NuGuyNurse2b

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  1. Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Nurses Who Saved His Infant Son's Life

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    The "fake coverage" already exists under Obamacare - poor people are simply purchasing low premium/high deductible policies because it's mandated or else they're fined. The open to interpretation is...

  2. Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Nurses Who Saved His Infant Son's Life

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Why is there a post such as this on every social media about this video? Preexisting conditions were before the Trump era. And if you're following, preexisting conditions are currently covered under...

  3. Worried about giving wrong saline!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to nurselalou's topic in General Nursing

    We get the exact same problem in our supply room! Unfortunately it's caused by the poor organization (if it were up to me, we'd have an abundance of NS and not the same amount as the rest of the...

  4. Inform director of leaving beforehand?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    The question is - do you want her to answer questions from your potential new employer? Most places list on the job application whether you give permission to contact your current manager. If you...

  5. Accepting the first job offer as a new grad

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure how it is in your area, but around my neck of the woods, ADN's don't typically get picked for hospital jobs. They will always go for the BSN candidate because it helps their magnet status....

  6. Question regarding resignation

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to ryanc001's topic in General Nursing

    A broken foot is a broken foot. You can't work, simple as that. They can try to salvage their relationship with you or they can choose to do what they are obviously doing. You're out the door, so...

  7. Question for nurses that are male...

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I don't take offense to it. It's like nursing school telling me the patients are no longer patients, they're

  8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    That gave me goose bumps. I was in a patient's room the other night and for a split second I swore I saw a person standing in the corner, patient gown and everything. I kept calm but I was definitely...

  9. regarding ratios: 5:1 days, 6:1 nights

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to nursewall-e's topic in General Nursing

    Um I'd take that in a heartbeat. We get 7-8 patients most days and when the moon aligns with Jupiter, we get 9...it's totally

  10. HELP!?! New in a SICU... already cried... totally terrified

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to jlv613's topic in Critical Care

    I know you're miserable, but think of how lucky you are. As a new grad, I applied to ER/ICU's, areas where I wanted to start, and the doors never opened. Take this as an opportunity to grow and be a...

  11. RN shortage

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    I think with the retirement boom it will even out or even become a shortage. Right now, probably 70% of our night crew is nearing retirement in the next 3-5 years. And the number of new nurses...

  12. RN to MSN Programs

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to susie1969's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Did it require the

  13. other side of the coin. again.

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I tell all my family to avoid hospitals if possible. The system is broken. If management even sees me sitting to catch a break, I am surely getting an admission. It's chronic short staff followed...

  14. Orders from hell...

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I always like the stool specimen orders for an NPO

  15. PVT Trick in less than 24hours indeed took $200 (what the odds of passing?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to gionabeth's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sorry but if it took your money, you more than likely failed. When I wanted my sanity, I put in my real credit card info (as opposed to spoofing the expiration date) and the Pearson site simply would...

  16. RN shortage

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Can you really earn your degree online? I'm not talking about the RN-BSN bridge programs. I mean legitimate BSN or ADN? I didn't think that was

  17. Magnet vs. Closer to home

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to pleasenocdif's topic in General Nursing

    Don't pick a job based on magnet recognition; every post here about the bullcraplery that it is is all true. My hospital is affiliated with a larger network hospital so by relation, it can claim...

  18. Don't flame me for this

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to future_RN, CNA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't really gauge the unfairness when you aren't specific in your description of the situation. You say you get called a lot by the male nurses...but are you assigned to those patients for whom...

  19. I suck at phlebotomy... Help?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to jss1985's topic in General Nursing

    we weren't taught to start IV's in our nursing program, I was told by our program director that that was an on-the-job training thing. Fast forward to on the job training, and I pretty much blew what...

  20. Leaving nursing

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Hreneem's topic in General Nursing

    that would probably explain the low pay, but even LPN's make more than

  21. Weird meeting with manager

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to amzyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate the pain scores. Majority of the time we get dinged on the "timeliness" because the patient simply wasn't due. I actually had Dilaudid ordered Q1hr on a patient. Asked why the patient didn't...

  22. Irony regarding cellphone use at work

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Except the situation described in the opening post isn't ironic; it's actually

  23. How do you feel about being a nurse?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    Like others, it's a tough job, with some good days and some bad days. But I have experienced the corporate world, behind that nice shiny desk from 8-5 working only Monday-Friday since nursing is my...

  24. Interviewing for the same job twice

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to sts188's topic in General Nursing

    Worst case scenario is they say no. You have nothing to lose, unless you're one of those people with that pesky 'pride' issue, which you will lose very quickly in this profession. I was looking at a...

  25. Nursing Student From Hell

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like a lot of people are shocked by Alice's antics. I hate to break it to you, but a lot of graduate nurses are like that. We had an orientee on our floor, started out with me, who left the...