SmilingBluEyes

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

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    Necessary to socalize with doctors?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to nurse1990's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There have been times when I did not get along with multiple people and my sister reminded me of a simple thing. If this happens, look at the common denominator. Yea, that would be me. Maybe you...
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    Ugh...the price of Epi pens! WWYD

    SmilingBluEyes replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to your child's doctor about cheaper alternative. Some are willing to give prescriptions for epinephrine and syringes/needles that you can then get from the pharmacy. I am sorry for your angst....
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    I thank you. I agree. But I have a lot of trouble digesting that people in nursing are increasingly committing suicide or that a there is a trend to indicate this. Without actual statistics and...
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ummmm what does that mean actually? You talking to
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    Ugghhh, another new nurse...

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    OMG I snorted out loud. I am gonna have to steal that for FB sometime. Thanks for the
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    What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's rare in my specialty, but if it happens, I don't answer. My off time is more important than ever to
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    Shift work PROBLEMS??

    SmilingBluEyes replied to lparadise's topic in General Nursing

    So if you can afford to, try to go PRN. You call the shots, more or less and work when able/available/want to. If you can't, keep trying to find a position that is more likely to offer daytime hours,...
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    Yet Another Post About Low-Stress Nursing Positions???

    SmilingBluEyes replied to MTtoBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Each time I see a post from a potential, want-to-be nurse who wants no stress, but high pay, and actually expects that to happen even before they are nursing students or nurses-----or...
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    Bullying in the workplace

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

    I am thinking she was being
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    Strike nursing

    SmilingBluEyes replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Why did I become a nurse? Well it was to pay the bills and have reasonable expectation of future employment. I am not an angel sent from heaven, or a nun and I took no vows of poverty or indentured...
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, people can be fragile, but I would argue, such fragility does not work well in a demanding profession like nursing. If you are so fragile that you would kill yourself and end a temporary...
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    Why do hospitals promote Flu shots so bad?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Life22feb's topic in General Nursing

    That is awesome, Hippy
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    What healthcare jobs involving direct patient care do not require heavy lifting?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to kelkel587's topic in General Students

    Yes to all this. In our clinic, this is never even presented as a choice for the patient, but a safety issue. Had one refuse and I said, I could not safely get him into his chair, and he had the...
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    What healthcare jobs involving direct patient care do not require heavy lifting?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to kelkel587's topic in General Students

    The one job I actually had, that had no lifting requirement , was telephone triage in a doctor's office. But the pay was easily less than 1/2 what I got in the hospital. And you need to have actual...
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    What healthcare jobs involving direct patient care do not require heavy lifting?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to kelkel587's topic in General Students

    AND L/D? HA! Try moving and shifting in bed, a laboring 300 pound mom who is literally "dead" from the chest down cause she has an epidural. Or putting her legs in the stirrups for pushing (each...
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    What healthcare jobs involving direct patient care do not require heavy lifting?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to kelkel587's topic in General Students

    Umm not dialysis. We have many very heavy patients that require assistance to and from their wheelchair and we have a lot of people who dialyze in beds that are hoyer lifts. While the hoyer is a...
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    Working in an outpatient vs in-hospital dialysis

    SmilingBluEyes replied to reginalin's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    So interesting the differing points of view. In my view, the outpatient clinic rocks. The techs and nurses are an amazing team and we have each others' backs. I trust my techs implicitly and they...
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    getting trained in dialysis

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Macedonia9's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It depends on the area. Local to where I work, in the outpatient clinics, there is NOT a lot of turnover and it can take time to get in. Especially if you want to work 1st shift. In the hospital,...
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    Do You Need to be an RN to enter this Field?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to EquinoxSolstice92's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You can be an LVN/LPN in dialysis clinics. It depends on clinic. In some, you function as a patient care technician mostly, others you are a nurse but there has to be an RN with you at all times. I...
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    Better Schedules

    SmilingBluEyes replied to pedsnurse112's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above poster. Outpatient is the way to go for day hours and few, if any, weekends. But you can expect to take a pay cut, sometimes substantial, in obtaining such a position. Most (not...
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    Disposable gloves for disfigured hands NEEDED

    SmilingBluEyes replied to AADA's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Well, that is quite the challenge and I admire and applaud this individual for following their desires to pursue nursing. I am sorry to say, I have no information that will help. But there are a lot...
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    Social Class and Nursing

    SmilingBluEyes replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    This IS a very interesting question, but being asked in the USA, where we have many immigrants from countries where caste systems are strong. In some countries nurses are respectable, even in upper...
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    Why do hospitals promote Flu shots so bad?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Life22feb's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe, I could be wrong--- and she is joking. But I am not so sure. Some folks here believe immunizations to be a government (or other) conspiracy on the "sheeple" of our
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    Disposable gloves for disfigured hands NEEDED

    SmilingBluEyes replied to AADA's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Without giving too much away, can you possibly describe the "disfigurement" a bit? That may help narrow down this person's needs. Also I would definitely post this to the "Disabled Nurses" section...
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my first position in OB nursing (my absolute dream), I was given quite a hard time. They would throw me into situations I was not ready to tackle, like postpartum hemorrhages, and let me struggle....