OverTheEdgeMom

OverTheEdgeMom has 17 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg,ER,ICU,Home Health.

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1. Job interview that made you want to run?

   OverTheEdgeMom replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in Job Hunt

   Sometimes you have to trust your gut.... and if the interview made you want to run...I would keep looking for a little while now, especially since you don't have a family to feed. An interview is no obligation to do anything. Be cordial, and say you...

2. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

   OverTheEdgeMom replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

   Well said!

3. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

   OverTheEdgeMom replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe Berta was telling that story becasue she wanted to let go and die tonight , and the nurse said "not tonight, berta, not tonight.." implying (imo) "Not on my watch"- hence the ick factor that I think the OP feels.

4. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

   OverTheEdgeMom replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

   Right... It's almost a vague implication that *The Nurse* has any control over the patient's time of death. I think Johnson and Johnson's campaign *tries* to portray the nursing profession in a postive light, and they are pretty much the only ones ou...