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  1. You have a what on your where?

    burn out replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    only two things rise at my house the sun and hopefully

  2. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    burn out replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Religion vs. Spirituality Ethics vs Integrity.. I would rather have a spiritual surgeon,lawyer, banker, realtor or mechanic with personal integrity if I had to choose. I think one needs and as a...

  3. You have a what on your where?

    burn out replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    OK I give what is amaurosis

  4. People don't leave their jobs, they leave their manager...

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

    This is so true. I am leaving a hospital that I have been at for 10 years because I can longer work for the current CEO- he is driving the doctors off and running the hospital in the ground. He is...

  5. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

    burn out replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly respect the right to bear arms and protect yourself issue (I just wish I knew how to use one). However , where I work there is a notice on the door that no firearms are allowed on the...

  6. Unique quitting tips?

    burn out replied to elizabells's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I quit smoking about 3 years ago and really never wanted to pick one up again after I made my mind up to quit. I always said if smoking started to affect my health I would stop. 3 years ago I was...

  7. Really, really trying to see both sides of the coin...

    burn out replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    [ quote=chadash]Mmmm. Frosted cookies. Is that a bad thing? Yeah it is a bad thing. Have you ever eaten anything so sweet that it makes you sick..like frosted

  8. Really, really trying to see both sides of the coin...

    burn out replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds just like one of my co workers (thank god she just left our unit last week for another position) The thing that really frosted my cookies was that the DON went and named this trouble...

  9. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    burn out replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    To fergus51 way back there on this thread, I do not understand how you can say you are a Christian but not believe in Christ, I thought that was the definition of chrisitianity. I think as a nurse...

  10. Delegating bedmaking, bedpans . . .

    burn out replied to pancake's topic in General Nursing

    I think alot of the personal care given by the RN depends on the type of setting. If I am working ICU with only 2 patients then I have no problem providing all the care to these two patients and my...

  11. Need help. Starting to doubt myself. Almost HATE nursing now....

    burn out replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    There are some people out there that just enjoy kicking others when they are down..don't listen to them. You have been through hell and it may not be over yet I am sure you are still somewhere in...

  12. What did your spouses/partners end up doing?

    burn out replied to kersti's topic in International Nursing

    Where ever you get a job will difinetly effect what kind of work your husband will get. It would be easier for him to find a job then you find a job in that area. Nurses can find a job almost...

  13. If you could do it all over again.....

    burn out replied to Visuals's topic in General Nursing

    Given a different set of circumstances I may not have decided to go into nursing..it was not my first choice and I tried other fields before going into nursing. Now, having said that I would looking...

  14. Dnr/dni

    burn out replied to jonear2's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient is competent then they can make themselves a DNR with the doctors order. If they are incompetent then the doctor has to sign forms declaring them incompetent and at that point either...

  15. Pet peeves!

    burn out replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I really hate visiting times. I hate it when family members come in not to see the patient but to inspect and see what the nurse has or has not done. They spend more time talking to me than they do...

  16. How do you deal w this?

    burn out replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember that nurses are not allowed to diagnosis but we can paint a pretty picture and let the family name it what ever they want. We can voice what our concerns for the patient are just as...

  17. Anyone take out $50,000 per year to live?

    burn out replied to ellarose's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It is not my belief that keeps me from wanting to participate with organ harvesting it has been my experience. I had taken care of a 17 year old in our trauma unit for 2 days before he was pronounced...

  18. Dissapearing Aids... the norm?

    burn out replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    Ultimately the care the patients receive is left in the hands of the RN. If you have CNA's and a patient is found lying in poop for hours it is as much the RN as the CNA to blame. The RN must...

  19. ICU holds in the ER

    burn out replied to Altra's topic in Emergency

    Ther have been times at my hospital when we have up to 5 overflow icu patients and they can be in ER , PACU, or makeshift mini ICU rooms on medsurg or tele- these are staffed by ICU nurses asap, but...

  20. What do you think of using paramedics for nursing shortage

    burn out replied to sweetpooty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Most of the paramedics I know are so hung up on all the technoogy stuff and skills that anything less is tedious and boring...as evidenced by the foley catheter comment. Not many paramedics jumping...

  21. I Give Up

    burn out posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday there was a thread with a riddle about three words that end in "gry" angry and hungry were two what was the third. PLEASE

  22. cleaning poop

    burn out replied to tprashad's topic in General Nursing

    If you really want to make me puke let me see you suck up that runny diarrhea with a yankeur suction and then leave it in the cannister for me to clean up. Or use a spoon to obtain a stool...

  23. Pushing IV Lopressor

    burn out posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has any one ever had a patient develop long pauses or asystole after giving lopressor IV. Yesterday I noticed my patients heart rate had gone up to 130 and was sinus tach after giving her a bath and...

  24. Dress code...Shorts in summer

    burn out replied to ChevRN's topic in General Nursing

    Give me air and give me

  25. Domestic Violence Survivor.

    burn out replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    My husband turned into a crystal meth user and dealier and I had to deceide that if I stayed the police would never believe me that I wasn't involved and there would go my nursing license and then how...