I love my cat!

I love my cat!

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  1. Exaggerations and Lack of Accountability

    I love my cat! replied to Despareux's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That is for sure! ALWAYS watch what you say. The less revealed, the better, IMO. Your 'best buddy' can be sitting in a deposition, testifying against you next

  2. Failed pre-employment drug screen

    I love my cat! replied to OlderRNinGA's topic in General Nursing

    That is the case for all Schedule II drugs. (I am in CA). Scheudle III, like Vidocin can often get one a fax/phone refill. Schedule IV can be called in. I think is is the most ridiculous law ever for...

  3. Do you ever get tired of hearing this phrase?

    I love my cat! replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    Well, while I was in Nursing school, it was hammered down our throats about covering your orifice or lose your license. I think is was a mixture of sheer terror/intimidation/uneasiness and basic...

  4. UPS Drivers make HOW much????

    I love my cat! replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    There are some lifeguards in SoCal making $200,000. Yes TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND a year. The non-union Hospitals in my area try to pay very little....benefits are even worse. A few years ago they were...

  5. Failed pre-employment drug screen

    I love my cat! replied to OlderRNinGA's topic in General Nursing

    When you say employer-where are you employed? I am curious why your employer would discriminate against an employee who takes a prescribed Scheduled drug for a medical condition. I work with many...

  6. Criticized for being nervous . . .

    I love my cat! replied to MakeAWish's topic in General Nursing

    I was a nervous wreck as a student Nurse and even as a new Nurse in the Nursing Home. Seriously. My hands would shake-I cried almost every night for months. I also had an instructor that would keep...

  7. Exaggerations and Lack of Accountability

    I love my cat! replied to Despareux's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Be sure to focus on what you do, always ask questions and document. This will keep you safe for the most part. When a Nurse starts focusing on what other Nurses are (or are not doing)-trouble starts....

  8. How does it make you feel?

    I love my cat! replied to prettymica's topic in General Nursing

    I never, ever tell people I am a Nurse. Hospital, MD office, clinic ect., because I feel that I actually get sub-par treatment. Instead of explaining things, most people will just say, "Well, I don't...

  9. What reason is used for call offs!

    I love my cat! replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I am totally against Professional adults having to provide a reason why they need a day off. Why? 1. You really do need the day off-it I feel it is a private and person reason that does not need to be...

  10. why do teachers turn a blind eye to cheating??

    I love my cat! replied to catz123's topic in General Nursing

    There was a lot of cheating in my LPN program. Several of us even went to one of the instructors and told him what was going on. One student use to turn in the test, leave the class, come back to the...

  11. Has there been an incident that made you question your decision to become an RN?

    I love my cat! replied to hopefulUS's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new Nurse, another Nurse called in sick. The facility didn't even blink when they told me my patient load would double that shift. WHAT? I could hardly handle my own patients, now I...

  12. scared about to quit ...

    I love my cat! replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    As others have mentioned, talk with your manager. Per diem would be great! Please, don't be scared to quit. Just look at it as decision making and not an all-or-nothing choice. You need to look out...

  13. How to deal with a rude classmate?

    I love my cat! replied to esunada's topic in General Students

    Just move on. Put your effort into people that do want to be around you and do like you. You will encounter the behaviors that she is displaying throughout your Nursing career. There is always going...

  14. New Grad RN, 17 weeks pregnant with upcoming interview

    I love my cat! replied to skschultzRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't say one word about

  15. The Money is my motivation

    I love my cat! replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    You are not alone at all. I believe that 1 in 3 Nurses quit within the FIRST year! Then 25% of those remaining quit within the next 5 years!. Nursing has a very high turn-over/burn-out rate. It makes...

  16. nurses attacking nurses

    I love my cat! replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked many jobs prior to Nursing. Nursing is (and will soon be "was") my second profession. Honestly, I can say that Nursing is one of the worst for back-stabbing, competitiveness, envy and...

  17. Need Help Coming up with an Excuse!!

    I love my cat! replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Well, personally, I would advise you to avoid what we, at my facility anyway, refer to as the "Kid Kard". This is, using your child as the excuse for getting out of whatever the real issue is....

  18. Can they fire you for not picking up overtime?

    I love my cat! replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. I HATE this aspect of Nursing. "We didn't schedule the appropriate/required number of Nurses, so could YOU pick up the slack for our incompetence?" My old employer pulled this stunt all of the...

  19. Drug seekers: where's the compassion?

    I love my cat! replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder where the apprehensiveness and fear towards Scheduled drugs came from? Seriously. Disturbingly, I have seen it my entire Nursing career. It drives me crazy. If a patient asks for their meds...

  20. Oxycontin - I didn't know how to answer this for pt.

    I love my cat! replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    You are smart not to cut/split the medication. The first thing that came to mind to me is that his pain is not being adequately managed. If he was really looking for a high-he would have accepted the...

  21. "I am sorry - I refuse to float to Peds!"

    I love my cat! replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is a HUGE reason I dislike the Nursing profession. People believing that because you have a Nursing license that you are now an expert in every area. I am in the minority, but I have always...

  22. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    I love my cat! replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    There are a group of night Nurses my city (not at my facility) and they have posted a bunch of pictures on Facebook...most of them show the Nurses messing around during work. They are wearing goofy...

  23. anything you wish you were told in nursing school that you werent?

    I love my cat! replied to karyan06's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I would have been told : -Keep a journal. Anything that you witness or hear and feel that it may be "questionable" write it down. Is always nice to have that reference if these issues come up...

  24. Archetypes in Nursing

    I love my cat! replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good one! Ugh. I worked with quite a few of the Smoker Nurse in my career. Thankfully, my place of employment is now a 'No-smoking' facility and that applies to the grounds as well. No more walking...

  25. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    I love my cat! replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Another reason why Fibromyalgia patients appear to be 'drug seeking' is because, in a sense......they are! They are people in pain and people in pain want relief. Why is this so hard to understand...