Peppermintmocha

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1. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

   Peppermintmocha replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I know what you mean. Patients seem to think they are at Club Med and you are their personal servant. I've had patients ask me to move their pillow 2 inches to the left! Are you kidding me??????? Our hospital has adopted the same policy as the R...

2. Families from Hell

   Peppermintmocha replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

   I work nights in an intensive care unit. At our hospital we have no visitation restrictions except for about an hour in the morning and evening when we are changing shifts and even that isn't really enforced. So we have families in and out of the p...

3. holiday pay

   Peppermintmocha posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in an ICU in a for profit hospital. I think we have the worst holiday pay. First of all we only get two paid holidays a year and those are Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. The pay is from 00:01 to 11:59 pm. I work night shift so for insta...

4. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

   Peppermintmocha replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I have to respectfully disagree. I don't think it is at all patronizing. It is a cultural/regional thing. I am never offended by being called honey. Nor do I feel patronized. It's a southern thing. Of course I live in the south and it is very ...

5. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

   Peppermintmocha replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

   I know what you mean. I hear docs telling patients with high cholesterol to take this med or that med. Oh and if your calcium is low take another pill. I never hear docs talk to their patients about life style changes such as putting down the don...

6. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

   Peppermintmocha replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree. I'm from Tennessee. It is a southern thing. I don't get offended at all! I guess if you aren't from the south it would seem a little weird but here it is perfectly normal. Many of my patients call me honey, men and women.

7. did you ever think it would be like this?

   Peppermintmocha replied to jamonit's topic in New Nurse

   When I was in nursing school they tried to warn us about the reality shock of transitioning from student nurse to RN. I blew it off thinking it would never happen to me. Then after coming off orientation at my hospital I was a nervous wreck. I was...

8. Clogs while nursing

   Peppermintmocha replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

   You can have my crocs when you pry them off my cold, dead feet! I have never had shoes so awesome as my crocs. I have the kind without holes. My feet never hurt! I will never give them up. I have paid over $100 for nursing shoes that killed my f...