SmilingBluEyes

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

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    Do you prefer to contend with the smell of stool or the smell of Glade?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    At home I just light a match. Works like a
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    A Nurse's Hands

    SmilingBluEyes replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    You are a great writer, Viva. You have such
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    Do you prefer to contend with the smell of stool or the smell of Glade?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly poop is preferred. Minimal
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    workplace harassment..help?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to alprn1414's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Get out of there
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent point about psychotherapy. I think meds PLUS therapy are so important. I spent years in therapy working on issues from childhood abuse so horrible, much of it was blocked from my memory...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    YES I am glad because without them I would be a in a fetal position, laying on my bed 24/7. When I am deeply depressed, I cannot cry, I cannot get angry, I cannot feel. The apathy is horrifying...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    ''OUCH sorry....keep
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

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

    So well said. You are
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and am on Team Lexapro..................... But I am beginning to feel my light box is just as, if not more,
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    SmilingBluEyes replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    OMG thought it was just me!!!! Hugs to all who suffer depression/bipolar and crushing debt. I get all
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    switch from medical school to nursing?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to gj101's topic in General Students

    Your wife sounds manipulative and lazy. Sorry that is blunt but I feel it's true. I know several Filipina women who work outside the home and pull their weight. You have enough problems, PLEASE for...
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    NP gave meds to her married boyfriend

    SmilingBluEyes replied to SummerRoses's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That would be a question for the State Board of Nursing. I would say you have done enough. This affair has gone on since 2012??? What the hell? Why are you still involved? MOVE
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    Tell me why you regret about becoming a Nurse

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I
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    Disappointed/What Now?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to NurseTerri27's topic in General Nursing

    It would be oh-so-easy for the facility to know who was bad-mouthing them and word to get around. Nursing is a smaller community than you think and the word may get around about your attitude and you...
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

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

    What the commuter said x1000.. My husband used to tell the people he supervised, " First, have you tried to work it out yourselves?, NO? then don't bother ME til you do. In other words, GROW UP,...
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, nothing self-serving about this article here. Come, on,
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

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

    Also: You just might not want to run to management immediately about so-called "bully" coworkers/preceptors as a brand new hire until you understand the relationships with which you are dealing and...
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    Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I have impossibly long curly hair. Just put a heaping helping of healthy parabens in it to keep the curl from going all frizzy it it this morning. Where would I be without parabens? In FRIZZ CITY my...
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    Words You Hate

    SmilingBluEyes replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    "colon" Because it's too much like a man's
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    Student nurses with disabilities

    SmilingBluEyes replied to sara2013's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    We can't always have what we want. I can't be a doctor. For many reasons. One of them being, I don't have it in me to deal with the rigors of medical school, internship and residency. I know that...
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    Student nurses with disabilities

    SmilingBluEyes replied to sara2013's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    The hard fact is, some disabilities can be worked with and overcome and others cannot. I applaud Viva in her realization that hers (disability) could not be overcome, and for stepping back. EVERYONE...
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    ixchel's 3/7/16 What Have I Learned This Week, with A Lil' Help From My Friends!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

    Don't usually hang out here as nothing I could contribute is really interesting.... But here goes: I learned from a new nurse that (according to her) I am an excellent teacher. She must have thanked...
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    Words You Hate

    SmilingBluEyes replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    in context!!
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    Words You Hate

    SmilingBluEyes replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    parabens
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    Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Better living through parabens, I say!! seriously they are pretty hard to avoid in daily