Daisy Joyce

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    Using medical terminology as a nurse

    Daisy Joyce replied to RCHCLVN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for an agency where they said we weren’t allowed to say the patient was sleeping. We *could* say the patient had their eyes closed and was breathing
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    Will there be too many nurses in the near future?

    Daisy Joyce replied to DCubed's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn’t matter if there’s a glut of nurses if bosses won’t staff
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    I don;t pull teeth

    Daisy Joyce replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    My answer is “no”. I do not pull teeth. end of
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    Daisy Joyce replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    As long as they do their job, who
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    Over using sympathy card

    Daisy Joyce replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My feeling is this. I have my assignment, you have yours. If my assignment is done and I have time left over, I will help you with yours. If I had a day where the spit hit the fan on my assignment,...
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    Privacy when calling parent about sick child

    Daisy Joyce replied to skwirlfixer's topic in School

    If the nurse was worried about germs, she could have wiped down the phone with an antibacterial
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    Lice, Lice and more Lice...

    Daisy Joyce replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    Okay, I’m embarrassed to say we were that family. And I was a school nurse sub. And, the children my kids were passing the lice back and forth with ? Their mom is an elementary school teacher. And...
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    Sitting in the Catbird Seat

    Daisy Joyce replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    LOL my dad used to say "catbird seat", and I say it too, but hardly anybody else uses that term. And no, I've never been in the catbird seat in regards to my career... I'm usually the bug (as in...
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    When It's Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    Daisy Joyce replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in General Nursing

    This won't be the answer for everybody, but this year (I've suffered a couple serious losses and a couple serious personal set-backs in this crappy, crappy year) I'm focusing on Advent, the season of...
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    Scared.....No Nursing?

    Daisy Joyce replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

    If you keep getting dinged for the same things, that's what you need to concentrate on. Also, your self confidence has been taking a beating, so make sure you're also taking care of yourself. You're...
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    PA: State Cites WilkesBarre General "Systemic" Failure to Provide Adequate Nursing Staff

    Daisy Joyce replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This trend needs to start in Nursing Homes, too. In the NHs I've worked in or visited, I've met few truly "bad apples". But lots of staff who are overwhelmed and burnt out from
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    Situational Trauma

    Daisy Joyce replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I would. A lot of people are down on their
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    MORALE

    Daisy Joyce replied to avg5012's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite platitude is the one that goes a little something like this: real power lies in the way YOU react to crapsack
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    MORALE

    Daisy Joyce replied to avg5012's topic in General Nursing

    Why do bosses always want their employees to cheer up and snap out of
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    I quit on the fourth day

    Daisy Joyce replied to stephrooth's topic in School

    THIS sub nurse would have taken a temp and sent them back to class if it was normal. If I was a long term sub, I would have called mom after the third day of cough but no fever. Moms often know when...
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    Old Threads

    Daisy Joyce replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Are you saying you don't want choose-your-own-adventure style stories? Alternately, we could go to a fan-fiction style of response, where if the OP doesn't follow up in say, a month, then we have the...
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    I quit on the fourth day

    Daisy Joyce replied to stephrooth's topic in School

    I'm so sorry you had that experience. Were they without a nurse for awhile? As a sub nurse, I've walked into situations where the position had been vacated for awhile, and they were making do with...
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    RN tells my mom that I don't need to take pre-requisites to become a nurse

    Daisy Joyce replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    It depends on the particular nursing program you want to get into. It's possible that the nurse your mom talked to didn't have prerequisites for her
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    "Guidelines" for Sending Students to Office

    Daisy Joyce replied to Rizowe's topic in School

    One of the districts I sub for has a policy that there are certain office hours, and when the office is "closed", the types of situations you describe are to be handled by the teacher. Apparently, the...
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    Snickers and Baby Ruth

    Daisy Joyce replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    When I was a child they simply didn't hand out candy for Halloween. We all went trick or treating at
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    Patient rights an privacy bathroom

    Daisy Joyce replied to Mqnurse13's topic in General Nursing

    Some people can't go if they're being
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    Are you a "Sister?"

    Daisy Joyce replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the US and even worked at a Catholic hospital, but the only women called "sister" actually belonged to religious
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    Struggling, am I a crappy nurse?

    Daisy Joyce replied to TexasmedicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time I had two patients on hospice on my assignment. The first one died. I did all the paperwork/postmortem/contact families, etc. After I crossed the last t and dotted the last I, I...
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    Poorest lack of judgment EVER!!!

    Daisy Joyce replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I'm a lowly sub (not CSN), and I'm still astounded at how many people think the nurse in the health room is an all-knowing, multidisciplinary emergency room trauma doc with x ray eyes and prescribing...
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    Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    Daisy Joyce replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    A few weeks back there was a thread similar to this one, where one of the nurses would act silly and knock all the cups on the floor. Honestly, is this what we have to look forward to in the future?...