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  1. Quit Job While Pregnant and Can't Get Hired

    I see some very good advice here. We all make poor career decisions sometimes. Have you considered using the time you have to be off work to take classes towards your BSN? Or take some classes that could help with supervising the CNA's that you wil...
  2. Resident's family wanted to discharge AMA at 10:00 PM Sunday night!

    I actually was a daughter that did something similar, but it was in the daytime, about 7AM. My mother was in rehab, I went in early before I went to work, passed the nurse on the way out and she told me my mother had a good night and slept all nigh...
  3. LTC's are a joke

    Oh, let me tell you, I have nothing but admiration for LTC nurses. I was sent as an agency nurse to a LTC a few years ago. It was a nightmare I can not even begin to describe. Day shift, 38 patients on 2 different wings. It was the first and last...
  4. Do They Think I'm Old?

    One other time a patient asked that the doctor not send a young pretty thing in to give him his injection. Of course they thought it was because he might get a little too much enjoyment out of dropping his pants for a young nurse. I didn't take it t...
  5. Do They Think I'm Old?

    I kind of understand using a bedside table as a walker today. I'm having a little trouble getting around today and the PA commented in a negative way that I was walking slow and commented about me being old, he has no idea what I have to do when I'm...
  6. Do They Think I'm Old?

    I'm glad to hear that 60 is the new 40. I turned 65 this year, and the way it looks now I'll still be working at 75. We actually have someone that works here that is 77 and she can work circles around a lot of the younger models. I am thankful eve...
  7. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    I know. It certainly has changed over the years. I know as a nurse now, I would never put up with some of the stuff that was expected or tolerated years ago. I've quit several jobs due to the harassment. But I got older and things changed, for the...
  8. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    I guess the cleanliness part really depends on the person wearing them. I have one for every day that I work and at the end of the work week they get washed and bleached. I work around blood and crap all the time, so I like to keep my clothes and a...
  9. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    I was very young and pretty naive when I heard the docs talking about that. I couldn't believe they really said it. But that was about 46 years ago. They wouldn't dare say that now. Right? So I agree- ewwwwwwww.
  10. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    I think one reason for wearing white is because you can use bleach if necessary to keep it clean and white. I worked in the day when nurses wore all white. White stockings, shoes and everything. When I started wearing scrubs and different colors, ...
  11. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    There are practical reasons to wear the white coat. Especially in a lab, to protect your clothes and body. I've also heard male doctors say they wear the coats for practical reasons when they examine an "attractive" female patient for example. I d...
  12. 1st Needlestick

    It really doesn't matter what anyone says, you will be "freaked out" for a little while. You really never want to have a needle stick but it does happen. Just follow the policy and procedure for testing and try really hard to never let it happen ag...
  13. New Job

    These posts are encouraging, but my orientation will be only one day. I'm not sure what kind of situation it is yet, but it is a state prison. I'll be sure to check in here after my orientation though. I think one of the things I'm concerned about...
  14. New Job

    I have questions too. I work for an agency and they are sending me for orientation in a corrections faciltiy on Sunday. I am nervous but very excited to be doing something different. I've been working in a physcian's office for the past 25 years a...