daraowl

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1. How many quit???

   daraowl replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

   Hang in there!!! My A&P instructor was a boring monotone who put us all to sleep! I was working night shift as a Nurses Aide while in Nursing School. My Nursing instructor told me that I would never pass and that I would not make a good nurse....

2. Weird question

   daraowl replied to notamannurseanymoRCC's topic in New Nurse

   I have not worn a white uniform or cap since 1979!!!! Those were the dark ages! White was to hard to keep clean esp when working in a Trauma unit. Also when I worked in Pediatrics, white was discouraged so children would not be terrified of people...

3. What do you do and how long have you done it?

   daraowl replied to RNPATL's topic in General Nursing

   I have wanted to be a nurse since I was 10 years old. I started working in a Nursing Home when I was 15,as a Nurses Aide, Boy that was a shock. Nursing HOmes in the 70's were not nice places. During nursing school I work as a Nurses Aide in Peds IC...

4. Scariest things you've seen

   daraowl replied to mscsrjhm's topic in General Nursing

   I have been in the Nursing profession for over 35 years. I have seen sssssssooooooooooooo many scarry incidents. Starting with my first when I work in a Nursing Home when I was 16, a Nurses Aide lowered an elderly patient into a whirlpool without ...

5. When a nurse floats to your unit........

   daraowl replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   Closed units don't always work. When they are in a jam they (Nursing Supervisor) pull into their "Closed unit". But they have the "right " to refuse to come out and help other units that need help. As a Clinical Director I have always made sure th...

6. Murphy's Laws for Nurses

   daraowl replied to spineCNOR's topic in Humor

   I am a Murphy and all laws are only too true!!!