BULLYDAWGRN

BULLYDAWGRN RN

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  1. Why no union! Without Nurses the hospital can't run!

    Lord I would just love to see a nrsg union come to any hospital here in Ms. Every administrator and "Head Bean Counter" would have a fit... But I can imagine all the anti- union and union busting...
  2. Recovery Room Nurses Making $78.00 Hr?

    Holy Crap! $78 bucks/hr for recovery.... Tell me
  3. Flamed during report.

    This is how it is at my little hospital. If we get an admit from paccu/or/er or where ever and we (in the icu) are busy (with another admit or pt crashing) you can eathier sit on the pt down there or...
  4. Providing Medical Care To Child Molesters

    3 yrs ago I provided medical care to wounded and some dying iraqis or insurgents whatever you call them, i call them terrorist. Yes it was difficult trying to keep alive something that given any...
  5. Yelling, screaming and ducking the cranky triaged patients

    A friend and co-worker of mine was verbally abused and threaten one night in the er by a pt. They called security and did the paper complaint form, tx'd the pt and d/c'd. A few days later my buddy saw...
  6. Did I almost kill someone?

    Scary situtaion huh? I bet from now on you'll remember to hit the "sync button" when it's called
  7. Well if you decide not to try to become a nurse by the results of some silly computer thread, if something that abstract has made the decision for you, well then maybe you should think about going...
  8. 2 Emotional

    I agree with Bill4745. Face it as nurses you see terrible things everyday that the ordinary person would consider a nightmare. There has been times I've been so tore up I had to walk outside the er.....
  9. Morale Boosting Ideas????

    I've heard it stated before and at times I tend to agree with the saying, "Show me the Money"...We had a problem with people calling in a few months ago, so some unit managers offered up monthly bonus...
  10. Looking down on those who take lunch breaks???

    We will take lunch breaks if not to busy, but we are lucky our team leader and the other folks in the er will cover so you can grab a bite. It all depends on what is going on in the dept. at that...
  11. Male Nursing Salaries

    CVPMVP2, I work in East Central Ms. And starting pay around here is comparable to what SteveRN21 stated. There is a tremendous nurse shortage here, so you can get overtime like overkill!! Also plenty...
  12. Well the wrong mentality is to show up at at new place and constantly be critical of everything they do from the way the facility charts to the protocols. Heck, I've even seen new people come in and...
  13. CVICU vs. SICU

    Man it sounds pretty good to me. I work in a smaller county hospital with a icu of 10 beds, but its really a sicu/micu since we don't do hearts here. Good experience, use all the fancy drugs and...
  14. Help!Should I go to nursing?

    I think you should look into that accounting or pharmacy
  15. "Scabs"

    First of all, most nurses get into travel nursing for all types of different reasons. Wheather you are a scab or not, well thats should be a personal thing you have to decide for yourself. I don't...
  16. Are you Man Enough to be an OB nurse?

    I won't go near the l&d floor, see enough pregnant girls in
  17. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    I got paid
  18. Young & Ignorant

    Forgive yourself for being
  19. Whats to Enjoy about Nursing?

    Because when I leave they pull me back
  20. Congrats to all who got accepted. I've got a co-worker who is trying to get things together for the program at UT-Chat. in Tn. Anyone out there with some 1st hand accounts or even the
  21. new grad having trouble w/ icu personalities

    I just think that some people think they are more important and smarter than they really
  22. CRNA school interviews

    Don't mean to hijack your thread, but have any of you guys know anything about UT-Chatonooga program. A friend of mine is trying to get stuff together to apply. We both have visited the schools...
  23. This is the way I see it. You have to end up in a icu sometime in order to get in crna school, right? Go ahead and get into the icu, you'll have way more exsposure to caring one on one with sick...
  24. I tell them to shut their pie holes, that they are running with the big dawgs now!! Spend more time with your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut..don't touch anything unless we say and have your...
  25. ER Patients

    Well litsen to this. I was in triage last h.s., and a frequent indigent came in for a laceration to his foot. Well I was out of 4x4's and stepped into the 2nd triage room to grab some. Well when I...