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    The Base Tan Myth on "Don't Fry Day"

    RobbiRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to swim upstream on this one. I don't lay out or tan, but I've lived a lot of my life outdoors. I do wear a visor and limit my mid day exposure to harsh sunlight. When I was at a...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    RobbiRN replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Or, just like the doctors before us, we are surrendering the throne. . . The raging dissatisfaction voiced here can be nebulous raging or a spark to kindle a revolution. The irony of the paradigm...
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    Wise One Liners

    RobbiRN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I hear the voices too; you're probably just a better
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    RobbiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The Obamacare roll-out was clumsy because it took a complicated mess and made it extremely more complicated. A single payer solution simplifies our system from the ground up. Some have suggested...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    RobbiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Healthcare is never free. No matter how the system is created, those who pay also pay for everyone who doesn't pay. The goal is to find the most efficient way to provide quality care for everyone....
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    Who Did NOT Do a Year of Med Surg?

    RobbiRN replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a "Nurse Tech" on a Med-Surg unit with a 3/4 RN load while paired with an RN who supervised my work during my second year of an ADN program. ( I already had a BA in another area and this...
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    Pit Bull Service Dogs

    RobbiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    You are assigned a patient who brings two pit bulls with him to the ER claiming that they are service dogs. While it is illegal to falsely claim that a dog is a service dog, we are not allowed to...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    RobbiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Check the numbers here. Another myth supporting profiteering is that US drug companies need years of exclusivity to recover their large investment in developing new drugs. Most R&D is funded by...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    RobbiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    42 days. If you can see one at all. Another major failing of the US system is that the ER is the only place forced to provide treatment without upfront payment. We find the cancer, then refer...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    RobbiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    First, I'd like to second the financial breakdown and arguments well-stated by MunoRN in this thread. I've researched this subject extensively (five books and hundreds of articles) over the past two...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    RobbiRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I read Mark Gridley's April 6 statement referenced in this article. He asserts: "According to many evidence-based studies, there is no conclusive evidence that staffing ratios improve quality or...
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    RobbiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm late to the party -- again. Maybe this was covered in a previous thread, but what can we learn from the actual incident? To me, the biggest mistake was after all the others discussed in this...
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    Safe Staffing Levels for In-hospital Nursing Units

    RobbiRN replied to NURS5870's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Does the ratio formula include the charge nurse or other management who don't take patients? Or does the ratio mandate an actual patient care
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    Safe Staffing Levels for In-hospital Nursing Units

    RobbiRN replied to NURS5870's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Safe staffing ratios may not solve everything, but we can't work safe when we're spread too thin. Every time I mention the ratios mandated in CA, FL managers retort (and travelers concur), "Yes, but...
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    Patients that interfere with another patient's medical treatment

    RobbiRN replied to Mandy2016's topic in Emergency

    One more example of how the ER has become the catch-all for every other failing in our system . . . The cops used to haul drunks away, now they drop them off and leave. Can you get help if the...
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    I was slapped by a patient

    RobbiRN replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen signs like this in airports all over Europe and in Australia, especially in the immigration areas. Several of us have forwarded examples of signs from other hospitals to management and...
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    Are all for-profit hospitals soul-sucking despots that truly only care about the bottom line

    RobbiRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but they are only a small part of a lineup of "soul-sucking despots that truly only care about the bottom line." Some suck souls indirectly through the art of profiteering. I believe the correct...
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    Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    RobbiRN replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    What am I missing? Every staff member in our ER can see the name of every patient in our department, their presenting complaints, orders pending and completed, along with a lot of other information,...
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    Your Third Act

    RobbiRN replied to Carol Ebert's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thank you for a great article. I find it interesting how several strong voices on this site just confessed to being 60ish. Me too, as of two weeks ago. I pictured many of you as being a little...
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    RobbiRN replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    I strongly believe we are honor bound to teach, or remind, patients of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle including a proper diet, sensible exercise, and adequate sleep. These are the foundation of...
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    Pit Bull Service Dogs

    RobbiRN replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the real life inspiration for this post, a second nurse who owned large dogs offered to draw the patients blood when the first nurse felt threatened. The second nurse also backed down when the dogs...
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    RobbiRN replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    Being vegetarian doesn't make a person healthy, but it can contribute to a healthy lifestyle. I was raised vegetarian and never found a good reason to change. 25 years into ER nursing, I can still do...
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    Charge Nurse in 6 months?

    RobbiRN replied to iheartnursing91's topic in Nursing Career

    Several trends contribute to the toxic situation you described. 1.) Experience is valued less; a nurse is a nurse and one straight out of college costs less. 2.) Profits are more important that...
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    Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation - Can I be Forced to Work?

    RobbiRN replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    On the coast of Florida, I've worked before, during, and after several hurricanes. We are required to sign an annual agreement that we will work as assigned during storms. One of the hospitals in our...
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    Oh, my aching feet!!!!

    RobbiRN replied to GrammyCat066's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I regularly do three 12's in a row in an ER which allows me very little sitting time, some days - none. My formula is to start with three different pairs of shoes that I love and rotate through them....