OUxPhys

OUxPhys BSN, RN

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  1. Do all healthcare workers eventually become HARD?

    OUxPhys replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I gotta say Im a little more selective

  2. Vanity Plates?

    OUxPhys replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand vanity plates. I don't advertise that I am a nurse on my car either. I dont want people knowing that I am a RN. Im a vet and I get the veteran plates. I don't consider them vanity...

  3. Considering CVICU

    OUxPhys replied to JulietRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perfectly normal. I feel a lot of the large hospitals give their ICU nurses more autonomy than other hospitals would allow. My old employer is known throughout the US and the world and I heard about...

  4. Cleveland Clinic Nurse Residency

    OUxPhys replied to Nursing2019BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked there for 2.5 years. It has it's ups and downs. It really depends what you want to do long

  5. Protection During the Resurgence

    OUxPhys replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Im a Navy vet but I even know the military wastes a ton of money. Look at the F-35 and the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship and heck even the Zummwalt class destroyer or the new Ford class Carriers. They...

  6. time to bathe patients--whose responsibility and is it every day/when?

    OUxPhys replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Sooo Im not demeaning the nurses but let's be honest: nursing homes pass the buck to hospitals sometimes. The patients we did get were medically stable and were basically just being quarantined on the...

  7. How to deal with staff who don't like you?

    OUxPhys replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in Men in Nursing

    Kill them with

  8. time to bathe patients--whose responsibility and is it every day/when?

    OUxPhys replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    My floor was converted to the covid floor for my hospital and for a while we were a dumping ground for nursing homes so there were a lot of totals. We did our best to split them up between night shift...

  9. Black Lives Matter Protests and Medical Care

    OUxPhys replied to Chris___RN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be worried about your employer but Id be worried about someone suing you since anyone will sue for anything in this

  10. How far can hospital go?

    OUxPhys replied to RNTX31's topic in General Nursing

    It's mostly inconsiderate. However, even though the regional hospitals are in the same system it's still completely different from the main campus according to my friend. It's disorganized. PPE wasn't...

  11. When a Covid 19 vaccine becomes available, will it be absolutely mandatory for healthcare staff?

    OUxPhys replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I will not be the first in line to get the new covid vaccine. I am not an anti-vaxxer but I refuse to get a vaccine that was rushed. As for the flu vaccine my employer does not mandate you to get one...

  12. How far can hospital go?

    OUxPhys replied to RNTX31's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work for a very large and well known hospital system. My friend from nursing school still works at this place. He had enough when the administrators started using them as float pool to float...

  13. Unionizing during a Pandemic: Another story from the bedside

    OUxPhys replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Nope. Union had nothing to do with my cash bonus, that was all my manager. Got another one coming too. My manager also got us a retention incentive due to covid. I am re-thinking the union here...

  14. Unionizing during a Pandemic: Another story from the bedside

    OUxPhys replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I wish we had a union like that but at the same time I work for a government hospital so that's probably why they aren't as successful as yours. Overall though I think nurses should be unionized,...

  15. Unionizing during a Pandemic: Another story from the bedside

    OUxPhys replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Unions are needed mainly for safety, I.e. safe staffing ratios. I work for a hospital with a very weak union for nurses. Unfortunately it's true when it is said unions will go out of their way to...

  16. Med/Surg to ICU

    OUxPhys replied to Ginger27's topic in General Nursing

    Two ways to look at it. I think (and I'm not 100% sure about this) ICU orientation is a little longer, especially if you have no prior ICU experience, than M/S orientation. I know at my hospital if...

  17. Nurses Disciplined, Fired for Wearing Hospital-Issued Scrubs

    OUxPhys replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our floor was turned into the covid floor at my hospital. A senior nurse fought for us to get surgical scrubs. So now before and after every shift we change into surgical scrubs while caring for covid...

  18. Ethical Issues

    OUxPhys replied to RN2020scm's topic in General Nursing

    If it's legal then who cares? What she does in her personal time and off the clock is no one's business if there is nothing illegal about

  19. Ethical Issues

    OUxPhys replied to RN2020scm's topic in General Nursing

    And are paid much

  20. Interested in L&D/NICU, but should I start in Med-Surg?

    OUxPhys replied to AnaBanana.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Nah. Despite what you've been told you do not need to start in med/surg first. If you are offered a job in L&D or NICU take it. If you can't find an opening in either of those two areas take a M/S...

  21. Ohio University or WGU for RN-BSN?

    OUxPhys replied to T Pack's topic in School, College Programs

    OU has a very good program. I say OU, although I am a bit biased since I graduated from

  22. Have you noticed a better quality of life going from full time to part time?

    OUxPhys replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in General Nursing

    I have briefly contemplated going part-time at my current facility and picking up a PRN gig elsewhere, just to give myself a break from my current employer. I gotta imagine most people's quality of...

  23. Low Pay...for New Grad?

    OUxPhys replied to HealthNutNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    All very good points. It also depends on where you work. I knew RNs who got their FNP and got a job at those minute clinics starting off at six

  24. Nurse cannot take report because she/he on break can you call back in 30 minutes?

    OUxPhys replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. At my old job the CICU was constantly busy so if they needed the bed right away I would just take report for the nurse on break and then go give report to the nurse receiving the pt. At my...

  25. Cleveland clinic

    OUxPhys replied to honey love's topic in General Nursing

    It's very easy and I believe you can use a calculator. The PBDS test is dumb IMO but just write down a