TU RN DNP, CRNA

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    Nurses selling at work?

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

    Had a coworker bring her son and some friends in to do a presentation for one of those pyramid scheme-esque multilevel marketing companies. She asked is to attend at work in our one break room and I...
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    Anti-Intellectualism in Nursing

    TU RN replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    For the same reason men cannot comment on the presence/absence of mysogeny in nursing, neither can you comment on the perception of men in nursing. That's a double standard and I resent it. I've had...
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    Scrub the Hub

    TU RN replied to ManNurseBear's topic in General Nursing

    If I was pulseless in need of ACLS drugs, I'd forgive the RN who forgot to scrub the hub to give them... might not be so quaint if they spent 30-60 seconds scrubbing the hub while my hypoxic brain...
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    Anti-Intellectualism in Nursing

    TU RN replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I guess it depends on where you work. I've definitely made some of these observations at my hospital (large inner city hospital). There are many RNs from the surrounding city (myself included) with...
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    Anti-Intellectualism in Nursing

    TU RN replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You can become a nurse by completing a 2 year diploma program and passing a 75 question test, then once you actually get the job you can throw it all out the window. Your love of science and medicine...
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    What is your quote or mantra when it gets tough?

    TU RN replied to Lola Lou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When it's not "I dreamed a dream" from Les Mis depressingly looping in my brain overnight, I'm telling myself that "there is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting
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    Do employers in your area consider GPA?

    TU RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I'm positive I got hired because my suit was
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    Emergency Response for Dummies

    TU RN replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Pulse: good. No pulse: compressions. I went even dumber :) Great article! I used to work at the Y and our EAP reflected this (with no nurses/docs of
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    First time fired by a patient

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

    Yeah I'd be relieved too. Patients like this make me hate my
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    Burned out and hate nursing

    TU RN replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I love this post and have been referencing back on it time and again since I started on this site. I would really like to see an update from the OP but I don't think they're active anymore. I didn't...
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    Nurses desensitized to death?

    TU RN replied to Meeny's topic in General Nursing

    Valar
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    Lack of basic care--appalling!

    TU RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can hear my clinical teacher's voice echoing in my head with this post "if you didn't document it, you didn't do it." I can also remember several times where I've gotten too busy doing patient care...
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    How to write a PIER note?

    TU RN replied to wam1974's topic in General Nursing

    ah thanks for that. I guess different nursing schools teach different acronyms.. there are so many in healthcare. I remember the first one I learned in first responder training:
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    why nursing is a mess. three simple facts

    TU RN replied to chillnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    chillnurse, you speak my language. Yes to this whole
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    How to write a PIER note?

    TU RN replied to wam1974's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously I just graduated last year and we did "PIE" notes, they're adding letters and changing things
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    How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    TU RN replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've noticed that sizing seems to be upscaled in scrubs. Where I normally wear medium T-shirts and 34" waist (average build for a guy), I have to buy small scrubs. I've verified this by looking at...
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    How can I tell if I'm cut out for night shift

    TU RN replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights (1900-0730) and hate it, but don't really have a choice at this point in my career. A day shift position probably won't be available for me for another year or more due to the number of...
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    How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    TU RN replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    'murica.
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    when you're patients a slob...

    TU RN replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    I usually take the few minutes to pick up the trash (using gloves if there are bodily fluids on any of the waste) and dispose of it all accordingly. I also make it a point to try and tidy up the room,...
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    I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore

    TU RN replied to Poly123's topic in General Students

    You've completed only one semester and have identified so many characteristics in yourself that you can use to guide your career. You've gained perspective, and that is priceless. As someone who...
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    Military Time

    TU RN replied to krm7's topic in General Students

    Do you use military/24 hour time verbatim? I have communicated specific times (in 24 hour time) to doctors before and I'm not sure if I'm doing it properly. Is it appropriate to say, for example,...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    TU RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    HotHamWater isn't a physician. I'm not even sure they're in healthcare. By the way they seem to focus solely on syntax and argument without contributing anything (at all) useful to the
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    Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

    TU RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely Kitty
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    Nurses, why do we nurse when it is so hard for some of us??????

    TU RN replied to kat009's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You'd think that somebody who is more than likely copying questions from an essay they've been assigned would manage to not massacre the English language. **********What does autonomy mean to your...
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    What should I start with?

    TU RN replied to Drew5771's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What's wrong with