whipping girl in 07

whipping girl in 07 RN

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  1. intimidation by nurse manager?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to TinyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I think your NM sounds reasonable, especially if you are going PRN to keep your foot in the door but will be working elsewhere to really make the $$$. Could you go part-time instead and...

  2. C'mere and share your on-the-job laughs!

    whipping girl in 07 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of a pt I had back when I was a fairly new nurse. 18-20 yo kid, 2nd gen Vietnamese (parents spoke very little English). MVA, did something to one of his knees and had a closed head...

  3. Picking up my pace. Need advice

    whipping girl in 07 replied to AshestoBeauty's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: You've got to be kidding, right? Seriously, as someone who goes to different units and does procedures (placing small bowel feeding tubes at the bedside), I can't possibly know where...

  4. Is there ANY reason for Experienced nurses to be Rude to New Nurses??

    whipping girl in 07 replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe she was rude because she's a rude person. All you can do is do the best you can during the shift. And too bad you didn't know about the Dulcolax supp, you could have given it right...

  5. getting pg during nursing school

    whipping girl in 07 replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

    I got pregnant during nursing school and ended up dropping out and resuming when my son was about 2. Three of my friends when I went back to nursing school had babies and none of them dropped out...

  6. An admin vent of sorts

    whipping girl in 07 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds exactly like a manager I left a couple of years ago. Last summer she was asked to step down because the ENTIRE unit was ready to quit unless she went. Finally! If only it had happened...

  7. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    So you are assuming your daughter will be a virgin when she gets married and so will her husband? Sounds like wishful thinking to me. My daughter will get the shot unless it's proven to be unsafe....

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

    whipping girl in 07 replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I was going through my junky spare bedroom and found my papers from nursing school. The stuff from my last med-surg semester was on top and I realized I'm still bitter (5 years later) over the way...

  9. Nursing Dreams

    whipping girl in 07 replied to 2bnursescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    One of the nurses I work with had a dream where she and two of our co-workers took several of our chronic vent patients (surgical ICU in a hospital with no vent stepdown unit) on vacation in a big RV...

  10. Nursing Dreams

    whipping girl in 07 replied to 2bnursescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Ooooh, I have that dream too! Only I work days in surgical ICU

  11. Lap tops and Phones..This is too much

    whipping girl in 07 replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    I work in surgical ICU and our asst nurse managers and charge nurses carry cell phones. The rest of us use the phones at the nursing station, although if I go down to eat with my husband and kids and...

  12. restraints? What would you have done (Long)

    whipping girl in 07 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Technically, you could have used med/surg restraints because she was interfering with treatment (by pulling out IVs, etc). BUT, you have to be very careful because lots of people have gotten hurt...

  13. Beware of hand-cranks on hospital beds.....sad.

    whipping girl in 07 replied to funnygirl_rn2's topic in General Nursing

    I spoke to one my friends today who works on that unit, & she said the nurse that got hurt yesterday evening will have to take sick leave per the DON, no workman's comp. I hope that's just a...

  14. Charge Nurse reduce in pay to give Super's a raise!

    whipping girl in 07 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with llg, sounds like they may be trying to pit the two groups against each other. I work at 2 hospitals, one pays 0.50/hr for charge and the other 1.00. I guess that's better than the first...

  15. If not a nurse...what????

    whipping girl in 07 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a little girl, I always wanted to be a teacher. Then I got to college and decided dealing with kids was not for me. So I changed to nursing. My mom's dream job for me was a doctor or...

  16. Rn in charge who has a temper?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    As a person who "retaliated" when a patient hit me (I was trying to put in a feeding tube, she slapped me and then tried to pull it out and I slapped her hand), I realized after it happened that I...

  17. working on Christmas?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, my, that's terrible. Even though I've worked a lot of holidays, and I never want to be there away from my family, but I try not to let it show. Most patients never want to be in the hospital, no...

  18. Tube feeding Obesity

    whipping girl in 07 replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    I work in metabolic support and I follow people in the hospital on tube feeding and PN, making changes as needed. We use lab values and watch the weight intake and output and make adjustments as...

  19. Going per diem in first year?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    If money is no issue, it would be a good way to keep your foot in the door until you want to work more. I guess you have to weigh whether you'll get out of practice at certain skills if you don't do...

  20. When did you take off for maternity leave?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    Plantar faciaitis forced me to take off two weeks earlier than I had planned and I went back to work for financial reasons when Gracie was 8 weeks old. If I could have, I'd still be home with her and...

  21. O2 therapy - need Dr's order?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to moshimoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Start the oxygen, call the doctor, and why won't the patient TC&DB (can't or

  22. Options for childcare when mandated

    whipping girl in 07 replied to shel_wny's topic in General Nursing

    Only place I've worked that had "mandatory" OT had a list where you signed up for 4 hrs a week or 8 hrs every 2 weeks as an extra shift. You knew in advance you might have to work because it was...

  23. My Teacher Says Nurses Eat Their Young

    whipping girl in 07 replied to jab3da's topic in General Nursing

    We do, and they are very tasty!! Just kidding. Ditto what everyone else said, there are nice and mean people everywhere in every profession. The worst I ever got hazed was at a waitressing job....

  24. Charting for behaviors

    whipping girl in 07 replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    When I chart on behavior or inappropriate language, I am as specific and descriptive as possible. If there is just one incident, I might say something like "pt cursing at this nurse; asked to use...

  25. To tattle tale or not tattle tale... that is the question.

    whipping girl in 07 replied to bluesky's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to the board. I apologize for sounding catty; that's not what I meant at all. As for "making friends with the queen bee," I was speaking from experience....