NursePooh

NursePooh has 6 years experience and specializes in telemetry, cardiac stepdown.

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1. A dose of reality I didnt need!

   NursePooh replied to NurzofFaith's topic in General Nursing

   I think the original post title is very interesting...this student admits that the realities of modern day nursing are unpleasant but would prefer to remain blissfully ignorant. Hmmmmm. When I was in school, nobody told me doodly squat about what to ...

2. A dose of reality I didnt need!

   NursePooh replied to NurzofFaith's topic in General Nursing

   no weekends or holidays? geeze, where do you work? the hospital where i worked (albeit briefly) in the or had weekend and holiday call. not to mention weeknight call. it was entirely possible to get called in at midnight, then end up working your sch...

3. Co-workers with poor grooming habits

   NursePooh replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

   Even when I have worked units/floors where colored scrubs were the uniform, I would wear a white coat. Clean white nursing shoes also (not rainbow neon running shoes please!) with white hose. When I worked at a facility where all the floor nurses wor...

4. Why RN vs LPN (Pay)?

   NursePooh replied to Future LPN Sheryl's topic in General Nursing

   i originally intended to go into an lpn program, but missed the application deadline and ended up in the prerequisite program for rns. later on i was glad, because eventually i would have wanted to go for my rn, and if i'd been an lpn first i'd have ...

5. silly question but please reply

   NursePooh replied to Anagarcia26's topic in Career Support

   Now now, let's let the newbies get used to the idea of CLEANING poop before we get into the oogier subjects like impaction removals

6. silly question but please reply

   NursePooh replied to Anagarcia26's topic in Career Support

   Yes, and many times you end up cleaning it OFF OF YOURSELF! Down the road you may end up in a poop-free job, but you gotta get through nursing school first. I highly recommend the path I chose, which was to spend a year as a CNA in a nursing home fi...

7. MDs find out about Nursing Shortage......

   NursePooh replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar experience. I arrived one night for my shift on my tele floor and was told I had to go to the ER. There was an agency nurse on tele that night, but she refused to be sent there (I resented that at first, then realized she was right to...

8. MDs find out about Nursing Shortage......

   NursePooh replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar experience. I arrived one night for my shift on my tele floor and was told I had to go to the ER. There was an agency nurse on tele that night, but she refused to be sent there (I resented that at first, then realized she was right to...

9. MDs find out about Nursing Shortage......

   NursePooh replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

   YA THINK?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. MDs find out about Nursing Shortage......

    NursePooh replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    YA THINK?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11. MDs find out about Nursing Shortage......

    NursePooh replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    Well, when it hits the courts, that nurse will be held responsible (although probably not solely). You are legally liable once you accept an assignment...if you know you are not qualified, you are legally obligated to refuse. She allowed them to bull...

12. MDs find out about Nursing Shortage......

    NursePooh replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    Well, when it hits the courts, that nurse will be held responsible (although probably not solely). You are legally liable once you accept an assignment...if you know you are not qualified, you are legally obligated to refuse. She allowed them to bull...

13. Depressed over salary

    NursePooh replied to wanna B an RN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mind if I ask what field you went into? I have not worked as an RN in over a year now, and am not sure I want to consider going back.

14. Depressed over salary

    NursePooh replied to wanna B an RN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mind if I ask what field you went into? I have not worked as an RN in over a year now, and am not sure I want to consider going back.

15. Tip on adjusting to nights

    NursePooh replied to sis's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the individual. I couldn't usually go straight to bed (unless it was my third twelve in a row and/or the night from hell), so I would sit and "unwind" in the lazyboy I bought myself. That's usually where I'd end up falling aslee...