Warpster

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1. Stereotyped...and not sure what I should do

   Warpster replied to gorjos's topic in Men

   Some jobs are just not a good fit. A transfer to another unit within that hospital might fix the whole situation or the whole place might be toxic enough to you that you'll have to leave and resign yourself to a longer commute. I saw that happen wit...

2. How long did you stay at your 1st job?

   Warpster replied to 01dayatatime's topic in Career Support

   I managed to hang in there for two years in a VA hospital but only because my rheumatologist wrote a note to my charge nurse that rotating shifts were making me much sicker and that I needed a permanent assignment. So I got put on permanent nights in...

3. Retired, now what?

   Warpster replied to sueff's topic in Retired

   As my name suggests, I'm a weaver. I also spin, dye, knit, crochet, sew and do just about anything with a handful of fluff that can be done. And now that I'm not exhausted from working 12 hour night shifts, I'm getting better at it.

4. I can't stop dreaming about the NICU!~

   Warpster replied to babyCNP's topic in NICU

   Nursemares are something nobody talks about at nursing school but I think we all have them: the one when it's almost the end of your shift and you've been dealing with this and that and realize you haven't passed a single med and where the hell is th...

5. 5 Spiritual Concepts Western Medicine Must Embrace

   Warpster replied to kwyattmd's topic in Spirituality

   The bottom line on patient spirituality is that as nurses we need to park our own concepts and preconceptions at the door when we come to work. It doesn't matter what we think of a patient's spirituality, if he thinks drumming, chanting, praying, fe...

6. Retired, now what?

   Warpster replied to sueff's topic in Retired

   Some of the best advice I ever got from an instructor in nursing school was always to have something outside of nursing that captured your interest enough to occupy your time when you were no longer able to work such an intensely physical job. I took...

7. Community College? You must be stupid.

   Warpster replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

   Lily Ledbetter ring a bell? It's still going on, too.

8. Community College? You must be stupid.

   Warpster replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

   My parents tried to pull this garbage on me but I explained to them that the job was the same in both cases and it was much smarter to go through a 2 year program and come out debt free than to soldier on for 4 years at a name school and come out fif...

9. Just a reminder to watch what you say!

   Warpster replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I'm retired so a lot of this is irrelevant now. In any case, employers have been surfing all sorts of social sites for years. I wish I could say this is something new, but it's not. A few rules to keep in mind are never to mention your plac...

10. Debts are the Whips and Shackles That Will Enslave You

    Warpster replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the wonderful summary of reasons I decided on an ADN rather than going into hock for a 4 year degree. As it was, I was able to graduate debt free, working while I was in school to generate enough cash for courses and books. Were I youn...

11. Why doesn't the nursing profession support LPNs?

    Warpster replied to amari's topic in LPN/LVN

    They've said that in theory for decades, but I don't see LPNs, LVNs, and ADN prepared RNs going anywhere in practice.

12. Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    Warpster replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    In theory, competing diagnoses that focused on practice rather than disease were to help us compete head to head with other professionals. It just didn't work out that way, in part because of the cumbersome language you cited in your post. "Impaired...

13. The Top Three AN Red Herrings

    Warpster replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    #2 is universal, it happens no matter what the subject is. Some jerk will always have to point out he's got a shirttail relative who doesn't fall within any statistical norm, no matter what norm that is. #3 is a debatable. Being a sicko myself, I...

14. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Warpster replied to nyteshade's topic in Relations

    You can tell what sort of nerve you hit by the number of kudos at the bottom of your post! The truth is that turning health care over to MBAs was almost as big a catastrophe as turning it into a profit generating enterprise: the former has completel...

15. I give in to drug seeking patients

    Warpster replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

    People in serious pain who are not in control of their own medication via pump often display classic drug seeking behavior. I had a tomcat after surgery who also did, meowing at me and meowing at the fridge where the Stadol was kept starting about an...