beautifulb

beautifulb

Member
  • Content

    237
  • Visitors

    4,971
  • Followers

    0
  • Likes

    0

All Content by beautifulb

  1. I need to get in shape!! My husband and I were just watching an infomercial for Turbo Jam. Their clients that have used it has had wonderul results - 6-pack abs, down many dress sizes, inches,...
  2. rhode island hospital

    Hi ~ I don't know if you are working there now as this thread is a few months old, but I worked there as a traveler around 4 yrs ago. I liked RIH because it was a teaching hospital and the interns...
  3. I can't remember when work was so bad. It feels like things are just going so wrong that I don't even want to go in anymore. It first started a couple weeks ago, during the night shift, when my CNA...
  4. Where were u 9/11/01?

    I went to a wedding that weekend in Boston and took a flight back to North Carolina on Monday September 10th, just in time for my 7pm-7am shift at the hospital. I came home exhausted after my shift...
  5. I freaked out

    I totally freaked out at work the other day. It was extremely inappropriate and uncalled for. I am embarassed to go to work. The other morning, right during our 8am med pass ~ including all the...
  6. Help me choose a city by the water?

    Hi! I am from MA also! One of my most favorite places while I was a Travel Nurse was in Wilmington, NC. Beautiful, beautiful
  7. How can I say anything?

    I know, it is so hard to talk to someone about their weight. If the weight is due to overeating, it is so hard to change their weighs (oops, ways). Seriously though, if I have a pt. who is asking a...
  8. I freaked out

    Thank you everyone for your replies. I ended up getting canceled the next day (nothing to do with the outburst ~ hopefully...). Today I went into work to drop a few things off and I had my adorable...
  9. I freaked out

    Oops. I thought it was gen. nsg.
  10. I freaked out

    Well, yeah, I am exactly like that too, but since my show the other day, I am going to have to remember that it is not the janitors fault, but that floor polisher machine. Oh, Boy. Not looking...
  11. turn, cough and deep breathe

    If a pt is groggy then I will gently tell them that I am going to be repositioning them. While changing their position I tell them to take a nice, deep cough. If the I.S. is there then I will have...
  12. Halloween and Nursing

    Hee Hee!
  13. Nurses are not "allowed"

    I was just reading the reminiscing thread and one of the posts was stating something about how the nurses had to stand up when a DR. walked into the nursing station. Welll...Get this. We have a...
  14. Do you exercise on the days you work?

    I have oftened wondered--what is more important, sleep or exercise? I too would wake up early, exhausted, to exercise. I was losing sleep, but still exercised. Now, I wished I only had the desire...
  15. Andrea Yates R.N.

    It is interesting that sometimes mental disorders become more prevalent following a pregnancy. I feel that every mom or mom-to-be should be screened to see if they are at risk for ppd, especially...
  16. rules of injections

    In my 12 yrs. I have never done that, nor do I ever expect someone else to give what I have drawn up. Noone has ever asked me to either b/c it is just something that you don't
  17. Animal Cruelty ' Therapy'?

    One of my first jobs was working on a geri-psych unit. I found it to be very challenging to say the least. Definitely not a walk in the park. As for this boy, it sounds as if he is not going to end...
  18. Request for pain meds and then asleep

    If a pt. had asked me for a pain medication and then I left to prepare it (which at times could take 5mins or more) then go to the pt's room to find the pt. sleeping, I would gently shake the pt's...
  19. Make up...?

    How would the way that someone else looks affect you? I feel that I look more professional when I have make-up on. It is just a part of getting ready for work. It is pretty tempting but I bet a lot...
  20. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Yes! I read that book in the fifth grade ~ way too young to be reading that stuff ~ and since then I freak when I wake up at that time, which happens quite frequently. I blame that book on my...
  21. Dress Codes

    That is a good idea. I am in agreement that "kid-themed" scrubs should be saved for
  22. Hospitals/5 star amenities--what do you think?

    And regarding computers, we have a hard enough time getting ours to be serviced let alone the
  23. Hospitals/5 star amenities--what do you think?

    I can't imagine this! I think it is ridiculous. Many people feel that the hospital is a glorified hotel as it
  24. Dress Codes

    I don't understand why non-nursing personnel need to wear scrubs. I do agree that it can get confusing to the patients so why not just limit scrubs to
  25. Pregnant and terrified NICU nurse here...

    Gompers, first of all, congratulations! I understand your anxiety. You have valid reasons. While I was pregnant, I was a nervous wreck. I had to take several category c drugs and was petrified that...