FireStarterRN BSN, RN

LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele

Member

  • Content

    3,824

  • Visitors

    26,140

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    38

All Content by FireStarterRN

  1. FireStarterRN

    Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    FireStarterRN replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    How about if Fox news did a program on whether visitors to hospitals ought to be contaminating patients after going to
  2. FireStarterRN

    Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    FireStarterRN replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    Probably everyone with MRSA got it at the store from that disgustingly filthy money. Maybe the store personnel ought to be gowning, gloving and
  3. FireStarterRN

    Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    FireStarterRN replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I will wear scrubs to the store, for Christ's sake! Let's get a grip here! Next thing the public will demand is that nurses wear contact isolation garb everywhere. We and our families can live...
  4. FireStarterRN

    Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    FireStarterRN replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    Another Foxs news program contributing to public hysteria and paranoia When will the media start behaving
  5. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I guess I basically see not much different between self-medicating with alcohol for anxiety and taking benzos on a daily basis. In both cases your body starts to crave it, you develop an increasing...
  6. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ha ha. Well, to me, allnurses IS my xanax. It's a habit forming crutch I use to deal with the stress of real
  7. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My sons panic attacks were life changing, and even caused a rift between us which thankfully is now thawing. So, this is a really personal issue for me. He felt that the medication that was prescribed...
  8. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    One good rule for posting on internet forums, where people give a variety of opinions, is to not assume that comments are personally directed at you. I've never met you, know nothing about you, so...
  9. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Uh, I did mention early in the thread that I once had a xanax prescription, so yes, I've suffered anxiety. I don't think it's a joking matter, personally. One of my adult children has panic attacks....
  10. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think 2 xanax a day is a concerning habit. Just my but I don't think that level of anxiety is a joking
  11. FireStarterRN

    What color should a nurse wear?

    FireStarterRN replied to PE-RN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    At my facility the RNs and LPNs wear navy blue and the techs wear maroon. I like navy blue, it's crisp and professional looking. I like the fact that all nurses are easily identifiable so when I'm in...
  12. FireStarterRN

    Is it okay to dress like a "nurse"?

    FireStarterRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    What has happened in our society that a modest, old fashioned nursing uniform might be questioned as inappropriate? Have we gone that far down the
  13. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No offense, but I find this post concerning. Xanax is processed through the liver, and is habit forming. You develop a tolerance for it, I was
  14. FireStarterRN

    Dreadlocks?

    FireStarterRN replied to tabatheena's topic in Indiana Nursing

  15. FireStarterRN

    Helping out those on the Dark Side

    FireStarterRN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I think it makes us look childish when we talk like that. We're all adults, if we talk and act that way around physicians, then we'll get taken more seriously. If we talk and act like they are...
  16. FireStarterRN

    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I used to have a prescription just like Sue's, I used it once a week or so, but never at work. I had found myself wanting something to help me unwind in the evening or to take before flying or going...
  17. FireStarterRN

    Dreadlocks?

    FireStarterRN replied to tabatheena's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I agree with BabyLady. For people with nappy hair, dreadlocks look like just another hairstyle. For White folk it makes them look like a urine drug screen would most definitely be positive for
  18. FireStarterRN

    Helping out those on the Dark Side

    FireStarterRN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't want people to look for the worst, then maybe it would have been better to phrase your title "Collaborating with Physicians" or "Do physicians value your input?" instead of implying in...
  19. FireStarterRN

    Helping out those on the Dark Side

    FireStarterRN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    That's seems to be a dim view of some very fine people who work long hours, after putting in years and years getting educated. I guess I don't get the whole doctors are our adversaries point of view....
  20. FireStarterRN

    GLBT Nurses

    FireStarterRN replied to janedoe20's topic in General Nursing

    Are you in a BSN program? Just curious. Good luck in
  21. FireStarterRN

    Dreadlocks?

    FireStarterRN replied to tabatheena's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Probably it depends on the region that you live in. What's okay in San Francisco could very well go over like a ton of bricks in
  22. FireStarterRN

    Helping out those on the Dark Side

    FireStarterRN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not understanding what the dark side is. Are you saying that the physicians with whom we work are on 'the dark
  23. FireStarterRN

    when co-workers throw each other under the bus

    FireStarterRN replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse manager can be like being a teacher or a parent. It's a fine balance to not encourage tattletales yet still keep on top of real problems that definitely need follow up. Some managers...
  24. FireStarterRN

    I think we missed the signs and my pt died because of it

    FireStarterRN replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    Sorry about the double post, the site is having glitches today. The quick reply box won't seem to be working with an hour glass showing, but then it turns out it has
  25. FireStarterRN

    I think we missed the signs and my pt died because of it

    FireStarterRN replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    You are correct, the nurse really dropped the ball on this one, from your account. You, however, are a student. You did the right thing by reporting your findings to both your instructor and the...