tinyonern

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1. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   LOL...when I started at one hospital we had a DON who believe a nurse, is a nurse and we floated from the NICU to L&D (until they refused to have anyone from NICU until they had been cross trained), ICU ( because there is sooo much similarity bet...

2. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   This has been a fun thread, talk about a walk down memory lane!! It is amazing how far we have come in just the 42 years I have been a nurse. So many things that were experimental now standard or passé! OMG poseys with metal keys...we all had one...

3. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   My diploma school, which was hospital based, (graduated 1974) had a white school uniform with the school name on pocket. Our caps were how people were able to tell year. Vertical stripe blue, first year; vertical yellow second; another vertical bl...

4. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   I'm retired now, but graduated in 1974 so definitely COB! I remember so many of these. Loved my cap (symbol of HARD work), but hated wearing it. Remember knocking it off my head on traction bar and being very grateful it hadn't ended up in somethi...

5. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   Working in the NICU and washing isolettes every three days. Mercury, glass thermometer that got broken frequently (like several a shift) and then chasing down the mercury with paper and bare hands. Sending isolettes between patients to be sterilize...

6. Perfume at work?

   tinyonern replied to fawnmarie's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I had to leave work several times with migraines and severe wheezing because a co-worker worn perfume. I mentioned it to her, and she blew me off. Finally, had to go to supervisor (couldn't afford to lose any more work). I love perfume, but mus...

7. Mid-forties : Looking for a Specialty to Grow Old In

   tinyonern replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Be very, very careful if you go the insurance company route. It isn't physically taxing, but mentally it can be so stressful!! There were quotas, time constraints and an overall horrible work environment. This was at one of the largest companies. ...

8. How do you leave it at work?

   tinyonern replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Relations

   Canigraduate, I can't begin to tell you how angry your post made me. Really?? It would have been fine had you just written "I think we would all appreciate..." Why was it necessary to be snarky?? I just don't understand why it is so important to b...

9. Incivility: Beyond the Nurse

   tinyonern replied to Jkaiservi's topic in Rock

   Excellent, well-written article. I do find it ironic however, since I feel this same verbal behavior existed on one of the threads recently. Several of the "older" established posters were condescending, then I felt, nasty. Sure, there was some de...

10. How do you leave it at work?

    tinyonern replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Relations

    I have a bit different response to the OP. Obviously, it is important to leave work at work; but I believe part of the reason it is hard to leave this incident behind is thinking about WHY what you did didn't work. I am an experienced nurse with 40...

11. Doctors want Dr. Oz off Columbia medical faculty

    tinyonern replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

    When I was working with seniors, I was horrified at the number of them that said they had stopped taking their meds because Dr.Oz said "...." When questioned whether he who had never seen or spoken with them or their Dr. who knew their medical histo...

12. Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    tinyonern replied to westieluv's topic in Professionalism

    I stayed in the NICU, in the same hospital for over 20 years. Technology was always changing and there was never any lack of things to learn. That being said, we also were the last generation to get a pension, so as one approached the time when one...

13. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    tinyonern replied to Raviepoo's topic in COVID

    I HAVE had patients try to kill me when I was caring for them! We had a HIV patient in psych who would try and bite you or spit in your face. Or the patient who had treatment resistant TB who refused to wear a mask or stay in his room. How about g...

14. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    tinyonern replied to Raviepoo's topic in COVID

    It is a specialized team who have trained to to care for this type of pt. No one will care for these pts except members of the team.

15. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    tinyonern replied to Ruby Vee's topic in New Nurse

    This is a response to designer-mommy. Take a deep breath, and realize you wouldn't have been hired if they didn't think YOU could do the job. Working in psych requires people skills, (well, all of nursing, but psych esp!) which I'm sure you have re...