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  1. 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

    Dude, let me tell you -- you are ONE cranky old man. Yes, we "forgot" your breakfast, and for that, I apologized up and down and sideways, even ran to the basement to personally see to it you got a...

  2. After a year, it seems the managers ignore me

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    ROFL!!! Yeah, I guess I'm just a semi-grown up cat now. I do get the occasional squirt, but not often. Just wish I could get a little catnip once in a while, LOL. Seriously, though -- our unit has...

  3. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    SoundofMusic replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    I usually get lunch every day, but on day shift, I have to track down someone to watch my patients. Now granted, we all try to get our pts to a point where they are "OK" for 30 mins so the nurse...

  4. And now . ..a few observations about CNA's -- from a nurse on the floor.

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Many of you are great, dedicated employees. I know you work HARD. Yours is a physical job, and I've done it myself a few times, and I was exhausted. I see how you are pulled constantly, not only to do...

  5. And now . ..a few observations about CNA's -- from a nurse on the floor.

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    One other note to techs -- I thank many of you also, for helping me get through the day. We share many laughs, and you are the light hearted person I can gripe with often -- because many of my...

  6. Tips for New Interns: How To Get Along With The Nurse

    SoundofMusic replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    All I ask is this -- don't just breeze in, write a few orders and a sloppy note I can't read and say NOTHING to me -- try checking in a bit with me -- the nurse who is with the pt. for an entire 12...

  7. Changing from adult to ped nursing??

    SoundofMusic replied to ACRN06's topic in Pediatric

    I'm sort of in the same boat. Really liked my pediatric rotation, but just ended up in that stream that flowed to adult nursing. Now I'm craving a change, and am also interested in a future either in...

  8. My unit is going down the tubes...

    SoundofMusic replied to whipping girl in 07's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit, although it sounds quite different, has layed off so many experienced travelers that one day we all just woke up and looked around and realized that almost everyone has less than 3 years...

  9. Almost at the year mark, and still unsure...

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

    June 1st will be a year for me also, off orientation. I don't regret doing it, because it's really helping me pay bills and it should lead to better things and pathways in the future -- but I'm just...

  10. stressed..other nursing options??

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

    Yes, I could have written your post at that point -- just about to go off orientation. I remember my stress level being palpable. I guess all I ever did about it was that I just kept coming back,...

  11. What Happened To The Nursing Profession?

    SoundofMusic replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    Well, let's see. In nursing school, we started with bed baths, then moved to, uh, hand washing. Then it was an entire week spent on vital signs and the corresponding "check outs" where they round you...

  12. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    SoundofMusic replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say mine again -- because it's the bane of my existence lately at work -- pet peeeve is nurses who do a LOUSY job of passing report and checking off their charts. Forgetting to mention the...

  13. 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

    Dude, don't you even want to put on your shoes? (What I actually DID ask my oxycontin addicted sweetheart as he slipped out of our hospital AMA two nights ago -- sans shoes. He said he was taking a...

  14. help, short staffed, at wits end

    SoundofMusic replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I can agree with this nurse as I'm seeing the exact same thing at our hospital. Sorry, we're short staffed, but we aren't doing any new hiring and you should probably just be glad you have a...

  15. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    SoundofMusic replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Whew -- I found out what it was TODAY -- nurses who do NOT check off their orders and leave early at the end of the shift, and who give lousy report to boot. I had one do this this a.m., and it made...

  16. 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

    I have no idea where your doctor is at this moment, and No, I cannot "get him on the phone" for you to complain about your minor "back spasms" you all of a sudden decided you have in addition to the...

  17. 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

    Can you tell me, please, WHY so you so hyper-focused on your bowels? I mean -- at some point, you're going to poop. It just can't go on forever. I know that when I'm in the hospital, I wouldn't want...

  18. Nursing as a career change

    SoundofMusic replied to rnckr's topic in General Nursing

    What sort of questions do you have? I changed careers into nursing myself -- let me know what you "need to know" and I'd be happy to answer what I

  19. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    SoundofMusic replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

    I thank the ones that deserve thanking -- and may not thank those who seemed to sit a lot all night while I filled water pitchers and brought in sheets, blankets, boxes of tissues, etc. We work as...

  20. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    SoundofMusic replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I for one, can't stand it. I had no idea it was this bad, or I would have turned around and RUN out of my nursing school classes. Our manager could care LESS about how these patients are doing...

  21. Starting to hate nursing...and only doing it for 3 months!!

    SoundofMusic replied to nursemissy8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd get out of that ICU and take a step back to a med surg floor, or some other med surg type unit where expectations aren't quite so high. I might also think of moving to another hospital since you...

  22. Care Plans - What does the Experienced Nurse Think of Them?

    SoundofMusic replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I don't do them formally, just do them in my head, basically every day with every patient. I look at the drugs they're on, and why -- the labs we're doing, and why; the orders, and why each of them...

  23. Nurse reality show

    SoundofMusic replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I'd like to see a show that focused on the negative behavior of the patients, more than anything. Yes, nursing is tough -- but what truly makes it tough? It's the obnoxious behavior of the...

  24. Nurse reality show

    SoundofMusic replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    I love SCRUBS, but I hate it when I see the docs setting up IV's -- has anyone EVER seen a dr do this? I'd fall over dead myself if I saw such a thing. There are so many cool plots one could use for...

  25. What tricks do you use to make your day more bearable?

    SoundofMusic replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    After a year in my job, I think I have just identified those I can laugh and joke with, be crazy around, and generally those who just don't take themselves or the job so seriously. I mean -- they take...