Cassinia

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1. Stna's driving me insane, I feel like a babysitter.

   Cassinia replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in a hospital and we frequently had 1 - 2 aide for the whole unit on pms, sometimes we'd be lucky enough for a 3rd aide. Many of the other nurses had problems with the aides doing things for them, but I never did. The reason? Very simply,...

2. Deciding whether to stay in nursing

   Cassinia replied to hartmoon's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like you worked at the place I did. I was wrongfully terminated because they needed to cut the budget and I was the only full-time day nurse left; I also was there for 13 years. Which, according to them, I suddenly developed an "attitude...

3. HELP! Getting over queasiness during IV starts

   Cassinia replied to amber1188's topic in General Nursing

   :chuckle You'll definitely be around a lot of starts in nephrology and transplant. I use to get a little yucky feeling during certain procedures as a student. However, the only way I found out to overcome this was to expose myself to it as much a...

4. My sister has colon ca; need experienced advice

   Cassinia replied to fairiestar's topic in Oncology

   I've been an oncology nurse for many years, am currently a case manager who works with oncology patients, and have been through this on a personal level as well. First, the sites given to you by NRSKAren are good sites, I use them at work. If you ...

5. Reality TV : Nurses

   Cassinia replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

   Normally, I'm not a cynical person but I've learned when it comes to nurses/nursing portrayed on tv we get blasted. Yes, I made the 5'7" comment; you're right, if any other type of nurse is portrayed then it makes it look like the nurse doesn't know...

6. Reality TV : Nurses

   Cassinia replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

   Hula, maybe I am putting in my personal opinions about this without giving it a chance but 2 things...1) it's a "reality show" which means there is no reality to it. The show is made for entertainment and, probably in this case, marketing for this c...

7. Reality TV : Nurses

   Cassinia replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

   Travel nurses in a mansion in Southern California? I'll bet they're all minimum 5'7" weigh in at about 120 pounds and have the "perfect" figure. This sounds like another piece of garbage which I'll definitely avoid. I'm tired of the unrealistic wo...

8. Can nurses decline to be videotaped?

   Cassinia replied to daisybaby's topic in General Nursing

   You have the right not to be videotaped. If dad wants to tape you, he has to have your consent, usually in writing. My son in high school had to sign a release to have his pictures used in a Senior Class video and when some kids were doing projects...

9. artifical nails off..angry nurse

   Cassinia replied to Lady Sapphire's topic in Safety

   I tried artifical nails once (when they were still allowed) but found I couldn't open the oral med bottles we used. I went to an OTC nail strenghtener which worked very well and I still use it even under my regular polish. As for the hands, try the...

10. Have you been injured by a doctor?

    Cassinia replied to JustMe's topic in General Nursing

    I've been nailed by an md twice, two different ones. One, a female oncologist got me when she threw the chart at me. It was kind of common place at one place I worked for mds to throw charts. When I started at my last job the first time a doctor, ...

11. TV drug ad study

    Cassinia replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Besides all the above reasons for not advertising drugs on tv (which I'm in agreement with), there's the fact most people listen to what it does and ignores the rest of the commericial about the side-effects. Of coarse, the advertisers are going to ...

12. Cough Cures

    Cassinia replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    To help cut back on the coughing, and not wanting to use cough medicine, I use an old fashioned home remedy of warm lemonade with honey in it. The warmth is soothing to the throat and the honey is a nice coating. I've used this on my son since he w...

13. pins....what do you think?

    Cassinia replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I'll admit I'm a nurse who wore her pin, as well as a few others that were important to me. But, I graduated in the 1980's as well. When floating or having people float, it was nice to see the pin to see if the person was from your school so you ha...

14. How important is a BSN?

    Cassinia replied to greerster's topic in General Nursing

    This has always been a sore topic with me. I came into the nursing field after having a BS and double major in Special Education and Elementary Education. The BS was only worth the paper it was written on. When I sat in boards, why back when the d...

15. What do you think???

    Cassinia replied to galaxy781's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in nursing for many years and everytime there's a nursing shortage, there are more nurses coming to this country from other countries. I have had to deal with many nurses who are not fluent with English. And, being hearing impaired, it ma...