majic65

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1. another jolly assignment

   majic65 replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, guys--this post has made me MISS my old days in L&D at a huge inner city hospital--now there was a zoo! Also makes me fervently glad I go to work 8-5 every day, Mon-Fri in an office, a quiet office, and work on clinical studies. But some...

2. Please help!!!

   majic65 replied to Bao.vn's topic in General Nursing

   Stay away from the nose sprays!!! (The OTC kind) Your excess of estrogen prob ably has given you a really stuffy nose, and the rebound effect from the nose sprays will be awful. The steroid sprays are safe in pregnancy--Vanconase, etc. But you kno...

3. Nurse Impersonators

   majic65 replied to NancyRN's topic in General Nursing

   The problem starts and finishes with the hospitals--look at the name tags, with your first name in BIG letters, your last name smaller, and your license? In the tiniest letters possible. It pays for them to fool the public, because those faux nurses...

4. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS???

   majic65 replied to NurseLinda's topic in General Nursing

   I jjst got home from my favorite holiday tradition, and the one that "opens" my Christmas season every year. On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, our loval motorcycle rights organization, ABATE, gathers for our Toy Run to benefit the Salvation army. 2...

5. Another headline about narcotic diversion.

   majic65 replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone know any more about the nurse whose husband posted here some time agbo because he suspected she was diverting drugs? Think he signed in as :Lawyer"--but was in major denial about his wife's illness. Sure wish I knew what happened there...

6. Didn't you know that nurses are responsible for EVERYTHING???

   majic65 replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, I've worked places where the nurses WERE responsible for the budget! We were told repeatedly that if we coulnd't "save money for the company" we couldn't get raises. What they meant was take all the shortcuts you possibly can. And you'll stil...

7. Mandated time over you status! What can I Do?

   majic65 replied to Terrie's topic in General Nursing

   The issue here is NOT our lack of dedication to our profession, or selfishness, or any of the other smoke-screen "issues". The problem is that you were hired to work certain hours, and made a committment to that. Is it fair--or legal?--that the emp...

8. you might be a nurse

   majic65 replied to nur20's topic in General Nursing

   ----if there are at least 2 sets of "borrowed" unmatched scrubs in your closet that say "Property of ____" and that have vital signs and FHT's written all over them in ink. -----If your Christmas Lights are put up on the eaves of your house with anes...

9. Help my goldfish

   majic65 replied to welcare's topic in General Nursing

   Dont name your fish after dead rock stars-my kids tried that, and all the fish croaked! Sid killed Nancy, then he died, Jim was the only one to croak--Bill and Robbie and Ray were all healthy, and Jerry committed suicide by leaping out of the tank! ...

10. Men in L&D

    majic65 replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the kindest, most competent, funniest nurses I ever worked with was a guy in L&D at a big inner-city hospital. He was married to a nurse-midwife, and was also certified as our ultrasonographer. I don't believe I ever heard a patient comp...

11. Venting...a really arrogant SOB doctor at my new job!

    majic65 replied to EMaas's topic in Relations

    It all depends on how gutsy you are--but I think I would find a wquiet moment, and after notifying the hospital management in writing of this incident, which is ILLEGAL-I would speak to the doc and tell him that you are aware that refusing that patie...

12. How much do you make?

    majic65 replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    1. RN, have a BSN as well as a BA 2 13 years 3.Clinical Study Coordinator 4. $23/hour--but no nites,weekends,holidays, etc. EVER!! 5. Coastal South Carolina (urban)

13. MUST have been a man's idea...

    majic65 replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I can wear anything--what a great job! So mostly I wear denim scrubs--the most comfortable, sturdy, non-wrinkling, etc., thing in the world! 100% cotton, and not too expensive, either- Oh--BTW--you can't really tie-dye white scrubs, unless they are...

14. most and least favorite DX to care for?

    majic65 replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Least favorite? A 35-year old mom of 8 currently treating her labor pains with crack. Eventually the crack wears off, there isn't any more, and then they get right nasty, for sure! They also often leave AMA (OK byme!) but WITHOUT the baby that was ...

15. Do you tell?

    majic65 replied to Slowone's topic in General Nursing

    I always identify my self as an RN--its amazing that some docs will absolutely turn on you when they hear that, and I want to know so I can NOT go to them again. When my kids were little, I would tell the ER doc, "I'm your worst nightmare-a nurse an...