ArtClassRN

ArtClassRN ADN, RN

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  1. Accused by patient of stealing his percocet

    ArtClassRN replied to Nursebb1942's topic in General Nursing

    This is some of the best advice. The more special dispensations you make for unreasonable patients, the more unreasonable they will be. I have found they have much more respect for staff who are...

  2. A little venting, from a new nurse

    ArtClassRN replied to ladedah1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What does a lot of venting look

  3. How to support a friend with cancer?

    ArtClassRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    It's one of your very best friends. Keep being a best

  4. Can we lay to rest the "compassion" nonsense?

    ArtClassRN replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    I hear this constantly, but I never see this in practice. Where in blazes do you work and how many job applications do you have out right

  5. Clinic staff ask pt how to find injection site?

    ArtClassRN replied to MinneNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Clinics have eliminated the positions of knowledgeable clinicians. You know how you have ring up your own groceries now? Same thing. Good luck

  6. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    ArtClassRN replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    I have a reset button. It is available to me each and every day. One day I used it to change careers to Nursing. Best job I ever had, no plans to hit that button

  7. Brian Short News

    ArtClassRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry to hear of this. Take care

  8. Why Do We Say "Nursing School"?

    ArtClassRN replied to singwithme123's topic in General Nursing

    Because it is different. By a damn sight. I went through "engineering school" Nursing School made engineering school look like freaking Romper

  9. How do you leave it at work?

    ArtClassRN replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I punch out. And I'm DONE. I left a previous career because it could follow me home 24/7...and often did. If I want to go over something that happened at work, I'll call a nurse friend/coworker and...

  10. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    ArtClassRN replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    It's definitely a job. But "Just a job"? Nope, it's a career, my livelihood, my choice - and my responsibility to develop

  11. Do We Need More Nurses?

    ArtClassRN replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

    Get solid, direct patient care experience and do extremely well in school and you will likely find work. It may not be your dream job, but it is work. Nurses who put off retiring when the economy...

  12. I'm a sexless nurse

    ArtClassRN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm better - much better - at placing Foleys in women than many of my female colleagues. I have taught a fair number of new nurses to catheterize females. This is simply from experience and from...

  13. Dropping Dilaudid Carpuject on Sterile Field

    ArtClassRN replied to poodlemaster's topic in Patient Medications

    The carpujects we have are sealed in a little plastic tube, so you could dump them out. As others have pointed out, not sure why it would be

  14. Social Life Concerns

    ArtClassRN replied to EmBSNStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Judging just from the umpteen coworker wedding and baby showers I have attended (I pick up cute onesies on clearance now to make sure I always have some around), it appears that nurses have no trouble...

  15. Dropping Dilaudid Carpuject on Sterile Field

    ArtClassRN replied to poodlemaster's topic in Patient Medications

    I am fairly certain you could dump ten thousand carpuject cartridges on a sterile field without any of them

  16. Don't talk bad about your patients

    ArtClassRN replied to BrendaH84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is one of the many reasons I like bedside report. I honestly think many coworkers refuse to do bedside report because they don't want to miss out on any crap-talking about the

  17. Does this make me really horrible?

    ArtClassRN replied to vandiola's topic in General Nursing

    Fairly matter of fact. Plenty of other organizations to work with. Heck, people live in third world conditions in the US - she can work

  18. Starting my nursing journey...What can I do to set myself apart?

    ArtClassRN replied to jjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you ever NOT want to "Come across as pleasant and portray yourself as a team player and a great person to have as a coworker"??? Since when is personality considered a new consideration?...

  19. Starting my nursing journey...What can I do to set myself apart?

    ArtClassRN replied to jjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Listen. Study hard. Work hard. Don't

  20. Shift change rant

    ArtClassRN replied to Nurse Molly's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Bedside report. But those coworkers hanging out chatting at the desk? Yeah...they will rail against it like they were just required to wear black hot pants and fishnets every

  21. Shaking hands

    ArtClassRN replied to court811's topic in General Nursing

    Your hands will shake...until they

  22. Changing/Eliminating 1:1's?

    ArtClassRN replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    They'll cut it out when people start eloping/wandering into other patient's rooms (this gets management's attention), falling, or dying. If none of the above happens, you probably didn't need the...

  23. suspended for doing the right thing...

    ArtClassRN replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with others who thought the situation was handled poorly. It reminds me a bit of my first clinical where one of my classmates was outraged a nursing home resident with diabetes was allowed to...

  24. EPIC

    ArtClassRN replied to nurmac's topic in General Nursing

    The only way to get to know EPIC is to use it...and keep using it because it always changes. Many facilities have "playground" versions of EPIC databases you can practice on. See if you can get some...

  25. Being Bullied

    ArtClassRN replied to sarahhg's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do the best you can and GET OUT. Do your level best to focus on patient care and ignore people who try to get to you. Good