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  1. New Grad with no experience feels like being discriminated

    pinksugar replied to strawberrypie's topic in General Nursing

    This is why whenever I have a student nurse with me I always encourage them to get a job as a tech or even better, a nurse extern. You will get wonderful experience - during my externship I worked 24...

  2. does anyone regret becoming a nurse?

    pinksugar replied to CC999's topic in General Nursing

    Nah. A job is a job, and this one pays well and has good

  3. Students in Delivery Room

    pinksugar replied to cali_rusk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am also expecting my first baby in March and I am adamant about having no students in my room - both docs and nurses. I want as few medical personnel there as possible. I am very nervous about this...

  4. Can the doctor refuse to see a patient?

    pinksugar replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    They sure can. I have seen plenty of doctors refuse to keep treating continually non-compliant

  5. Do Nurses Get Vacations Every Year

    pinksugar replied to CanCan's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely, if they choose to take them. I take several week long vacations per year (4-5,

  6. associates in nursing is pointless

    pinksugar replied to kkia123's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that an associate's degree is pointless. I'm making bank with mine. It isn't that you are an ASN prepared nurse, it is that the economy stinks and you are a new grad. New grads are...

  7. How would you handle this?

    pinksugar replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, they should have apologized to you for exposing themselves in

  8. I'm guilty. It's about the condom catheter

    pinksugar replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! I don't blame you one bit for doing that. It is time that some of these patients realized that we are not their maids or

  9. Fighting mandate regarding flu vaccines

    pinksugar replied to Blessedx3's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, that certainly settles it. Every single health care worker in this country should be vaccinated because your husband is a chronic lung patient and it would be a huge measure of reassurance for...

  10. How do you feel about this?

    pinksugar replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    WTH!! That is WRONG! Can you imagine being a poor diabetic patient or NPO and being subjected to the smell of delicious fresh baked cookies for your entire hospital stay? That is so freaking rude!! I...

  11. Medicare cuts affecting Nursing homes

    pinksugar replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah, that really stinks for nurses, and for the patients/residents, too. If all of the nursing homes close up, where will these poor old people go? What if they have no family available to care for...

  12. Pain is not a "vital sign"

    pinksugar replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Very few folks here have stated that pain is unimportant. Just because some of us don't think that pain is a vital sign doesn't mean that our patients' pain is not assessed and treated. I don't know...

  13. In what department do you not wipe the backside?

    pinksugar replied to mirgadia05's topic in General Nursing

    Well, definitely stay away from ICU. I think an ICU nurse probably cleans poop everyday - if one of his/her own patients didn't poop that shift, then he/she is probably helping another nurse clean...

  14. Pain is not a "vital sign"

    pinksugar replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that pain is not a vital sign, and I also agree that pain is whatever the patient says it is. However, I do not need to hand out narcotics like candy every single time that a patient says they...

  15. "Becoming a Doctor is like, 100 times harder than becoming a nurse".

    pinksugar replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Meh. I would take a comment like that with a grain of salt. FTR, I have met plenty of moronic doctors - I will never forget the time that one of the patients coded and we asked one of the residents to...

  16. I Wish I was a Real Nurse not a LPN

    pinksugar replied to Nure Emi's topic in General Nursing

    Without a doubt, some of the best nurses I have had the pleasure of meeting have been LPNs. I have said it before, and I'll say it again - many of those LPN's can nurse circles around little old RN...

  17. ICU nurses attitude toward med-surg nurses

    pinksugar replied to smallboat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I totally agree with Meandragonbrett. I have never worked at a hospital that required ICU nurses to float to med-surg. To be honest with you, I would flat out refuse as well. I only take care of...

  18. Nobody answers the floor phones

    pinksugar replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the hospital is cutting hours for their unit secretaries ... that is what mine is doing, anyway. Sometimes nurses can't get to the phone - there is no way that I am excusing myself from a...

  19. Another nurse got fired because of me.

    pinksugar replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Not Ruby here, but no, I don't automatically report med errors to the supervisor. Technically you would be supposed to report a nurse for giving a med one minute late. That is just silly. You are a...

  20. Another nurse got fired because of me.

    pinksugar replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    No, it shouldn't be, but the nurse was fired. You can do whatever you want. I wouldn't trust a nurse that would be so quick to write-up a co-worker for such a minor infraction. No harm came to the...

  21. Looking down upon LTC nurses?

    pinksugar replied to vicki429's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I have heard that before too, and I think it is ridiculous! LTC nurses deserve admiration, IMO! I don't know how they walk into work everyday and do their jobs taking care of so many

  22. Another nurse got fired because of me.

    pinksugar replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I don't think I would have written that up. That being said, I find it hard to believe that the nurse was fired over just this one incident you describe. You stated it was a resident, so I...

  23. Sick of NURSES who say they HATE NURSING!! Another Vent

    pinksugar replied to SDA3694's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. I never said I was rude to patients or co-workers, or that it was okay to be rude to patients or co-workers. Some of the students and new grads here are in for a rude awakening. Don't take my...

  24. Is a No Call No show abandonment?

    pinksugar replied to madasluv's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In order to abandon a patient you have to accept report first. The other posters are spot on - you will be surprised how small the medical community is. I work in a very large urban area and everyone...

  25. Sick of NURSES who say they HATE NURSING!! Another Vent

    pinksugar replied to SDA3694's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Dream'n. It is really irritating to those of us here who are already nurses (and I don't mean a new grad that hasn't even had their own patient load yet) that so many feel that those that...