neenrn

neenrn has 16 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. Orders from hell...

   neenrn replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

   When I get orders like this I ask for an order I can actually

2. Social Class and Nursing

   neenrn replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

   I just think it's improper to wear things like that when your client population consists of poor inner city people. I feel it's flaunting wealth. One of those rings could pay off part of a medical...

3. Social Class and Nursing

   neenrn replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

   I know, right? I've got a collection of single earrings too. A friend of mine lost her engagement ring at work.... She pinned her ring to her scrubs. I never did figure out how to tie rings into the...

4. Social Class and Nursing

   neenrn replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

   California, Texas..... I don't know how they did it. I'd be terrified of losing them, and man they scratch like crazy, go through gloves.... In the OR people wore them on thick necklace chains, or...

5. RN Graduate Establishes Dominance

   neenrn replied to nicmdavi's topic in General Nursing

   The problem I had to deal with when I took over as the charge RN in a fly in rural clinic.... MA- gave a steroid injection the NP was supposed to give in a shoulder joint into a deltoid, gave sets of...

6. Social Class and Nursing

   neenrn replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

   I groomed too! And I worked at a vet clinic to pay off my horses vet bills! Nothing like being horse poor. Wish I'd never left the

7. Social Class and Nursing

   neenrn replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

   I wished I'd thought that way...... I usually just donate my extra, or give it to my kids..... I don't fit any group

8. Social Class and Nursing

   neenrn replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I had a privileged childhood.... Upper middle class. Over the years I've pretty much thrown that away. I live a pretty simple life. I rent the bottom floor of a falling apart Victorian, my...

9. RN Graduate Establishes Dominance

   neenrn replied to nicmdavi's topic in General Nursing

   But this is work... Peoples lives are in this persons hand...... It's not therapy. Do your job, or

10. RN Graduate Establishes Dominance

    neenrn replied to nicmdavi's topic in General Nursing

    What a nightmare, is right! I'd have blown a gasket the first time she tried to tell me my job! Actually I've been in that situation. I don't like confrontation either, but, it got to the point where...

11. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    neenrn replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    No Sh!t, Sour Lemons RN ! Is there even a nursing job like

12. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    neenrn replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding..... I don't think it's possible to have a least stress job in nursing. As a nurse you are responsible for your clients welfare. It's a pretty big responsibility, maybe she/he should have...

13. Least stressful nursing specialty

    neenrn replied to Svkd's topic in General Nursing

    NICU is very difficult due to the families and the parents..... I had a father pulling his baby's hair out before we turned everything off.... He was collecting it to have this babe cloned at a later...

14. How to handle rude doctor

    neenrn replied to Rnfortuna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I usually ask if they need a time out.... Like a 3 yr

15. 0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    neenrn replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I chart the conversation...... And the fact he hung up..... CYA. I had a situation like that.... I could not get the ER doc ( peds ER) the charge nurse or the house manager that night to listen. I...