staceylee67

staceylee67

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  1. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    staceylee67 replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    Very, VERY well said

  2. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    staceylee67 replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh for Pete's sake. Let me tell you something, young and naive nursing student. Nothing pisses off nurses more that high and mighty students that get all judgy and condescending. You are allowed...

  3. Nurses Eating Their Young

    staceylee67 replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Great article that gives an idea, helps us understand why some nurses are so mean. Any mean nurse that reads this may actually take a step back and reflect on his or her behavior and learn

  4. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    staceylee67 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, allnurses.com, you have really started to go down a path of ******, negative, insensitive trash you call post worthy. Are you at a loss for good writers or are ******, holier-than-thou nurses the...

  5. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

    staceylee67 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is anyone else sick of hearing "I can't tell the nurses from the housekeeper"? My response is "here's a hint... your nurse is the one who does your assessment, gives you pills, pokes you with needles,...

  6. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    staceylee67 replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhhh.. the "sick" debate. I am reminded of how some people feel as though one should be close to death before calling in sick. We as nurses do not have a job where we can just "downshift" and take it...

  7. Self inflicted

    staceylee67 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    We see soooo many stupid things where I work... This guy wants to get rid of a mole in his yard. So he dropped a stick of dynamite in the hole, put a board over it and then stood on the board. Lost...

  8. Can you believe this???

    staceylee67 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    This is why some floors have a high turn over. All but one of my managers has been great.. I've had around 4 or 5. The twitty one asked me once why nurses keep quitting or transferring off her floor....

  9. Would you join the Army Nurse Corps? Why or Why not?

    staceylee67 replied to clc19k30's topic in General Nursing

    Not for all of the money in the world!! Reasons?? 1) I am a military brat so I know the deal. 2) I like to make my own decisions on where I live... and don't try to say I can 'cuz I know better. 3) I...

  10. Offended by pt- how to react?

    staceylee67 replied to LDJRN's topic in General Nursing

    [quote=EmerNurse;2122058]I had an older african-american gentleman as a patient once who refused me as his nurse on the same excuse, using the cracker comment as well. I simply asked him if he would...

  11. Offended by pt- how to react?

    staceylee67 replied to LDJRN's topic in General Nursing

    was this your first "back-handed compliment"? the guy is just a racist... nothing more than an ignorant dirty pig of a racist. i do admit that i am sometimes un-proffessional when retorting to such...

  12. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

    staceylee67 replied to staceylee67's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a patient.. Cancer w/ surgery, Chemo and radiation. My brother has had 4 open heart surgeries in 40 years. I will never change my mind about the color of a nurses uniform. I want a nurse...

  13. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    staceylee67 replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    At Tri City Medical Center in Oceanside, CA (which is 20 miles north of San Diego) I made $16.20 an hour as a new grad RN in 1999. They gave me nothing for my 7 years LVN experience. I could look...

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    staceylee67 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    No, I don't work with him anymore but this icky MD was still at that hospital when I left. I've never encounered anything like that at the hospital I currently work

  15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    staceylee67 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This MD we all hated goes into his patients room and pokes around her abdominal wound without gloves! THEN he actually wiped his hands on the curtain that separated the 2 beds. The charge nurse wrote...

  16. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    staceylee67 replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    My friend May and I had the giggles one day after work when we went to the parking office. There were these empty 5-gallon water jugs outside of the office that she tripped on. The first one was bad...

  17. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    staceylee67 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is a kind of grumpy one.. I usually only use it about once a year when a patient (Usually a 20-something punk) is constantly arguing with me about everything that he needs to have done. It's fine...

  18. Charting Bloopers

    staceylee67 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    This was the norm for "Carol". She was an RN, if you can believe that. "This pt likes to think that he has all of the answers, but he obviously does not by the things that he says". This "Carol"...

  19. Share Your Saying

    staceylee67 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think it was Mark Twain who said "If you don't read the news you are not informed, if you read the news you are misinformed". HOW TRUE! Also.. from Edmond ?? "The only thing necessary for evil to...

  20. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    staceylee67 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    While transferring a drunk pt who was slurring his words, the pt said "Look at all of these beautiful nurses... I'm gonna get laid". (Did I mention I am hard of hearing too?). So I said.. "Hey.. we...

  21. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    staceylee67 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Would you go do my patient" or "Lets go do Mr. Smith" meaning asking the CNA to give him a

  22. How long for maternity leave?

    staceylee67 replied to chanceny's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I find the Oprah fact a little hard to believe. Of all the 3rd world and poor countries, countries that don't even view women as worthy, all but 5 offer paid maternity leave??? This must be wrong. It...

  23. HELP with panic attacks.

    staceylee67 replied to middleageNP's topic in General Nursing

    Are your teachers supportive? Can you discuss this with them? I think you should at least talk to them and let them know what's going on, as they may have some suggestions too. Personally, I have...