Ariesbsn

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1. Here's why you don't want this job.

   Ariesbsn replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

   Years ago, yes. Per the lady at the employment agency that arranged the interview, the interviewer wanted people to show how much they wanted the job by contradicting his negative responses with...

2. They come out of the woodwork

   Ariesbsn replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

   Dude! That just plain sucks! No wonder you said in another post that you didn't want to bring your golf clubs to work. What if they took your wallet AND your clubs? So, did you give the family the...

3. How do you handle non compliant patients??

   Ariesbsn replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry you had a stressful bunch of firsts all in a row. The first thing you need to do is put yourself in your patients shoes. He is hungry. Hunger and pain will drive a person to do things that don't...

4. Took A Stand At Work.....

   Ariesbsn replied to Ariesbsn's topic in General Nursing

   In the 42 years that my mother practiced as a nurse, she always talked about how busy she was and how physically demanding the work was, but not about being short staffed or worrying about safety...

5. Help!! How to retain new nurses

   Ariesbsn replied to rn to bsn student's topic in General Nursing

   How about: Longer orientation. Preceptors who like to precept. An on-going relationship with a mentor who likes to mentor. Smaller assignments to start with. A no tolerance stance on lateral...

6. Took A Stand At Work.....

   Ariesbsn replied to Ariesbsn's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for the kind words and thoughts. My hope is that another nurse at some point in their career will think "If she did it, I can do it." It is rather neat to move from a position of feeling...

7. Unwise Thinking

   Ariesbsn replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   You did the right thing. It is so much easier to vent about the idiots than to pray that the person who had a reaction doesn't sue you because you didn't follow policy and gave the shot without the...

8. Took A Stand At Work.....

   Ariesbsn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to the wise advice of the people at allnurses.com, I took a stand at work and started refusing to take assignments that were more than double the ENA recommendations for staffing because it...

9. Close to breaking... seriously.

   Ariesbsn replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

   Even though it seems like your heart is breaking, think of the gift you give each family by taking care of their loved one and helping them have the best death possible given the circumstances. They...

10. Walkie Talkies on Your Unit?

    Ariesbsn replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    We have the walkies with the ear piece in the ED that I work at. I HATE IT!!!! They have 2 volumes regardless of where you have the volume dial set; loud and inaudible. The other problem is that...

11. "Pranic Healing" for healthcare providers

    Ariesbsn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! We had a half day lecture about it, but were never tested on the material. Say, can you use "energy field disturbance" as a diagnosis for a person who repeatedly causes light bulbs to not only...

12. "Pranic Healing" for healthcare providers

    Ariesbsn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of those things where I feel if you are interested in the idea, have $400.00 left over after you meet all of your financial obligations and have nothing else that you need or want to do...

13. Should I be THIS freaked out over vomit????

    Ariesbsn replied to Tysmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The sound of retching gets to me too. I am fine if the person vomits silently, and I don't wig out if I wear someone else's vomit. However, the loudly yakking person 7 rooms away gets to

14. made to feel bad after refusing to push iv meds

    Ariesbsn replied to manlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Don't ever feel bad for practicing within your scope of practice and against policy! The minute you do something that is outside of your scope of practice/against policy and something goes wrong, it...

15. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    Ariesbsn replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    A live chicken? Cause that would almost be worth watching just to see