mattsmom81

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  1. Reality TV : Nurses

    mattsmom81 replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

    I admit I'm jaded about TV in general...in the way it portrays women. I just listened to Leno and back to back jokes regarding female anatomy, then listened to another show (NCIS)featuring 2 guys...

  2. Wondering why you can't get hired or promoted? Resume + Interview hints!

    mattsmom81 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    With a nursing shortage that is 'real', wouldn't one would think recruitors would be less picky? Just another reason to doubt the hoopla about a 'nursing shortage', and see it for what it really is:...

  3. Wondering why you can't get hired or promoted: Resume + Interview hints!

    mattsmom81 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing Career

    With a nursing shortage that is 'real', wouldn't one would think recruitors would be less picky? Just another reason to doubt the hoopla about a 'nursing shortage', and see it for what it really is:...

  4. WHY are nurses so catty??

    mattsmom81 replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. Lots of bias in this thread. In my experience, the 'cattiness' experienced in nursing is a result of the environmental pressures and lack of control, and human beings using various levels of...

  5. Prepare yourselves, the drug addict on Dr. Phil is a nurse.

    mattsmom81 replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    I don't watch Dr Phil myself. Like JMK above, I just hope he bothered to explain to the audience that addiction can effect anyone regardless of title, education, etc. He promised he would do a show...

  6. Prepare yourselves, the drug addict on Dr. Phil is a nurse.

    mattsmom81 replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    But like mentioned already...why the NURSE addict...with continued reference to THAT?? Doubt it is coincidence that this occurs after he was asked to apologize to nurses as a group for disparaging...

  7. New Nurse BULLIED/UNDERMINED/DRIVEN OUT

    mattsmom81 replied to Bindy's topic in Nursing Career

    I am glad you did not take offense to my post. I truly wish you well. I was fired once from a nursing position and once I was past the anger I could rationally look at my 'role' in it. I really did...

  8. Positive Urine Drug Sceen-Please Read

    mattsmom81 replied to catkaminski's topic in General Nursing

    Good luckto you Leslie! Maybe in awhile I will be asking for a similar letter and finding a nursing job I can do too. Right now I am not capable of nursing, but maybe in time...you give me hope.

  9. Prepare yourselves, the drug addict on Dr. Phil is a nurse.

    mattsmom81 replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    Seems to me this might be payback for all our letters chastising him for his unkind statements about nurses. Can we say passive aggressive?? The statement that brought him hatemail were on the...

  10. New Nurse BULLIED/UNDERMINED/DRIVEN OUT

    mattsmom81 replied to Bindy's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm sorry you were fired. Tough lesson first job out of school. Its fairly well known in nursing that all it takes to get fired in nursing is one manager pizzed off at you....sounds like you got on...

  11. Do Male Nursing Students Get It Easier Than Female?

    mattsmom81 replied to mrsmariangie's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I went to school 30 yrs ago ago, so there were only 4 males in my class of 60. They got to wear white pants and labcoats and look like doctors. We had to wear silly pink starched dresses with white...

  12. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    mattsmom81 replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I know what you're feeling...I can recall doing agency shifts with nurses whose priority in ICU was bouncing balls to each other, giggling, acting silly, flirting,gabbing on cell phones, and propping...

  13. I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    mattsmom81 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Hugs to all here. I guess I am the poster child as to what NOT do do when we get older, have physical limitations and are feeling overloaded...I shared this on one of our depression threads. What NOT...

  14. Critical Care Differential

    mattsmom81 replied to land64shark's topic in General Nursing

    I used to get a critical care differential, but not in the last 10

  15. Made the Decision

    mattsmom81 replied to zenman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Good for you Zenman...I know you'll be awesome!

  16. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    mattsmom81 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest pet peeve in school was being assigned to a group project, and the other group members don't want to pull their weight. We all know the type: the lazy types who want to skid by on your hard...

  17. LPN in charge of OR??

    mattsmom81 replied to kajama's topic in Operating Room

    I would be worried working 'under' a LPN, I would worry that when the shyt hits the proverbial fan, someone will blame the RN. Basically I don't trust upper level management, who is famous for turfing...

  18. using patient acuity to determine nursing assignments

    mattsmom81 replied to Alrn's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Nurses love this, managers hate it...because they need to staff more nurses per shift. This is why so many facilities have gotten away from acuities and just go by numbers; which is understaffing in...

  19. 1)Feeling picked on, 2) How much is too much? A vent of a nurse/mom loosing her mind.

    mattsmom81 replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know, it does no good to do 'favors' for the next shift...the old saying about no good deed goes unpunished. Nurses are so hard on each other we need to keep a tolerable workload...do your own job,...

  20. attitudes about working in Rehab

    mattsmom81 replied to cynthiavc15's topic in General Nursing

    If the rehab unit is well staffed it can be a wonderful place to work, in my experience. One of my best friends left medsurg for rehab...found it an easier environment, better nurse patient ratio. I...

  21. Inappropriate ER doc?

    mattsmom81 replied to elizabells's topic in Emergency

    Personally I think he likely had a dry sense of humor and was trying to coax a smile from you. Sore throat pain has never been on the list of severe pain, and he may have been commenting in a...

  22. Do Male Nursing Students Get It Easier Than Female?

    mattsmom81 replied to mrsmariangie's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My experience: yes, the male nurses had an easier time of it in nursing school. They were treated differently...more was expected of the women. For some strange reason. Maybe my class was unusual, who...

  23. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    mattsmom81 replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    This just burns me!!!! None of our letters are having the desired effect obviously. We need to double our efforts.....

  24. Unfair Discipline at Work...What do you Think?

    mattsmom81 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Yup...and this is exactly how it should have been approached. :) This visitor was likely pissed she wasn't getting enough attention in the ER, and decided to continue to pressure someone she...

  25. Floats

    mattsmom81 replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Fergus I don't know about California nursing law, but in Texas I had a Safe Harbor provision through the BON...where I documented my concern, shared it with management on paper. I utilized it several...