EmmaG RN

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  1. EmmaG

    Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    EmmaG replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    If I were suddenly 18 now, possessing all the knowledge of nursing I've gleaned over the years and trying to decide what to do with my life, no. Never. But if I were to travel back in time, living...
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    Why does everyone in healthcare not like their jobs?

    EmmaG replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    When it's just me caring for my patients, I'm a happy camper. Otherwise, AU-RN pretty much nailed
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    Need advice

    EmmaG replied to SirkisPink's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Surgery, I
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    LOLIt's like a black hole... just keeps sucking me back
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    Nursing Supervisors=Telemarketers

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I don't expect a NM to work the floor. That is not their job. Second, I'll be damned if I will feel "guilty" for refusing to work on my days off. As long as administration knows that...
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    ah never mind... don't really care
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    Nursing Supervisors=Telemarketers

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    As night charge, it was my job. Supervisors rarely if ever made these calls. I hated waking people up early in the morning, but I never harassed or coerced, simply asked. I'd sometimes try to make a...
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    Nursing Supervisors=Telemarketers

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Get this. You won't regret it. Best $3/month I've ever
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    The answer is
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    flunking out of nursing school

    EmmaG replied to illbeanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was accepted into a diploma program back in '79-80. The school prided itself on its tough, bad-ass reputation. The instructors made it clear from day one that they did NOT like having married...
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Confusing, isn't it. I was looking at it as an intermittent feed, since it said q 12 hours. That's why I've asked a few times over how many hours was this supposed to run. The 10-hour thing was what I...
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    Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    EmmaG replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I see. We just don't know any better. How utterly arrogant and patronizing. NancyNurse was dead on. Oh. My. God. You're one of them. Ok. I'll play along. Nothing good on TV anyway. Martial...
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    Is this inappropriate?

    EmmaG replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    When it comes to a possible HIPAA offense, they must take action. These lines were set up for just this kind of
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    question on administering OTC meds

    EmmaG replied to timpanzee's topic in Patient Medications

    Visitors? No way. Co-workers? If they ask, I'll give them some of my own advil or
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    Now what? HELP!

    EmmaG replied to Aimee03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is a job, not indentured servitude. If you want to quit, then
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    Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    EmmaG replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sick and tired of hearing the excuse that these people are acting this way because they're ill and stressed. And I wish like hell nursing instructors would stop drumming this crap into students'...
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    Is this inappropriate?

    EmmaG replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. If the OP is concerned about this, she can always phone an anonymous complaint to the hospital's corporate compliance
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    Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

    EmmaG replied to blondeern's topic in General Nursing

    I'd feel guilty if others became ill because I suffered the delusion I was too indispensable to call out
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    A little insight....... (long sorry)

    EmmaG replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, you did the right thing. No, I wouldn't have given the Ativan. Yes, the "doctor" was an idiot. (and idiots like this are why I HATE teaching
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    S/S of molding in elderly? Anyone?

    EmmaG replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No way!And yes, that really is what I thought they were singing http://www.shandygaff.com/wavs/brick.wav
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. My point is, if I'd followed her, I'd have called to get this clarified too. I would love to know what the order actually says,
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I know, but I could swear in the post before it was edited she said that she'd added another 200. I know for sure she said she may have missed the pump beeping empty between 5-7 as she was...
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I see the OP edited the initial post for clarity. It helped a little, I guess, but I'm sorry no one had quoted the original because I could swear she said she started what was already hanging...
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    Some nurses make you sick!!!

    EmmaG replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    now you've really confused me. you said 600 cc q 12 hours. to me, that means it isn't running continuously, but over a set period of time twice a day. so if that is the case, why would she start it...
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    Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    EmmaG replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    i got a .... calculator!