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1. Care plans are stupid.

   maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

   I do actually. Thanks! :-)

2. Care plans are stupid.

   maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

   That is precisely my point. Thank you.

3. Care plans are stupid.

   maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

   I am def not saying I don't plan my care. Oh, my gosh. I am planning my care every moment of the day. It's called prioritizing. A piece of paper doesn't ensure that everybody's on the same page regarding certain dx or problems. I would surely hope th...

4. Care plans are stupid.

   maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

   What do you mean I won't have to do another one in the 'real world'? I wish. I'm an ADON in the real world at a LTC facility and I bet we spend almost half of our day staring and obsessing over these stupid pieces of paper that don't meet any specifi...

5. Care plans are stupid.

   maestrotee posted a topic in General Nursing

   That is all.

6. "Why don't you just be a doctor?"

   maestrotee replied to laceface24's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a male nurse. The other day, after assessing a little old lady, she squeezed my hand and smile and said' "You're gonna be a great doctor!" I thanked her and smiled. A couple months ago, I was talking with another elderly man who was asking me abo...

7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

   maestrotee replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   WHAT THE ...?!?! I think I just threw up in my mouth a little! Blechhhhh!!!

8. Merry Christmas from...

   maestrotee replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

   Merry Christmas from South Bend, IN. 40 degrees, and the snow has melted, turning my backyard into a mud pit . Good food, family, friends. Let the festivities begin!

9. Army Nursing

   maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

   Carl, thanks for the response. There is much to consider. One of the biggest emotional factors will be going away from my five year old for a time. He is still young enough that I will feel the devastation more than he will, but it won't be forever a...

10. Army Nursing

    maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

    gabirder, thanks for the response. Yeah, that's what the recruiter was saying, 2LT, 22 months of pay to secure my BSN. Heck, it would probably only take half that time cause I have tons of undergraduate credits already ... was a junior pursuing a psy...

11. Army Nursing

    maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, of course that would make me a CO, commissioned officer in the end.

12. Army Nursing

    maestrotee posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, apparently the army is still hiring. I just got off the phone today with a medical recruiter who told me the army would give me 1900 a month to go from my ADN (licensed RN) to my BSN, and be reserve. I would love to go active duty, but I guess if...

13. Today I almost yacked ...

    maestrotee replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

    Note to self, must have talk with family clarifying the removal of necrotic body parts ... LOL! Seriously, that is the truth! Sometimes when I look at these people's feet, wounds, whatever, I just don't think they can see the same thing I see! I wish...

14. Caught stealing drugs

    maestrotee replied to vonxojn's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting. I guess I just never did the research about that particular drug. No surprises, not the first time. Okay then, maybe my dog could benefit from it after all ... :paw: Holy cow! I just read some of the info @ drugs.com and it is FILLE...

15. Today I almost yacked ...

    maestrotee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have seen wounds that I could fit a small child in, cleaned trachs with caked on goodies that took an eternity to scrub clean, been witness to the olfactory insult of a GI bleed, even been vomitted on, but never felt like I was going to lose my coo...