sissiesmama ASN, RN

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    Interviewing with IPN restrictions

    sissiesmama replied to KD CVICU-RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey! I was glad to hear from you!! I am sorry that the other job fell through. Maybe they werent the type of people you needed to work for/with anyway! Hopefully you will find a great job where...
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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    sissiesmama replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Exactly!! That's what I thought!!!! Anne,
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    An MI at age 38!!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I just feel like it is hopeless with the boys. At least my dh is a nurse and is sticking by me. I just want to cry and then I just can't stop. Thanks for the good thoughts!! Anne,...
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    An MI at age 38!!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Bortaz - I wish I could!! I feel like a failure because my 16 year old hates me. The last straw was when he said he was going to kill me. The doc gave me some Klonopin, but I just CANT sleep....
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    An MI at age 38!!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    hank you!! You have no idea how much your woeds mena to
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    An MI at age 38!!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

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    An MI at age 38!!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    like Thank you leslie!! I just can't stop crying like a big old woosie. I cry, almost hysterical, everytime I think about it, snd now as I am typing this What in the world csan do.Please keep ,me...
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    An MI at age 38!!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Marla!! You are just wonderful!!! Please keep me in your prayers!Anne,
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    An MI at age 38!!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah!! Nothing short of a sledgehammer and a stiff drink!! (Just joking! I don't drink, but I'm not saying a word about the sledgehammer!! Thanks, Anne, RNC I have cried and cried until I thought I...
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    Appropriate to go to funeral?

    sissiesmama replied to Eirene's topic in General Nursing

    You bring up a good point. The patient that I remember most and also went to the funeral home was a man in his late 50's. His wife was my 3rd grade teacher and she did remember me from elem. school....
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    Nurses and Doctors Dating Each Other

    sissiesmama replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

    Roy - Thank you!!! I could not have said it better myself! When my first dh and I were dating, I was just halfway through LPN school. He had the nerve to ask if all nurses and MDs "got into the...
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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    sissiesmama replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    That's what I thought when I saw the order!! I was thinking, WHAT!???!! And where did he go to school?! And I got my butt chewed by him when I asked about it. The ER chief doc was standing behind...
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    Help! I Want To Transfer To The Er!

    sissiesmama replied to deeh's topic in Emergency

    Hey deeh - You sound a lot like me! Iwent to LPN school first then finished my RN. When I found out I had to wait a year before going to the ER, I was really disappointed. It was the best thing for...
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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    sissiesmama replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Oh, no! That reminds me of a physician that gave me a phone order that I just couldn't believe. "Do not call me for abnormal labs. The next time you call me, he better be dead!" Then we started...
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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    sissiesmama replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    OMG!!! You have GOT to be kidding me!! We had a Physicians assistant who thought he could do NO wrong, but some of his orders were ridiculous! Phenergan 100mg IVP, and then argued that that crazy...
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    Here Comes Ike!

    sissiesmama replied to HouTx's topic in General Nursing

    Me too!! His wife is an Echo tech, and I'm hoping that she gets a job in the same facility where my dh supervises. I know db is not a baby, he's 32 yrs old and over 6 feet tall, about 250 lbs or...
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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    sissiesmama replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Oh, Man! We used to get orders like that, to turn the bed to the window, even if the rooms weren't set up for that, and one that when I saw it and said, "What the ---" It was "Do not awaken patient...
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    Here Comes Ike!

    sissiesmama replied to HouTx's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I received some good news today. My baby brother is 32 and he and his wife are about to move back up here - to Monroe - my sil is expecting their 2nd baby before Christmas. My brother is a...
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    Dreaming about work!

    sissiesmama replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot about that!! My first job was working at Mcdonald's and I just stayed stressed out cause I had never worked before, except babysitting and lawn moving. I talked in my sleep and even walked...
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    Dreaming about work!

    sissiesmama replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    Mine are like that too. I go looking for tele and IV alarms, I've dreamed that I found patients on the floor coding and I am all alone, no other staff at all. I can never find the stupid alarms. I...
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    I had my first post mortem experience Friday.....

    sissiesmama replied to mgalloLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Mindy - Your words were very touching. You are going to be a wonderful nurse in caring for your patients. The first time in doing postmortem care on a young man I was tearful, hating that someone...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    woknblues - You are right. The most positive thing meadows can come out of this with is a cynical mind, so to speak, because of the crap she has been dealt, and that aint so great! I know it...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    txredhead - I loved your post!! You hit the nail on the head! My dh is an RN also, and he has been mgmt for a long time, since 1989 or so. He is a diplomat and level headed. His staff members...
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    Medication discrepancy

    sissiesmama replied to SammieMom's topic in General Nursing

    Sammie - Hey! I have been in your shoes before, and I am a little OCD, soo I always stressed over it. Try not to worry too much if you can. As lpnflorida stated in her post, there are quite a few...
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    So grateful I found this forum!!!!

    sissiesmama replied to NoMoFear's topic in Nurses Recovery

    NoMo - Hey! My name is Anne and I am an addict. I have been clean and sober for 9 years last month. I am so glad you have joined our allnurses family and especially the recovery forum. We have a...