sissiesmama ASN, RN

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    Need advice/ information positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to floridarn0916's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Right - and 2 and 1/2 yrs is either a LONG time to wait for it, but iut's a GOOD start in putting some cash away for after; or IF anything ever comes of it. Good luck! Anne,
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    Need advice/ information positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to floridarn0916's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's what I was thinking - I would try to work all the OT I could until u heard something from the board. I live in Louisiana and this kind of thing has happened more than just a few times in the...
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    I got fired today

    sissiesmama replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm glad ur getting out there. That is crazy, the way u were terminated. Several yrs ago I took a job working as an office LPN - it was a doc that I had worked with in the hospital setting. I came...
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    Upfront payment for non emergent conditions

    sissiesmama replied to danggirl's topic in Emergency

    You said it!!!! That is horrible! In the last 4 yrs, I've had a CVA, a small MI, onset of seizures (only a few) 5 cardiac caths and a trip to Ocshners in New Orleans, La for an ASD repair. Dh works...
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    Upfront payment for non emergent conditions

    sissiesmama replied to danggirl's topic in Emergency

    Oh, as far as payment went, the ER billing people got to the ER chart and placed different colored papers on the front - saying which had to pay upfront or how much insurance co pay was needed. Anne,...
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    Upfront payment for non emergent conditions

    sissiesmama replied to danggirl's topic in Emergency

    Dang - Hey - the last facility I worked sounds a lot like the one ur describing. We started doing this about 9 months before I resigned - I had a CVA and stay home now. If I remember correctly, we...
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    When adults whine....

    sissiesmama replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    :yeah: and when the usually appreciative pts do get overwhelmed and it shows in their behavior, when the crisis or problem is handled, they are so grateful and apologize for their behavior, outburst,...
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    So irritated!

    sissiesmama replied to hiddencatRN's topic in Emergency

    :yeah: Anne,
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    No, I am not going to do that

    sissiesmama replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    EEWWWWWWW!! Anne,
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    Your thoughts on this situation...

    sissiesmama replied to Camemile's topic in General Nursing

    Hey - glad ur feeling better! As a patient myself more times than I like to admit, it's never fun to be in a hospital, but with nurses like that, i is a lot easier. I would definetly go for it! Let...
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    When adults whine....

    sissiesmama replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Exactly. Star, I get it, Before I started working in the ER, I worked on a med surg unit and we had some prize whiners. Some that we had to rotate from nurse to nurse, because one nurse couldn't...
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    do you ever get tired of being treated like crap?

    sissiesmama replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    He he he!!!!! :smokin:
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    sissiesmama replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep - I entered our state's recovery program in 1999 after testing positive for and diverting opiates at work. My dh (we were not married or dating at the time just knew each other from a previous...
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    Please for the love of God.............

    sissiesmama replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    When I walk into your treatment room in the ER and you are standing up on your stretcher actively trying to pull the sharps container off the wall where it locked to keep things like that from...
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    Is my drug addiction really that much worse than her alcoholism?

    sissiesmama replied to Magsulfate's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank u for that, Jack! Anne,
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    Please for the love of God.............

    sissiesmama replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    Bahahahahahaha!!!!!!! Anne, RNC
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    When do you stop feeling dumb and feel like a confident Nurse??

    sissiesmama replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, yeah!! The Spiriva, or whatever?? I felt like a real idiot when I saw that in a patient's med drawer for the first time!! Glad it wasn't just me. Anne,
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    Dream job if you weren't an RN

    sissiesmama replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    Definetly!! :yeah: Anne,
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    First Code

    sissiesmama replied to AusRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    throwing furniture? - I'm calling security The last code where I was trying to get furniture out of the way for the code team I almost took the ER doc's head with a chair. Glad he and my dh are...
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    Dream job if you weren't an RN

    sissiesmama replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    Good question! My dream job would have been a flight attendant - see the world. I'm sure it isn't as glamorous as it seemed, but ... Anne,
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    When do you stop feeling dumb and feel like a confident Nurse??

    sissiesmama replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello beatrice! That is a feeling that everyone has to experience sometime, I know I did, and still do at times. When I finished LPN school, I felt like the biggest idiot on the planet. During my...
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    To those who want to leave nursing

    sissiesmama replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    :smackingf Not trying to sound overly insensitive, but want a little cheese with that
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    To those who want to leave nursing

    sissiesmama replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Me
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    I did a stupid, stupid thing...Need Advise!!

    sissiesmama replied to New_LPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hey New - just wanted to check on u, and see how things are going. Hope ur doing ok - Anne,
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    My experience with a gay male nurse

    sissiesmama replied to algebra_demystified's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Me too, Tweety Anne,