Coloradonurse1983

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1. The Grinch of allnurses.com

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

   They start 24 hours of Christmas music here before Halloween.

2. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   Wow. I married my husband who had weapons, moved in, and instantly became more depressed and suicidal. 🙄 Most stupid thing I've read in my life.

3. Irony regarding cellphone use at work

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   I don't clock out for breaks lunches. Pretty sure returning a quick text a couple of times a shift is no where near 30 minutes. So no, I'll check my phone.

4. What do you think will happen if we actually achieve truly safe staffing ratios?

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

5. What's the strangest phone conversation you've ever had at work?

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to Brekka's topic in Humor

   Pt on vent, nonresponsive. Very sick. Not over breathing the vent on no sedation. Old as dirt. Of course, full code. Family in denial. Family: I don't think she's that sick. You should turn the vent off and let her prove to you she can do it. Me: I...

6. Nurses' Week - Upended.

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah. Back into the facility. What a joke.

7. Why do patients.....?

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to ArrowRN's topic in Humor

   I love it when there's a couple narcs in there too. And when you ask some to waste with you, it's like pulling teeth!

8. We fail our old people and it's heartbreaking

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

   When I took care of my mom, HH only was covered by insurance for rehabilitation. It was for short term only. It did not cover HH for daily cares. It's was skilled nursing or nothing.

9. Made a fool of myself to board of nursing rep

   Coloradonurse1983 replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

   Patho and critical thinking are required in our job. But not at the expense of not learning basic nursing skill and using them in school. This is why staff nurses are putting their feet down and refusing to precept. Nurses are graduating without a ba...

10. Clinical vs hospital RN

    Coloradonurse1983 replied to Rhinelander00's topic in General Nursing

    Any place that promotes a nurse to charge after only 6 months of experience in the hospital and a year of LTC has poor judgement. That should be clue number one for you to get out.

11. What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    Coloradonurse1983 replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    Your problem sounds more like a husband problem than a work problem. He sounds like the "if I act stupid, I just won't have to do it" type. Which with me, would end in about a week or the marriage would be. That's completely ridiculous.

12. What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    Coloradonurse1983 replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    As night shift, if I had 8hr shifts, I wouldn't like my job. My husband works days. When I work, I don't see him for days. If I worked 8s, I'd see him once a week. No thanks.

13. Nurses with children always go home early?

    Coloradonurse1983 replied to Agatha12's topic in General Nursing

    I love all the people saying if the job doesn't meet OP's needs and wants to just leave. The same could be said to the ones saying moms need special priority. If MOM's job doesn't meet MOM's needs as a parent, she should be the one to leave. Not the ...

14. Is Medical Assistant school difficult?

    Coloradonurse1983 replied to Venusx30's topic in CNA/MA

    You might have better luck asking on an MA forum than here. Most of us did nursing school, not MA school. Most can't really answer this question.

15. Coworker wanted to trade shifts

    Coloradonurse1983 replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    I remember several coworkers at different jobs telling me I should have to work holidays and they should get them off because they had children and I don't. Uh, no. That's not how it works.