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  1. Family member complaints

    burn out replied to Nurse1966's topic in General Nursing

    How long have you been a

  2. After I graduate can I start right off in the ER?

    burn out replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

    I know you are probably all eager to jump right into the blood and guts and codes and stuff but I would really recommend at least one year of floor nursing before going into any speacilty unit. The...

  3. Can I hear some positive things about nursing school?

    burn out replied to rntoben2008's topic in General Students

    The only positive thing about nursing school that I am positive of is that you get to take boards afterwards if you pass, I am

  4. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    burn out replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you tweety I feel like I have made contact. One question I ask my patients when I do an admission assessment when we get to the advance directive section is to ask them who they want to make...

  5. Patients reading their own charts-yay or nay?

    burn out replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work the MPOA would mean nothing unless the patients had been declared mentally incompetent by the

  6. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    burn out replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Corvette Guy , I agree with you but our belief does not apply to everyone-only the ones with the legal documents. What about the ones that can not get the legal documents. If gays can not get...

  7. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    burn out replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't saying that a parents right should supercede the rights of the spouse, I am trying to say that I don't think that a persons medical power of attorney should automatically unquestionablely go...

  8. BAAS - Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences

    burn out replied to txsugar's topic in General Nursing

    Could you elaborate more about the degree I have never heard of

  9. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    burn out replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    WE had an incident recently where the nurse had administered albumin to a Jehovah's Witness patient. Every safeguard was broken. Usually we have to have a blood consent to get the albumin because...

  10. Do you love/hate your profession?

    burn out replied to AngelicLady's topic in General Nursing

    YES. It is a love/hate

  11. Day Shift vs. Night Shift

    burn out replied to RNtugladimurnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you have a choice. For a long time when I started I didn't have a choice but to work

  12. burnout?

    burn out replied to dietcokeRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have worked ICU for 20 years and even today I have times that I feel like you do..these feelings however are present in almost all nursing jobs I think. But from time to time I have left ICU and...

  13. I'm going insane.

    burn out replied to faith5099's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Like my dear old momma used to say "A watched pot never boils." take it easy and forget about it then you will be really surprised when it

  14. Relationships and Nursing school

    burn out replied to Nony's topic in General Students

    I hear the divorce rate for nurses is very high but I don't now the statistics on it. Nursing careers are very hard on families and spouses-working every other weekend, christmas and holidays etc-...

  15. victim of biggot school

    burn out replied to sanchy's topic in General Nursing

    I do not think you are being objective enough in this situation. I see no grounds for biggotry by what you posted and I really don't beleive Americans are out to get Canadians. However I do think...

  16. Patients reading their own charts-yay or nay?

    burn out replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    No way will I allow any patient or family member to read a chart. 1. I don't have time to sit and explain every minute detail that they are going to ask about. 2. This is an area for the doctor to...

  17. Calling in Sick

    burn out replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    once I got sick while on vacation at the beach. I really hated that and had to take an extra three days to recuperate to drive home. When I got back to work my boss knew that I had not come back...

  18. The very, very old and sick who are full code

    burn out replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    According to one of our physicians DNR does not mean do not treat. Up until the point of actually coding we are obligated to provide care whatever that may be. If a patient that is a dnr has a drop...

  19. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    burn out replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I respect and sympathsize with the problems homosexual couples face when entering into the hospital and not to minimize their pain but many heterosexual couples face similar night mares. For instance...

  20. You have a what on your where?

    burn out posted a topic in General Nursing

    I once had a patient that complained that she had a "risin'" on her buttocks, keep in mind that I was away down south in Dixie. I had no clue what she was complaining of and certainly did not know...

  21. are you burnt out too?

    burn out replied to godivalady's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I am burn out too but not with the nursing but the stress of working short, physically demanding work on an aging body and the fear that in 10 more years I will still be doing the same thng and...

  22. If you could change on aspect of nursing.

    burn out replied to AMBERRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I wouln't mind being seen in that light even. I am tired of being seen as a personal maid servant to clean butte and massage feet and fetch water, then the doctors expects me to have as much medical...

  23. nursing students for choice

    burn out replied to vegetarian_goddess's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If this were the 70'S I could maybe see a place and a need for a choice organization on a school campus . Today, choice is legal even though it is controversial it is still legal. Isn't there...

  24. SO- Patients in Gowns

    burn out replied to Aneroo's topic in Emergency

    I am not so sure that gowns will prevent any psych patient from eloping. When I did my psych rotation we had one patient elope into a wildlife refuge, when he came to the river he took his clothes off...

  25. Is there a doctor or nurse on board this flight?

    burn out replied to Gompers's topic in General Nursing

    One time at a National Cheerleading Competition at Disney's MilkHouse a teenage CO-Ed cheerleader had just finished their routine and was sitting behind us in the stands when suddenly he doubled over...