bbyRN

bbyRN BSN, RN

TCU, Dementia care, nurse manager

Gained experience with excellent nursing assts, nurses, and docs, including a hugely experienced, caring DON. Second career.

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  1. What to do in critical patient situations?

    bbyRN replied to nurse_shelly's topic in Rehabilitation

    I work on a TCU - that might be the same or similar to a post-acute job like yours. First, you posted months ago. I expect you are fairly seasoned now, though still have many questions. Maybe you...

  2. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    bbyRN replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to have real-time, on the job, learning with real-time, on the job nurses - that is, in my LTC and TCU shifts, I would love to be able to work with an experienced nurse - experienced in...

  3. Light at the End of the Tunnel: RN to BSN

    bbyRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    The beauty or tragedy of all the monitoring is that those who are in control of the monitoring can use it or not use it. It is their choice for their capricious reasons. Essentially, the monitoring...

  4. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    bbyRN replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    The trend in the US, and probably the whole world, is to push as much work for as little pay down the management ladder as possible. Someone mentioned that tasks are beginning to be timed. That may...

  5. Another reason unions suck!

    bbyRN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It would be nice if we - not just the people in this discussion - would work together and get most of what they want but not everything, since that is not realistic without stomping (preferred a...

  6. Please Help, I'm new & made a huge med error, I'm devastated.

    bbyRN replied to MasonDixieChic's topic in Patient Medications

    It is great to see the support that nurses offer other nurses, especially those nurses with years and levels of experience who acknowledge the realities. With that said, in my limited experience, the...

  7. I Should Be in Jail

    bbyRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone who work so hard in such environments. May you all be blessed with strength and

  8. Age Discrimination in Nursing

    bbyRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    The number of different jobs and positions that nurses are suitable for, if not best qualified for, are so numerous that we all should be employed and paid well until we unambiguously cannot do the...

  9. Is Nursing All About Stress?

    bbyRN replied to Jerome Stone RN's topic in General Nursing

    My 2 cents. Stress (often) occurs because of a conflict (sheesh, sounds Freudian, but that's not where it came from, to the extent that I am aware of it . . . just digging myself in deeper.) For...

  10. Threatened by patient

    bbyRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Security could have been on the floor but not in the patient's face so that she would not be "re-escalated." With security on the floor, whether in view of the patient or not, there would have been...

  11. Nursing Home vs Hospital

    bbyRN replied to Allstar2014's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am working on getting my first job as a new grad RN. My experience is 3 years in LTC as an NA. Now I've interviewed at a few LTC/TCUs and received offers recently, while I have applied to...

  12. The HARD Truth for most nurses

    bbyRN replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sounds like you are starting at the bottom. By doing this now, you are liable to know what people really need in life, when they need it, and how they can get it in the best possible way. You will...

  13. Different perspectives, same job

    bbyRN replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. I have worked in a couple of industries with people who loved what they were doing and worked hard. Some very successful internally and externally. The poor management destroyed the...

  14. Pain relief without fostering addiction

    bbyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a link to a 2012 review paper, Prescription Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain:A Review of Opioid Abuse Predictors andStrategies to Curb Opioid Abuse" in Pain Physician, "the official journal of the...

  15. Pt threw a bedpan...

    bbyRN replied to NanikRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I came across this article on integrating psych and medical "practice." It's not nursing but it does speak to decreasing the separation between the two in healthcare. MAYO CLINIC EXPERIENCE...

  16. Forced to resign, new grad with only 1 year of experinece.

    bbyRN replied to Elan84's topic in General Nursing

    Quote "Quote from Ruby Vee I wonder if you know how condescending that "be blessed" comes across. Did you mean it that way? Unquote This exchange is a "great" - actually quite disappointing and...