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  1. Anyone sick of the "Drama Queen" patient?

    eldernurse replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I swear y'all work in my

  2. I've Had It! Nursing is NOT what it use to be!

    eldernurse replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking of hotel, last night someone came to our ER via ambulance for (get this) DRY MOUTH! Talk about hotel!!! with limosine service!!!!! I, too, am sick and tired of catering to all of the idiots...

  3. Beware Gastric Bypass with stapeling!

    eldernurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a friend who is also a nurse who had gastric bypass surgery. She was unable to eat ANYTHING for a year. She was on TPN via a picc line in her right AC. Then, she developed ulcers that began...

  4. Nurses are not Doctors

    eldernurse replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I agree. If doctors realized what we do then they would give us a little more respect. I am tired of trying to second guess that ones that think we should be able to anticipate their every...

  5. Do all surgeons think that they are Gods?

    eldernurse replied to angiebaby's topic in General Nursing

    Simple answer, YES! I work in a big city hospital, I have worked with all kinds of surgeons and the answer is YES, YES, YES. I have said to several of them that if humble was a requirement they...

  6. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

    eldernurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    I have voted and I am in the emergency room! We have beds in the holding area. I am supposed to have help back there to clean and make beds between patients but they are never around. I go through...

  7. Sewing your own scrubs

    eldernurse replied to obeyacts2's topic in General Nursing

    Right On obeyacts2!!! Contrary to popular belief we are not all nurses like on TV. Most of us are real people in the real

  8. Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

    eldernurse replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Alright, a noise from someone who has done it all. My short experience with NICU showed me that bagging and tagging a baby is not a job for some lazy, good for nothing nurse. It takes skill,...

  9. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    eldernurse replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    This year for Nurses Day we got a chocolate bar and a letter of appreciation from the Hospital Administration. My personal supervisor gave us all really nice hand cream from Bath and Body Shop....

  10. Lethal injection nurse???

    eldernurse replied to Zhakrin's topic in General Nursing

    I am for the death penalty. I am not for nurses being anywhere involved in administering drugs that lead to a patient's (person's) death. When going for my BSN, I wrote a paper about the ethical...

  11. Just Go Pee!

    eldernurse replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have held it until it came out thick like jelly. I have been so dehydrated that I have been dizzy. I have been so hungry that I almost passed out. Now, I work in a place where the supervisor...

  12. Butler hospital lays off 141 "due to nurses strike"

    eldernurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I support the nurses of Butler Memorial. Administration doesn't care about nurse retention because they have to pay more for nurses who have been there longer. They can screw a nurse just starting...

  13. pillow therapy

    eldernurse replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    To Judy Ann, Some people see a glass half full, others a glass half empty. Frankly, I hope they all keep diaries. I know that I will be praised half of the time

  14. Waiting Room Signage

    eldernurse replied to willa76's topic in Emergency

    The people who need the signs the most are the ones who waited 2 weeks to a month with their symptoms and expect to be seen in 15 minutes or less. If you put up with your symptoms that long, a few...

  15. pillow therapy

    eldernurse replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I just remembered why I left the floor for the ED. BIG BIG BIG hugs for

  16. Waiting Room Signage

    eldernurse replied to willa76's topic in Emergency

    This guy called yesturday. He wanted to know how long the "wait" was. He had swallowed his TONGUE PEIRCING! and thought it was very important to know where it was in his body. However, he was at...

  17. Opinions on oncology

    eldernurse replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    I got out of oncology after this scenario. I had 5-6 patients on daylight. Just as I was starting a chemo that I had to stay with for 30 minutes, my 26 year-old patient (who was the brother of a...

  18. Out of curiousity

    eldernurse replied to Marianne518's topic in General Nursing

    Oh No. What will the next wave of new nurses be like if they are apathetic already? I have watched the new groups of unskilled workers as they flock to our units. The first two questions are...

  19. Out of curiousity

    eldernurse replied to Marianne518's topic in General Nursing

    I hope that all the non-nurses that post and read are learning how hard a job we have. If we only see one patient every 15 minutes and we have 6 patients, that means they only see us every 1 1/2...

  20. How Are Summer Vacations Decided?

    eldernurse replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Hardknox, Lighten up on these rookies! I don't like to sugar coat it too much but it isn't as black as nurse explorer presented it. I DO NOT work for a union. I take four weeks off, one...

  21. Do you hold patients in the ED?

    eldernurse replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

    To JW, I, too, have worked both the floor and the ER now and I love the ER hands down. However, I, too, asked the ER to hold a patient until I got caught up. The ER does not have the luxury of...

  22. Do you hold patients in the ED?

    eldernurse replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

    Even when we get beds in our big city ER, the excuses from the floors for not taking report are laughable. 1. She's not on the floor right now. 2. She (or he) is in with a patient right now. 3....