tsomargotte

Latest Activity

1. I hate nursing!!!

   tsomargotte replied to OverlyStressedRN's topic in Career Support

   I hate nursing, too. But it's a paycheck, and a relatively decent one. Try to DO LESS. I try not to do any extra work or overtime. I try to avoid getting involved in another nurse's self-made disaster. I try to hide when the staff goes looking for me...

2. Replacing LPNs with medication techs - Is this legal?

   tsomargotte replied to aelmore's topic in Geriatric

   You're awesome for sitting with that patient. You'll reap more than break time in the long run from doing that. Karma can be a b, but it can also be a powerful thing when it's good karma returned to you. I do hope that LPN's will not be replaced by M...

3. Bizarre Co-Worker Rant!

   tsomargotte replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

   There is not one nurse worth her/his oats with whom I've ever worked that didn't have some claim to being a free range nutbar. Most quirks are unimportant ones that I just blow off--like one nurse wiping down her chair and her medcart with bleach-...

4. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

   tsomargotte replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

   The only ex or current patient of mine that I ever saw out and about was seated at a table near mine at a restaurant just after we'd ordered. I changed my seat so I didn't have to look at her. I hadn't disliked her. I just didn't want to risk indige...

5. Does anyone here like nursing?

   tsomargotte replied to bluestar776's topic in General Nursing

   I was in pre-med, but financial and family issues were, well, issues. I threw my credits into a BSN degree. Not because I like the idea, but because I dislike wasted effort. Fairly soon I realized that most of the nurses, professors included, had inf...

6. Top Nursing Errors

   tsomargotte replied to AlexLL's topic in General Nursing

   So I'm getting called to the phone for someone who'd asked for another RN..not me. The OTHER RN is avoiding this call like the plague. I'm wondering why, but whatever. The upstairs LPN isn't IV certified and wants an IV hung..but REALLY HAS TO TALK T...

7. What's the shortest time you stayed at a job and why did you leave?

   tsomargotte replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

   Did a favor for a registry DON and agreed to work at a nursing home one night. URINE. STENCH. FECES.The eyes of all the caregivers were beet red with the acid in the air. It was horrifying. A blind man on a mattress had had some sort of slop/food jus...

8. Don't bring your misery to work!

   tsomargotte replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely agree. I have no time for extra patients in the form of woe-is-me RN's or CNA's. And if you come to work with a headache, or upset stomach, obtain medication elsewhere--NOT from the floor or unit nurse. If you have a cold, stay home. If yo...

9. Will my disability stop me?

   tsomargotte replied to Mariafam's topic in Disabilities

   It does indeed depend on your disability. If your disability means that your co-workers must continually compensate for your inability to perform your job duties, then I would say, yes, it is a hindrance to doing that specific job. If your disability...