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  1. awaiting exam results

    Just to let you guys know i found out today that i passed.............WEHEY Congrats!!!! :yeah:
  2. Calling All Ph Nurses

    Ok, So I have been offered a job with PH, I wanna hear from you PH nurses, do you like your job, what do you do? How long have you done it? What are the pros and cons? Any info. help.
  3. Be careful where you use Viagara!

    andylane, where have you been, have not seen you around. I have missed your posts. I myself have been away for a bit. good to see your smiling face.
  4. What is YOUR answer????

    :chuckle and:confused: huh?
  5. Vent

    Nurse Ratched, Can I use this quote in my sig? I just love that statement. ((((((Tweety)))))) So sorry you are having to deal with the emotions that go with this type of behavior, hope it all works out well.:kiss
  6. Any regrets?

    just my two cents, go for it!!!!!! I was in the same situation, however my program offered, CNA to LPN, to ADN then BSN. I ended up being a single parent first semester into the LPN, so finished the RN program because of circumstance, no regrets, b...
  7. Popular Baby Names

    I love the name Kathryn for a girl. Have never thought of having another son, but I like the name Isaiah. My childrens names are Charles Johnathon Rebekah Elizabeth and Danie...
  8. I'm almost ready for fall

    Hey Rusty, Me too!!! on the snow issue, I traveled south to Las Cruces on the weekend, and Caballo lake, is about all gone, sad, the drought we have experienced, I was also in Alb, this weekend and it rained the entire trip home, it saddens me that...
  9. Introductions

    hi, rosienurse Have you applied at the new hospital in Las Cruces? I hear great things about the place as far as pt care. Don't know anyone there directly, does Alamogordo have a hospital? I have had the honor of working clinic with two midwives, ...
  10. Introductions

    Any Colorado nurses out there know an instructor by the name of Miss "V". If you do and survived the training, you and I have something in common. I left Colorado in 1992. But go back about three times a year to see family. I guess, I can still sa...
  11. Introductions

    Hello, It's me Ursula, I live in the great city of Truth or Consequences, I work with DOH in nursing education/staff development. I have been a nurse since 1992. I am sad lately:o because I was really in hope of attending the get-together in Las Veg...
  12. Things that make you go "EEEWWW"

    I have heard it said, that green chili, tastes just as good coming up as it did going down, any one with experience here. hee hee:chuckle
  13. aggressive behavior

    It's often difficult to know exactly what to "subject" the message in order to get the most views, and therefore, get some feedback. If you are reading this, hopefully you have experience with patients/clients/residents with aggressive behavior. Here...
  14. aggressive behavior

    I will certainly suggest this an option, still am looking for *other* options, however, still don't know what they might be. Maybe I am not being realistic?, can always think outside the box.
  15. aggressive behavior

  16. aggressive behavior

    I work in a LTC facility, and the aggression is not necessarily dementia related. I am having a difficult time convincing the staff that the color thing is a bit odd, and how it is a dignity issue, They just don't get it!!!! Assessments are in place...
  17. aggressive behavior

    Bumping this up, hopefully to get more feedback.
  18. aggressive behavior

    The facility I work in is proposing that certain residents be identified as potentially aggressive, (along with diagnosis of course)and are suggesting that these residents be identified with a color. (not necessarily clothing.) I suggested we follow...
  19. aggressive behavior

    Thanks, Nurse Ratched Other than report, is there anything that identifies the patient? What would you think for example if all patients who were on AP's had blue shirts, and all patients on SP's had yellow shirts, and those patients on EP's had red...
  20. Nursing burnout and what to do?

    Hi Amy, I hear you saying alot of things here. First the burnout. burnout does not mean you have to leave your job, it may mean you need to take a break from the situation, oncology can be stressful in itself, giving so much emotion, in addition to ...
  21. What is your passion?

  22. Bizarre Reactions to Death

    Jeannie, This brought back memories of my own fathers' passing. one difference, I have 9 sisters and 7 brothers, I am the "baby". anyway, terminal CA, still hard to accept when it happens. I take matters under control, I sometimes think I was expec...
  23. A CNA snatched meds from me.

  24. Holy Moly!!!!

    I'm at the bank today, and one of the tellers whispers to me that one of the other tellers is having cp and numbness and tingling L arm. teller is about 40 y/o/w/f,smoker. So we talk, and after she explains her sx's and other meds she takes, I advi...
  25. A CNA snatched meds from me.