dragonflower

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1. Confessions Of A Nurse With Poor Interpersonal Skills

   dragonflower replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

   SA2009 wrote: "I grew up in a more sober environment, more serious and much more introverted." Dragonflower responds: There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this and there is nothing wrong with being an introvert. It is cultural brainwashing to say ...

2. Confessions Of A Nurse With Poor Interpersonal Skills

   dragonflower replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

   Isn't it a sad comment on the modern workplace that the "likeability factor" has become more important than competence and professionalism? Frankly, I am disgusted when substandard and even hazardous employees everywhere (including nurses) are retain...

3. Interview Questions & Hand Eczema

   dragonflower replied to guest517235's topic in Job Hunt

   Never, ever mention your liabilities during a job interview...unless you are a quadriplegic in a wheelchair where your disability is ultra-obvious. A prospective employer may interpret it as meaning that you WON'T wash your hands, or that you will TR...

4. Are nurses high in demand in California?

   dragonflower replied to AllNursesisCool's topic in California

   I don't think it matters WHERE you live. For every advertised nursing opening, there are 250 applicants who are just as qualified as YOU are. I've talked with nurses from Kalamazoo to Kentucky to Cape Cod - nobody is hiring. Even multi-experienced nu...

5. How do you wash your scrubs?

   dragonflower replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

   The water that comes out of your hot water tank at home is NOT hot enough to kill bacteria - you'd need boiling temperature (212 degrees F) to kill the little buggers! Most hot water tanks only keep water between 120 to 140 degrees at most. This leve...

6. The attire debate - what should nurses wear?

   dragonflower replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

   I feel strongly that in the hospital setting, that anyone involved in direct patient care should wear scrubs. When a nurse is wearing normal street clothes, I cannot tell the nurse from a visitor - and this does not inspire confidence! The color-codi...

7. MRSA Colonization in Healthcare workers and patients

   dragonflower replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

   Dear fellow nurses: What is the current protocol for cohorting a MRSA patient with a non-MRSA patient on a Med-Surg floor? I ask this because my husband was a patient on a hospital floor a year ago with a small bowel obstruction (a well-known major ...

8. Looking For a College That Offers Distance Education.

   dragonflower replied to Ecliptica's topic in Online Learning

   Juliet: There are many colleges across the US that are now offering distance education where you may be able to "knock off" your prerequisites. I would suggest that you first do all of your gen ed and psych courses, i.e. English Comp, General Psych, ...