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  1. Decided to go back to the corporate world....

    SoundofMusic replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Your story is absolutely heartbreaking. Heartbreaking that nursing most likely lost a great potential nurse, and heartbreaking that this so-called "shortage" which they have been touting for...

  2. Autism and the Nurse Practitioner

    SoundofMusic replied to BJ_RichardsBSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not to mention the harm it would do to the general vaccine program. Honestly, I think the world would come to a stop, it would be so bad. There is a reason they cannot allow it to be known or fully...

  3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    SoundofMusic replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Family member, do you honestly just dream up things to Ask The Nurse all day, like during the times I'm not in the room. Because honestly, dude, I round every hour. Isn't every hour enough to ask a...

  4. Im am being harrassed at work possibly because of my race

    SoundofMusic replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I think that sometimes many minority people (whoever that may be, black or white), put an undue burden on themselves by perhaps thinking that "racism" has to do with their difficulties at work. Work...

  5. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    SoundofMusic replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sweet little old 80 year old lady (and above), where exactly DO you get the idea that you are to be waited on hand on foot, like a queen? I am in your room for 20 MINUTES every hour it seems helping...

  6. Finding a mentor

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been in nsg one year now, and I'm ready to figure out what to do next, to make plans for the future. I am ok with nursing, am reasonable successful at it, and feel I'd like to advance somehow....

  7. Talk to me about becoming a NP

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So, what it is like? Is it horribly time consuming? There is a program in my area that can be done in 3 years, part time. I also hear it's got a TON of clinical time, like 700 hours worth. How...

  8. Autism and the Nurse Practitioner

    SoundofMusic replied to BJ_RichardsBSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi there -- was really interested in your post. I am a nurse also and thinking of becoming a NP, and also have a 7 year old son with PDD-NOS. We have gone the DAN route with a lot of success, but now...

  9. Starting over at 50

    SoundofMusic replied to kolaone's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say to do it if you feel you really have the passion for it. I advise ANYBODY to be a tech for a while, even for 3 months if you can, to see what it's really like. I started at 44 and am 46 now....

  10. Finding a mentor

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I guess the answer to getting off the floor is graduate school. I'm not at all worried about my age in terms of going -- Just flabbergasted at how the managers were just so unencouraging. I mean...

  11. ACLS question

    SoundofMusic replied to RNMeg's topic in General Nursing

    I took it about six months into the job, and found it invaluable. I wish I'd taken it before, but the truth is, I would have had absolute nothing to apply it to. I was scary, though, to work on the...

  12. How do you command respect at work?

    SoundofMusic replied to Sonia,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think also, in addition to all of the above, as a newer nurse, I've really had to call others on their disrespectful behavior. I have had to speak up. I use "I" messages, don't attack them, just...

  13. 2 patients requested not to have me back

    SoundofMusic replied to december2905's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I honestly wouldn't feel bad at all. LIke someone said, you will care for literally hundreds of folks in your lifetime, so 2 out of all of them isn't so bad. I know not all have liked me so much. I...

  14. women working with women, why its so hard

    SoundofMusic replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Well, on our unit, I can think of only ONE male nurse who will get off his behind to help out when things get tough. The rest of them seem to love to aggregate and congregate in the nurses station and...

  15. Considering Nursing School at 52

    SoundofMusic replied to LuvLife845's topic in General Nursing

    Totally go for it. You'll be 53 anyway if you decide not to do it -- so do it. Word of advice, though -- keep your fitness level high. I'm 46 this year and only regret that I cannot get my extra...

  16. Weaker nurses at night?

    SoundofMusic replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hiding from the law . ...now that's a funny one. I'll have to pass that one on to some of my fellow night shift workers . . . they'll surely get a

  17. Weaker nurses at night?

    SoundofMusic replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess that might be a common misconception, but it's definitely not true on our unit. Our night nurses are as "strong" or stronger than many of our dayshift. Ours just prefers to work nights to get...

  18. Patients and their crazy requests

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    These past few weeks have just been silly with patients. One lady acutally asked me to use her tweezers and pull out any stray chin hairs that she might find in her magnifying mirror she'd brought to...

  19. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    SoundofMusic replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Well, let me retract my last statement. I just wish family visits could be limited, say, to an 8 hr period per day or less. And the number of visitors -- defintely should be limited. I feel the noise...

  20. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    SoundofMusic replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Family members, first and foremost. Rude ones, demanding ones, those who are in the medical field and are arrogant and demanding to you as a nurse, those who treat you like a servant, those who...

  21. Patients and their crazy requests

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    i had to laugh at this. yes, chin hairs can be a problem for some women. they're a problem for me, actually, also. but they are definitely not a medical problem. they are a cosmetic problem. as a...

  22. How was Nurses Week celebrated at your Facility

    SoundofMusic replied to HIPPIECHIKRN's topic in General Nursing

    We got the cheap plastic water bottles made in China. Last year it was a nice canvas bag, but the gift was downgraded supposedly due to all the losses the hospital has taken in the bad economy....

  23. Patient Satisfaction: Where Does it Start?

    SoundofMusic replied to dRkazN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I just don't get the importance of it. It's not like we have an endless number of hospitals from which they can choose. I mean -- if they're dissatisfied, perhaps they could learn to do...

  24. Relatively new nurse- unhappy and unsure with job. anyone else?

    SoundofMusic replied to roadrunner25's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You must work where I do. This is ALL our manager cares about. That's it. They were good the past couple of months and it's all she talked about. That and paperwork. I mean -- nice gal, but it just...

  25. Life is too short to be this stressed

    SoundofMusic replied to missninaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just find it all so absolutely and utterly ridiculous. Take intelligent people who work hard, strove hard to complete nursing school, are educated and probably among the cream of the crop in society...