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  1. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

    fab4fan replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

    I know students "think" they are lightening nurses workloads, but that is not always the case...sometimes, when you are having the day from Hades, having one more person saying, "I have a question..."...

  2. Jessica's family's lawyer opposes medical mal. cap

    fab4fan replied to Tilleycs's topic in General Nursing

    If the family is genuine in their desire to prevent a mistake like this one happening in the future, then any $$ awarded to them from a malpractice suit should be given to an appropriate charity....

  3. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    fab4fan replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty obvious... "Hard Day's Night" Also: "White Rabbit" Ted: For the woman who manages to get pregnant while taking BCP's..."Fool on the

  4. I wrote up a doctor

    fab4fan replied to RN always's topic in General Nursing

    Never fails to amaze me; wonder what problems he's missed on pts. if his assessments are that sloppy? BTW, be careful about pulling up info on the computer, even if it is your own. We were told that...

  5. how do you keep a nursing cap on?

    fab4fan replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Nursing

    We wore them as students. I have very fine hair so it was a challenge, but here's what I did: made a small square of tissue paper, then bobby pinned it to the top of my head. Then I hooked a bobby pin...

  6. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    In the words of Don Henley: "All this b*tching, and moaning, and pitching a fit, Get over it, get over

  7. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Wendles:

  8. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I never said that...what I said was that there are some students who feel that if it's not on their checklist, then they don't have to do it. If you are co-assigned to another nurse, then you work...

  9. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't complaining about all students...I was complaining about students who expect to "download" all of my information and experience, who expect to be spoonfed, who act as if they are entitled to...

  10. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah, that's not an insult...whatever! I don't get paid extra to help students/precept newbies, BTW. But like I said, Flo,

  11. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    So nice of you Flo, to resort to

  12. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

  13. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

  14. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

  15. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    fab4fan replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    However, on Doctors' Day at my hosp., they get gift certificates to fancy restaurants, huge fuss made over them by admin, etc. Just goes to show you where we are on the food

  16. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I swear to God, if hear that expression about nurses eating their young one more time I am going to scream my brains out. Every time something doesn't go a student's way, it's, "Oh, those nurses just...

  17. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    fab4fan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Truth be told, I seem to detect some very unattractive, entitled attitudes in many of today's nursing students...like staff nurses 'owe' them something and this troubles me. Hmm.. While I agree the...

  18. Utilizing I.V.'s in the foot or lower leg?

    fab4fan replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in Peds, we used foot veins on babies that were not walking. It was at our discretion; we did not need a doctor's

  19. Do you have to be a Nurse before a NP?

    fab4fan replied to Soon2BNP's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but doctors spend a lot of time in the clinical setting, starting with 3rd year med school. Then they have an internship and residency to complete before they are out there practicing...

  20. Do you have to be a Nurse before a NP?

    fab4fan replied to Soon2BNP's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly...it took a long time for NP's to get a foothold into pt. care., and I would hate to see everything they fought for ruined because of some people that are afraid of geting their hands dirty,...

  21. Do you have to be a Nurse before a NP?

    fab4fan replied to Soon2BNP's topic in General Nursing

    Ummmm...exactly when will you be getting the experience dealing with various diseases to be an effective NP? I don't mean that to be flaming, but holy heck, the thought of it just terrifies me. As it...

  22. Lunch breaks

    fab4fan replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you are not paid for your lunch, then you have the right to do whatever, as long as you return on time. If you are expected to be "available" in case of emergencies, then you are in essence...

  23. 2 very important questions: salary negotiations and "offer"letter ?

    fab4fan replied to scrubs12's topic in General Nursing

    You could try negotiating, but as a new grad, it'll be a little more difficult...you're not coming to them as a nurse with a lot of experience. Negotiating means that you will also have something...

  24. Pinning ceremony

    fab4fan replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    Our school held the pinning ceremony immediately before graduation. It was held in the hospital chapel, and the ceremony was basically a Mass, with the pins being blessed by the priest. If your...

  25. I Got The Nicu Job!!!

    fab4fan replied to fergus51's topic in General Nursing

    Hurrah, huzzah, congrats, et