rldubz

rldubz has 3 years experience.

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1. Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

   rldubz replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

   I wouldn't say "automatically." This has been a downward progression since at least

2. Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

   rldubz replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

   I think we might be feeding a troll at this

3. Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

   rldubz replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

   White, male nurse here... I hate to echo what has already been said, but there's plenty of data that backs up what Warren says. There's also plenty of nurses on here who have said they've witnessed...

4. Fired for Falsifying Documents. What to expect

   rldubz replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

   In my state, the BON sends us a monthly email of all of the "corrective actions" taken against individual nurses. Considering the kind of stuff many of these nurses have done and still kept their...

5. Did you contract anything from a patient?

   rldubz replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

   I recently had a weird fungal ear infection that eventually led to a ruptured ear drum. Though I couldn't pinpoint an actual patient, my ENT said it was more than likely something I picked up from...

6. The Death Spectrum: A new(ish) ER nurse's perspective

   rldubz replied to rldubz's topic in General Nursing

   While the 16 year old was a peds code in the technical sense, I have yet to be involved in a code of a younger kid (if that makes sense). We don't get a ton of them where I work. A few months back we...

7. The Death Spectrum: A new(ish) ER nurse's perspective

   rldubz posted a topic in General Nursing

   As 2015 was nearing its end, so too was my final semester of nursing school. My mood was good. I already had a job lined up, and I felt fairly confident that I would do fine on my final exams. Some...

8. February 2018 Caption Contest - Win $100!

   rldubz replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   That moment you realize your psych patient somehow managed to paint the clear glass door

9. February 2018 Caption Contest - Win $100!

   rldubz replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   "Doctor, if we don't make it out of there, I just want you to know that it's been my honor and privilege to serve alongside

10. February 2018 Caption Contest - Win $100!

    rldubz replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    That moment when you realize that this year's flu season has been so severe that your facility has run out of

11. LSUHSC or Delgado Charity

    rldubz replied to NOLAMOM's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Hi. Sorry this is late, but I just saw that. 1. I doubt there is any difference at all. 2. I graduated from Charity and and currently in a BSN program. The only difference is with the BSN, there's a...

12. Looking for a change in scenery

    rldubz posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, all. So I'm an ED nurse in the suburbs of New Orleans. My wife and children (1 and 5) are looking to move to a new area some time within the next two years. The reasons are many, but some of...

13. Anyone live in Parker?

    rldubz replied to rldubz's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Awesome, thanks for the info. What neighborhoods would you suggest? Not dead set on Parker. Just pretty sure I don't want to live in Aurora. Parker just seemed to have a really good public school...

14. Anyone live in Parker?

    rldubz posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hello all. I'm a fairly new grad (December 15) working in the metro New Orleans area. My wife and I are considering moving from here to the Denver area (for numerous reasons), and one of the suburbs...

15. Elsevier and Chromebook.

    rldubz posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone. Quick question. I'm starting my nursing program in about two weeks. While I don't have the specifics yet, my textbooks are going to all be ebooks. To be more specific, it's going to be a...