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  1. The preceptor (who I love and is definitely the BEST one on our floor) is sending her off alone to do things she does not...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  2. I'm surprised there are med/surg floors out there who don't take trach patients, with the exception of those truly needing...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  3. For real? Seriously?
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  4. I'm BSN (2007) and MD (2012). It's not impossible, you just need to put in the hard yards. One thing that really annoyed me...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  5. Nah. What bugs me is patients who ask for fried chicken after a heart cath.
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  6. If your boss regularly visits Allnurses chances are good that she will also read this thread. Aren't you putting yourself in...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  7. Are you evaluating her work performance or what she rants and raves on the internet on HER time? I think it would be very...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  8. When I first signed up, many years ago, I was not involved in teaching. My user name is not as anonymous as I had thought,...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  9. As stupid as it was to use her picture as her avitar, allnurses is supposed to be anonymous and I think it would be unfair...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  10. Thanks for the advice, heres some for you. Maybe you should take a vacation from all nurses web site, if it bothers you...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  11. AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! <sorry, had to get that out of my system> Why is fallacious reasoning becoming so commonplace? ...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  12. Jenni811 hit the nail on the head, it's about $$$. Shockingly, inexperienced nurses (those with 1-3 years of experience) ...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  13. I came into nursing as a 2nd career. First career paid 2 x as much and didnt have to deal with miserable old nurses. ...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  14. Thank you!!! If i were to make this post about old nurses saying we shouldn't be hiring them id be starting a war on here....
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  15. Wrong. We as new people need the nurses who have already been there for years. I don't need a nurse who is a new hire who...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  16. These kind of posts amaze me. If any young, new nurse writes a post stating that a bunch of old, crotchety nurses are mean...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  17. A birdy told me that Northwestern Chicago is feverishly hiring young ones and keeping them virginal, with pretty much no...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  18. Trust me when i say this, when you are sick and in the hospital the last thing you care about is how your nurse looks. yes...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  19. I don't think it is about looks. We too have hired alot of young, female, smaller build nurses. The turn over rate in...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  20. Many of my friends and RN colleagues not only m their spouses in the hospital, but *gasp* had relations with them in the...
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  21. I apologize... To the DON: For giving me a chance to work on your unit. I apologize for the opportunity that was...
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  22. I once interviewed at a clinic wherein I was I was given a tour of the department and introduced to a few of the doctors....
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    Forum: Nursing Interview Help
  23. Wow... Bitter much?? I'm sorry - but I'm tired of people trying to dumb down the BSN. How can more education be a bad...
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    Forum: Registered Nurses: Diploma / ADN / BSN
  24. Translated to mean: "We had to start out in med/surg and be completely miserable and so should you!!! . Mission...
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  25. Stop making stupid mistakes (a COUPLE of times?? How do they know you'll never make that mistake again? You did it more...
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  26. The topic of this thread is the unprofessional nature of the resumes that are being submitted and in their personal opinion...
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    Forum: Nursing Resume Help
  27. I was pointing out that there is probably little they can teach me about leadership, but a ton about Nursing. It looks like...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  28. I think what you're saying here is very relevant and speaks to a larger problem that often gets pinned on those who are not...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  29. Instead of all the stereotyping that seems to occur with this type of thread, we should agree that there is truth to both...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  30. True enough. However, the reality that a new grad is inexperienced and has the potential to make dangerous mistakes...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  31. Yep, called that one.
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  32. He said nothing about being unteachable. In fact, he specifically said that he is all for listening to what more experienced...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  33. Wow Ruby Vee, With all that vitriol, you could start your own pest-control company....you just have to spew it everytime...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  34. Whoa Ruby Vee, you really shot Anna to smithereens. Poor thing was just trying to vent but she really got an earful. Lot of...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  35. There is no way in **** that I can agree with this. I'm not an RN yet, but nonetheless there are certain truths that...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations