TreehuggerRN

TreehuggerRN specializes in LTC, med-surg..

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1. D.o.n addicted to narcs

   TreehuggerRN replied to logical_jackieo's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like a bad soap opera. I don't see how he/she gets away with disposing of narcotics alone, usually a pharmacist has to go through a specific process to do this, and in the presence of a nurse.

2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   TreehuggerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   Well, that's just too bad. Just because people need to vent doesn't mean it's justified. It's kind of like kicking a dog because you're frustrated with something else. Or coming home and abusing your child because you feel stressed out. Some things a...

3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   TreehuggerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   This attitude works both ways. People who have no understanding act like losing weight should be like flipping off a light switch. It isn't that cut and dry. That's the problem.

4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   TreehuggerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   What I find most disturbing (and heartbreaking) about this thread is the vile attitude and utter contempt a lot of nurses seem to have for fat people. Not only that, some of the comments confirm that just because someone has a title after their name ...

5. An RN who has a BS vs a BSN does it really matter?

   TreehuggerRN replied to techjob4u's topic in ADN/BSN

   In the long run, no, but a BSN may help you get your foot in the door over a new ASN.

6. Med-Surg Nursing Incredibly Easy?

   TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been offered a position on the med-surg unit (nights). The pay stinks (really bad) and I'm totally not a night person at all but I need the experience and am excited about doing a good job. I've been warned I'll feel overwhelmed at times, but ri...

7. Why it doesn't pay to be a pervert in the medical profession.

   TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Well, well, well... www.wsbtv.com/news/21677645/detail.html

8. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

   TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

   I called and actually got an interview this evening. It was the DON/NM and director of the rehab unit. They want me to come back tomorrow for a "peer interview." They did tell me to not expect I'd be making anywhere near what I'm making at my current...

9. Please use some common sense on Facebook.

   TreehuggerRN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in General Nursing

   We recently had an inservice and this was one of the topics. Not very smart.

10. Please don't expect CNAs to

    TreehuggerRN replied to Lendytaylor10's topic in General Nursing

    Two people shouldn't even be lifting a person that big. Your facility needs a lift.

11. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to leave something when it never started in the first place, isn't it?

12. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've got it so easy at this job (most of the time) that I feel guilty taking a check. I'm like the nurse on stand-by, I've been a life saver to them more than once when there has been a call-in or a crisis on the weekend. I'm here at work now looking...

13. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

    TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    With no acute care experience I feel the time has come to expand my horizons. I applied to a hospital in my neighborhood and got a call back to come in for an interview. I know the DON used to work at this hospital so I asked about working at this ho...

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

    TreehuggerRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    We have an older lpn who's charting kind of makes you cringe. She charted, "Resident had skin tear to right elbow and I fixed it." This is just one example.

15. Unreasonable family members in the nursing home?

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's pretty rotten to call up administration and tell a lie, like the old creep who called up and said he came in at 10:30am (when it was 8:30) because it would add drama to his assertion that his wife had been sitting in poop since 5:30am.