carlarn BSN, RN

carlarn is a BSN, RN and specializes in Emergency.

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1. Why Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   carlarn replied to timetoshine's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses "eat their young" because no one stops it. It is a condoned behavior. If it wasn't, it wouldn't continue. It is SILENTLY approved of by the administration because they used to engage in the same actions and some still do. Many of you have comm...

2. HELP! I got dismissed from my nursing school

   carlarn replied to basid786's topic in General Students

   I have just read all the posts for this thread. I agree with the people who stated you are not accepting blame for your actions. The way I have interpreted your posts: You have done NOTHING wrong (you have), you are not accepting responsibility for ...

3. Define Nursing in 3 words

   carlarn replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in General Nursing

   I forgot this one: Thank you, nurse

4. Define Nursing in 3 words

   carlarn replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in General Nursing

   life goes on laugh at yourself every minute counts WASH YOUR HANDS keep on smiling support/respect each other it's always something keep it simple death is eventual check all meds

5. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

   carlarn replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral

   There has been much discussion about making a doctorate mandatory of advanced practice nurses. Does this mean APNs will be comparable to medical doctors? Well no, for all the reasons already stated--nursing and medicine are two different sciences. Ye...

6. I was a victim of sexual assault.

   carlarn replied to wildmountainchild's topic in General Nursing

   My dear wildmoutainchild, I am so incredibly sorry this has happened to you. If you had any doubts about telling your story here, remove them. I am deeply touched by the outpouring of good thoughts and prayers the nursing community has given to you. ...

7. Excuses for Missing Work

   carlarn replied to kmchugh's topic in Humor

   When I need a day off and I'm not sick, I just say I'm not feeling well. I don't believe in offering more information than necessary. Although, I did have the flu a few weeks ago and NO ONE questioned me when I called. I was told I sounded like a ma...

8. I work at Disney World now!!

   carlarn replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

   HA HA HA HA!!! I think this thread is priceless. I have told people to keep their hands inside the cart at all times. I also offered to sing and dance for one old lady when I worked in the ED and she smartly declined the entertainment. She died later...

9. We Are Twisted?

   carlarn replied to theplugger's topic in Humor

   You made me laugh. I have done several of those things. My mother, my sister and two of my sisters-in-law are also nurses so we discuss all kinds of gross things all the time. Family get-togethers are always interesting.

10. Funny fake names for meds

    carlarn replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    While Ibuprofen and Advil are technically the same drug, they are a little chemically different. If they weren't, they would go by the same name. Generic prescription Ibuprofen makes me dizzy as all get out but I can take the same dosage of Advil wit...

11. Charting Bloopers

    carlarn replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

    I was working in the ER at the time and was writing discharge instructions. The patient had been seen and treated by the plastic surgeon. I was standing at the counter writing and apparently listening to my colleagues talking because I caught myself ...

12. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    carlarn replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    i totally forgot about the old gentleman who asked me to go to cancun with him so his son would have a companion. lol

13. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    carlarn replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    i think at one time or another, we have all felt frustration and anger in and about our jobs. the original poster was evidently frustrated and angry. when i posted my first entry, i empathized. i work with some of the most horrible people, but also w...

14. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    carlarn replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Peter and Rose made me cry too!! I love that story. While it is always rewarding to hear a "thank you" from your patients, it is just as rewarding, if not more so, to hear a compliment from one of the other nurses. I had one of my colleagues tell s...

15. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    carlarn replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Relations

    i would like to say (and have actually said some of them): 1. you don't know me well enough to say those things about me; 2. if i am having an affair (which i am not) with one of the doctor's what business is it of yours or anyone else's? it isn't in...