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1. Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

   girlpolice replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   I have a simple rule: I do not discuss politics or religion in the workplace. I think that to do so leads to confusion and destruction :) I am a person of faith, but my religion is very outside the...

2. dont want to be burnt out this early...help!

   girlpolice replied to andsoitis's topic in General Nursing

   There is nothing wrong with you. I think all of us go through something like you're going through in their first year. I cried at least every other day, sometimes in front of the other staff! If...

3. How to deal with surgeons that treat you like ****

   girlpolice replied to rncoco's topic in Operating Room

   When I worked with surgeons, most of them were residents and thus learning themselves. Most of the time they were cool and I could talk to them like human beings. Some of them (gasp!) asked me to...

4. Patient sitter?

   girlpolice replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

   We used to use a lot of sitters when I worked in trauma step down. Most of the sitters were CNAs and did all the cna-type work for that one patient. My only complaint was that some sitters would...

5. Blood after foley insertion

   girlpolice replied to 3fins's topic in General Nursing

   Is the patient on any anticoags? It could be that even that small "bump" around the prostate would have been enough to cause some hematuria.

6. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

   girlpolice replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

   I was a new nurse on a med surg/cystic fibrosis floor. I had to give a blood transfusion to a mildly confused lady. I did all the things you're supposed to do: time outs, all the equipment set up,...

7. Difficult New Employee

   girlpolice replied to lostNneuro's topic in Nurse Management

   I'm going to guess that this new grad is hiding his insecurity behind a mask of bravado. I'm not a manager, but I'd give this advice; document specific incidents where his tone/behavior was less than...

8. African Americans as nurses.

   girlpolice replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The first unit I worked on as a new nurse was practically all African- or Carribean-American staffed (lots of nurses from Haiti, Trinidad and the like). I was usually the only white nurse on the...

9. Does anybody have any patient near-death experience stories?

   girlpolice replied to SMAC92's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   When I was an aide working in a hospice inpatient unit, we could often hear a child giggling in one of the rooms. This happened to be the room where most kids and teenagers would stay when admitted....

10. Thinking about making the switch to home health...

    girlpolice replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

    You want to make sure that you're with a good agency that *supports* its' nurses and auxillary staff. Most places have computer-based charting nowadays in the field; if you're adept with technology,...

11. Win CASH! 12th Nursing Caption Contest - $100

    girlpolice replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "Thank you for volunteering to work on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, you're going to be paid in