santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed

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    Holiday gifts for staff

    santhony44 replied to nicolentony's topic in Nurse Management

    I think the little pins, or candy cane or candy bar or a soda, along with a nice card, is great when you have a large staff. Maybe an ornament? An inexpensive candle? I think the handwritten,...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    santhony44 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    By the way, if you are in a hurry, looking out of your exam room door every 30 seconds to see if it's your turn yet is not going to make anyone move any faster. Don't tell me you can't afford your...
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    Not Happy - Nurse with MS

    santhony44 replied to Daughtermom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would talk to the manager and see if there are some other shift options possible for you. As Angie suggested, shorter shifts of working part-time might be do-able. Tell her that otherwise, you'll...
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    Anyone else gotten this?

    santhony44 replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    I've received things like this before and they usually go straight to the round file; I don't know if I'd say it's a "scam" but I think it is a moneymaking scheme. Something along those lines charred...
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    When being nice comes back to you

    santhony44 replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    Great thread! To the OP: enjoy and use the $20. You do deserve it!! Not long ago I was talking to a drug rep and telling her I remembered her from a few years before when I was in a different clinic....
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    PRN job?

    santhony44 replied to Priddyeyez's topic in General Nursing

    You'll want to clarify with them, but usually in prn jobs you tell them when you're available. They may call at other times but you aren't obligated to help out. Some places do have certain...
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    What would YOU Do?

    santhony44 replied to mh3136's topic in General Nursing

    If you hadn't started at all yet, then I'd say it would be, well, not great but maybe OK to decline the first and accept the second offer. However, since you have been through some of your...
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    A Generation of Wimps?

    santhony44 replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    Not long ago I had a guy come in with his mother. He was nauseated and vomiting. The nurse had just given a Phenergan injection and I had given very explicit home care instructions, starting with...
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    A Generation of Wimps?

    santhony44 replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    I had a very histrionic college student not long ago. You could hear her out in the hallway, sounding as if she were in labor. Including the "Just put me to sleeeeeep!!" Mom was holding her hand and...
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    A Generation of Wimps?

    santhony44 replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    I wouldn't worry about it. I was of the "no visible bones, no spurting blood, you're fine" school and my two have, so far, survived to 21 and almost 18. Funny thing is, my younger son is a bit of a...
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    A Generation of Wimps?

    santhony44 replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    I think you summed it up really well. Absolutely no tolerance for illness. When I was a child, it was pretty much expected that we'd run around with coughs and runny noses most of the winter. We...
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    super powers...

    santhony44 replied to registerednut1221's topic in General Nursing

    The ability to touch the patient and instantly know exactly what's wrong with them. Immediate and 100% accurate diagnosis. I'm an NP. Lots of patients think their providers have this ability...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    santhony44 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Histrionics do not impress me. Get a grip, grow up, and stop whining!! (Gastroenteritis. I know vomiting is unpleasant, but I've seen women have babies with less
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    santhony44 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You must work for my parents' vet! They have the world's most obnoxious little dog (and I used to like little
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    santhony44 replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you're not watching TV and eating bonbons, then you must be canoodling in the linen closet with one of those cute young doctors. That's what they do on TV, right??? And besides, every time...
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    Some parents amaze me

    santhony44 replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    What gets my goat in places like Wal-Mart is when the kids are screaming like banshees or behaving in a way to make a savage blush and there are 4 adults with them! Couldn't one of y'all just stay...
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    What Patients do to make you mad!

    santhony44 replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    The patients who miss appointments and then come into the clinic demanding to have their meds refilled despite being told they'd have to be seen and having missed 2-3 appointments. When they are told...
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    Friend calls herself a nurse but never really worked as one

    santhony44 replied to MommyandRN's topic in General Nursing

    The best medical advice to give anyone in just about any situation is "you really need to talk to your PCP about that." If she's licensed, she's at least a nurse. I just found out that an old "friend"...
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    Do other LVN's agree with me?

    santhony44 replied to eastxlvn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    :yeahthat: Exactly, 100% right! Once upon a time I was an LPN working on a med-surg floor doing patient care. I worked with one group of RNs who would spend 15-20 minutes tracking down the LPN or CNA...
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    From the experts: How do you treat a winter COLD?

    santhony44 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    As the saying goes, your immune system could probably kill squirrels in the back yard! You've been exposed to all kinds of germs by now. The general public might not be so fortunate since they...
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    first name last name issue and drama

    santhony44 replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    That was just stupid. Yes, the patient's safety was more important at the moment! Besides, I'm a "Mrs. Doe" person myself, but if he asked you to call him by his first name, then you were quite...
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    Will this reflect negative upon me?

    santhony44 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    You could say that you left the first ALF because there was a "change in management." The second ALF has worked well for you while in school, but of course you'd rather work in a hospital once you get...
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    Anyone know this condition?

    santhony44 replied to nursedudeforchrist's topic in General Nursing

    Hidradenitis
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    Funniest Medical Related License Plates You Have Seen

    santhony44 replied to al7139's topic in Nursing Humor

    IMNRN- neonatal
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    How do I Relocate NOW????

    santhony44 replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in General Nursing

    You can certainly do COBRA. Just be aware that you will be paying the entire amount yourself. It's expensive! It may, of course, be worth it. Each individual situation is different. It can take a...