sissiesmama ASN, RN

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    Injured at work last year, still having problems, need advice (long)

    sissiesmama replied to SICU Queen's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    SICU - I am just reading your post and I am so very sorry you are having so much pain and also that you have been having trouble trying to get care of your injury without being so freaking miserable....
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    Oh, gotcha. Well, I hope she can maybe get some help she obviously needs from this situation and find something positive from this. For her sake, as well as any future patients she may someday have....
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    Hey Pebbles - the student that was drinking was crying and upset? I wasn't sure, but if it was - exactly HOW LONG did she think she would get by with behaviors like that? When I read your updated post...
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    Stanley - that's how we would look at it in my ER, we like the unofficial dx "to stupid to live", where the heck is someone's brain to show up like that at anyplace except for your own house, another...
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    Good point! At least that way she could get any help she needed - maybe even ongoing therapy if needed. Nursing school is heck. Throwing all those years out the window could even push her further to...
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    That is a very good point, morte. I had not thought of it that way, but I remember students in class with me that just did not want to be there. They went to nsg school because their parents or...
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    I agree completely. If she can't even put down a substance, ETOH, others long enough to go to an MD appt, how is that person going to even think about staying sober for 12 or 13 hours at a time while...
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    Well, I thought that when I was in nursing school, but I also never thought I would be one of those people losing their job, their health insurance, their work friends, and on and on. It took a lot of...
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    OR Nurses...oral surgery experts...please chime in...

    sissiesmama replied to AirforceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Tweety - that's what I was thinking but not sure. Anne,
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    OR Nurses...oral surgery experts...please chime in...

    sissiesmama replied to AirforceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell it's late, because when I read your posting, one red faced moment hit me when I was having a root canal and had on my ipod, pretty high to drown out the drill, ect. So, I felt like it was...
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    OR Nurses...oral surgery experts...please chime in...

    sissiesmama replied to AirforceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I would not want to be in your shoes!! Even if I find out through experience that it isn't bad, I still stress. Good luck to you, and I hope you have an uneventful recovery pd. Take it easy if...
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    That's what I was thinking!! To go to an appointment drunk?!? Heck, no! Anne,
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    I agree with you, SirI - sounds like she was given ample opportinity and just didn't take advangage of it. Anne,
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    sissiesmama replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    I gotta agree with you, and all the other posters I have read so far. These days, there are a number of qualified applicants that are just as deserving of a spot as she is, and even when I started...
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    NO more LPN's

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

    I know! I remember first hearing this back in 1991 when I was waiting to sit for boards. Drove n utty at first, wondering when the iother shoe would drop, but that has been going around a LONG time....
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    the agony of waiting for results in california

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

    Before you could get your results so quickly, I waited 7 weeks to even be able to verify my results on the BON line that I even had a renewed expiration date. That was murder. Anne,
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    Hi to all nurses in Recovery

    sissiesmama replied to JJONES_RN_BS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey Aden - sorry, not sure what I did, apparently gotten some buttons mixed up!
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    Hi to all nurses in Recovery

    sissiesmama replied to JJONES_RN_BS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey! Yes, I was broenhearted to lose Sam, but getting Sissie has really helped me get through it. She is just precious, but she loves her daddy too. We don't have any cats, but we have 2 outside...
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    Hi to all nurses in Recovery

    sissiesmama replied to JJONES_RN_BS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you
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    Hi to all nurses in Recovery

    sissiesmama replied to JJONES_RN_BS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey! Thanks! Sissie, my mini weinie, is 2 1/2 years old. She is that dapple color, and SO rotten!! My last doggie, a half golden retriever, half cocker spaniel was named Sam. He had to be put to...
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    Hi to all nurses in Recovery

    sissiesmama replied to JJONES_RN_BS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Welcome Aden! I am also an RN and have been in recovery since 1999. Congrats on coming up on your first year of sobriety! Anne,
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    cigarette breaks

    sissiesmama replied to NrsheartTS's topic in General Nursing

    And I thought we were the only ones! Withing the last few years, our facility has gone smoke free. You can't smoke in the parking lot, the old "smoking areas", your car, nothing. On your third...
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    How do you get over your new RN boo boos (mistakes)

    sissiesmama replied to love-d-OR's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Loved OR - Hello. I understand how you are feeling, it's not uncommon. I felt that way too. Still feel that way at times. I have been a nurse for 18 years and still remember my first one. I was...
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    Pain is NOT subjective

    sissiesmama replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in Pain Management

    Sounds to me like you're right on, the patient's pain is subjective. And Trauma was also right, your boss is a freaking moron! Anne,
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    What exactly do you do as an ER nurse?

    sissiesmama replied to vegnurse21's topic in Emergency

    I agree with susi q, her post covered so much of what a day in the life of an ER nurse looks like. I have been a nurse for 18 years, and would never want to work anywhere else. I have done my share...