trudeyRN

Legal and ethical are two different constructs. There are many things a nurse does based on ethics. Care of self is put on the same level of importance as care of others (per ANA); if you think about it, failing to care for yourself (say doing mouth ...

I'm all for collaboration and helping those who help themselves. Doing both elevates the profession: collaborate rather than competitive, a hand up for the person who does take the initiative to get it together to become competent is fine. Even with ...

I can see this coming down the pike: me getting branded as not social. In truth, the stimulation of hospital cafeterias during meal times does me in. I like small scale socialization. Should probably do some more "exposure therapy" to the feeding fre...

I've only ever been given ativan for rest prior to surgery. I didn't take it since I hate not being "with it". As for anesthesiology, no I didn't "bite the bullet", but I have to confess being put under was one of my big anxieties about that procedu...

Trying to learn auscultation, I assumed I might have a hearing impairment I hadn't known about before nursing school. I was immediately panicked that I might not be able to perform (if nothing else, a nurse must be capable of assessment). My instruc...

Still a student and have not chosen a focus area yet, but have loved all my OR observation experiences. OR nurses as a group seem to be excellent teachers. Thank you for these tips

I think the take home from all of this could be "individual results may vary". Work with your doc to figure out what does. I can really understand though the desire to bounce this off others, not for medical advice (as we are all required not to be g...

It is not inappropriate to stand up for yourself, but how you do that can determine whether you achieve your desired goal (respect). It's possible that many peoples' first gut reaction might be to want to take the guy down a peg. And it may have felt...

This reflects what pretty much everyone has already said, but when I read "mundane questions" and "lack critical thinking" my first thought was they are probably nurses with a healthy respect of scope of practice and and a smart inclination to protec...

It can be surprising and hurtful when people say stuff like that, but you have to realize it says more about him than it does about you. Same goes for people who offer the "grow a thicker skin" attitude when you clearly are asking for support. I know...

I feel like I'm in the same place. I know you are looking for people who have longer perspective who can tell you this is normal and you will get there. I will start my third semester this fall, so I don't have a work history to base this on. I too t...

There may be some legal or policy and procedure manual that says somewhere there needs to be intent, but I don't believe all definitions of abuse come to that same conclusion. Many define abuse as misuse or mistreatment. I think one concept that is p...

I have seen this (a friend caring for an abusive family member). We naturally think about the vulnerability created by age (and yes, that's very real). This points out the vulnerability to abuse created in some cases by caring.

As a former teacher, people "on the spectrum" were some of my favorite students. A common dislike of fire drills, pep rallies and school vacation may have been at the root of this affinity. I was reading up on migraines about fMRI studies that demon...

You make me smile: ATI hospital, NCLEX hospital and real world hospital sounds like we are living in three parallel universes. Sometimes when I take those tests, I think we are The books are a good suggestion. In the beginning I was not using them m...

Another thing that occurs to me as I read it is the blanket e-mail for everyone to see serves the purpose of warning those who were in uniform, who by noticing the others who were not may have concluded it wasn't a big deal and they really don't need...

We are often held to higher standards for all of this since we are "on someone else's turf". As others have said, uniform/appearance (which was discussed well in advance) is a really basic thing. If the site has grounds to complain about appearance (...

I like that you could give unconditional positive regard to the patient while you eventually were able to give some benefit of the doubt to the daughter. As several have pointed out, we really don't know the whole story. It could be something as simp...

Oh, duh. As I re-read, I see that the lines you need to draw are concerning your profession and how you relate to family members (as opposed to a long standing tradition of you bailing everyone else out-which is my problem). People relating to you as...

I wish I had more to give you other than to say I'm right there with you. My family of origin sounds similar- in this case me, mom and brother- I am the only "rational expression" of the family gene pool". I too keep my distance because since I am th...

I wish I had more to give you other than to say I'm right there with you. My family of origin sounds similar- in this case me, mom and brother- I am the only "rational expression" of the family gene pool". I too keep my distance because since I am th...

In the words of another famous middle child "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha" (Jan Brady). Don't count us (Gen X) out, we are the ones you don't see coming! Perhaps we were raised by Sesame Street, but there are other programs running behind the scenes (read:...

I think what you show here is your ability to prioritize in the face of conflicting information from others. Don't know (I am a beginning student too), but I'd guess that ability will serve you and your patients very well as time goes on.

I would imagine it is because even when you set the limits on a FB account, the wonderful power of "six points of separation" is still at work- you may restrict things to friends only, but what if your friends "let it all hang out"? Does your info ha...

I think we could possibly see less osteoporosis at some point as the result of the fact that women no longer avoid weights for fear of "getting big arms" or "looking like a guy".