Nurse`Chief~Chickie

Nurse`Chief~Chickie

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  1. I feel really, really stupid

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug: i sympathize with you. i was an overachiever prior to nursing school. i couldn't believe that i would ever get anything less than a's. eventually, with support from my friends, i loosened...

  2. Alzheimer's-Brother won't help!!!

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :icon_hug: There isn't really anyway to make a family memberf ace their mis-directed guilt and shame until they can do it themselves. Until then, kudos to you for being so brave and compassionate. I...

  3. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    113. you have less than 50 posts but relate to all 112 signs so

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

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    ummm....sorry. my ocd takes over and i have to do all 10!!:uhoh21: sometimes twice. but, atleast i wasn't the one with the cousinunclesisterfathersonmotherauntfosterdaughter that had every common...

  5. Just need to vent alittle

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to RNLisa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i know how you feel. i work 2 different jobs, the first i have been there 7 yrs. and am now off orientation. the nurses that i work with there are receptive to my questions and supportive of me...

  6. Wear scrubs in a hospital? Then you're a nurse

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Nursing

    my pn program was 12 mo with required pre-reqs. the surg tech program at the same college was 9 mo i believe, i can't imagine trying to combine the 2. we were so detailed into body systems,anatomy and...

  7. Physicians bullying patients...

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie posted a topic in General Nursing

    we had a pt in the ed today who was ready to go home. the doc on call wanted to admit him, even though he was well enough to go home on meds. (i didn't get all the dx etc. since i'm not back there to...

  8. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    the other posters put into better words what i was trying to, i don't get the differences between our practices and overseas. simply, more questions and less meow were in

  9. fear of vomit?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to maggijo's topic in General Nursing

    yup, theres always the 'one' thing! mines sputum. i hate to say it , see it, clean it, chart it. eeeccchhh. you'll get used to dealing with stuff you think is gross, i was afraid of needles, being...

  10. Physicians bullying patients...

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Nurse`Chief~Chickie's topic in General Nursing

    i should be more specific here. small hosp, small town. the daughter has always been allowed to stay in house, in the room(previously with mom who has passed on and with dad) the doc was trying to...

  11. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    :kiss Thank you!!! I'm having some mind constipation here! So its good to see your great replies!

  12. How opposite are you and your mate?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to wooosp's topic in General Nursing

    my so is a respiratory therapist, formerly a sometime/amature tattoo artist(always says he'll go back to it)...

  13. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    We/or I , since you didn't specify, are no more snotty than your very haughty replies that we are idiots in the US because we have more stringent rules and are held much more accountable for signing a...

  14. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    Evidently your standards of practice are VASTLY different than ours, we are educated in pharmacology and body systems so that we may act appropriately in administering meds. 'Training' to hand a...

  15. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    Well it does here. And the manner of idiot that I am just happens to be professional and responsible. I'm sure that you didn't really mean that all of us that don't practice nursing as a casual job...

  16. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    :imbar I will refer you to the pages of posts that entail why this IS a BAD idea!!! You DON'T give meds someone else has prepared, and you don't delegate tasks to someone out side their scope of...

  17. Children under the age of 18 and Prozac

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to emrrn915's topic in Psychiatric

    not that it is without it's risks, but i know it has made a world of difference in my fiancees daughter. she is on it for anorexia nervosa, and she was almost out of control before prozac. besides the...

  18. How is MO???

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to mamamia's topic in General Nursing

    i lived in sacramento for two years before moving back to mo. i love it here. i did my clinicals at st. johns in springfield, and i really liked it. not bad traffic to and from. commute/rush hour...

  19. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    Well, besides the fact that I've seen the pt comes first on this thread, let's just say for instance, that the whole picture of putting the pt 1st is being able to also be responsible and think of all...

  20. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    How can you not have time for an assessment? That's the core of what we do. It goes beyond simply the MAR and the

  21. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    I am bothered by

  22. How many Pt do you take care of?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    missouri here, i work med-surg usually. either shift, a or p, is 1 charge rn. 1 rn or lpn for up to 8 pt. 9 or more is 2 team leaders. same for techs, 1:8, >9=2 we also have a ward clerk. we...

  23. Nursing survival gifts...

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to White Shoes's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is pure genius. I want

  24. Nursing survival gifts...

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to White Shoes's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why do I not know of/have

  25. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    we have a ff/seeker who is astoundingly needy. she has a laundry list of issues, can't keep her stories straight and seeks no outside help that her doc provides her. aggravating should paint the...