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  1. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    angel's RN replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Guys--I'm back, I also have chronic pain, I have SI Joint dysfunction. Sometime it is all I can do to get off the couch to get ready for work (i have to sleep on the couch so I have something to...

  2. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    angel's RN replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    Dear RehabNurse-- Not being nosey, but you ARE trying to get Social Security Disability, aren't you? Please say you are, or are in the midde of appeals!! It took us 5 years of fighting, but my...

  3. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    angel's RN replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire Hi there.... Not all chronic pain patients are "nasty", have "attitudes", or are "rude". My husband has chronic back pain--is actually disabled partly due to his back--and he is not rude,...

  4. smoking in the work place

    angel's RN replied to fat cat's topic in General Nursing

    Dear ktwlpn, I work with a nurse who is a Jehovah Witness, and that nurse will not initiate or finish any blood product. I respect that, and I will hang the blood. Then again, this nurse respect my...

  5. smoking in the work place

    angel's RN replied to fat cat's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sorry that you had to spend "a big chunk of your childhood sitting in public bathrooms with an inhaler", I truly am. But I think that you may have misunderstood my statement. I am not asking...

  6. Why do some nurse's act like they have just ate some sour grapes?

    angel's RN replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    :trout: To the student that orignally started this post-- Just wait, dear, you TOO will have that look of "Oh my Gawd-- What have I done now", the "sour-grape" face. My moma said that if I continue...

  7. smoking in the work place

    angel's RN replied to fat cat's topic in General Nursing

    O.K., I hope that I don't break my fingers while typing this. I understand that if you are a non-smoker you don't want to take the resident outside to smoke. But someone who does smoke should be...

  8. Violating a Code Status...

    angel's RN replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    The hardest thing that I ever had to do was to tell the resdent at the hospital that my dad was in that he was NOT putting daddy on a respirator. He had a DNR on file with the hospital he was at, and...

  9. Nursing 10 years ago

    angel's RN replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    That is very, very true. I actually had to defend myself in a deposition once----- but that is for another time and place!! 's

  10. Traveling jobs

    angel's RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    HELP!!!! I would really love to know the advantages and disadvantages of traveling. Does the company pay for a place to live? Can my husband come with me? Any coments would be VERY helpful. We're...

  11. Traveling jobs

    angel's RN replied to angel's RN's topic in General Nursing

    THanks,Michelle. Any insight will help. I havr looked at 2 different companies so far---Looks promising. 's

  12. Nursing 10 years ago

    angel's RN replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Taz-- You must work in the same small rinky-dink hospital I work at!! :lol2: 's

  13. charge responsibility?

    angel's RN replied to gentle's topic in General Nursing

    Dear gentle, Is there alot of responsibility that goes with the charge? In my facility, mind you we are a smaller hospital, and my unit is only a 10 bed CCU, there really isn't much to the job, just...

  14. Co-worker stole my ID

    angel's RN replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with a nurse that was diverting at a hospital several years ago, but I didn't realize it at the time. Someone turned her name into the board, which at the time I thought was harsh. Now...

  15. Co-worker stole my ID

    angel's RN replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    right on cattitude! 's

  16. Nursing 10 years ago

    angel's RN replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    In our hospital, I have seen one nurse not even check for NG placement (and I have reported them--s/he isn't there anymore!!). When I drop a NG, I mark the line at the nose with a BIG permanant mark,...

  17. Violating a Code Status...

    angel's RN replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Hey jlsRN, Sounds like you have some serious burn-out!!! Been there, done that. But when I tried to take a break, I started to go crazy sitting around the house doing nothing, (I'm not an "outside"...

  18. Co-worker stole my ID

    angel's RN replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Not tooting my own horn, but I have been asked to various GA meetings over the years (I went to GA for about three years as part of my recovery) to tell them my story. Some people don't beleive that...

  19. Violating a Code Status...

    angel's RN replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Update--- :smackingf Found out last night that there was not a DNR doctor's order written AFTER the MD and familiy decided to make the patient a DNR. Therefore, the staff was correct to code this...

  20. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    angel's RN replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 's

  21. Violating a Code Status...

    angel's RN replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    In most hospitals, when you go into surgery, the DNR or advanced directive stops at the door. If you decide to have surgery, or if an old person with DNR status goes to surgery, the MD feels that if...

  22. Low census?

    angel's RN replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    :zzzzz At least we get $3.00 for call!! We don't have to use our PTO either, but if we do, we don't get our $3.00 call pay. It's one-or-the-other! 's

  23. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    angel's RN replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    O.K., what WOULD you do surgically for that? (O.K. I'm

  24. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    angel's RN replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    \ Tass-- I really hope Dr. Ho Ho Ho had a good sense of humor-or-or!! 's

  25. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    angel's RN replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :trout: :uhoh21: :trout: OH MY GAWD!!!!!! Been There, Done That!!!! I worked in a nursing home 903323903 years ago, and all these "sweet" little old people could think about was there bowel...