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  1. Trouble c accents at work?

    newbiern2006 replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it annoying to be told you have an accent? I lived in Georgia for three years, it didn't bother me at all if someone said I had an accent - because I DID, for heaven's sake! I also talk fast...

  2. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    newbiern2006 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    After reading many posts here, I have to say that I wasn't pleased with my preceptorship, and now I realize it was even worse than I thought. It was short, inadequate, unorganized (management's...

  3. Cup Feeding Strikes Again!

    newbiern2006 replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    quite frankly, i don't understand the whole blood sugar issue in the first place - i've known some homebirth midwives for years, and none of them ever test a newborn's blood sugar, and none of those...

  4. Have you ever been a patient?

    newbiern2006 replied to Bluehair's topic in General Nursing

    actually, it was a few awful experiences with nincompoop doctors and "nasty nurses" that became the impetus for me to become a nurse, something i'd wanted for a long time. those experiences, as...

  5. I want to do something else

    newbiern2006 replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i, too, am working on a busy tele floor and have had similar problems - and i'm leaving this facility, but not nursing. i posted to another thread similar to this one that i am going into homecare -...

  6. .. First Night Floating... First Med Error

    newbiern2006 replied to Dempather's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you started work in august and you weren't on your own until november? i want a job like that - i was thrown onto night shift after just two weeks of precepting, and given a new preceptor who didn't...

  7. Hate Hospital - Do I have to do this ??

    newbiern2006 replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    [quote=wendy_rn;1965396]i worked too hard for my license to risk loosing it. this is exactly what i have been saying about my current job - and i am out of there just as soon as i get my tuition...

  8. Gloves Necessary For SQ Injections?

    newbiern2006 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Patient Medications

    i use gloves for absolutely everything now - i recently had a bad reaction after metronidazole leaked on my hand while spiking a new bag, even though i washed immediately. we weren't taught to use...