explorereb96

explorereb96 ADN, BSN

Pediatrics Telemetry CCU ICU

Member

  • Content

    145

  • Visitors

    4,159

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    34

All Content by explorereb96

  1. Family issue..Thoughts?

    explorereb96 replied to jrabbit619's topic in General Students

    My sister is like this with her son. She leans on him constantly for everything. It's partly a desperate attempt at keeping him a child and knowing that he would always be "there" for her at anytime...

  2. That nagging feeling...

    explorereb96 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I, myself had "that feeling of impending doom," It's no joke. I was at home burping and burping ...then came the pain between my shoulder blades that crawled up my neck. My husband was wondering...

  3. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    explorereb96 replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    ooh god...some of these women are so full of themselves. No one in that room cares about her lady parts, except medically. But people are people and will find anything to complain about. It...

  4. Uncensored Thoughts of a Nurse Interviewer

    explorereb96 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you so much for this article. I would like to know how you feel about a new grad that was previously an L.P.N.? I am going back to school next semester. I have been an LPN for 27 years. Two...

  5. How Nurses Cope with Death

    explorereb96 replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    You are right. Detachment is a learned response. It takes time. A lot of the nurses that had initially wanted to work in our facility gave it a week and then said they couldn't handle it. I tried...

  6. Workplace Cowardice

    explorereb96 replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very true. I am not easily intimidated and I am unusual in my directness. I never tried to intimidate anyone. But one time, I had another nurse that just rubbed me the wrong way. It was not what...

  7. How Nurses Cope with Death

    explorereb96 replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    I have found that I was probably the most mentally healthy when i went into Pediatrics. Even though the sub-acute area was not hospice, there was more than a fair share of death and dying. One thing...

  8. How Nurses Cope with Death

    explorereb96 replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Well, working in a Pediatric Ventilator sub-acute facility for the past 19 years I can honestly say that it has to do with acceptance. My very first pediatric death I took to heart. I took it very...

  9. Hospital vs. Clinic

    explorereb96 replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Didi Ha Same age and live around the same area. I too am an LPN. I spent my first 10 years of nursing in the hospital. I went from med/surg to ortho. Then onto telemetry, ICU,CCU, ER. The last...

  10. Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    explorereb96 replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wholly agree. Let's all go back to Microbiology I and remember that measles is indeed a virus. Viruses mutate. That is their nature. They adapt, they change and they become stronger in most...

  11. Terminated after 2 months

    explorereb96 replied to LadyNikki's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Read my post below. The EEOC and Human Relations Commission (or Employee Relations Commission) in your state will always help you. One thing that i have learned when working with them. There is...

  12. Terminated after 2 months

    explorereb96 replied to LadyNikki's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You would be surprised. I have won such a wrongful termination case AND after winning, was invited back to work there 5 years after winning the case. I asked for little money, just enough to make...

  13. My Unit Is Bleeding Staff & Morale...Vent!

    explorereb96 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Emergency

    "I think the elephant in the middle of the living room here is the fact that, today, hospitals are being run by MBAs and CPAs rather than MDs and RNs." OMG Yes could not have said it better...

  14. I received this email from a professor. I was a little shocked. Opinon?

    explorereb96 replied to kdflet's topic in General Students

    Ha At least most of the nursing school have white scrubs or the like for the clinicals. 27 years ago we were in white opaque stockings, a cotton jumper style dress with the school logo patch on it,...

  15. I am a new nurse and I had a pt make a false accusation.

    explorereb96 replied to newnurse34's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, its not like this patient had any kind of credibility. If I were charge. There would be certain steps that would have been taken. First, I would have gotten your statement. This does not mean...

  16. Nursing School Acceptance

    explorereb96 replied to NurseStudentK75's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    HA I've been an L.P.N. for 27 years and now, at the ripe old age of 49 I'm going for my R.N, I'm sorry, but I feel just as spry as my counterparts that are half my age. I still have at least...

  17. I start tomorrow!

    explorereb96 replied to JACSN's topic in General Students

    I'm going back for my RN (just had to do a couple of prereqs) next semester. I don't remember feeling these feelings 27 years ago. I remember feeling excited, and I loved nursing school. I also...

  18. Love the Concept- Will it be Respected?

    explorereb96 replied to lifelearningrn's topic in Western Governors University

    Wow.... as a nurse for over 27 years I am floored by your attitude of those of us who were "spoon fed" our education. I definitely was not spoon fed anything and yes i will agree there was not the...

  19. Working as a nursing school clinical instructor

    explorereb96 replied to adpiRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Isn't it interesting that you don't need your BSN or your MSN to teach clinically when you are on the floor? Do they have a clinical instructor to go to? Or are you "it?" It's not just the question...

  20. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    explorereb96 replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are all fooling yourselves. The CDC already HAS Ebola samples from every outbreak that has occurred since being discovered. Those samples are in a level 4 containment laboratory in Atlanta......

  21. Where is the Passion?

    explorereb96 replied to ladyk84's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ha! Don't let those that politic get in the way of your happiness on the job. This kind of thing happens in EVERY profession. Just ask those that work on Wall Street and in offices all across the...

  22. Overworked, Tired, and Sleepy

    explorereb96 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Been there done that for almost all of my 27 years of nursing. I don't ever remember having a day shift position. It took me a year to be able to sleep like a normal person. Let me tell you....it...

  23. Well, back in the good old days we did....

    explorereb96 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Once upon a time there were no "standard precautions." You were either in isolation or you weren't. Yep, gloves were rarely worn, but hand washing was pushed very very hard. I was in nursing...

  24. why nursing is a mess. three simple facts

    explorereb96 replied to chillnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "Often these folks lack practical experience in actual nursing. Instead they live in a world filled with research papers, statistical analysis, and academic fluff. This leads to them imposing their...

  25. How Old is "to old" to START a nursing education?

    explorereb96 replied to Greenlee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    oh please... you are only as old as you feel. i have been an LPN for the last 27 years and I am still going back to school for my RN. Up until last year, I worked in a Pediatric Trach/ Vent...