surgorthonurse

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1. what do wanna eat in Nightshift?

   surgorthonurse replied to Kenshisandesu's topic in General Nursing

   CHEESECAKE, OH MY GOSH!!!!!! THE BEST IS TURTLE CHEESESCAKE...

2. Nurse, what's your number?

   surgorthonurse replied to nptobee's topic in General Nursing

   We used to carry cell phones. Now we have ID tags that light up the lights above the door of the room we are in. They are color coded for each: cna, lpn or rn. I call them our house arrest badges or our home detention detectors.

3. Why do Nurse's wear there degree on there name badges?

   surgorthonurse replied to Medic_Kev's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work it is either cna, lpn or rn.. Believe me the bsns and msns here have an ego problem well 70% of them.. My feelings it doesn't matter bsn or msn, lpn, or cna we all are here for the same reason the patient. My philosophy no matter if you ...

4. Relocating to California.

   surgorthonurse replied to caramel's topic in General Nursing

   Caramel, I am envious... My dream place to work.. If you hear of any openings......

5. This is my first time here

   surgorthonurse replied to Gracie O's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Gracie and welcome...I agree i am hooked here too...

6. When you have an "I hate my job" day, try this

   surgorthonurse replied to Shamrock's topic in Humor

   Cute and very funny...I will try that thursday after my meeting with my A.D.

7. Where do you nurse?

   surgorthonurse replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a medium sized hospital on med/surg/orthopedics unit. But my heart is in LTC..I eventually want to work at a Veterans hospital with psych patients.. long story..

8. Uncle dying

   surgorthonurse replied to On-z-go-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My mother 10 years ago was some what healthy, the she had a stroke..A brain stem infarction.. The doctors said she would not live more than 72 hours. Because of the severity. but she lived 7 weeks...

9. If you could invent a pill to fix people, what kind would it be?

   surgorthonurse replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

   The pill I would market is No matter what your job everyone is important. Then I would make all the rude and arrogant people ingest it.

10. Job Satisfaction Rating

    surgorthonurse replied to yodakelly's topic in General Nursing

    9.0 Med/Surg/Orthopedics Give it a 9.75 if someone can get rid of our A.D.

11. I decided to start my career on a Medical-Surgical unit. Looking for advice

    surgorthonurse replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    Take all the responses and roll them into a big ball. Excellent pieces of advice. When I started working on Med/Surg i was given a few pieces of advice. They are as follows: 1. treat everyone with the respect you want. All are important from the hous...

12. Burnt out or fed up!

    surgorthonurse replied to ShortFuse_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Belinda, I too used to work in LTC. I started out as a CNA so I have been on the other end of the spectrum. I have only been out of LTC for 4 years. What I noticed was the new people coming into the facility had different attitudes. They saw it as a...

13. 2 Nurses needed???

    surgorthonurse replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Safety

    Old school or not...Is 10,000 units of heparin or 2 units of insulin worth throwing your career away for??? If so I hear Burger King is hiring...

14. I need an online nurse!!

    surgorthonurse replied to dcstudent's topic in General Nursing

    you can either email or pm me. I have been in your shoes. We all need some help..

15. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

    surgorthonurse replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

    Some nurses forget that is where we all START!!!!