santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

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

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    1st RN job- should i reapply on my 1st choice?

    santhony44 replied to EmaL RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If the same nurse manager is still there, I'd talk with her. If you just apply to the hospital, your application probably won't go very far if they aren't accepting new grad
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    Did I do something wrong????

    santhony44 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    If there's no rule against it, and given the other things you say about him, then it sounds like he has a personal problem. I don't know that I'd expect him to be reasonable,
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    Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    santhony44 replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    Animal mamas may eat their placentas, but some of them eat their babies too!!!! :uhoh21: Makes me queasy to think about
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    You're Supposed to be Compassionate!

    santhony44 replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I agree completely. I also agree that people expect nurses to be doormats, and that they are trying to manipulate. I work in a clinic and some of my (non-nursing) co-workers think I...
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    Did I do something wrong????

    santhony44 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    You might check into what facility policy says about this. In one place I worked, you were not allowed to work OT in another unit or area without your head nurse's
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    Improving Patient Satisfaction

    santhony44 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, that's just daring someone to come up with
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    Don't know what to do! Help or advice welcome!

    santhony44 replied to pinknurse_84's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, talk with someone else. I don't think the adviser knows what she's talking about. Also, I think admissions committees understand the "I was a freshman and acting 18" scenario very well. They...
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    Male nurse crying!!!

    santhony44 replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    A number of years ago, I worked burns in a teaching hospital. This one particular resident and I had taken care of one patient for days. We'd worked very hard to save him. When it finally ended, he...
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    Am I selling myself short???

    santhony44 replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Are there any possible circumstances, where you are now, that might require you to perform those skills? If so, maybe you should ask for the chance to work on those. For example, go to Med-Surg not to...
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    Different med

    santhony44 replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    :yeahthat: You did exactly right. The tech was in the wrong, not you. Pharmacists and pharmacy techs are just as prone to mistakes as nurses are. They can mislabel things, put them into the wrong...
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    Wacko RN - Write Up vs. Direct Report

    santhony44 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    You might not necessarily know if there was a medical condition there. I worked with a nurse once who seemed to be perfectly healthy. One evening she started acting strange, very giggly, and appeared...
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    Are "donuts" (invalid cushions) safe ?

    santhony44 replied to Mooncricket55's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know about the use in OB. I had a very bruised and painful tailbone a few years ago from a fall, and tried a donut cushion. It didn't help at all. What did help was to use a kid's "noodle"...
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    Gre

    santhony44 replied to 2B_RN_2008's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I guess I'm odd. I took it over 10 years ago. I didn't study at all. I do very very well on the verbal section of tests like this, or else I'd have studied for the math part, probably with a
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    what do u think?

    santhony44 replied to muskan's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly? I think it would be extremely difficult. That baby isn't going to sleep all the time for long. Also, you have to consider that the quality of your sleep will be less if you have one ear...
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    Physician pats patients on the head

    santhony44 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's one of my pet peeves, too. I also grew up calling adults Mr./Mrs./Miss/Aunt/Uncle (southern upbringing, had lots of honorary relatives) and the first name thing and the endearments just drive...
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    Physician pats patients on the head

    santhony44 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt he means to be anything but caring, as it sounds as if he's a really caring person. I do agree that it's largely generational. I personally wouldn't have a problem with it. However, it might...
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    Preceptor Gift Ideas...

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

    There's nothing wrong with a gift certificate for something you know the preceptor would like. Whatever you do, though, should be accompanied by a handwritten note thanking her for everything she's...
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    How to politely say no to a job offer

    santhony44 replied to oddfanatic's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably follow the phone call with a letter. All you need to say is thank you for your offer but I have accepted an offer elsewhere. No need to give your
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    Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

    santhony44 replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As others have said, absolutely not!!! I don't think your age will hurt at all, in school or in finding
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    Funny Typos

    santhony44 replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    A wound with pus is spelled
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    Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    santhony44 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was reading over a patient chart. The discharge summary had been dictated and transcribed. "This lady has labial diabetes." Labile, maybe???? Just a wee bit
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    Being Sexually Harrassed

    santhony44 replied to markymark's topic in General Nursing

    Quote: He sounded upset and asked "What do you want me to do, fire her?" YES!!! If he had any smarts at all he'd have her out of there so fast her head would spin. As someone else pointed out, once...
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    Okay, so who's creative? Ideas for facility 4th July parade

    santhony44 replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A hospital where a friend works recently had a parade with "floats" made from copy paper boxes. Some were really
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    Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    santhony44 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had one recently who thought he had the "new
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    Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    santhony44 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient yesterday tell me that he gets a pain in his chest when he eats butter. He said it was because, when he was a baby, he (according to his mother) climbed up on the table and ate a whole...