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  1. Support Tech Fired for Faking......

    pinksugar replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    If she wasn't able to get all of the vital signs she should have said so. That is much better than making them up and putting the innocent patients' lives in danger. I hope she doesn't get her job...

  2. Mental health days...

    pinksugar replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, I sure don't feel bad and neither should you. Hugs to you and your

  3. Nurses Smoking

    pinksugar replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    I also have to add that it doesn't matter if the nurse smokes or not, because the dangers of smoking are HIGHLY PUBLICIZED and have been for years. Unless the patient has been living under a rock...

  4. Nurses Smoking

    pinksugar replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    Meh, who cares? Nurses can do whatever they want, just like everyone else. I personally cannot stand smoking, but I get so fed up with this idea that nurses are supposed to be beacons of health...

  5. Nurse Privacy Rights

    pinksugar replied to sweetmuffin48's topic in General Nursing

    Another dumb idea, courtesy of management.

  6. Patient Died from Med Allergy

    pinksugar replied to NewRN08's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, honey. I have yet to meet a perfect human being. We all make mistakes. There but for the grace of God go I. I also missed an allergy yesterday - the patient was allergic to paper tape. It gave him...

  7. 6 months on night, my beauty suffers

    pinksugar replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    When I was on nights my acne was so bad that I ended up getting 2 topical dermatologist-prescribed creams AND antibiotics for 6 months. Those medicines did work. I did go back on days, though, and I...

  8. Overtime I didn't sign up for

    pinksugar replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    You have nothing to feel bad about. In fact, management should be apologizing to you for harassing you on your day off and they should be working hard to find out who signed you up without your...

  9. ? Why are people saying that nursing is tough? i dont understand whats so hard about

    pinksugar replied to Jelet's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Uh, no. I have never treated a little injury, actually. The last patient I took care of was a young man in his late 20's. He had congenital kidney problems and was in acute renal failure,...

  10. Patient request you not take care of them?

    pinksugar replied to Cambria1023's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had a patient that has made that request. However, there have been a few patients that I have requested to 'give away' if I had taken care of them the night before, and I have also had a...

  11. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    pinksugar replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    Who cares? People are always so concerned with everyone else's business. As long as they aren't impaired while taking care of patients it doesn't matter. DA314, contrary to what you may think I am not...

  12. Family initiated MET/rapid response?

    pinksugar replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Just another reason to leave the bedside as soon as

  13. Calling out sick

    pinksugar replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't call out sick so much if my employer paid out my sick time. They will pay out vacation time, but not sick. My sick time is part of my benefits package - part of my salary - and I am...

  14. Grades don't matter!

    pinksugar replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect Kalipso, have you actually read any of the posts that I have made on this thread in their entirety? I would like you to point out one place where I stated that a C student is...

  15. Fired, need advice.

    pinksugar replied to JohnBearPA's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what a bunch of jerks. People wonder why there is a nursing shortage. I wish I had some advice, but I don't, so I will offer support. I am sorry you are going through the sad loss of a loved one...

  16. Grades don't matter!

    pinksugar replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    I might be missing them, but I really don't see any posts on here that are bashing the C students. If there is, I don't agree with them. I think that a student should be proud of a hard-earned C. In...

  17. Grades don't matter!

    pinksugar replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    Rock on. I often get frustrated with these discussions. They always end with the C students 'swinging' at the A students. I did very well in school. That is something that I did FOR ME. I didn't do it...

  18. Grades don't matter!

    pinksugar replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    True. ITA. I went to school with plenty of students that got C's that I knew would be excellent clinicians - people that I would WANT taking care of me and my family. I agree that A students do not...

  19. Night shift: does it make you sick?

    pinksugar replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    I just switched from night shift back to day shift. I had all of the problems you described, with the most distressing being the tachycardia (my regular rate is 68-72, was 110-120). The only...

  20. money money money!!!!

    pinksugar replied to moneyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Wish in one hand and poo in the other and see which one fills up faster.:chuckle Seriously, chances are you won't be making that kind of money as a nurse. If you do find a job making that, be sure to...

  21. Nurse calls in because of herpes outbreak

    pinksugar replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read the whole thread, but I firmly believe that an outbreak of genital herpes is a valid reason for calling out sick. From what I understand herpes is uncomfortable and painful. If I was in...

  22. tracking nursing movements

    pinksugar replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

    Great post, Kashia. I don't appreciate the implication that those that don't want to be spied on by their employers don't do their jobs, or take breaks that are too long. The more power we give people...

  23. tracking nursing movements

    pinksugar replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing jobs are a dime a dozen. Why anyone would put up with this - legal or not - is beyond me. I agree with the poster that mentioned Big Brother. Anyone ever read 1984? I don't care for this idea...

  24. tracking nursing movements

    pinksugar replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Oramar, too. It is amazing to me that people bother to do nursing at all sometimes. I don't hear about this happening to other people at their non-nursing jobs. I would quit that job,...

  25. "I don't have AIDS"

    pinksugar replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest with you RacingMom I don't really trust that our housekeeping staff does that good of a job. I don't touch anything in the rooms without gloves unless I personally sanitized the surfaces...