RedInScrubs ASN, RN

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 them to be silent and pretend, since that would larg...

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 associated with the scope; trained techs can task. The men...

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 the staffing is 4:1 (5:1 on nights, more often than ...

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 incision and the trach tube so the ubconcious dude could...

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 I now work in a Catholic hospital, because in rur...

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 muddled and difficult to navigate, since most of ...

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 when you gain their perspective.

Sounds like a good discussion question for homework.

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 belief, like prayer is a means to continue and stren...

Preach on, preach on.

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 patients that tests your ability to adapt and predict...

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 her dad thinks you are. 2) Enjoy the music educat...

"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 vaccination policy as a condition of employment? If y...

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 sparkles.

For 13 hours, a general average day is 12,000. A really bad day I had nearly 18,000..

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 someone's beliefs (or lack thereof) for MY comfort.

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 I won't and can't be perfect every day. I have da...

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 the cardiac floor for a LOOOOOONG time, haha.

I actually was a music major before I got into nursing. Wanted to be a music teacher, but changed my mind two years into that. I taught martial arts for a few years, worked retail, then worked as a CNA, and realized that nursing was just in my blood....

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 does she think she is, enjoying her job and being...

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, graduate, and never have to do it again. You can ev...

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 coordinate anywhere near as much as you will when you h...

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 intervention to assure safety, before the MD. But a pnueumoth...

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 shifts per six week scheduling period. PRN and part-ti...

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 riding, running, whatever. I have a hard time balancin...