RedInScrubs ASN, RN

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    It's not my job to pray with you.

    RedInScrubs replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I don't pray with patient either, and I don't pretend to. Were I polytheistic, I wouldn't ask someone to pray to a god they don't believe in just because it makes me feel better, and I wouldn't ask...
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    "I do the same thing as an RN"

    RedInScrubs replied to WheresMyPen's topic in General Nursing

    I was an CNA, LPN, ADN, then BSN. Didn't really understand the differences in scope and skill sets until I had the education that gave me the perspective. Very little has to do with the tasks...
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    CABG recovery ratios?

    RedInScrubs replied to brook0224's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Working both CVICU and cardiac, ours are 1:1 until extubated, then they're 2:1. I don't actually think that is asking too much, really, since they're usually transferred to the cardiac floor, where...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    RedInScrubs replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just watched episode of "Fringe" where they, a team of non-medical personnel, put in an emergency trach without any sterile tools or gloves,and magically, the non-doctor knew where to place the...
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    Boldness to Speak

    RedInScrubs replied to Parakeet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I'm not sure I totally get the point of threads like this. I've known I was an atheist since age five. I've known I wanted to be a nurse since about then, as well. The two were never conflicting. Yet...
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    Charting Systems

    RedInScrubs replied to Vespertinas's topic in Agency Nurses

    Oh, lord, So many still using the DOS-based MediTech.. I am so sorry.. I used MediTech DOS-based when I first started, we switched to the web-based, which was a thousand times better, but still really...
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    Nursing Instructors Would Rather see You Fail than Succeed

    RedInScrubs replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    When I was in school, I thought this. Then when I started working as a nurse, I realized just what exactly they'd spent two years pounding into my brain, and why they did care. It's a lot more clear...
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    Afib: A question of nursing judgment

    RedInScrubs replied to crazycat1's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a good discussion question for
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    An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    RedInScrubs replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    That is actually the reason most atheists DO want to engage or reveal it. The term "active disbelief" seems to imply a very consistent action that is required to continue the existence of a lack of...
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    Medical Assistants in the office

    RedInScrubs replied to SHELLYBELLYRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Preach on, preach
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    What is your most and least favourite area/specialty of nursing and why?

    RedInScrubs replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most favorite is med-surg, hands down. It can be chaotic, the turnover is nuts, but you just get so many challenges, you never get bored. Even on the same floor, you are constantly given a load of...
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    What advice would you give your 19 year old self?

    RedInScrubs replied to depalma.amada's topic in General Nursing

    1) One day you'll move across the country for a crazy little person who isn't even born. It'll be a good decision. But you should have more confidence in it, and yourself, because you ARE better than...
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    The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    RedInScrubs replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    "1)__ Do you take the flu vaccine yearly? If you do not, what is the reason you do not participate (if you don't mind answering this question)? 2)__ Does your employer have a mandatory influenza...
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    (8/29) This week, I have learned......

    RedInScrubs replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that Epic is WAY preferable to MediTech in terms of user-friendly setup and use. Also, I changed the theme to Galaxy. Because purple. And
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    Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    RedInScrubs replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    For 13 hours, a general average day is 12,000. A really bad day I had nearly
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    An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    RedInScrubs replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    No, it won't kill anyone, but I wouldn't ask a Christian to pretend to pray to Zeus because it would make ME feel better. That's just self-indulgent and rude to think I have the right to step on...
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    RedInScrubs replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    Eh, I always said I'd be THAT nurse to ALWAYS be perfect all the time, never cut corners, blah blah. But then I got overworked, underpaid, and have days where life just sucks, and I freely admit that...
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    First Week - Grave Mistake!

    RedInScrubs replied to DNS.RN78's topic in General Nursing

    I did say it once on the tele floor when I was floated up there. Had a code blue not three hours after that, after three discharges, one right on top of the other. One of the reasons I didn't like...
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    colleague does not want to take day off

    RedInScrubs replied to bellefleur's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, anyone with lots of energy and enthusiasm for something is CLEARLY manic. Especially older folks. Because don't all older individuals just sit at home and knit and watch "The Price is Right"? Who...
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    I give up!

    RedInScrubs replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    This. All nursing schools are major suckage, for the most part. They're all controlled chaos, and the general consensus is that you're scum and you suck and all that. But you get through, head down,...
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    RedInScrubs replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    I'll add my two cents on this. You will NOT learn how to be a nurse during clinical. You won't. You don't call the doctors, take responsibility for medications, call pharmacy, chart, or have to...
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    What are we allowed to share?

    RedInScrubs replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. I think it's a nursing judgment call. I don't always discuss non-emergent or secondary priority findings, i.e., a possibly cancerous mass that doesn't require immediate...
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    Hours?

    RedInScrubs replied to misscheerful's topic in General Nursing

    This will vary WIDELY depending on where you work. My first place of employment we self-scheduled, for 12 hour-shifts. We had to do three/week for full-time positions, with a total of six weekend...
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    What do you guys like to do in your free time?

    RedInScrubs replied to PianoTiles's topic in General Nursing

    I have a five year-old, so we hang out. I like to hit up Crossfit, and just get outdoors. Since I spend so much time inside while working, I find it helps me recharge to get outside for horseback...
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    Night Shifts?

    RedInScrubs replied to MeredithAnne's topic in General Students

    It probably depends on where you are, but a lot of places hire to the needed shifts, which do tend to be nights. A lot of places look at days as a seniority position. I prefer working nights, and...