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  1. Truly sad- please read and consider

    Shannon, First of all, no matter where you go in the world you will find people who have something bad to say about their job, and are more than willing to do their darndest to destroy your dreams. Why, I don't really understand. Just try starting yo...
  2. nurse electrocuted

    Friend of zapped, What comes to my mind is what is the hospital doing to assist your friend? This incident is far more complicated than a simple workmans comp claim. Was the equipment faulty in some way? Was the electrical cord damaged? Either the ho...
  3. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS???

    This is a very special Christmas for me this year. My wife of 21 months is Tibetan and she and her children (of course mine now, too) finally all made it to the U.S. in May of this year. Today we put up our Christmas tree together, hung the lights an...
  4. In 1980 I was an RT, and thought OK, I'll become an RN. Divorced with 2 kids and shared custody, working full time night shift in hospital. So, after discovering that I could get a BSN which cost money, and my ADN would cost absolutely nothing except...
  5. Idealatry vs Idolatry? Well it all depends on what your "ideals" are. What is taught in Nursing school and spouted about by those who have time to write books, is a far cry from what happens where the rest of us work. My ideal day involves giving the...
  6. Abuse of a Nurse

    Your patient needs a psych eval and probably an anti-depressant. She is unhappy, feels depressed, abandoned by life and is attention seeking. Unfortunately, you are at the end of her gun, so to speak. You need to talk with her physician about her pa...
  7. Bizarre stories - Believe it or not?

    Here's another great story, This was told to me by a Physical Therapist friend of mine who had this experience. He resides in the San Diego area. He had been seeing and treating a post-stroke patient, a woman in her early 70's. She had a hemi-paresi...
  8. Forum contributors, Here is a call out for all of those bizarre and unexplainable (miraculous?) stories and experiences that many of us have had over the years. I will start with a few of them. In my previus life as a Respiratory Therapist, I was wor...
  9. True ER stories

    Did I ever tell you about the time............................ The young man of about 20, who "woke up" and felt something a little strange coming out of his rectum? It's hard to believe that you wouldn't remember the moment that the coat hanger was ...
  10. HELP! Can you teach an "old" nurse new tricks?

    Cindylou, Aren't we all resistors of change somewhere in our lives? But, usually not in areas where peoples' lives are at risk. Your "old" nurse has some unspoken agenda; my question is, does it put the clientelle at risk and does it disrupt the over...
  11. confused over titles !!

    Tina, I think I can cut to the chase. Think of the Great Apes who thump their great barrel chests to scare off the other apes and establish their dominance in the clan/tribe. Of course we're all basic Nurses inside, so we have to have some kind of Ac...
  12. Taping IV Catheters

    Zee, You could always ask your Infection Control Nurse about her "science/data". At our institution, there has been much to-do over the years about how to hold IV's and the infection topic. I think you will find that the research will bear out, that...
  13. Any nurses out there that work from hom

    KYRN, Hi. I applaud your efforts to look beyond and into your future. I am in Sacramento, Ca and also have diversified a bit. I still work full time as a Critical Care Nurse (currently, unfortunately recovering from a back injury at work) and started...
  14. The philosophy of Nursing.................. Nursing has a history that literally goes back ten's of thousands of years. How so? When one human being sacrifices their time and energy to care for another. It's really quite simple. In our modern times i...
  15. Relocating to Southern CA

    Welcome to California!, I have lived in the Sacramento area for about 13 years, but previously worked in the L.A, area before that. Your best bet is to come out and sign up with a couple of Nursing Agencies and work around for about 6 months, and the...