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  1. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Been there done that. It is so
  2. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    You know you are a nurse when you answer your own cell phone, "This is the nursery. I'm RNSC. How can I help you today?" Its happened more times than I can
  3. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    You know you are a NICU nurse when the scrawny little preemies,(you know the ones that look like naked baby birds) are cuter to you than the full term chubby cheek "normal"
  4. The Mockery of Nursing

    Nursing is so mean! I had to work valentine eve! How was I to make myself beautiful for the Holiday if I don't have time to prepare?! My boyfriend might propose. Nursing is so unfair about holidays....
  5. Disgusting job but still keeping a smile

    Oh I don't know. Haven't you ever had a patient you've been working with forever finally get "unstuck" as it were? Or maybe she has receive a compliment. I was drowning last week in paperwork,...
  6. Disgusting job but still keeping a smile

    LOL I don't have to been there done wore the
  7. Disgusting job but still keeping a smile

    I hope its pudding but I doubt
  8. Waste of Time Complaint against me

    "Now I have on my personnel file a complaint of harassment." Oh please Lord in Heaven save us from such idiots. Please come with in my unit. We need a sunny can do person like you to balance some of...
  9. Some of ya'll should write your stories or at least blog. I would love to hear how police officers become nurses or soliders or engineers or whatever. I actually see aspects of nursing in many...
  10. ADD/ ADHD nurses- which units do you prefer?

    I'm a space cadet; ADD without the H. I work Level 2 Nursery and NICU. I find that it's easier to focus on the 1-3 babies and families than a wingful as I did in Med-Surg. And if something "intense"...
  11. My two least favorite words

    "Code
  12. Stop the bullying

    I agree Phlavyah and as for management well its it's own kind of bully. Not individually necessarily but as an organic system (remember abnormal psych?). They bully us with staffing, money, resources,...
  13. Have you seen this
  14. Do you push Fentanyl on the floor?

    Doesn't pushing Fentanyl risk chest wall paralysis? I seem to remember this happening in the NICU. The baby was vented but had no chest rise. It was a tough couple of
  15. I need 50 ways to get out of my med surg job.

    What a great job you have. You could be such a great help to the floor nurses if you got over being bored and got your nose out of the computer. I'm sure there is more you could be doing if you just...
  16. Difficult familily members (VENT)

    Yeah a fuzzy round
  17. I work in NICU/Level2 nursey so I never have more than 3 patients. My card is 4x6 index that I print our from Excel. Name: Resp : Nurtition: Labs: Meds: The other half of the card has times. This...
  18. Please turn off your cell phone, iPod, MP3 and any other such device. They mess with our monitors. I don't care what the pimpley teen from the cell phone store told you. Our IT guys say it does. And...
  19. Crappy Nurses Day

    The more things change the more they stay the same. My veiws on the "crappy" day are in last year's thread.
  20. My two least favorite words

    call
  21. My two least favorite words

    buget cuts belt tightening negative cashflow It's getting tight around
  22. Just being sad and venting a little bit.

    As someone once told me "Love is never wasted." good
  23. OP Do you think this is a nursing culture instead of Filippino culture misunderstanding? How about can we say "eating the young" ? It almost seems like you were primed for
  24. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    Some poor lady in this story lost her hand due to IV push Phenergan and now the Supreme court will decide if courts or the FDA can put warning label on drugs. Very interesting...
  25. Funny Names

    Well its starting Gray's Anatomy's names are here. I just sent home Ellis and Addison. girls. Mom said they were family names.