SmilingBluEyes

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    Feeling extremely underappreciated

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it's very fair to say we have all felt that way. I know I have caught myself looking in at my charge and manager thinking how they just look like they are sitting there, on their computer,...
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    Family members bring us junk food!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to guycna95's topic in General Nursing

    We had a doctor who used to give us amazing and thoughtful gifts like microwaves, new monitors (for central monitoring systems that were huge and easy to read), furniture for the breakroom that was...
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    Family members bring us junk food!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to guycna95's topic in General Nursing

    one of my favorite movies of ALL TIME. I love that food
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    Family members bring us junk food!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to guycna95's topic in General Nursing

    I always accept gratefully, put it in the breakroom and let those who want to, eat it. It's cultural for many, to show gratitude to bring in sweets and other "junk". They aren't exactly shoving it in...
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    What do you think?

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

    I see a lot about "them" and not much about you. Seems you are blaming everyone else for your own shortcomings. There seems to be room for improvement in your performance, attitude and behaviors....
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    The Dreaded Social Media

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Lorelions's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Don't.
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    Too invested?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Lexi10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree with elkpark; stop
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    Bullying at work

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LDRN1893's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It doesn't add up. Why would anyone in their right mind hire someone who is trouble from the get-go? I don't get it. If it's true and the manager DID hire this person knowing all this---- and if I...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    SmilingBluEyes replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing will lose you your license faster than falsifying documentation. There is no excuse. None. And the state boards of nursing
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    Regret becoming a nurse....

    SmilingBluEyes replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    I think you owe it to yourself not to be so miserable. Nursing is not for everyone and it does not always get better. Maybe, time to move
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    SmilingBluEyes replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Noub: "How ironic it is to me that nursing is supposed to be a profession of compassion, yet most nurses eat their young. It seems that quite a bit of nurses are bitter and uncomapassionate and...
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    Homemaker to RN @ 40

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LuKeeU's topic in General Students

    And yes, my class had several women (and 2 guys) in their 40s, 50s and even 60s. It's NOT too
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    Homemaker to RN @ 40

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LuKeeU's topic in General Students

    I happily worked PRN on weekend nights for years to keep my kids out of daycare. I worked around my husband's schedule. Did it till my youngest was in middle school and able to care for herself alone...
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    6 month sabbatical to Travel. Input?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to KbmRN's topic in General Nursing

    No I have not taken a sabbatical before. But in the future I plan to do so to volunteer in places like Haiti, Africa or Vietnam to give nursing care to folks without access. I know I plan to save...
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    Rolling Veins: A Quick Guide to Being a “Good Stick"

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Krista Vaughan's topic in General Nursing

    Welp mine DO roll. To the point where it takes multiple sticks to get an IV in me, most times. Stop with the judging and listen. Sometimes they know better than we do, how best to cannulate their...
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    6 month sabbatical to Travel. Input?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to KbmRN's topic in General Nursing

    A LOT can happen in 6 months. As long as you can stay afloat financially, you will be fine. But we can't say TODAY how long it will be in 6 or more months before you get hired someplace. How is the...
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    3 Strike Rule: Non-Compliant Patients

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

    Agreed, at least on the surface. But we all know that being human, and struggling, patients often fail to comply. Sometimes we just have to let it go and breathe. I don't think it's fair to have to...
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    3 Strike Rule: Non-Compliant Patients

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

    Oh and before anyone thinks I am on a high horse: I have STRONG and VISCERAL opinions about some patients. Some of them will push us to our very limits of patience. But like another poster said, we...
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    3 Strike Rule: Non-Compliant Patients

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

    You know, I have had some excellent conversations with patients whose very lives depend on "compliance". But they really bristle at the use of that word because to them, it conveys us having "power"...
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    SmilingBluEyes replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Why the all or nothing thinking? It's both a job and a calling for many. Or one or the other for others. You nor I get to say how people need to feel about why they entered nursing and continue to...
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    How do nurses keep current with up to date information?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Shillelagh's topic in General Nursing

    Certification in your specialty is helpful. Not only do you have to have a very broad base of knowledge in this area, but you are required to maintain that certification with continuing education....
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    Nursing + Homeschool?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Haliejolea2012's topic in General Nursing

    I did it for 4 years .Homeschooling is really NOT that hard. I did the "academics" with the kids in the morning; we were done by noon and then they could choose to watch educational videos, read...
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    You're fired

    SmilingBluEyes replied to dburkhart's topic in General Nursing

    I echo the others. I tend to think the problem lies with you. I don't think you are a "bad" nurse at all. But I really think you would benefit from therapy/life counseling. No one here is qualified...
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    Infertility/ discounts or good insurance

    SmilingBluEyes replied to mimiluvscakes's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I would love an update from
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    abusive yelling husband, new baby, not sure what to do

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Noodle28's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Been there, suffered that. It started with yelling and fighting. He never hit me. Til one day, he lost control and tried to choke me to death. I was lucky; right before passing out, he came to...