run.for.the.roses

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1. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

   run.for.the.roses replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Relations

   Is this not a reasonable discussion because some answers were not supportive of your concerns? Are you thanking God for ativan for yourself or your patients? Do you have a right to refuse meds ordered by the provider? Not likely. Is it within yo...

2. New Grad: How can I get experience if nobody will give me a chance?

   run.for.the.roses replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Your wife is AWESOME!!!

3. What would you do if you knew someone was actively using

   run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in Recovery

   NashvilleJeanne, I am so very sorry about the loss of your son...there are no words. We have lost some very good friends and family to this awful awful disease, most during times of relapse after considerable clean time. I am her family, she has on...

4. Will I become a bad nurse? How should I change?

   run.for.the.roses replied to blueus's topic in General Nursing

   Also, I was trying to be funny, and really hope you do not take offense! I really was a jerk, a jerk with a big heart, haha. Putting myself in other's shoes, as cliché as it sounds, has helped me immensely! Even when I would start screaming at th...

5. What would you do if you knew someone was actively using

   run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in Recovery

   Thank you... This is one of my oldest and dearest friends. I am not drawing any conclusions about any other nurses with abuse issues, let's just say I know, we are very close and have been for a very long time. I have approached her, and will again...

6. Will I become a bad nurse? How should I change?

   run.for.the.roses replied to blueus's topic in General Nursing

   I would start with please don't take offense to this, but I'll save it because what I am about to say is offensive...You are not a "type A personality", what you may possibly be is an a**hole. The only reason that I am suggesting this is because I w...

7. What would you do if you knew someone was actively using

   run.for.the.roses posted a topic in Recovery

   Hypothetically speaking of course...I have two friends who are also RNs and work together. One friend is using, we both know this, and are at a loss as to what to do about it. I brought her a coffee the other night while she was working, and she was...

8. Can I only ever work with children?

   run.for.the.roses replied to mapajasa's topic in General Nursing

   I considered nursing for labor and delivery, fell in love with the idea of peds heme/oncology, graduated thinking wow, the possibilities are endless! And I love so many specialties, I can't wait to try them all out! Moral of the story, you never kn...

9. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

   run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

   In reality I am, on here I turned into a defensive little brat for a minute, but that's not me, really. Guess I had a "poor me" moment or two, but while I am still annoyed with the preceptor's dishonesty, I am fully aware that this is on me, I gave ...

10. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Haha haha 😂

11. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks :) It became bad timing between accepting the position, and starting. I think there was a five week window. Things happen, you think you've got it, it will work itself out, I mean it always does right? Then BAM it didn't, and you're sudde...

12. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    The sick kiddo part is only about location. Would have been nice to be here just in case, instead of over an hour away, but that's more a luxury "just in case there ever is a real emergency". I traveled for school, and have triple back up for kids,...

13. Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    run.for.the.roses replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I had a confused elderly woman, incontinent, no family, we were ruling out cdiff, and she's losing loose stool at the rate of approx. 10gal/min, give or take. Now she wasn't so hairy that at first glance I thought she had buckwheat in a leg loc...

14. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I would probably throw a similar response out there. Yes, I got defensive, while trying to argue every rebuttal, apparently I came off as "spoiled and entitled", and certainly didn't mean that. I've already come across plenty of people who ...

15. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    I was only 17 minutes late when the axle broke in my car landing me in a ditch. I called and let them know. Things do happen that are out of our control sometimes.