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  1. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OK. Well that was a short trip. I couldn't handle much of the criminal forum. I guess the weirdest thing about that forum is how casual everyone is about this stuff. Especially the one who got her LPN...

  2. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well. I guess I have no choice. I'm going to have to check out the criminal forum. I have my face and my palm at the

  3. CNA's taking over lpn's?

    mazy replied to nurse hopefully's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Not true. Your teacher is suffering from a cranial-rectal

  4. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Welcome back Diva! So you decided to just jump feet first into the criminal forum? Is it possible for a cat to have dementia? My fat cat is 17, and I had to put him on anti-depressants for "behaviors"...

  5. How do you handle work stress?

    mazy replied to 4theBetterGetter's topic in General Nursing

    This may sound like a joke but it is the honest truth: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The whole set, I watch it when I am low. Keeps me human and has gotten me through some of the worst times of my life --...

  6. Why do people insist that there is a nursing shortage?

    mazy replied to MissNancy's topic in General Students

    Unfortunately nurses are now being forced to put off their retirement because they lost their pensions and savings in the recession. The patient population that will be growing will be the elderly. So...

  7. Why do people insist that there is a nursing shortage?

    mazy replied to MissNancy's topic in General Students

    Really makes you think twice about all the "research" articles you see in the news about everything from cancer to dandruff to free radicals. The other thing is that a lot of these stories appear on...

  8. SIGNON BONUS help

    mazy replied to Kisses_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would wonder too, what the salary is. $23,000k comes out to $950 a month so you would want to compare salaries and benefits to see how much of a plus that is. Also, benefits get paid out over a long...

  9. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Always tempting to say "Yes. You are the only one. I have never ever heard of such a thing, ever, in the history of the 500,000+ members of this site, or of any person ever, to have such an...

  10. Am I wrong?

    mazy replied to mickeypat's topic in General Nursing

    Why on earth would you lose your license? Just do your job, document carefully, eventually you will be able to stand tall on your own and do your own thing without worrying about

  11. Why do people insist that there is a nursing shortage?

    mazy replied to MissNancy's topic in General Students

    It's a bad economy, people are desperate for solutions. There are a lot of predatory schools that are selling a bucket full of dreams to people who are willing to pay upwards of $30,000 to get that...

  12. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or my all time favorite: I'm not a nurse, but here's my advice on how to be a

  13. What kind of pre-employment drug screen do most employers do?

    mazy replied to northw3's topic in Nursing Career

    Was it 90 days or two

  14. When are you not considered a "New Grad" anymore?

    mazy replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in General Nursing

    When are you no longer considered a new nurse? When the stars fall out of your eyes and you keep on doing it because you love it

  15. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. According to that person's profile, she was pregnant in nursing school. Which wasn't too long ago, so she has a baby at home.

  16. What are the ltc care residents interested in?

    mazy replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Agree with both of the above. Find out what matters to the residents and figure out an activity where they get the opportunity to teach you about their world, about their pasts, what they did, who...

  17. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just had this image in my head of nurses lining up and saying, "Oh, I'd like to work in peds, how much for that job...Oh well, that's a little rich for my blood, what's tele going for?" "Oh, it...

  18. The Mockery of Nursing

    mazy replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Now on top of everything else I have to pay good money to work as a nurse? Will the madness never

  19. Changing route of admin

    mazy replied to Nlink's topic in Patient Medications

    Morphine can be given SL. If she is giving 1 ml then I assume it is liquid morphine, which is normally given SL. SL is not the same route as PO, it is a different route of administration. PO, SL, GT...

  20. how to give insulin injection?

    mazy replied to Tenny84's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes people are just difficult about it. Could be she is a new diabetic so not used to shots? Or she is just difficult like that and nothing to be done. Make sure your alcohol has completely...

  21. Fun Questionnaire for Nurses

    mazy replied to sarah16493's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Color me disappointed. I thought you were going to ask fun things like hairstyles, preferred scrubs, hygiene habits, most disgusting body fluids, and what color socks do you wear. Now that's a...

  22. How to deal with ****-poor teaching?

    mazy replied to BlueEyedGuy's topic in General Students

    This is the reality of nursing school. This is why a lot of people come to this site wondering why people say nursing school is so hard when they are finding it really easy....mid-way through the...

  23. bosses working on the floor

    mazy replied to jmznurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure that was a

  24. Caring for a dear friend at home....

    mazy replied to wearyLPN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If you have hospice nurses coming in to do her cares, my feeling is that you have the most important role of all, which is to be of emotional comfort to her. No outside health care worker can do that....

  25. Depressed, or just "Life?"

    mazy replied to JDougRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm not sure that the percentage of the population with depression has changed. It's just that we are much more open to talking about it nowadays; there is less of a stigma. Also, now with all the...