vermonthiker

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1. Having A Tough Time In Ns, Need Some Encouragement And Advice

   vermonthiker replied to blynn9173's topic in General Students

2. 'Unhealthy' nurses...bad examples?

   vermonthiker replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

   Such a great point! Hospital food is awful enough for pts, the food offered to employees is worse! I know my local hospital has different junk food every Friday - make your own sundaes etc.

3. 'Unhealthy' nurses...bad examples?

   vermonthiker replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

   We just had this discussion in school. I was never a smoker and remember as an aid when other aids would often go outside for smoking breaks. Sometimes the nurses would go too leaving me (at age 16) alone with an entire floor of pts!! I've been thin...

4. Female Nursing Students Dont like me !

   vermonthiker replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

   Well that explains a little, however many of us change our values when we are adults. It's interesting how we preceive things based on our childhoods. My son always went to a female doctor and had a friend who's mother was female. When he was about 6...

5. I heard somewhere that flushing pills

   vermonthiker replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

   All of the sudden the water I've been drinking is starting to taste funny. Yuck! We have a well, but I'm not sure it's any better.... I love the idea of recycling meds. What a great way to reduce costs and help the environment. What do you think wil...

6. When circ's go bad...

   vermonthiker replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Why???

7. Non smoker working in a smoker's home

   vermonthiker replied to vermonthiker's topic in Home Health

   Thanks for all of your replies. I totally agree that I don't have the right to tell people what do to in their own homes. That's why I'm so concerned about saying anything. Growing up my father smoked in our house and I was a sickly kid, had respito...

8. Vaccinations

   vermonthiker replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Pediatric

   All parents have to make informed decisions based on their own research. I choose to delay vaccinations and only had some vaccinations done, not all. If vaccines are so effective, why do so many people win law suits, and why do the ingredients for ce...

9. Kids home from school sick...could it be an opportunity?

   vermonthiker replied to javanurse2000's topic in Entrepreneurs

   I currently own my own family daycare, and I think it's a great idea! I agree that it may be tricky with different illnesses. I used to work in a daycare with an RN, and a "get well" room, but the problem was that it was only one room. If you could g...

10. eating at the desk

    vermonthiker replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so hospitals expect the following: Nurses are allowed no breaks Nurses are not allowed to eat or drink at the desk, only during breaks in the cafeteria But there are no breaks, so nurses do not eat or drink, and work their butts off while star...

11. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    vermonthiker replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

12. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    vermonthiker replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    What is wrong with people? That is so wrong on so many levels!!

13. Non smoker working in a smoker's home

    vermonthiker posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm a pre-nursing student starting in Sept 05, and I'm also about to start a new job as an aide with a home health agency. I'm exicted about it, but my biggest concern is smoke filled homes. I get awfully sick around cig smoke, even if it's just in t...

14. How did you find out about allnurses?

    vermonthiker replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I was actually looking for nursing horror stories :chuckle . I was reading a lot of websites designed to get more people into nursing, and I KNEW it wasn't as glamourous as these sites were making it out to be! So I ended up here and read lots of gro...

15. When circ's go bad...

    vermonthiker replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I read that wrong the first time. I thought you wrote " I like guys penises, period." Man is my head in the gutter today. :rotfl: :rotfl: