AmandaTheNurse

AmandaTheNurse specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. How To Recover From Near Rock Bottom...

   AmandaTheNurse replied to Snowana's topic in General Nursing

   Can you tell me more about the problem your interpersonal skills? How do the parents not like you? Is it that you get angry fast? Or you sound sarcastic or cold to them? I have a colleague. She has over 30 years of experience. She is someone you see...

2. Help....I Can't Take it Anymore! - Nurses Coping with Stress

   AmandaTheNurse replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Stress 101

   I was once there. With the never-ending stress from patients and annoying family members, disorganization, short staffing and bad management, and dramas among coworkers, I grew to hate my nursing job in just short 5 months. So, fast forward, it's bee...

3. If you werent a nurse, what other career would you do?

   AmandaTheNurse replied to RNtobe23's topic in General Nursing

   A full time traveller!! And also a full time writer/author too

4. How many different nursing positions have you had?

   AmandaTheNurse replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in General Nursing

   RN coming to 3 years next month. Work in med-surg unit in the same hospital and just received a promotion early this year. Going back to school and the part time course is starting in 2 weeks. Planning on working for the same hospital for another 2....

5. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

   AmandaTheNurse replied to Nola009's topic in Professionalism

   Sorry I didn't know that!! Thanks for telling me in a nice way and not judging and criticizing me for being ignorant.

6. Oh oh, the patient is a nurse

   AmandaTheNurse replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   After years of experience in nursing, actually... to my surprise.. the nurses r one of the most pain in the butt patients (top 1 is teachers)...

7. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

   AmandaTheNurse replied to Nola009's topic in Professionalism

   In healthcare, ur beauty can be thrown out of the window. It is ur attire/grooming and communication skill that counts and they r darn important. Ok ur beauty might work if u work in a aesthetic clinic. Like one of my friends, she is a nurse at a aes...

8. How to deal with angry doctors

   AmandaTheNurse replied to ann915's topic in New Nurse

   First of all, 99% of the doctors have got so much pride in themselves. Asking the Dr whether he is familiar with his own patient is a huge blow to his ego. Questions like this will only make the Dr more defensive and angry. You should've never phrase...

9. Nurse's vent!

   AmandaTheNurse replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

   I've been through a lot when I was in my early 20s. when I decided to reinvent my life, I told my family that i wanted to join nursing. My parents and my brother had doubts about my capability. To them, I'm always an inpatient, hotheaded child. but I...

10. More ridiculous complaints

    AmandaTheNurse replied to JDZ344's topic in Humor

    i received the first complaint about me soon on my[color=#ff3366] third month of work. the patient claimed that i gave him a “dirty look” while what i was expressing was actually a surprise + confuse look, like this--> he said a massive of alcoho...

11. My Nursing Career In Six Words

    AmandaTheNurse replied to No Stars In My Eyes's topic in Humor

    I hate customer serivce oriented nursing. No I don't work for free. Stop beeping you stupid infusion machine!

12. Has anyone ever put down your career choice?

    AmandaTheNurse replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    recently i was posted to Emergency Room for my clinical practice. i realized that this is the area where im gonna specialize myself in eventually. and im gonna tell this everyone-- "u better treat us nurses nicely. because one day when ur admitted to...

13. My best orientation mistakes

    AmandaTheNurse replied to skicoachrn's topic in Humor

    it reminds me of one time, we were practicing rectal suppository insertion on a mannequin. a classmate of mine was inserting it w/ her middle finger. my instructor screamed, " y r u using that finger?!" my classmate, standing there looking blurred, s...

14. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    AmandaTheNurse replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    there was once a patient asked me to fix the TV screen.... i said to her, "u know im not a cable fixer right?" then i told her that i'd call the technitian to come & fix it and i just walked out the room

15. Clients? Are they no longer patients?

    AmandaTheNurse replied to bassadict69's topic in General Students

    well in a sense, because people pay for it. they pay the hospital to get health services. so they are considered as "clients" i guess. but im not a fan of it as well. i feel like this term has blocked me from building a rapport relationship w/ my "pa...