Stormy0516

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1. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

   Stormy0516 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

   I guess you could buy 'white' scrubs..; you can wear them just about ANYWHERE...; I wore white scrubs for YEARS after everyone 'color-coded' their depts, etc.. but finally gave up my 'whites', because ink stains, etc, are just too obvious on them, ...

2. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

   Stormy0516 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

   Funny you should mention 'join the Red Cross'..... I do THAT too..(volunteer Red Cross) on occasion; have worked one hurricane shelter... Stormy, RN (BSN for 16 years)

3. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

   Stormy0516 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

   Just curious.., but WHERE do you live?? We are so short of nurses here, that I can work all the Overtime that I can handle... since the hospitals here would rather pay us overtime, instead of paying the Agency to provide temp nurses....; I work a ...

4. Today is my first day with an agency!

   Stormy0516 replied to MQ Edna's topic in Agency

   i have also encountered poor staff attitudes toward agency nurses.. as well as poor management attitudes toward agency nurses... but i work telemetry now as an agency nurse, and i am considered a member of the team, partially because i worked on tha...

5. panic-attack reaction to compazine

   Stormy0516 replied to scootermcnutt's topic in Medications

   compazine and other phenothiazines are well-known for causing acute dystonic reactions... for further info on dystonia and it's other causes please go to http://communities.msn.com/friendswithdystonia/home.htm

6. Inapsine and other meds that can cause Dystonia

   Stormy0516 posted a topic in General Nursing

   inapsine as well as many other medicines, such as phenergan, reglan, and others have been linked to a frequently misdiagnosed movement disorder called dystonia... dystonia can be caused by trauma, genetic background, certain medications, or unknown c...