RNsRWe ASN, RN

Member

All Content by RNsRWe

  1. RNsRWe

    A nurse has an RN but did not get a diploma or BSN

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

    Unfortunate for your friend, but the minimum requirement in any State (except CA, I believe) for sitting for the NCLEX is successful completion (graduation) from an accredited nursing program. Your...
  2. RNsRWe

    Patient requests

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

    rofl.....doncha just love it?? And to think someone had to actually put in WRITING that a grown man's diaper rash was not covered.....ya think someone would've picked up on it,
  3. RNsRWe

    Patient requests

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

    I think my most ridiculous request would have to be from a 22 yo A&Ox3 woman who wanted me to hold her hand until she fell asleep, because she had never slept alone before. Seems she used to...
  4. RNsRWe

    Patient requests

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

    Ah, I see we've had the same
  5. RNsRWe

    Patient requests

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

    Ok, I'M observant, but THIS is ridiculous. I
  6. RNsRWe

    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    RNsRWe replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wasn't meaning "not affected" as in "no tax increases". I meant not affected in terms of the expediency of care, choice of facilities and physicians, etc. I meant that if you have private...
  7. RNsRWe

    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    RNsRWe replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi, GrnTea: which post is this in reply
  8. RNsRWe

    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    RNsRWe replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    United way receives donations from the public as well as grants and other funding from the State and Federal Governments. In other words, other people have paid money so that some people can get the...
  9. RNsRWe

    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    RNsRWe replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My post addressed healthcare only, not same-sex marriage, not interracial marriage, or anything else. It isn't a comparative statement to everything else currently in the headlines. Clarification...
  10. RNsRWe

    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    RNsRWe replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Uh...not it isn't. You have the "right to life" meaning that no one is legally able to walk up and kill you (there would be reprisals). You have to the right to LIVE as opposed to being killed for...
  11. RNsRWe

    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    RNsRWe replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've been mulling something over. Going back to the original points of this thread, about healthcare being a "right" or not....clearly the Constitution is irrelevant to that discussion as it is not a...
  12. RNsRWe

    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    RNsRWe replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm fascinated by this thread, and all of the good debate it contains. But please, just a friendly reminder to all (and I do mean friendly, my intentions are honest!) to keep civility in mind as we...
  13. RNsRWe

    Sexual harrassment?

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

    Actually, no. It does require repetition; the law against sexual harassment--a federal one--is defined in part by the EEOC (thanks, Altra!!): Although the law doesn’t prohibit simple teasing,...
  14. RNsRWe

    Sexual harrassment?

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

    Just considering something....technically the guy in the scenario (Joe Nurse) might be a co-worker, since the OP as charge nurse cannot fire, hire, or promote him. But an interesting twist is that he...
  15. RNsRWe

    Sexual harrassment?

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

    Hmmm, I'm going to have to do some more checking! If this is the most recent and correct information, well....I stand corrected, and I thank you. However, I remember this being in the news not long...
  16. RNsRWe

    Sexual harrassment?

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

    ...and now I guess I'll weigh in on the questions asked by the OP: I believe you overreacted--highly. If I understand the situation correctly, a co-worker showed you a photo of a partially-clad woman...
  17. RNsRWe

    Sexual harrassment?

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

    Might be worth mentioning here that since you were co-workers, with you actually being a step "higher" than him as charge nurse, there has been no sexual harassment by ANY definition. It's not...
  18. RNsRWe

    Why is it so hard to get an RN job in NY?? :(

    RNsRWe replied to NS81's topic in New York Nursing

    I truly wish I had some fabulous words of wisdom to change your life. As it stands, however, the best I can offer is that it's NOT you, it's the state of the nursing economy and the glut of new grads...
  19. RNsRWe

    RN's forced to do CNA work

    RNsRWe replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think we're just not "getting" each other online....which is too bad, because I suspect it has more to do with the medium than the topic. I'm not arguing, I'm explaining....and apparently it's not...
  20. RNsRWe

    Leave you family for nursing??

    RNsRWe replied to litebrightgirl's topic in Nursing Career

    No "bizarre jump to conclusions" in the least. Or haven't you heard that long-term separation of a husband and wife causes marital rifts more often than not? "Just as much chance the marriage will...
  21. RNsRWe

    RN's forced to do CNA work

    RNsRWe replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Which is what I posted as
  22. RNsRWe

    RN's forced to do CNA work

    RNsRWe replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok, let me try again. You and I are not on different sides of an issue here; actually we are in total and complete agreement. However, in saying you were harsh toward the OP I was pointing out that...
  23. RNsRWe

    RN's forced to do CNA work

    RNsRWe replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Have worked this way, too. We never used an RN exclusively as a CNA, but would divide the number of patients by the total number of nurses and go from there. Less patients per nurse made getting all...
  24. RNsRWe

    RN's forced to do CNA work

    RNsRWe replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Repulsive? This is more than a little harsh. The OP wasn't demeaning the work of the CNA, simply saying that she preferred doing the work she WOULD be doing if there had been a sitter available for...
  25. RNsRWe

    RN's forced to do CNA work

    RNsRWe replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Seems like a foolish waste of resources. Frankly, if this is how they're going to divvy up staff, I'D offer to sit with the 1:1 patient and have the CNA do her job as normal. Seems you should get...