working...

  5. Why Are Nurses Given Such A Bad Rap Today?

    humglum replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. How strange. I love old ER. After Carol left and Mark died, it all went straight to hell. ETA: But that's ok. Now I have House.

  6. Guidance re "losing skills" and esoteric specialties

    humglum replied to humglum's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for your input. I'm still fairly young, at 28. I'm really trying not to be reactive to the culture of fear in the city, we have a good security program, its just that the officers are sometimes...

  7. Guidance re "losing skills" and esoteric specialties

    humglum replied to humglum's topic in Nursing Career

    This made me laugh, because you're only the second reply. :chuckle Thanks to both of you, though. I realize that no-one can make this decision for me, I was mostly looking for insight about leaving...

  8. Why Are Nurses Given Such A Bad Rap Today?

    humglum replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I have a very unpopular viewpoint. I think nurses have done this to themselves. With nurse leaders like Jean Watson, who developed an entire theory of 'caring', and the new Johnson & Johnson...

  9. Parents that don't treat fever

    humglum replied to LydiaNN's topic in Pediatric

    I'm sure she wasn't trying to be mean. I've had that very same conversation with young mothers. I've seen way too many febrile seizures and they're traumatizing and largely

  10. Down Syndrome and Menstruation

    humglum replied to mmarc57's topic in Pediatric

    Most of our kids have increased behavioral issues while on their menses. We don't have any with downs syndrome at the moment, but our kids with autism, PDD, and other neurobehavioral disorders...

  11. Parents that don't treat fever

    humglum replied to LydiaNN's topic in Pediatric

    I think this is part of the parent teaching that we should be doing as pedi nurses. Granted, as a nurse for adults I've let fevers go until they reach a certain point (38.5 or so) before I'd medicate...

  12. Why are Hospitals so darn mean when someone fails the NCLEX?

    humglum replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, well, that's illegal. I've read all the arguments about a GN is a GN is a GN, and I know things work differently in other states, but that would never fly here. That would be the equivalent of a...

  13. Condescending nurses

    humglum replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I used to love it when I was floated somewhere as a CNA, now we can't do that anymore (and no CNAs on this unit anyway). In a lot of cases its not that RNs prefer not to do basic/total...

  14. Why are Hospitals so darn mean when someone fails the NCLEX?

    humglum replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Well, unfortunately, they have to take her patients and reduce her pay. I'm not sure why they would advertise the fact that she failed state boards... that's adding insult to injury, IMO. When I...

  15. What did you buy yourself for a graduation present

    humglum replied to Nightcrawler's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I bought myself a trip to Vegas, and proceeded to gamble away exorbitant amounts of money. Vegas RAWKS! Now if only I could convince my SO to move

  16. Scripting: Yea or Nay?

    humglum replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Nay. I work peds, and most of the time I'm talking to the parent(s), and scripting really wouldn't be appropriate. I always ask if they have any further questions, or if there's anything else I can...

  17. Condescending nurses

    humglum replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with llg here. To say it was unprofessional of you to "go off" on a staff member, particularly as a student/intern, would be understating the situation. While I'm sure it was...

  18. Pediatric Cardiology-is there such a thing for nurses?

    humglum replied to jhawk07's topic in Cardiac

    I would love to work pedi cardiology. Would do that in a millisecond if the opportunity were available to me. I'll stay on my regular pedi floor until something opens up in PICU (why don't those...

  19. Is there REALLY such a thing as overachieving?

    humglum replied to CRNAinTHEfuture's topic in Nursing Career

    I also graduated with a 4.0 from my nursing program, but I have to say I didn't work that hard to get it. I studied a lot less than most of my classmates, I just have a natural aptitude for academics....

  20. RN to BSN Online

    humglum replied to malsc1104's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I don't really have any insight, but I'm starting an online BSN program in June, with University of Phoenix. Which programs are you looking

  21. "Cheat Sheets"

    humglum replied to HerbalGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    You could try doing a search, I'm sure you'd come up with many threads. Also, many facilities have their own report sheets that you can customize to fit your needs. Or you can start over from scratch,...

  22. Help! RN who does not like nursing!!

    humglum replied to lblondie1128's topic in General Nursing

    You need to get out of there, and fast. For several reasons, not the least of which is that 5-7 patients *might* be an acceptable ratio for a med/surg unit, but not an ICU stepdown. And you should...

  23. Advice needed - Should he be fired?

    humglum replied to melissa_rn's topic in Nurse Management

    1/2 hour to 1 hour late? A bedside nurse? Knowing that someone had been working hard for 8 or 12 hours and then had to wait until she decided to show up? That is completely unacceptable,...

  24. Axe maternity, add emergency

    humglum replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I think nursing education is scattered enough these days without eliminating an entire unit of didactic and clinical study because it is too 'specialized'. In a good nursing program, you should be...

  25. Axe maternity, add emergency

    humglum replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what your programs are like, but in mine, OB was far from the only specialty included. We had didactic lectures on OB, pediatrics, psych... the list goes on. We had clinicals in all these...