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  1. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    lorster replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    so...are you still at the bedside..or are you

  2. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    lorster replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    well stated. i want to hear from all these nursing students in 20 years to see if they are singing the same

  3. Is a Surgeon accountable for slander??

    lorster replied to lorster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, the manager that took away my charge privilages was fired/quit...something, not sure but she all of a sudden is no longer there as of 2 weeks ago. So, yes, the interim management is reinstating...

  4. Is a Surgeon accountable for slander??

    lorster posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not sure if this is the right area to post this question but here goes anyway. A few months ago, I reported a surgeon to the hospital for lying to me over the phone about a patient. Me and the...

  5. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I am educated and have never read the bible and never will. I think it is a huge waste of a good tree that could have been put to better use. I have no use for people who sin all week and then go to...

  6. Cuts to Medicare: What impact on HH?

    lorster replied to Mijourney's topic in Home Health

    I was a home health nurse until about 96 during the time when home health was seeing some serious cut backs. It drove me back into hospital nursing as there just was not enough work to keep me busy...

  7. Question re: lupus and fibromyalgia

    lorster replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

    Let me educate you a little bit about Lupus and other autoimmune conditions as I have just been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which is btw, another autoimmune disorder. Lupus is to be taken...

  8. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    It would be nice to be in a thread where athiests and agnostics could come together and share their feelings about how they deal with patients without all the input from

  9. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Your patients are lucky to have you as their

  10. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I guess this is what I was trying to say but leslie has said it so much better. I believe a persons presence with a patient is what is important. I do not believe that most patients care what you...

  11. anyone quit after orientation? an new grads thinking of leaving nursing

    lorster replied to celle507's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess what got me started on this soap box was not too long ago, an aide walked off the floor midway through a shift. We saw him go out the door and did not think anything of it until a while later...

  12. :( Sad - LPN (little pretend nurse comment)

    lorster replied to Amyjosonata's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Just keep your chin up. You are going to hear stuff like that all through this profession. Some of these doctors need to constantly feed their egos. There must be something missing in their lives...

  13. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    you are right that no place exists where people don't judge one another, that is what being a human being is all about. what i was trying to say was..when i was very young...i was raised to believe...

  14. anyone quit after orientation? an new grads thinking of leaving nursing

    lorster replied to celle507's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Absolutely, when you enter this profession, you have a professional obligation to give the proper amount of notice to that employer that has hired you and trained you. They have given you that...

  15. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    This whole thread has made me realize that it is a "them and us" world out there. I'm bad because I don't believe and you are all GOOD because you do. I do not understand this. We all live on this...

  16. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    So are you saying that non believers are not FIT to pray with

  17. anyone quit after orientation? an new grads thinking of leaving nursing

    lorster replied to celle507's topic in First Year After Licensure

    IMHO, no one should EVER just leave a voice mail that they are not coming back. This is so unprofessional and should be reported to the board. If you are considering quitting, at least have the...

  18. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you pity someone who did not believe in

  19. :( Sad - LPN (little pretend nurse comment)

    lorster replied to Amyjosonata's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    What a

  20. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    lorster replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    Well, the Johnson and Johnson commercials do this profession a real disservice. The nurses are models who have a big smile on their faces and the patients look like they just stepped off the runway....

  21. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    You stated that so

  22. Moving to MT tomorrow!

    lorster replied to mommy1strn's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to Montana. I live in the western part of the state. It is cool right now, in the 60's. Should be warming up. Eastern part of state is very hot in summer and have some awesome...

  23. Atheist or Agnostic?

    lorster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I used to believe in God. I was raised in a christian home. I went to church on Sundays. Throughout my life, I have encountered many negative situations. And through all this, I have not once ever...

  24. Lupus

    lorster replied to katheriner's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you may be right about that. It would be the institution as a whole that would have to accomodate. The only problem I would see is if the other nurses on your unit felt you were getting...

  25. Lupus

    lorster replied to katheriner's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man you guys. I read my post...after I posted and I realized that I said something that may offend lots of nurses but I didn't mean it the way it came across. (did I also tell you that I have foot...