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  1. Job interview question

    mamason replied to needrn's topic in General Nursing

    Daytonite, I am curious. Like the OP, I left my last job due to unsafe pt care. What are the confidentiality rules and such. I'm worried that my last manager may give me a bad reference when I...

  2. Dry hands

    mamason replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks...

  3. Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    mamason replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    SO TRUE!

  4. Waxing hysterical

    mamason replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dear MistyDawn, After wallowing in self pity from a couple of bad days here on the homefront, I came across your post. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.LOL. GOD!!!!! I needed that!!!...

  5. Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    mamason replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, my mom always said, "Make sure you wear clean underwear in case you are in an accident. I don't want to be embarrassed!" OK. MOM. Never mind, I mind be hurt or something!

  6. Dry hands

    mamason replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    So......where might a person find white cotton gloves. Don't know if I can handle sleeping with them, but, it's worth a

  7. level I nurse student needs your advice

    mamason replied to anisia's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school, we were required to write a journal about our clinical experience and hand it in to our instructor the next day. I think I would have wrote about my experience of not getting...

  8. BN vs. Diploma Program

    mamason replied to studentnurses3's topic in General Nursing

    Diploma grad, 3 year ago

  9. nclex-rn

    mamason replied to determinedtobeanurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well, HAPPY

  10. nclex-rn

    mamason replied to determinedtobeanurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes, I've heard about that! God!!!!! 2 days and hand written. How exhausting that would have been! I can only imagine the

  11. nclex-rn

    mamason replied to determinedtobeanurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I forgot to add....Have faith in yourself, my

  12. nclex-rn

    mamason replied to determinedtobeanurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just because you had to answer 180 questions DOES NOT mean you failed. I went to school with some RN's who tested out with more than 75 questions, and, they passed. And some tested out at 75 and ended...

  13. Am I Wrong?

    mamason replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    DITTO

  14. Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    mamason replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    4 BUTT CHEEKS! That's hilarious! I think the key is to buy scrub pants that are well made and fit well. Also, underwear that fits properly is also

  15. How do you deal with a unhelpful colleague?

    mamason replied to aka_selina's topic in General Nursing

    OHHHHH.....I really hated working with people like that!!! I can't type what I'd like to say to that person. It would go against the terms of use on this board. I'm not one to write people up, but,...

  16. Dry hands

    mamason replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of great input here. I have tried some of the products mentioned. Most left a greasy feeling on my hands. Can't stand that! LOL! Or, the product doesn'' stay on long after washing again. Sugar...

  17. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    mamason replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    LOL LOL

  18. Think I could get fired for this.....

    mamason replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    llg, That happened at the last facility I worked at. New nurse manager stated,"I DON'T DO PT CARE!" Staff pretty much lost all respect for her after that comment. As far as the OP's situation, we...

  19. This is a VENTING Post!

    mamason replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I understand that sometimes life throws really bad things at us. But, what if these individuals were employed as nurses at a facility? Would the facility be willing to excuse poor performance based...

  20. Slow Clinical Days

    mamason replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Don't know if this helps, but here goes: We would have down times also with our peds rotation. My clinical instructor asked us to bring in nursing articles. We would discuss them as a class. Also, she...

  21. UPDATE on "son got wrong vaccination"

    mamason replied to hotshot05's topic in General Nursing

    Yep..I think I'd be taking my kids some where else. But, that's just me and that's how I roll.:roll Good

  22. Nurses don't have a hard job

    mamason replied to classactkellie's topic in General Nursing

    Support from the homefront carries a lot of weight. :lol2: I can just picture a waffle iron flying through the

  23. How True Is this?

    mamason replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    Meaning, the hospital accepted everything

  24. How True Is this?

    mamason replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    The only advice I can give would be to finish all of your clinical rotations and find out which one interests you the most. Look through the specialty forums and see if you can get any insight as to...

  25. How True Is this?

    mamason replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    Acute care means that the pt is really sick and their problem needs to be fixed. There are really sick pts through out the hospital. In my opinion, doesn't matter what floor you work on. There are...