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1. Never driving to work in snow again

   pinksugar replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   It must be a Maryland thing, but one of the only reasons why my unit has stayed open during some snow storms was because patients that were written for discharge couldn't get rides and cabs weren't running.

2. How do you handle the smells and control your gag reflex?

   pinksugar replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

   I have tried everything - all of the tricks in this thread - and I still gag left and right in patients' rooms. I try to hide it as much as I can. I gag just watching something gross on TV. I have tried mouth breathing but that makes me gag even more...

3. Never driving to work in snow again

   pinksugar replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   I noticed the OP says she lives in Maryland. We got slammed with a lot of snow a lot earlier than all of the weather people had predicted - we expected to wake up to a dusting on 1-26 and already had several inches on the ground. We were supposed to ...

4. New grad/bad economy, bend over and take it?

   pinksugar replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

   i agree with you that the thread should not have been titled this way, and i get the impression that the op regrets that, too. i just see no reason to keep berating someone when they have already recanted their original position. this thread is an ex...

5. Student Loan Defaulters ONLY

   pinksugar replied to Spode's topic in General Nursing

   My parents paid for my bachelor's degree (I had scholarships that paid for a good portion of it, they paid the rest). After that I was on my own. My bachelor's degree is non-nursing, so I had to pay for my own nursing school. Community college (AA...

6. New grad/bad economy, bend over and take it?

   pinksugar replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

   I am one of the ones that suggested that the OP take a night job if that is what is available - as a new grad I worked nights and I still do a rotating schedule with lots of on-call (hardly fun or desirable). However, I think that maybe some of th...

7. Student Loan Defaulters ONLY

   pinksugar replied to Spode's topic in General Nursing

   You aren't a bad person, but you asked for advice and people are giving you good advice - it just isn't what you care to hear/read. I find it hard to believe that you would be worse off working full time than PRN. If that is the case then perhaps ...

8. New grad/bad economy, bend over and take it?

   pinksugar replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. Some people need to give the OP a break already. Those of us with a few years of experience under our belts know how the nursing culture works, but our nurselings don't and it is up to us to help them, just the way that more experienced nurs...

9. Nurses: Do the patients often try to talk to you about politics?

   pinksugar replied to Samian Q's topic in General Nursing

   Sometimes they do. Usually they are ranting and raving about why all of their health care should be free and how much "I" am charging them. I try to redirect them. This conservative doesn't care to get into health care debates with patients, especia...

10. New grad/bad economy, bend over and take it?

    pinksugar replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    exactly. at eight months pregnant i wager that i feel worse most days than most of the patients, who run to the er to get admitted every time they feel that they are entitled to some iv dilaudid. to the op - i would take the job. even before the eco...

11. How many of you do rotating shifts? Day and night?

    pinksugar replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I rotate all of the time, often several times in the same week. I feel blessed that I am able to do it so easily. I know others have difficulty rotating.

12. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    pinksugar replied to DesertRN2's topic in COVID

    Our facility mandates flu shots as well. You can get permission from your PCP not to get one and they will excuse you, otherwise you are fired. I think it is silly to require employees to get flu shots but I was going to get one anyway this year beca...

13. Started new job - how do I bring up time off for vacation

    pinksugar replied to NewPaltzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, you might be out of luck. Generally people mention a planned vacation during the interview process, whether to the manager or HR, before getting hired.

14. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    pinksugar replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. One of our nurses (who speaks Mandarin as her native tongue) was written up for not using the language phone to speak to a patient that also spoke Mandarin, even though her Mandarin is perfect. Our managers maintained that the medic...

15. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    pinksugar replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I seriously hope that many of you on this thread that don't think that we should be required to learn Spanish and are bothered by the trend of American citizens being expected to know Spanish are supporting the groups lobbying to make English the nat...