OriginalWmn

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  1. Just frustrated at poor attitudes in the general public.

    OriginalWmn replied to movealong's topic in General Nursing

    I get frustrated with it, too, and I haven't been doing this for a lifetime. Some days it just feels like it. LOL! I don't know what to tell you except that there are just some people you can't...

  2. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    OriginalWmn replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

    In response to the HIV concern. If you are stuck with a needle from an HIV infected person the chances of infection are Also, most hospitals use "needleless" systems so your chances of even being...

  3. Is it true that it is extremely difficult for a nurse to become a doctor?

    OriginalWmn replied to rhp123's topic in General Nursing

    Hi rhp123, Don't know if this helps you out but I knew a friend of a friend who applied to CRNA and med school. She got into med school and NOT CRNA school. That still cracks me up! She's doing her...

  4. I hate it when people say this...

    OriginalWmn replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school I had a friend say "I could never be a nurse. I couldn't work that hard!" Little did I know how right she was about the hard work

  5. young female docs

    OriginalWmn replied to youngfemaledoc's topic in General Nursing

    I am a female nurse and I probably get mistaken for the MD about once a month or so. Of course I work in peds where most of the residents are female. I had a mother of a pt come to the desk and tell...

  6. ancient practices

    OriginalWmn replied to etmx5313's topic in General Nursing

    They're still doing it old school where I am on contract right now. Count q shift and anytime someone leaves must count, ie, someone coming in extra 4 or 8 hrs to help out. Really miss pyxis....

  7. tropical vacations

    OriginalWmn replied to robynrn2b's topic in General Nursing

    If you're on the east coast Jamaica can be a good buy. Went to Runaway Bay this summer and it was beautiful. Very quiet and relaxing. Have fun on your

  8. Flu epidemic?

    OriginalWmn replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    The ED at the hospital where I work (Children's Hospital) was on mass casualty alert (but no accident/mass casualty) for 120 kids in ED mostly with flu. People are really flipping out with the deaths...

  9. Does anyone have Admission Nurses?

    OriginalWmn replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked at Denver Children's there was an admit nurse from 7a-10p. Very nice for those change of shift

  10. Nurses are not Doctors

    OriginalWmn replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Plato, You seem to be conveniently forgetting that Luke, a physician, wrote one of the gospels and there are metaphors in the bible where Christ calls himself a "physician" and sinners the "sick". It...

  11. What do you think?............

    OriginalWmn replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    In my 3 years of nursing I've had a few run-ins with docs. Usually surgical residents. One went so far as to ask me for my name. I won't go into the whole scenario, but he had been insufferably...