redheadindixie

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1. What's the worst thing the workplace bully did to you? has done to you?

   redheadindixie replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   I am a male nurse in Alabama,working third shift.The first shift nurse took all of my finger stick blood sugars out of the machine.Then told the DON that she noticed that I hsd not done my 0600 finger sticks.If this was a male I would have talked to ...

2. Stressed out and Getting Out

   redheadindixie replied to CseMgr1's topic in Safety

   http://www.thezachrys.com/nursing Your web page is cute. Good luck...It will pass sooner than you think. :balloons: :balloons:

3. Tetanus Booster, OUCH!!!!!

   redheadindixie replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

   I had an accident and had to get one last week. The laceration was NO pain. The tetnus ached terribly for days. I used the pain medicine for the arm ache.

4. Tetanus Booster, OUCH!!!!!

   redheadindixie replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

   I had an accident and had to get one last week. The laceration was NO pain. The tetnus ached terribly for days. I used the pain medicine for the arm ache.

5. CRNA lifestyle

   redheadindixie replied to andreaJ's topic in CRNA

   Hi Andrea, I see that ALL of my posts have been removed. Sorry if I offended you. I never want to discourage young nurses, because it seems less and less young people are going into nursing. I guess after reading all of your posts my point was to g...

6. Vaso Depressive Syncope???

   redheadindixie replied to SCNuttyMeg's topic in Cardiac

   I saw this term used recently also. When I googled it, it said it was basically the same as Vasovagal syncope. It was a short article though. Are you sure it wasn't Klonopin / Clonazepam? "And vasodepressor syncope is also called situational syncope...

7. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

   redheadindixie replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

   i enjoy nursing and i definitely care, but i definitely like pay day also. when i was in nursing school i never thought too much about the money. i just wanted to ~survive to graduation~ and make good grades. and if i didn't need the money i make n...

8. selling my patient's blood for an emergency -patient and brought up to legal.

   redheadindixie replied to Irwin0111's topic in General Nursing

   When I read this my first thought was "Is this for real?" I think things are done very differently in the US. We definitely can't take money, and the lab in in charge of locating blood. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But my mother-in law is fro...

9. Question about Emergency Techs

   redheadindixie replied to tmiller027's topic in Emergency

   I agree with the above. I am an RN who has worked triage for years, and am also a Paramedic. It is a different kind of triage. And I think you become a master at ER triage, by working the triage area. At our hospital only RN's can triage. But we do...

10. Eat Before You Get Here!

    redheadindixie replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Yes, yes, yes. And can I have a glass of water?