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  1. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Been there done that. It is so true.
  2. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    You know you are a nurse when you answer your own cell phone, "This is the nursery. I'm RNSC. How can I help you today?" Its happened more times than I can count.
  3. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    You know you are a NICU nurse when the scrawny little preemies,(you know the ones that look like naked baby birds) are cuter to you than the full term chubby cheek "normal" baby
  4. The Mockery of Nursing

    Nursing is so mean! I had to work valentine eve! How was I to make myself beautiful for the Holiday if I don't have time to prepare?! My boyfriend might propose. Nursing is so unfair about holidays. "sniffle"
  5. Disgusting job but still keeping a smile

    Oh I don't know. Haven't you ever had a patient you've been working with forever finally get "unstuck" as it were? Or maybe she has receive a compliment. I was drowning last week in paperwork, patients, parents, phones and physcians. I felt I was goi...
  6. Disgusting job but still keeping a smile

    LOL I don't have to been there done wore the scrubs
  7. Disgusting job but still keeping a smile

    I hope its pudding but I doubt it
  8. Waste of Time Complaint against me

    "Now I have on my personnel file a complaint of harassment." Oh please Lord in Heaven save us from such idiots. Please come with in my unit. We need a sunny can do person like you to balance some of the grumps. Myself included on some days.
  9. Some of ya'll should write your stories or at least blog. I would love to hear how police officers become nurses or soliders or engineers or whatever. I actually see aspects of nursing in many professions. I get creative with wound care; reverse eng...
  10. ADD/ ADHD nurses- which units do you prefer?

    I'm a space cadet; ADD without the H. I work Level 2 Nursery and NICU. I find that it's easier to focus on the 1-3 babies and families than a wingful as I did in Med-Surg. And if something "intense" happens the hyperfocus of ADD without the hypeactiv...
  11. My two least favorite words

    "Code Pink"
  12. Stop the bullying

    I agree Phlavyah and as for management well its it's own kind of bully. Not individually necessarily but as an organic system (remember abnormal psych?). They bully us with staffing, money, resources, patients etc. It's hard to see what their staff i...
  13. What it means to be a NICU nurse

    Have you seen this video?
  14. Do you push Fentanyl on the floor?

    Doesn't pushing Fentanyl risk chest wall paralysis? I seem to remember this happening in the NICU. The baby was vented but had no chest rise. It was a tough couple of minutes.
  15. I need 50 ways to get out of my med surg job.

    What a great job you have. You could be such a great help to the floor nurses if you got over being bored and got your nose out of the computer. I'm sure there is more you could be doing if you just asked or dug a little. I'm not trying to be judgeme...