pilaschiet

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1. Anyone else call 'em johnnies?

   pilaschiet replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm here in Rhode Island and we call them johnnies here. I have also worked in Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana, Colorado, and New Mexico and I have never heard of the term "johnnies" until I arrived in Rhode Island. I'm guessing that it's a very local N...

2. Anxiety Prob/3 months into job

   pilaschiet replied to keludtke's topic in New Nurse

   Hi. It's very reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who feels this way! My situation is a little different, though. I've been an LPN for 26 years, and have worked in MANY different clinical areas(OR scrub, med-surg, to long-term care). I've fi...

3. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   pilaschiet replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   I go so far back as to remember when the hospital DISCHARGED as many patients as possible before any given holiday, especially the MAJOR holidays-Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, AND, didn't admit anymore! We were asked to take vacation/PTO days as m...