h vigliotti

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1. I was "terminated" because of school!!!

   h vigliotti replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

   holy cow! well, i guess you can grace some other institution with your pressence. could you work evry other weekend? that is what i did when i went to nursing school. but the nursing home i worked at understood, they didn't get in the way of my "bett...

2. Ever feel like the med/surg unit is the hospital dumping ground?

   h vigliotti replied to deespoohbear's topic in Med-Surg

   it is good that people enjoy the dynamics of med-surg, all in all i didn't hate it, but i have a problem with the lack of quality (in my opinion) that the nurse can give. i find your comment about working in a large hospital interesting, i travel for...

3. Does anyone else out there do "walking rounds"?

   h vigliotti replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

   oh lordy lordy! park your foot up the rear of the genius that decided that was a good idea. so..you're outside the room with your colleage...mr. bed a, blah blah blah...now mr. bed b 46, lymphoma and aids receiving this chemo and we stuck our fingers...

4. Ever feel like the med/surg unit is the hospital dumping ground?

   h vigliotti replied to deespoohbear's topic in Med-Surg

   why do you stay?!?! your mental health is important to you isn't it? i got out of medsurg because of that dumping ground junk. but mine was never half as bad as yours! until the powers that be devise something fair, and uh, SAFE they can keep their ...

5. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   h vigliotti replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   i have seen orders like that! a can of beer or something of that like. once, we even had an order for 2 cans of beer for newyears eve for a para who had been in the hospital for 5 months. (that was just because it was new years) a little creativity g...

6. Instructor with a bad attitude!!!

   h vigliotti replied to essarge's topic in General Students

   oh yes, we had this one butt-munch (who has since thrown a fit and left because she didn't get her way) who went out of her way to make people feel 1 inch tall. she preyed on the meager students especially. i was never meager, more of a big mouth. my...

7. Would I recommend nursing?

   h vigliotti replied to blsternrn's topic in Career Support

   how long have you been a nurse and did yoou always do icu/er before the flight nursing? i tried my hand at cardiac step down, it wasn't for me. i prefer a more calm facet of nursing. traveling has enabled me to go through most of the 7 areas i have v...

8. Need advice...irritating co-worker

   h vigliotti replied to Kristie71's topic in General Nursing

   knock her block off! are you sure her name isn't ouiser? (steel magnolias). so you're a nurse right? and she's a nurse right? remember your "I" statements. you know 'sharron', it really hurts MY feelings when...if she has any grey matter in her head,...

9. Help!!!!!

   h vigliotti replied to daisyat's topic in Travel

   i have worked with 3 companies. all offer about the same stuff..bennies and all that is. you have to be your own business person, and that comes with time. i highly recommend traveling, its a blast! small companies are more accomodating, but large co...

10. Why Registered Nurses leave the practice of nursing....

    h vigliotti replied to tbakerky's topic in General Nursing

    i am by no means thinking about leaving, but i can tell you why i would! i graduated in '97 with an adn, we are blungeoned through a program with only 8 hours of clinical. it does not prepare a new nurse for what lies ahead. in days past, a new grad ...

11. What are you doing since you left the "bedside"

    h vigliotti replied to 3651bht's topic in General Nursing

    hello! i feel your pain sister! (or brother) i'm a travel nurse and i'm quickly becoming frustrated with hospital nursing. i too, am looking for options to explore. i think heavily of advancing my education at some point, but exploring the alternati...