RNsRWe ASN, RN

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    Attitudes of New Nurses

    RNsRWe replied to NextGen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder what kind of an attitude the dead nurse might have? Lord help me if I can still generate complaints after my demise!
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    Attitudes of New Nurses

    RNsRWe replied to NextGen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Newbie: I don't really understand your rant....you speak as though the problem was because the nurse in question was new, when really your issue was with her speaking at all. Maybe she was wrong....
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    ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

    RNsRWe replied to Katniss88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Would this be a reference to the long-ago discredited Aiken study? If so...I don't know how it keeps turning up as current, when it was recognized as fatally flawed quite some time ago. I seem to...
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    Because that's the way we've always done it around here

    RNsRWe replied to nurseprnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The reason given in my old hospital was that the policy on taking vitals on patients on our floor was q4h. Given that dayshift starts at 0700, if they take them at 0800, the next would be 1200, 1600,...
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    Because that's the way we've always done it around here

    RNsRWe replied to nurseprnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    PATIENT posting pictures on Facebook

    RNsRWe replied to nkochrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought that was for those who are celebrities and therefore have no expectation of privacy while out in public. Public figures are by definition also "public". Well, guess those of us who have to...
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    PATIENT posting pictures on Facebook

    RNsRWe replied to nkochrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Fatalistic thoughts, all. Guess I'll continue to be "camera shy" and avoid the obvious assault of digital images being
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    PATIENT posting pictures on Facebook

    RNsRWe replied to nkochrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thing that gets me about this is while I'm at work, I'm live and in person. I have not been photo-shopped; my head has not been transplanted onto a naked body. Ever seen some of the creative images...
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    Going back to school... some questions about nursing.

    RNsRWe replied to esca0417's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As Don said, medical offices have little need for RNs; there are a few more LPNs in that setting. However, for the same reasons YOU want to work there, so do many very qualified and experienced...
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    Nurses, I have a few questions!

    RNsRWe replied to hayleyyelyah's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    One post only.....and this is it? I suspect the OP is confused on the titles and is most curious about LPNs. Just my two
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    tattoos/piercings

    RNsRWe replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    And nurses seem shocked when we are frequently not considered a profession, or professionals.
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    PATIENT posting pictures on Facebook

    RNsRWe replied to nkochrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Isn't it remarkable how many privacy laws are in place to protect patients but ZIP to protect staff? If someone wants to use your photo in a magazine or newspaper, they must get your permission....
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    Random question: Would you wear a $300 watch to work

    RNsRWe replied to TXRN44's topic in General Nursing

    I hope this does come to pass for you. Unfortunately, there are MANY who planned comfortable retirements who lost that dream when the economy/stock market bottomed out during their investment...
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    Random question: Would you wear a $300 watch to work

    RNsRWe replied to TXRN44's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to take a stab at the idea that it was supposed to be "in the hood", in which case the "homeboys" reference smacks of racism. Oh
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    Do you like working weekends? Holidays?

    RNsRWe replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly? Looking at your Pro list and your Con list, and the relatively easy flow of the small unit, I think there are any number of nurses who would KILL for your
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    Random question: Would you wear a $300 watch to work

    RNsRWe replied to TXRN44's topic in General Nursing

    In the good?
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    a new name for Hiatal Hernia?

    RNsRWe replied to afjgnp's topic in General Nursing

    Most every patient that comes into our GI facility knows if they have a hiatal hernia, and they DO call it that. Except that they usually mispronounce it and say "I have a hayshul hernia" or the...
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    Random question: Would you wear a $300 watch to work

    RNsRWe replied to TXRN44's topic in General Nursing

    It's not the price of the watch that is an issue for me. It's the fact that it's a wristwatch. For infection control reasons, I have been wearing a pin-on fob watch as long as I've been in nursing,...
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    tatoos & piercings, part 2

    RNsRWe replied to amoLucia's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The one consistency with ALL these "tattoo/piercings" threads is that those who have them insist that they are perfectly fine. And those who don't are equally insistent that they are not. Guess...
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    tatoos & piercings, part 2

    RNsRWe replied to amoLucia's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Not in the context presented, clearly. A professional athlete is one who accepts pay for performance, to differentiate him from an amateur one. He is obviously not in the same category as a "career...
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    tattoos/piercings

    RNsRWe replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but I seriously doubt many would take lunch together...and I sure don't see the cafeteria serving hot sauce on
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    medication mismanagement?

    RNsRWe replied to Eyerly's topic in Patient Medications

    When we cannot be allowed to clean an incontinent patient without a doctor's order: "Remove feces from patient's skin surfaces q shift and prn".
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    medication mismanagement?

    RNsRWe replied to Eyerly's topic in Patient Medications

    Reviewing the OP's problem just makes me think the dumbing down of nursing is not only ongoing, but getting worse by the minute. If someone can be fired because she gave the EXACT correct dosage of...
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    tattoos/piercings

    RNsRWe replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    My staff and I must be clothed at all times. We're really very strict and don't allow anyone to show up naked, ever. If people wish to doodle on themselves or place holes in unusual locations,...
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    medication mismanagement?

    RNsRWe replied to Eyerly's topic in Patient Medications

    What's the rest of the story? Have you been spoken to before about not doing such substitutions? Were you on probation for something else? I'm just having a hard time seeing how someone could be...