tango.in.paris

tango.in.paris specializes in General med/surg for now ... stay tuned!.

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1. I need motivation!!!!! Inspire me please!!!!

   tango.in.paris replied to superaunt's topic in General Students

   Crikey! You've just given me the laugh I was needing for the day ... hysterical .... thanks a bunch!!!

2. Relocating for a job

   tango.in.paris replied to Schmoo1022's topic in General Nursing

   Im in Australia, and all my nursing studies to date, and still 2 more years to go, has/is being done to enable me to live and work in Europe ... along with appropriate language studies. Or if I am still with my american man, he wants to move back to...

3. New DON is Unprofessional

   tango.in.paris replied to skittlebear's topic in Professionalism

   Crikey, talk about a rock and a hard place! Skittlebear, if you like your job and your co-workers, and the DON isnt going anywhere and you dont want to go anywhere (for now), then I guess you just have to cope. Be professional, stay out of his/her ...

4. New DON is Unprofessional

   tango.in.paris replied to skittlebear's topic in Professionalism

   Geez, thats a tough one but I can sympathize ...... Ive got a painful DON too - although I havent heard her gossip - her problem is she berates everyone publicly if they do something she doesnt approve of. Still crap behaviour. She is so firmly en...

5. How to improve my charting and filling out incident/fall reports?

   tango.in.paris replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Geriatric

   Hi CrystalClear75, As I'm sure you already know, the constant with all progress notes and incident reports is only to write what you know/what you've seen/what you've done/what you've experienced first hand. You don't need second hand words/fancy wo...

6. When did you swap chaos for calm?

   tango.in.paris posted a topic in General Nursing

   hello! firstly, i've started this thread in general nursing (as opposed to first year after nursing licensure) because i'm hoping to attract responses from seasoned nurses (but feel free to move). i've only been graduated for a year, and i have so...

7. What's the weirdest baby name?

   tango.in.paris replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   speaking of my neck of the woods, we have many vietnamese and i know a "hung lo" (he's a fella and ive seen his passport) .... and i had a boss a long time back called john cock who had a daughter called rosie ..... ??!!

8. Closed Unit cliques ...how do I deal with it ????

   tango.in.paris replied to coffee4metech's topic in Relations

   Seems everyone has a similar story to tell. You call it a "massive clique" so I take it most staff are involved in this social group? Because it is natural to have smaller cliques and you just need some time to find yours! In my ward, the smaller ...

9. Experienced Nurses' Attitude Toward New Grad Nurses and Students

   tango.in.paris replied to laynaER's topic in New York

   Unfortunately I think you will find the mode of "I'm-doing-nothing-unless-i-get-paid-for-it" in all professions ... but maybe its a bit harder to swallow in nursing? I dont know what the solution is except to say that when Ive done my 10 or 20 year...

10. Experienced Nurses' Attitude Toward New Grad Nurses and Students

    tango.in.paris replied to laynaER's topic in New York

    Im reading you laynaER! Im assuming you are in the US? We have the exact same problem in Australia, no doubt the same problem anywhere where there are new and not-so-new nurses grouped together. But I fully understand where llg is coming from too,...

11. Do you want to know what I find scary...

    tango.in.paris replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    im only new there so do not want to rock the boat, but ive tactfully quizzed other longer standing nurses why some action hasnt taken place, and the bottom line is everyone is too scared to do anything ...... so staff leave. its really only the am s...

12. Do you want to know what I find scary...

    tango.in.paris replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Reading all of you debating about how to correct someone so there is a general level of peace all the way round makes me think of my DON who has no compunction about shouting out across the nurse's station or a patient's bed when anyone is doing anyt...

13. Am I really supposed to be a nurse?

    tango.in.paris replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in New Nurse

    Hi there 1uvakindmom, I hope what Im about to say comes out the right way, but I am always so relieved to read and know that others are/were feeling the same distress/confusion/embarrassment/bewilderment etc that I felt at the beginning, and still do...

14. Please clarify some designation acronyms

    tango.in.paris replied to tango.in.paris's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Classicdame, We have the same in Australia: assistant in nursing; endorsed nurse, endorsed enrolled nurse, registered nurse, and so on up the ladder, and all of them defined by their differing scopes of practice. Thanks for your reply! Chee...

15. Please clarify some designation acronyms

    tango.in.paris replied to tango.in.paris's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I agree with you, and their CNA sounds like our AIN! Cheers! :nuke: