Luvbuble

Luvbuble

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  1. I am currently working in a surgery center working in pre op and PACU. I have just taken a 3-day course in botox and restylane injection. I have got a few chances to do injections for some of the...
  2. Who Cares About Us

    My co-workers were talking behind my back when I was gone for a week due to a severe flu. I had my doctor's letter and doctor said I should NOT go back till my flu was gone because I was highly...
  3. Who Cares About Us

    Just go in and pretend you are passing out, when they see how sick you are, they will let you go
  4. Angry Nurse here!

    Make sure you make some delicious Chinese food and mix some Ex-Lax in it and don't label your lunch box. Also take out the bathroom tissue before he uses the
  5. New Grad Rn Entering Gastroenterology

    Well, I have 6 months of Med/surg experience before getting into GI. I love GI, it is so much easier than Med/surg and the pts are not so sick and hard to handle. you always handle one pt at a time. I...
  6. I have been a GI nurse in a ambulatory facility for 3 years. I am getting bored with my job and I am thinking about moving on to something else. Before having this job, I have only worked on the...
  7. I have been working in GI nursing for a while. I have a pretty stable job but I just have a few issues with the place that I work at. I have tried to find another GI job but it is just so hard to...
  8. Are there any nursing jobs out there that do not have to deal with nasty doctors? I want to know. If you know of any good doctors out there, let me know. They are either egolistic or mean. I want to...
  9. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    Thank you for your suggestions. I have been thinking of taking a class to learn how to deal with jerks too. I am not kidding! Sometimes, some docs just got off on some nurses for no reason. They are...
  10. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    I think you are right about being assertive. Some people quit at my work b/c the doctors are plain nasty. Some nurses can deal with it b/c they could tolerate the yelling or they do need this job...
  11. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    Unfortunately, I have already worked in 3 different places and still have not found some normal "human" Doctors to work with. I hate to let them step all over me like a doormat. I am a hard working,...
  12. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    let me ask a stupid question. What is DO? Is it doctors for osteopathology? Where do you find Osteopathic hospital? is there a special hospital only for people with bone's
  13. I am wondering if your work will allow smoking staff to take frequent smoke break and not letting non-smoking staff to take frequent "normal" breaks? Don't you think that is an unfair treatment to the...
  14. I am wondering why putting IV's in pts is such a "easy" job for the ER staff? I have been doing this for a little while and I still don't understand why I cannot get the technique down. My main...
  15. Special questions about putting in IVs?

    I have heard other people talked about making an imprint on the vein too. I have never tried it b/c I am not exactly sure how you did it. My questions are: 1. When you do an imprint with the finger...
  16. Special questions about putting in IVs?

    i always start with a flat angle and that makes it difficult for me to have my non-dominant (left) thumb to pull the skin taut. when i try to pull the skin taut below my insertion site, the left thumb...
  17. Special questions about putting in IVs?

    Oh, you just answer one question that I have for today IV experience. I tried to insert at AC and I couldn't even advance b/c of the tricky direction the vein was going. You can visualize where that...
  18. Negativity????!!!!!!!

    To tell you the truth, negative is everywhere in the medical field. Anywhere that you have a lot of women working, especially with 3, 4 women PMSing around the same time, you will hear them...
  19. Losing confidence in new job b/c of IV insertion?

    Thanks for your encouragement. Yesterday, I did about 20 and missed 6 which is a pretty good record for me. I just don't understand why I missed more towards the end of the day. I got one really juicy...
  20. Cussing Co-Workers

    Thank you for your opinion. I agree with you
  21. Cussing Co-Workers

    you should not, again should not tolorate :angryfire coworkers or doctors using any foul languages either towards you or others. i am a christian and by hearing people using the sentences,"god daxx...
  22. I am interested in endoscopy nursing jobs. I am wondering what the nurses do in an endoscopy center? Do you have to take calls? Do you have to maintain a sterile field or it is a clean procedure? Do...
  23. The dreaded panty line.......

    Get the scrub pants that have 2 pockets on the butt area, they will cover up your underwear pretty well and make sure you don't wear a
  24. When Docs Cover Up Surgical Errors

    The more I hear about the surgeons malpractise and their attitude towards nurses, the least that I want to work in the
  25. My friend is making $19 in a Dallas Hospital and she said all new grads are at the same rate pretty