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    Code Blue Announcement

    RNsRWe replied to airborneinf82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'd have to disagree, based on the differences in hospital design. My last hospital had floors designed on an 'oval' so that if you KNEW the room number, you'd know you were heading down the correct...
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    They aren't 'real' charge nurses..vent

    RNsRWe replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Thankfully I'm no longer in the toxic environment of an acute care hospital unit. Which means that I no longer arrive an hour before shift change to see a unit clerk rolling her eyes and complaining...
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    "No nurses of color....."

    RNsRWe replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This part made me smile....my mind immediately went to "well, what are we now that we're nurses, if not human? Robotrons?'"
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    "No nurses of color....."

    RNsRWe replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Except that it's just as likely a white guy as a black one is wearing the same cologne. Yet another reason to NOT wear scents in a clinical
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    "No nurses of color....."

    RNsRWe replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    y'know, i loved this line! talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. and the crazy thing is, the doctor probably would have treated swastika boy
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    "No nurses of color....."

    RNsRWe replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "nurses of color..." Hmmm. I'm a natural strawberry blonde with fair skin who was once told by a charming 'Skinhead' that I am NOT a White woman (capital W on purpose to identify race as opposed to...
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    Resume/ interview help, new RN

    RNsRWe replied to blinky's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You have multiple spelling errors and typos. Should be proofread more
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    Resume/ interview help, new RN

    RNsRWe replied to blinky's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think you should follow whatever seems best to you. I gave you my thoughts on what I'd want to see on an applicant's resume, from the standpoint of the nurse manager looking them over before...
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    What are your thoughts on patients who request no male nurses taking care of them?

    RNsRWe replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Sorry, OT I know, but I had to let out a giggle at "lady bits"! Never heard that one
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    What are your thoughts on patients who request no male nurses taking care of them?

    RNsRWe replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I can assure you the lady who is mortified at the thought of a man other than her husband seeing her naked (let alone putting in a FOLEY!) doesn't give a rat's patooty WHAT the male caregivers at the...
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    What are your thoughts on patients who request no male nurses taking care of them?

    RNsRWe replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    My thoughts are that if my patient is going to be embarrassed or perhaps hide symptoms because she isn't comfortable with a male physically inspecting her, why should she NOT be accommodated when...
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    Resume/ interview help, new RN

    RNsRWe replied to blinky's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Checked out the Yahoo article; it's a general guideline, and not a bad one. I wish the last posts I made on this thread were still here! Would make it easier to retrace my steps. Anyway, it said to...
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    Never placed an IV!!!!!

    RNsRWe replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly it's time for more than one to take steps back. I believe I'm done here, as I've addressed the topic and at this point am aggravated by the sideline one. Moving
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    Questions on how to work 6 months on / 6 months off

    RNsRWe replied to IanN1's topic in General Nursing

    Do you live in an area with a high influx of seasonal residents? If so, you might be able to be a PRN who is available only during those in-demand months; normally, even PRN requires a more regular...
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    Motivating the Nurse in All of Us

    RNsRWe replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    It's not a quote that motivates me, it's an ideal: if I teach a patient enough times, in enough ways, one day I believe it will all "gel" and come together such that the patient learns to take care of...
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    Never placed an IV!!!!!

    RNsRWe replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    And once more we disagree. And I take offense to what appears to me to be a disregard of other's sensibilities. However, I am not going to call your statements "scandalous", even if they are...
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    Never placed an IV!!!!!

    RNsRWe replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but you are willing to state that it WAS wrong then and IS wrong now, which puts you a considerable step ahead of those who not only don't recognize that is was wrong, but continue to defend the...
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    Database issues - lost posts, threads, and new Registers

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

    Is there any expectation that lost information will be retrieved? I was helping someone with his resume and about half the thread is gone now! Sure hope he got to read
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    Particular Patient Populations - Do You Struggle?

    RNsRWe replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hypochondriacs. Ok, they're never dx'd that way, but we all know who they are! They're the ones that keep coming back to our GI office insisting that they get scoped yet another time, they're...
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    Resume/ interview help, new RN

    RNsRWe replied to blinky's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, include it. You need to show that you've actually been employed at some point; focus on the strengths of each job. For instance, while you were a restaurant hostess (or whatever), you were...
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    How to post a quote in the beginning of your cover letter?

    RNsRWe replied to lullaby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had no idea I was at my max in my PMs! Have now done some weeding out; feel free to send them to me and I'll let you know how they look IMO
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    Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    RNsRWe replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    Laurenslovely: I have a suggestion for you. Please print out this thread, in its entirety, starting with your post. Punch holes so that you can place in a report folder, and place this in the back...
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    How to post a quote in the beginning of your cover letter?

    RNsRWe replied to lullaby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I don't think the question should be "what is the correct way to start my cover letter with a quote?", but rather "should I start my cover letter with a quote?" The answer to the first is "there...
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    Registered Medical Assistant pay?

    RNsRWe replied to Steph2078's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In a way, the first time you 'register' as an RN is when you're applying to sit for the NCLEX-RN. Everything they'll need to both license and register you is there, pending the results of the test....
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    Do people take advantage of me because I work nights?

    RNsRWe replied to frankie,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, frankie, I'm guessing you've caught the gist: you are being taken advantage of and it's not because you work nights. It's because you've been labeled "sucker"! From now on, if anyone wakes...