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  1. live4today

    How do you deal with backstabbing

    live4today replied to gladtobeOB's topic in General Nursing

    I encountered a situation once where a nurse was gossiping about me behind my back.............so she thought...............I happened to be using the breakroom bathroom and overheard every word she...
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    Career advice needed

    live4today replied to nursebraswell's topic in Nursing Career

    Choose a hospital that offers rn refresher programs. They may or may not be located near you, so you may need to consider relocating if it means that much to you. I wish you well.
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    Charting by Exception = Redundancy

    live4today replied to missionnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I prefer not to do the computer charting for those very reasons. It's very time consuming and takes the nurses away from their patients even moreso than we already are. Double charting is totally...
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    Do you believe humans have souls?

    live4today replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    Yes...most definitely!
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    What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

    live4today replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It's not so much the diagnosis of the patient that gets to me, but the attitude and disposition of the patients who are in their right mind but act as if the world should sit at their feet and be...
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    Thinking about Civilian nursing for the Army

    live4today replied to nurselily3's topic in Government, Military

    Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I don't always visit the site as often as I used to do to work and other life drama going on. :uhoh21: Anyhoo....I did not work as a nurse in Germany due to...
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    Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    live4today replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    i have news for you veridican. the term "nurse" doesn't work anymore for women in the field either. from what i see in healthcare today, especially in hospital nursing, the new term has already been...
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    kissing a pt/ resident

    live4today replied to Marti Ann's topic in Men in Nursing

    That's not something I would do, but if the supervisors and the patients don't mind, why should we? I can hug a patient, squeeze their hand as if saying, I'm here for you...you are going to be...
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    Cannot Sleep!! Arrrrggg!

    live4today replied to jeepgirl's topic in Nursing Career

    I just left a good paying job all because I could NOT tolerate working the nightshifts any longer. It used to be my shift of choice when I was "younger", but now that I've "matured in years", it no...
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    What kind of nursing do you do????

    live4today replied to dspring's topic in Men in Nursing

    right now, the kind of nursing i am doing is the "trying to stay alive in nursing" kind of nursing. :rotfl: on the serious side.........working as a nurse today is tough and rough! so rough and tough...
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    Men's sexualality in Nursing

    live4today replied to greensleeves's topic in Men in Nursing

    Exactly! ? The only times I am nervous around my male patients is when they are extremely attractive and well built (all over...excluding no bodily part):chuckle And when they start flirting...
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    New Grad Rn In Ltc?

    live4today replied to foreverhope's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "my work does focus around my life, not my life around my work." -- a quote by snowfreeze. :) i borrowed the above statement from snowfreeze's post on this thread because it sums up how i view my own...
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    free ice cream!!! Today only!!!

    live4today replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    I did that earlier, but when the window opened to the coupon, the coupon was "black" and "blank". So.....what's up with that Baskin Robbins?
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    How do you feel about ADN nurses?

    live4today replied to Stacy W's topic in Nursing Career

    veridican....your "two cents" comments as stated above have an extremely narrow minded view -- not to mention being very judgemental on top of it all. i have never been able to tell what college...
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    How do you feel about ADN nurses?

    live4today replied to Stacy W's topic in Nursing Career

    well....i am an adn nurse, and i think we're the best!!! i can be as prejudice as i want about adns because we still make up the largest population of nurses in our country! :balloons: should any...
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    Here is a poem I wrote to cheer myself up,Enjoy!

    live4today replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    and i second that
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    Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    live4today replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    uhhhhhhh....are you sure you are a "rn" yourself????? let's suppose -- for your sake -- the story is "hard to believe" (as you put it). it's a pretty dang good interpretation of the gospel truth if...
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    Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    live4today replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: speak that truth medsurgnurse! speak it!!!
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    Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    live4today replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    thank you :flowersfofor your courage to take a stand even in the midst of all that you had to deal with!:cheers: i applaud you tenfold:yeah: for caring enough to say "enough!" to those admins.... who...
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    Clarian Hospital

    live4today replied to dawn1971's topic in Indiana Nursing

    i worked a few shifts at iumc through a local agency once. the staff was very nice and helpful. it's a very busy place to work, but what hospital isn't nowadays.
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    How do you tell your boss that you are quitting?

    live4today replied to Harmony213's topic in General Nursing

    simply tell it like it is. you found another job that offers you more of what you want from nursing, therefore you're submitting your notice to resign in "x number of days".
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    Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    live4today replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    there will always be something to debate in nursing education.....whose got what when where and why type comparisons. when i started going to the community college many moons ago, i was thrilled to...
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    just have to tell you guys this story

    live4today replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    me too. at first i didn't get it. actually i had to read it several times to get it. :rotfl: well........just call me slow.
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    ? about 16 hour shifts

    live4today replied to rn2b2006's topic in General Nursing

    I'm done after six or seven hours myself.
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    problems with nurses at my clinical site

    live4today replied to Honeybun1206's topic in General Students

    I've always enjoyed working with nursing students, precepting new grads, and as far as I'm concerned we can learn from each other. :) I also understand why some nurses are hesitant to allow students...