SmilingBluEyes

Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis

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    New quest

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Mostafa.shakshak's topic in General Nursing

    Hello and
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    Do you stalk anyone here?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Not stalk, really, but I do read certain posters' posts no matter what cause they are either so damn funny, smart, or crazy. Meaning, they think like me.
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    Never wanna take students again.

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

    My, how things have changed. Way back in the 90's when I went to school, the INSTRUCTORS were on the unit and responsible for our learning opportunities and experiences. We interacted with staff,...
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    Suspended without pay for expired TB requirement?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    Meh lesson learned. Years ago, when we had to renew licensure via mail, something went wrong between my house and the BON office and my renewal did not get sent to me or my workplace in time (my...
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    Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    Um...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
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    Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    If you ARE gonna date where you work, try to keep it professional while on the clock. It's more than awkward for the rest of us when romances are carried into the work place, esp if they don't work...
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    Nursing has a high divorce rate

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Faada's topic in General Nursing

    The actual first-time divorce rate in the US is around 35-40%. I have not done any studies on nurses, but most of the ones I know are still married to their original partners. The rate of failed...
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    Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    Try match.com or plentyoffish.com Why do people assume NURSING is THE place to meet men???? Well, for the most part, it's not. None of the men I meet would be marriage material even if I WERE
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    Calling in sick, boss harassing me.

    SmilingBluEyes replied to swweetipie's topic in General Nursing

    That much would be a good start. While you have the right not to have to divulge personal information, your boss has the right to have SOME CLUE why she is going to have to do without for those few...
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    Lacking compassion?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Rbrown12's topic in General Nursing

    I made the mistake of forming too-close attachments to patients in the past. I work in a specialty where patients die, and often. And I would cry and just feel sick about it so much it was like a...
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    Never wanna take students again.

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

    *sigh* We eat our young. We eat our old. Nurses sure are tasty with A-1 Sauce, I hear...... anywho.... I don't get why when we point out entitlement or poor behavior on a student's part that is any...
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    She plans to conceive via artificial insemination, and ostensibly, raise said child on her own, I am taking
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If that is the case then you have absolute say WHEN it will happen. I don't get your impatience at all. I really don't. Again, maybe you should start on that master's degree and along the way, you may...
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am odd duck GenXer-almost Boomer. I am reliable and a very hard worker, but when it's said and done, my career never has defined me. And I work as much as I want to, no more. If they call and I...
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    PS: what the devil is a "Silver
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's very good to have goals. But allow for life to happen. You will really learn when you have kids, that the best laid plans will go awry very quickly and the sooner you can recover and adapt the...
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    Hey nurses!!! WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to AspiringNurse23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are definitely not in learning mode. So you vented. Hope you feel all better
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think years from now, when you look back on all this, it will seem very inconsequential. And never doubt that experience, no matter what, is a great teacher of many things. Time management,...
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Someone asked if she had a ADN or BSN; that is why this was stated. Nothing petty about
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    Hey nurses!!! WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to AspiringNurse23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She vented. But she made some statements that to me, seem to convey an attitude that won't help her SOLVE the problem of feeling treated less than" or treated poorly; she herself said she feels...
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    Objects that represent a nurse

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Moran11's topic in General Nursing

    Guess I think nursing is "objectified" enough. Call me a cranky ole
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    We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I didn't. That's why I left. It was impossible to do everything needed/expected and I was burning out
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    Hey nurses!!! WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to AspiringNurse23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You feel appreciated "8 out of 10" times? Well good for you. Many of us do excellent, consistent work UNCOMPLAININGLY with a heck of a lot less appreciation. Where I work, our manager is always...
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    We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC is heart-breaking. If you are like me, you love the residents. You care deeply for them like your own family. But decent care of them is out of your grasp because as an LPN/RN, you are assigned an...
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    Would you hire an MUSC grad over anyone else?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to lowkey_44's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps move this to the SC forum? Never heard of em