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  1. Yes and no. I make more in a month than my degree cost, but I'm still underpaid for what I do. All nurses are.
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  2. For real? Seriously?
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  3. hahaha, i laughed out loud. Made me kind of not mind her saying 'a monkey could do my job.' Yes, i'm the monkey but she is...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  4. Don't feel guilty. You are sick and therefore you take a sick day. Simple enough. Your hospital doesn't feel guilty when...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  5. One hospital I worked for did not have anesthesia in house 24/7. They would come in, put in an epideural, then leave. When...
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  6. How about they utilize the RN, pay a respectable RN wage, and get rid of the MA? Answer, it's all about the money. Sad, very...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  7. At one home health agency where I worked, I frequently saw in the admit paper work of female pts that they had a hx of an...
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    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  8. My favortie was a FEMALE patient who underwent a TRANSVAGINAL ultrasound. The results read: No testicular torsion noted.
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    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  9. I had a doctor with a great sense of humor. Couldn't remember to write orders to DC a saline lock before dismissal. One...
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    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  10. In surgical report on pt who had to have whole apple removed from rectum..."Instructed pt in proper intake of fiber."I kid...
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    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  11. OB doc referred to the well known local family of the newborn babe as "The Mullet Family". :coollook: Lots of thinly...
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    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  12. A pt had been discharged from hospital without a cause being found for his symptoms. When he was admitted again a week...
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    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  13. I think that sometimes we are put into a specific situation for a reason. Yes, the patient died in your arms, but he didn't...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  14. Everyone should be so lucky to die in the arms of someone offering comfort.
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  15. :up: Thank you for caring about your community and being their so they did not die alone. Time will help heal you...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  16. It really hurts my heart to read this. Your employer should do a better job of showing you that you are valuable.
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  17. LOL...pay it forward to you and get a massage instead :yes:
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  18. This year we are told to pay it forward toward a charity of our choice. They did send us the form telling us it is tax...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  19. Yes--calling it Employee appreciation month is a clear way to say "You Nurses aren't so special" I don't want a week of...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  20. Gotta be one of the cheeziest, this. A request that you pay money for something that you should be given as a gift, and...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  21. Agreed about the free stuff; I guess it's the only way that they DO show appreciation so of course we want it! :) ...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  22. I remember when I worked in the hospital this was all I'd hear: "Nurse's shouldn't be the only ones to get special...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  23. I work in a medical practice nowadays, not the hospital, and we employ only a handful of actual nurses (lots of pretend...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  24. I have never heard of "hosptial week". In my clinic during nurses' week we get treats at our desk every day, a little gift...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  25. i will reinstate what i posted in a previous post regarding this issue. to the op and to the rest of you in this post, i...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  26. Being a new nurse I was excited to celebrate my first nurse week but I have to admit I felt a little bummed out when finding...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  27. Before you make comments presuming that your degree is "better" than hers - consider that you may not be familiar with the...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  28. I want to say you are going to get grilled possibly for making a big deal about the ADN BSN thing. That's very irrelevant in...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  29. I'll put things like "pt educated about..." Or "xyz discussed with pt" Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs!...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  30. Years ago when I was an aide in a LTC facility, I was helping a 98 y/o lady in her bathroom. She stood up when she was done...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  31. I had a pt who blamed her incontinence on her stuffed pig. If she was wet she would point to the pig and say "he did it". We...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  32. Do you think your care is better if they know you are a nurse?
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  33. I'm a new grad who has only been off orientation a few weeks so I won't be required to float for a year, but I have been a...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  34. Fairfield University and Bridgeport Hospital Nurse Anesthesia Program class of 2015!
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    Forum: Western Governors University Online Nursing Degrees
  35. It is hard here....the city reves up for the marathon and the hospitals revere up in case there is an increase of ER visits...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations