Littleblackdog

Littleblackdog ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Dr. Pimple Popper Thinks Nurses Have No Place Educating Patients

    Littleblackdog replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have "RN" after my name, and believe me, some (not all, now, I said "some") NP's and MD's treat us like we are too stupid to go to the bathroom without falling,

  2. Guns at the Bedside

    Littleblackdog replied to rnrazzil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Seriously? This is actually an argument where someone believes that a patient in a hospital should be able to keep a gun at his bedside? No. No. I would in fact refuse to care for someone with a gun...

  3. What just happened?!

    Littleblackdog replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Can't say I have ever had any sort of sixth sense at all. You certainly have some colorful stories to relate because of yours.

  4. Nursing Nightmare in Covid Unit

    Littleblackdog replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Hard for her to stay safe, given her work conditions! Everyone, repost this on FB and get this letter

  5. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

  6. Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

    Littleblackdog replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Why don't folks understand that the mask also protects other people from your own respiratory secretions? We have a responsibility to protect ourselves and others in a case like this (a pandemic that...

  7. Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

    Littleblackdog replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Absolutely! Well said! I just commented upon this, as well. I cannot believe that even people who are health care professionals are disregarding the increasingly stringent pleas by infectious...

  8. Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

    Littleblackdog replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here's the thing: wearing a mask provides more protection for others and still some for yourself. So, is it OK to refuse to wear one because: you love the president and are a republican and so...

  9. Covid wedding... am I the bad guy?

    Littleblackdog replied to zoidberg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Gosh, I certainly do not think you are the bad guy in this at all! I actually think your brother is (sorry,I am sure you love him, I don't mean to be nasty about it), for putting this on you. He...

  10. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    All very good advice you have given, here. And you are so right: if you can develop an occasional relationship outside work with some co-workers, they are likely to be kinder to you and less likely to...

  11. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    I love this! It actually made me laugh outloud, because, though I have worked a floor for 35 years, I recognized some of my own feelings in what you had to say. I had a chance to enter a program for...

  12. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like such a kind, caring person! I am glad you became a nurse! You are just the type person that nursing needs, thank you for being kind and caring about others! Glad you are here now,...

  13. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect for you as an accomplished NP, who still works some as an RN, I can't be on autopilot at my RN job, either. One example: being in a room with a gentleman recovering from total...

  14. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    And whoever thought that one nurse having to give meds to 50 patients was a good

  15. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    Good point you make. I went to school in the early 80's and they weeded folks out (or people often weeded themselves out) and monitored how well or not we were doing and did not hesitate to jump in...

  16. First year nurse. Thinking about leaving field altogether.

    Littleblackdog replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, honey (hope you don't find that demeaning at all, but I just feel so badly for you), I am so sorry for all this. What you are describing is to some degree what so many nurses go through to some...

  17. At the Bedside with Covid-19 - Stories from the Frontlines

    Littleblackdog replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Look online for headbands with buttons on them where they can place the ear loops instead. I am racking my brain to think of the name of one small business that is making these! But look for that...

  18. Where to go as a nurse if you dont want to work with patients at ALL?

    Littleblackdog replied to guest1074618's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know that, thanks! You are in France now? Your life sounds

  19. Where to go as a nurse if you dont want to work with patients at ALL?

    Littleblackdog replied to guest1074618's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but I am judging you a bit, despite your request not to do so...first, is this your idea of a joke? It doesn't quite sound authentic, but if it is...get out of nursing, even if you do...

  20. Co worker

    Littleblackdog replied to RNewbieMA's topic in General Nursing

    And I have to add, just because management is fine with it, doesn't mean it's actually YOU that have the problem. I have been a nurse 35 years and have seen a number of instances where another nurse...

  21. Co worker

    Littleblackdog replied to RNewbieMA's topic in General Nursing

    I know that there is ALWAYS a chain of command, and that we will get in trouble if we do not follow it, nonetheless, I wonder if you can/should go to a nursing supervisor since your manager does...

  22. Nursing Nightmare in Covid Unit

    Littleblackdog replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    What a horror story! If you have a union (doubtful), PLEASE go NOW to see them. IF not, I would write a letter of resignation saying just what you have said here, and remember: we are caregivers but...

  23. Bullied psych nurse commits suicide

    Littleblackdog replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nursing News

    WOW!, I feel JUST the same way! Well said, and pretty sad. These are the responses of other nurses.

  24. Why are some RNs rarely busy, while others are always busy

    Littleblackdog replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, yep, have seen a few of those! Used to work with a CNA who, as soon as she clocked in and got her assignment, would go to the cafeteria and return with a huge breakfast, would take plenty of...

  25. Why are some RNs rarely busy, while others are always busy

    Littleblackdog replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    We used to hear "work smarter, not harder:, too =. But it always seemed a big like a way to encourage nurses not to ask for better staffing but to put it all back on the nurses to figure out a way to...