TU RN DNP, CRNA

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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    TU RN replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Years later, the OP was found to be posting "New grad hates nursing!" in General Nursing
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    TU RN replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel like I do a good job as a nurse. I've caught emergencies and intervened, I've developed my skills amazingly in the 15 months of work, I've encouraged patients who have been down due to hard...
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    Nursing shoes that aren't clogs

    TU RN replied to BeachsideRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    This might sound a little gross, but I've been wearing the same pear of white Reebok low tops for the past 3 years. They met nursing school's basic requirement of being [mostly] impermeable to fluids,...
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    Should I Become a Nurse?

    TU RN replied to thyme-is-honey's topic in General Nursing

    "Is it too late to change careers?" Definitely not. People have made career changes to nursing in their 50s and have posted their stories on AN, I'm sure you can find some. Nursing school, depending...
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    Nurse Staffing Costs

    TU RN replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That's kind of personal, vaguely threatening, and creepy to be honest. Probably something in the ToS against it
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    Nurse Staffing Costs

    TU RN replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    He is an individual, the wave of changes taking place in hospitals and the negative experiences you claim to have had with healthcare consultants are all generalizations. The OP has stated himself...
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    Are physicians that thick?

    TU RN replied to nynursey_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    RN1 x2 sticks, better RN2/PCA x1 stick, notify MD. That's our commonly accepted algorithm. Not phlebotomy team where I work and the charge nurse is just a randomly assigned staff nurse so they aren't...
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    Nurse Staffing Costs

    TU RN replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Why are we laying into this guy? It's an innocent discussion. He hasn't done anything wrong to us, and is simply asking for our opinion. Stew, does the presence of a nursing union complicate or...
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    A male perspective

    TU RN replied to 4263people's topic in Men in Nursing

    We're talking the Brotherhood of Teamsters in trucking VS a spottily unionized profession in nursing. That's the difference right there. Need I say
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    Nurse Staffing Costs

    TU RN replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm not fully brought into the fold of my facility's methods of budgeting and cost-cutting, as I am a staff nurse (not an administrator). However I have been lectured by my own nurse manager - who...
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    My Reflections on Nursing

    TU RN replied to sjalv's topic in General Nursing

    What is this some pre-employment
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    Would you do this...? Thoughts....

    TU RN replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    Burn more than you consume. Eat less. Eat healthier. Be physically active. Why can't people just do these things? Is there a single human culture in the world (besides American) that is so quick to...
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    Coworkers that act like spoiled brats...discuss

    TU RN replied to Mikey31079's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I show up to this floor - that apparently was so desperate for staff that I needed to be pulled - and 3 of the 4 RNs there were sitting, having personal conversations, and ignoring me. I politely...
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    condom catheters

    TU RN replied to 84RN's topic in General Nursing

    Staple
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    When will the anxiety fade?

    TU RN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ICU stepdown. RNperdiem couldn't be more on the money. Unpredictability makes this job stressful, and unpredictability is stepdown's MO. Some of my anxiety has gone away, but I've gotta say...
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    Hey so young nurses, are we really making "that much"?

    TU RN replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    A thank you to SHGR and PMFB for (correctly comprehending) explaining my post. I did mean that tuition for an associate's degree in nursing (or other allied health professions such as radiologic and...
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    My daughter passed the NCLEX

    TU RN replied to Keane68's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes congratulations to your daughter! I remember the relief I felt when I got it behind me, that's for
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    JUST a nurse

    TU RN replied to Knights Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've never been asked this question by someone who wasn't
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    nursing tasks that you do the least because you are too busy

    TU RN replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

    Ambulating, IS, oral care, shaving.. check all. Our unit functions really well as a team and still we leave at the end of the day feeling like we didn't do anything for our patients. Staffing is a...
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    If you accept a job, stay at least a year

    TU RN replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When nurses are treated like professionals (i.e. lawyers and attorneys), then and only then would I expect them to treat their employment as professionals. As long as nurses are treated by employers...
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    Signs the patient population is doable ?

    TU RN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Whenever older generations whine about younger generations I can't help but laugh. You created
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    "Calling" and "profession"

    TU RN replied to duskyjewel's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Easy. Throw them both in the trash and call it your
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    Hey so young nurses, are we really making "that much"?

    TU RN replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    When you consider that somebody with an associates degree in nursing (or even a few allied health positions) worth $10-20k is starting off making the same money as a BSN worth $30++k it becomes hard...
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    What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    TU RN replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    If they truly were extroverts, then at the end of a typical bedside RN work day they would identify more as extroverts as that's the type of social environment that they would prefer. If they truly...
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    Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    TU RN replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Seeing young nurses flee a workplace because they aren't natural fits for the specialty or culture is one thing. Seeing experienced nurses of 10-20 years leaving the unit (on which they spent the...