sissiesmama ASN, RN

ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG

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    How do you feel when you see family members and their Note pads in hand

    sissiesmama replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    lpnflorida - Oh, this drives me NUTS!!!! I have had several family members over the years when I was working med surg or on a LTAC vent unit do this, and it wasn't stuff like vs, or questions they...
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    What Are you thankful for this Easter?

    sissiesmama replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Sisters - I applaud you for your strength and perserverance. I can still remember my first patient suffering with GBS. I didn't remember us even touching on it in school, so it was a real eye...
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    What Are you thankful for this Easter?

    sissiesmama replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    I am thankful for so many things this year. I am not in the best of health, and haven't been in quite a few months. I am facing cardiac surgery - but there are so many people that are facing worse...
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    Hating life!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to totally_lost's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Totally lost - I was reading your posting and one thing you said kept reminding me of myself - "I've never been a test taker." PLEASE don't feel like this and feel like you should just give it up....
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    Can I lose my license for having a seizure?

    sissiesmama replied to LovebugLPN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Lovebug - I am sorry about your situation. I do understand how you feel. Within the last month, I suffered a seizure while watching tv at home with my dh, who is also a nurse. I have never felt so...
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    Just had a Consent Agreement go into effect, I feel like I'm hanging in limbo

    sissiesmama replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Goto - Hey! Just wanted to check on you. You have been in my thoughts, and I have been praying for you and your husband in this situation. I am so sorry you are having to endure this BS. Please...
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    Just had a Consent Agreement go into effect, I feel like I'm hanging in limbo

    sissiesmama replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    GotoGirl - Hello- just wanted to check on you and see how you were holding up. I am glad to see the support you are receiving from the members. I just wish there were something more we could do....
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    Just had a Consent Agreement go into effect, I feel like I'm hanging in limbo

    sissiesmama replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey. I'm like whipping girl in that I have had to deal with the SBON in our state. Actually, my hubbie and I both have. PM if I can help at all. You're in my prayers. Anne,
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    Any info on cardiac ablation?

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Tait - Thanks a lot! I appreciate it. Like I said, I'd never seen any of these, and wasn't sure how closely they would compare to caths, which I had seen. Your search found some sites I hadn't...
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    I m in big trouble! I think I failed my drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to alex68's topic in General Nursing

    Well, April Fools Day or not - Alex, I hope you will take something from this and maybe keep it in mind for future reference. Maybe on a list of "Ignorant things I have done and don't ever want to...
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    Bad experience at the ER

    sissiesmama replied to SillyPinkBunny's topic in Emergency

    Retired lady - I have to agree with you there. Some docs just don't really understand chronic pancreatitis, at least that is the feeling I have had. I started having trouble with mine at age 19,...
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    Just had a Consent Agreement go into effect, I feel like I'm hanging in limbo

    sissiesmama replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    GotoGirl - I am glad to see you are getting some good support from members here. Like I said, I am so very sorry for everything you are going through, both at work and with your husband ill. That...
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    Just had a Consent Agreement go into effect, I feel like I'm hanging in limbo

    sissiesmama replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Girl - I am so sorry you are having to go through this! That is a horrible situation, and to heap that on you while you are trying so hard to help your husband through his illness - my gosh! It...
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    Want to just quit

    sissiesmama replied to joyfulone's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Well, I feel better now. I thought that I was the only one that tried to do the right thing like that, and after I did, it came back to bite me in the gluteus. Like you said, sometimes it doesn't...
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    This nurse is an unlucky patient!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Your reply made me smile. My hubbie has worked at this facility for almost 20 years, and I started there approx. 19 yrs ago before I finished nursing school as a ward clerk and in medical records, so...
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    Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

    sissiesmama replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!! Any LTAC hospital I have worked at is definetly acute care, dh agrees with me, and until recently he was nurse manager of a busy ltac facility where we both had been working. I have had...
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    What would you do?

    sissiesmama replied to reallyoldnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Reallyoldnurse - OMG! I mean, crap! That is a horrible situation to be in. I agree with Mag, she is giving you good information. That is such a crappy situation. I wouldn't say anything to him,...
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    This nurse is an unlucky patient!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Thanks! I am a little worried myself, and I know dh is. Since we found out from the card. that I needed to have the cardiac ablation, I have really been stressing. I don't know if the stress...
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    Whistle Blowing and Retaliation

    sissiesmama replied to celticwoman61's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Celtic - Hey - I got your pm about the older post about this, and I am sorry you are still having to deal with this. It's just ridiculous that you are the one doing the right thing and she is the...
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    This nurse is an unlucky patient!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Jolie - I know it!! If I hadn't worked in the ER at this facility before and seen a UDS come back wrong and then lab just say "Oops, we reported the wrong one..." I wouldn't have even known to say...
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    This nurse is an unlucky patient!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    I like it too! Cool! I did have a head CT and it was negative, thank goodness. The ER doc did say it could have been r/t the K level. It's been low before, when I had gotten a GI virus before, but...
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    This nurse is an unlucky patient!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Did you change your screen name??! I didn't realize. Yes, you are right, before long we will be laughing. I'm just glad I didn't get all torqued up that night about it while I was in the...
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    This nurse is an unlucky patient!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Hey leslie! You are right!! When it rains it pours, I guess. I finally got the VP thing at school after talking to the school princ. and the school board. The VP didn't actually think I would have...
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    An update on my stepson

    sissiesmama posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    It is with a heavy heart that I give an update on my 16 year old stepson. Some of you may remember that he had a nightmare, or so we thought a few weeks ago, and woke us all up, screaming that there...
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    An update on my stepson

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks exnursie - You're right. The dh and I started alanon meetings last week, and it has helped some, thank goodness. I was really surprised when they called and said he was being d/ced. Dh and...