DusktilDawn

DusktilDawn

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  1. Inventions we'd love to see....

    DusktilDawn replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

  2. Delegating bedmaking, bedpans . . .

    DusktilDawn replied to pancake's topic in General Nursing

    What has happened is that they are taking advantage of you. They know if they don't do THEIR JOB, you will. You first need to speak to these people when they fail to do their job, such as not...

  3. Professional Misconduct

    DusktilDawn replied to bertita's topic in General Nursing

    You're no doubt right Tweety, and it is unfortunate that the OP does not see the situation she has set up for herself. If this nurse educator wants to get rid of her, she now has the ammo to do so,...

  4. Professional Misconduct

    DusktilDawn replied to bertita's topic in General Nursing

    Actually you put the nurse educator in the role of victim in your scenario by your behavior, it certainly wasn't her that had hospital security on her case. In fact did she not come across as the...

  5. Professional Misconduct

    DusktilDawn replied to bertita's topic in General Nursing

    Bertita, you need to stop looking at yourself as a victim who should be excluded from the consequences of your own behavior because of an emotional condition. Every job has it's stressors and people...

  6. When Did Your Hospital Stop Requiring Caps?

    DusktilDawn replied to Nurse1962's topic in General Nursing

    Caps were no longer required at the facility I worked at when I started nursing, white uniforms were. Although it was not required to wear caps, there were a few who chose to wear theirs. I asked one...

  7. What can an RN do that an LPN can't?

    DusktilDawn replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    :imbar :imbar umm, thanks for pointing that

  8. What can an RN do that an LPN can't?

    DusktilDawn replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Actually 12hrs, I would be curious to know how an LPN can evaluate the performance of an RN. Having once worked as an LPN prior to becoming an RN, I learned how different the roles actually are,...

  9. When Did Your Hospital Stop Requiring Caps?

    DusktilDawn replied to Nurse1962's topic in General Nursing

    That's one reason never to go back to the white and caps because it would be gender biased. I also think it is an antiquated image that a lot of people still have in regards to nurses, one that casts...

  10. Help Please Math

    DusktilDawn replied to ILUVMYCUBS's topic in General Nursing

    100 units in 100ml solution equals 1 unit per 1 ml, therefore your rate would be 12 ml per hour if you want to infuse 12 units of insulin an

  11. What do unit secretary's do in your ER

    DusktilDawn replied to Butterfly3001's topic in Emergency

    Ward clerk duties can vary from facility to facility. One facility I worked at, we would say that unofficially that the ward clerk ran the unit, simply because of all the things that got taken care of...

  12. Question about story (pt refuse treatment)

    DusktilDawn replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a couple more articles on this case: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970904/09040452.htm http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970910/09100548.htm...

  13. Question about story (pt refuse treatment)

    DusktilDawn replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    This could be the story your instructor was talking about, Capribry: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960513/05130030.htm The premise of the suit is that the patient wasn't...

  14. Near miss, should I be blamed?

    DusktilDawn replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the best you could in a very bad situation that was definately not of your making. I honestly don't know what you could have done differently, except to question from the get go why...

  15. Good vibes and prayers for Fun2Care!

    DusktilDawn replied to Race Mom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    all right fun!!!! doing the happy dance for

  16. Question about story (pt refuse treatment)

    DusktilDawn replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    I remember reading about this case years ago. If I recall this story correctly, the surgeon in the situation did everything he could LEGALLY do in order to do surgery on this person, the surgeon did...

  17. Nurse's Aid acting as a Nurse

    DusktilDawn replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    Jalvino, I think what you are dealing with is a situation has been allowed to happen. Others have allowed these behaviors probably because Martha is good at her job. This pretty much sums up the...

  18. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    DusktilDawn replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I think it would be wiser to have a few things taken care of first before that move. Be careful when one hands you a rope, it may be the one you hang yourself with. Right now, in this time and...

  19. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    DusktilDawn replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Randy, your post just begged for a reply from a twin:D I do however think that the nursing profession will eventually progress to having one entry level for RNs. It's happened elsewhere, including...

  20. Nursing Paper-Gender Bias and stereotypes

    DusktilDawn replied to MainLV's topic in Men in Nursing

    Oh, you meant women in general. Well then I guess I don't need that broom. What you did was sterotype a group of people based on gender. Isn't there enough negative stereotypes out there for both men...

  21. Nursing Paper-Gender Bias and stereotypes

    DusktilDawn replied to MainLV's topic in Men in Nursing

    Wow RC, I wasn't aware I was part of a "coven of bitter, spiteful, man hating witches who blame white males for everything that is wrong in the world". Talk about stereotypes. Guess I better go see if...

  22. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    DusktilDawn replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My point is that if there was this torrent of nurses being graduated from ABC community college, and that hospitals had all these new grads at their disposal than it would not be necessary to recruit...

  23. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    DusktilDawn replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hate to break it to you Randy, but twins are not carbon copies of each other, nor are they two-halves to one person, nor do they share the same personality. In fact they are individuals that can and...

  24. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    DusktilDawn replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I work in a facility where they strongly recruit nurses from the Philipines, where BSN is a requirement. There is a reason these nurses are so willing to be recruited, the working conditions for them...

  25. Womens interest in male nurses

    DusktilDawn replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    NURSING SCHOOL IS DEFINATELY NOT FOR WIMPS, irregardless of