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  1. Think I've Done All I Can for This Person?

    blynn replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Marie, you sound like an excellent person to train with, it sounds like you've gone above and beyond the call of duty with this girl. But it sounds like you've reached the 'Well if she doesn't get it...

  2. News of Mother's Death Left on Answering Machine

    blynn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, this sounds exactly like something my parents would do to me. My mom is just really tactless about giving that type of news. One time I was talking with my aunt on the phone. My mom was...

  3. Fired-need advice/opinions

    blynn replied to Kirsti1181's topic in Legal

    Kirsti, I am so sorry that you had this experiance! I work at a clinic, and I do have a 'catch up day' once a week where I am not seeing patients. When I have the entire day to catch up on voice mail...

  4. Hey, is this legal????

    blynn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    When I think about how much money administrations will spend to wine and dine doctors that they want to come work for them, or to go to 'buisness meetings' in Las Vegas, stuff like that, it seems like...

  5. Dangerous coworker and unresponsive management

    blynn replied to nellwolfe's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse who was giving patients samples of medications without doctor's orders. When her manager found out about it, she lied and said one of our PA's had given her permission to do so. One...

  6. wearing perfume to work

    blynn replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes after working in a room that is smelly because of a 'code brown' or because the patient doesn't have very good hygiene, I'll spray some light body spray on, otherwise I'll be convinced that...

  7. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    blynn replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh I LOVE that, I love when people ask for refills on their meds because '"well, my daughter/friend/whoever ran out of hers so I had to give her some of mine. She's going to pay me back when she gets...

  8. Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    blynn replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm.. like the manager of clinic/company I work for? He delegates that a 2.4% wage increase is accepatable.. if they don't cap your salary totally... and you KNOW this guy is still getting his wages...

  9. Does or did anyone feel like this about clinicals?

    blynn replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Students

    I hope you don't mind me posting here cause I'm no longer a student.. I just remember clinicals being a nightmare for me, and always feeling dumb because I never had all the answers. Book learning...

  10. Do patients/families that are hostile, rude affect your morale?

    blynn replied to smartynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Another thought on this topic... At what point is ENOUGH ENOUGH when it comes to taking rude behavior/abuse from a patient or family member? I'm just curious to know what peoples' thoughts are on...

  11. Need LPN advice

    blynn replied to rubacan's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I went to LPN school straight out of high school, but somewhere around half of the people in my class had kids my age. There was a retired Navy vet who used to own a pet store, and a retired woman who...

  12. Do patients/families that are hostile, rude affect your morale?

    blynn replied to smartynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some days I go home from work just utterly wiped out. I feel dehumanized, demoralized and depressed because of the amount of abuse I take from some patients. We get people who are worked in same day...

  13. Hr Headache!!!

    blynn replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure you want to work for these

  14. Can you study to be an RN with the army without being shipped off to Iraq?

    blynn replied to scoobysnax's topic in Government, Military

    The military is going to station you where they need you most, and most of the time they need medical personel near where there is

  15. Break anyone??????????????????????

    blynn replied to nursesue71's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I'll have to tell the doctor I'm working with that I'll help him with that exam in just a minute, as soon as I use the restroom. I work for a urology group so no one ever complains.

  16. Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    blynn replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I still maintain my theory that the world will have righted itself when teachers and nurses make the salaries of professional ball

  17. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    blynn replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't use a vibrator one week after having lady partsl surgery. If by chance you do cocaine and end up with an errection that won't go away, don't wait until day four to seek medical attention for...

  18. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    blynn replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had a gentleman call our clinic to ask what semen was made out of. It turns out he wanted to put semen in a dish that he was cooking for some friends of his, but he wanted to make sure that it...

  19. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    blynn replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Can you pee into this cup for me?" "Okay, here comes the

  20. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    blynn replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I had a lady w/ a foley in who complained of her 'Arethea' hurting. Had another lady tell me that she'd never been to a urine-ologist before. We also have a lot of elderly patients come in who will...

  21. Nurses who smoke?

    blynn replied to Pete Venkman's topic in General Nursing

    By law, we're supposed to get an off the clock half hour lunch break daily, and also two paid fifteen minute breaks per day. The only ones that take the fifteen minute breaks are the smokers. I...

  22. Nurse Retention..........

    blynn replied to CardioTrans's topic in General Nursing

    I'll stay where I am because of respect. I respect my fellow nurses, and they respect me. I have a good working relationship with the physicians. My nursing manager really appreciates the work that we...

  23. Does it ever concern you that we could be making more doing bartending?

    blynn posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is something that has been troubling me for a while. I'm starting to think that if I gave up nursing and started bartending, I'd probably be better off financially. I do not want to quit my job,...

  24. December Burnout

    blynn posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's nearly two AM on Monday morning, and for the life of me I cannot sleep! I am dreading going back to work in the morning, last week was so terrible! Has anyone noticed that the holiday season...

  25. Why Does It Seem That RN's Hate Us and Hospitals Don't Believe In Us??

    blynn replied to brown eyed girl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Keep us posted on how that goes, Fiona, can't believe the nerve of some people! :angryfire I can accept that an RN will make more money than me because it is reflective of the extra education and...