eatenbylocusts

eatenbylocusts has 13 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, post surgical.

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1. Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

   eatenbylocusts replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   You haven't smelled my daughter's poop. I wish I had known about that stuff before my daughter went on a week long trip to Washington D.C. in high school. She might have had more

2. Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

   eatenbylocusts replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   . Then I had to watch this

3. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

   eatenbylocusts replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

   To the OP, don't worry about the future, just plan for it. I still remember the day I got my job offer while standing in Albertsons. My first year me and another new grad were picked on by the evening...

4. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

   eatenbylocusts replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

   In response to Shilmar: I was going to be a police officer, then got my real estate license before completing medical assisting school and doing a 2 week externship in a medical office before I...

5. Global Conference on Nursing-2017,FRANKFURT- GERMANY

   eatenbylocusts replied to shabnam.ali1232's topic in General Nursing

   I'm actually going to be in Europe at this time. I need to look into

6. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

   eatenbylocusts replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know what IVDA means, but there are a few past patients that make it seem like the homeless type is often more humble and easy to take care of than the one that did well in school and was from...

7. Leaving the bedside

   eatenbylocusts replied to duke514's topic in Nursing Career

   Go to day shift. If you have an employee assistance program I would see what kind of help and direction they could provide. Don't discount the effect that working nights can have on

8. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

   eatenbylocusts replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   They are. I started on my road to nursing after getting MA certification from a regional occupational center. I think it was 16 weeks and we had to practice blood draws on each other and demonstrate...

9. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

   eatenbylocusts replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I cringe just reading it. I hit bone one time giving a deltoid injection to a very thin patient. She did not complain, but the memory freaks me out many years

10. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 2

    eatenbylocusts replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    How horribly frustrating for the subject of this story and the other commenter who had the issues with implants. It does pay to be a squeaky wheel. Now I am awaiting a referral for a new...

11. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 1

    eatenbylocusts replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Funny because I do not believe in forced vaccination or the worth of the flu shot and I do more reading on it than anyone on my floor and my co-workers come to me with questions even though most get...

12. Weight loss for nurses

    eatenbylocusts replied to tortillaRN17's topic in General Nursing

    I remember late night studying and self medicating with M&M's to stay awake. I don't even know how much I weighed, but I saw our group grad picture a while back and was in awe seeing how big I...

13. Weight loss for nurses

    eatenbylocusts replied to tortillaRN17's topic in General Nursing

    It is not the only effective way for losing and keeping off weight, but it is the fastest. I work on the surgical floor so we get all of the bariatric patients unless they have to go to SDU or ICU. I...

14. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    eatenbylocusts replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry it must've been your first post that was apparently changed that landed in my email that included the words "anti-vaccination rhetoric" which kind of tipped me off to your feelings. And my...

15. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    eatenbylocusts replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    This is about immunity and a response to someone else's post. If I stated something untrue, please point it out. Please don't make assumptions and try to shut me down because you don't like something...