KaroSnowQueen RN

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    I don't want surgery!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    My lap chole was outpatient, quick and easy. The discomfort was minimal, I had four little puncture wounds, and was back on the floor working 12 hour shifts within two weeks (but this was after...
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    medically fragile child in cold weather (cross-post)

    KaroSnowQueen replied to platinum_garb's topic in Pulmonary

    I can only answer from my gut instinct as a mother, and as a nurse. I would keep the kid home. Heck, I might keep my perfectly healthy kid home on a day like that. I would love to keep myself home on...
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    Are Transgendered nurses not liked?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to tmwhalens's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I am concerned, I wouldn't care about your transgenderedness as long as you look like the sex you identify with. That said, I worked with a woman whose husband dressed as a woman....
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    need advice from experienced lpn's

    KaroSnowQueen replied to deemarie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Stay where you are, and do some hospital or LTC per agency. If you're in an office/clinic setting with weekends and holidays off, you have no idea how fortunate you
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    Help...Need to choose between Dialysis or Long term care....

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Faith25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LTC, if you can avoid it, is not the place to be. Think too many patients, aides and nurses calling in, having to do two people's work with no reward. If I can at all avoid EVER going back to it, I...
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    "You take the BUS to work!"

    KaroSnowQueen replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My reply would be, "And this concerns you
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    Holiday Staffing Crisis- Hospital Setting

    KaroSnowQueen replied to WeekenderSims's topic in General Nursing

    I personally think your manager's idea stinks! When I worked the floor, our weekend staff worked 3 12's. Some were F,S,S and some worked S,S,M. There were three years in a row when the weekenders...
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    Will I have to retire at 65, or can I work longer?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to jallen5's topic in General Nursing

    I think as long as you are physically capable of doing your job, they can't force you out. If you want to work til 70, more power to you. :cheers:Me? I'm hoping I win the powerball next week and...
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    Does your hospital allow you to say "Merry Christmas"??

    KaroSnowQueen replied to VU RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    My dd worked at a Jewish hospital, and they could not have any Christmas decorations, or Christmas scrub tops. Not so much as one small poinsettia. They also did not have Hannukah decorations...
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    I failed a class- should I go to Pinning?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to nursemama12's topic in General Students

    Back in the day, my class didn't have a pinning ceremony. They handed it to us, in a box, along with our diploma at graduation. We did have a capping ceremony, which was waaaaaaaaaay before...
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    Kicked out of school for being pregnant!?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ibambamama's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I know this is an old post, but back in the old days (1983) my DON at school noticed my tummy and asked if I were pregnant. She told me I should not continue the next semester but drop out. She...
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    Reciprocity

    KaroSnowQueen replied to rnboysmom's topic in General Nursing

    No, this is NOT correct. If you want to get a New Jersey license and remain in New York, you may do that. You do NOT have to live in a state to be licensed there. You may have both a New Jersey AND a...
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    Math and I don't mix, should I consider something else?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to LittleJ's topic in General Students

    I am, not to be conceited, quite intelligent, but math is from another planet. I hate math classes, but I manage to retain enough of it to pass a class, then it is gone forever. I can do my times...
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    Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 1984. I had a cap, it was small, and had one navy blue stripe on it. Our pins were dark brass with a ornate edge and a Flo lamp in the middle, with the school name above & below...
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    Alternative to spanking

    KaroSnowQueen replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the child. My two year old granddaughter usually responds to a gentle "No, no, honey." My three year old grandson gets a time out and sometimes he gets a swat on the butt if he refuses...
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    No daycare, need to work nights, is this doable?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Chazd18RN's topic in General Nursing

    NO IT IS NOT DOABLE. DO NOT PRETEND IT IS. YOU WILL BE SOOOOO, SOOOOO MISERABLE. Seriously, find another way. Another sitter, another shift, another job. Any or all of the above. Trying to go...
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    Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    KaroSnowQueen replied to frellyou's topic in General Nursing

    The first time I had surgery, I woke myself up by pulling my oxygen mask off and the strap snapped my face. Then I was straining and reaching for an alcohol swab on the table. The nurse asked me why...
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    A little humor. You might be from Illinois if...

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Pixiesmom's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I'm not from Chicago, but my husband is. Doesn't anybody on this board eat Italian Beef sandwiches????? I looove them. My son has a girlfriend up there and she brings us Italian
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    I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Go to Lane Bryant even if you aren't a "bigger" woman. They sell great strapless bras. They give excellent support and no straps to hurt you!!! I, like the OP, had a problem with severe neck and...
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    Ever lied about a work injury to avoid workmans comp?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    After reading all of this, I feel fortunate to work in the state where I do!! I fell on company property, leaving work, and broke my leg. I didn't even think about Worker's Comp. My friend called...
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    Will I be neglectful and selfish?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here's my two cents. I went to LPN school with a 3 year old, a 2 year old and a newborn, born at the end of my first term. It was very hard. This was back in the dinosaur days when all papers...
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    crazy bereavement rules

    KaroSnowQueen replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say that when my mother was killed, I took two weeks off. Didn't have enough vacation time to cover it all, but got my 3 days pay and all the extra days off without any whining. When my...
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    10/10 pain..venting!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    i used to think i had a low pain tolerance. for many years, my subjective measurement of #10 pain was childbirth. until i had two nephrostomies, and god only knows why but they hurt so bad, so that...
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    I'm only 22 years old.

    KaroSnowQueen replied to oncologynurse77's topic in General Nursing

    I have been in nursing since I was 23. I wasn't "just" 23, as I was in the 6th year of a very bad marriage, had 3 kids under the age of 4 and had just finished nursing school. In 25 years, I have...
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    Bipolar does not mean "druggie"

    KaroSnowQueen replied to aslaten08's topic in General Nursing

    'One patient was having a flare-up of her migraines and requested a refill on her Imitrex (obviously not a narcotic). The RN glared at her and spewed, "Try Tylenol." ' That is so wrong on so many...