SmilingBluEyes

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    Waiting for Labor to start on its own strongly recommended (no surprise here):

    SmilingBluEyes posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Research Shows that Labor Induction, Used in 1-in-4 U.S. Births, Can Create a 'Cascade of Significant Medical Issues' For Mothers & Babies, While Costlier to Patients and Insurance Providers- --...
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    The sloppy image of nurses today

    SmilingBluEyes replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Image is nothing without substance and
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    Charting, done by the amazing psychic nurse

    SmilingBluEyes replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    nevermind.
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Ethics, Actual Nurse? There was a respondent poster here who said he would gain employment under false pretenses -----and then pull a bait and switch, pulling the disability card to secure a day...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I do get to decide. That is the beauty of it. The person who displays no integrity and cheats the system as much as that poster has stated he does, gets no compassion from me. If you decide he does,...
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    Nurses: How far is your commute?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I split my time between two different clinics and each way, it's 30 minutes to one and 45 minutes to the other, each way. The trip is very scenic, through pretty tree-filled hills, but can be...
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    Unhappy Speech Pathologist

    SmilingBluEyes replied to SLPrnTobe's topic in General Nursing

    OP the grass ain't always greener. I suggest you read some threads around here and get a feel for what real nursing is about before you incur a lot of debt going to nursing school and find yourself...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, ok I will go with that. I have a disorder. I have depression. I do. I live with it. Every day. It pains me. I cope. I never lie to get what I want. I don' t use my "disorder" to get things I want...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    And the OP has my
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I reserve my compassion for those who deserve it. RNDYNAMIC who admits to cheating on his drug monitoring program for nursing by sucking on whipped cream cans to get high, and lying on applications...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    RN DYNAMIC as much as admitted he would LIE to get what he wants. That is a breach in integrity. Never once did I use any issue with depression to get what I wanted. I did not say I would do one thing...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I work days and sleep well. I don't like people who think playing the system is the way to get what they want. That is
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    Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Courtney M's topic in General Students

    I thought it was a lot of busy work. And mind games. "Hard" academically? Not
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I see working that recovery program is really working for ya RN Dynamic. What's that part about honesty??? Oh yea, who cares? NEVER MIND. Recovery doesn't
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly feel horrible for you. I was raised by a violent bipolar father, a narcissist of a mother and have struggled with depression all my life. I get a lot of the pain you feel. I was married to...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    That's right. I am disgusted with the poster who said you get a note from a doctor that suggests you are too mentally ill to work nights and should use said disability to bump other nurses from...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Your thinking is so skewed, I can't
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    RNDYNAMIC: If you have a mood disorder and you KNOWINGLY sign up for a night position, you are agreeing UNDER FALSE PRETENSES that you will fulfill a contract (to work a position). You do not get to...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Rotating shifts IMO are far worse than straight
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    You work what you signed up to work. No one is being forced to do a damn thing. If you signed up to work nights, you work nights til a day position opens up. No one is forced to do it, they do what...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Not surprised, this coming from the whip-it
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Ya don't bump senior nurses for a new hire who has problems. Not how it's done. IF they can't live up to the job they CONTRACTED to perform they need to find another position. Most places have a...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I think using devious and unethical ways to get a day shift positions is disgusting and I would not want to work with anyone doing this. Such dishonesty would not speak well to your ethics as a...
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    Nursing is a passion?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nursing is what I do. It is not who I
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    I want to quit nursing.

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure as I don't know the OP but I think she might have been being sincere in her