Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. Board of Nurse Examiners?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nekhismom's topic in Texas Nursing

    At least the TX BNE made it easy for me to renew my license online. I had to get fingerprinted, though. The place they sent me was miles away from my house and in an unmarked shed type of building in...

  2. Introducing Tweety & Trauma Nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    You go,

  3. Charge nurse:how to supervise LNs who lost trust in mangement?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nrsalli's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't turn this into a smokers vs non-smokers thread. The lazieiest slacker nurses and aides I've ever worked with have been non-smokers. One particularly lazy nurseswould say "I don't smoke so I...

  4. Why nursing?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to samantha18's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse is really tough. In today's economy, when there's a shortage of any kind of worker, it's usually because the job is very diificult for many reasons, such as nursing. Is there high pay...

  5. Hospital Reputations in Phoenix

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Sunlover's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I was a pt at Mesa General while I was on a travel contract. I was in a lot of pain and had unusual s/s. The ER doc accused me of being a "drug addict" and of drug seeking. The ER nurse was downright...

  6. Hospital Reputations in Phoenix

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Sunlover's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I had clinicals @ Casa Grande Regional. Total chaos, unhappy

  7. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap: :yelclap:

  8. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Did this nurse learn how to throw hissy fits from her kids? She is acting more like one of the little kids, not the mother. Lots of two year old have learned to get their way by throwing tantrums....

  9. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was on assignment (travel nursing) and was leaving my assignment housing at 0430 to go to work. I was thinking about the day ahead, not paying attention to what I was doing. Well, the housing on my...

  10. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Great

  11. New Grad opens a can of "whup "

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    I agree, Linda. Many podiatry pts are diabetic, and have all kinds of cardiac, circulatory, neuro, renal, and immunosuppression

  12. New Grad opens a can of "whup "

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    You go, Tess! Thanks for standing up for yourself. A nurse who asserts herself and stands her ground with docs helps all of us.

  13. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is one nurse who told you she got to take her breaks, and one clinical situation. You believe your nurse instructor who used to work med surg that she always got her break, yet you don't believe...

  14. California RN union (CNA) presence in Texas?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN34TX's topic in Texas Nursing

    RN34TX, My experiences as an RN in Texas have been very similar to yours, only nursing jobs are hard to find in my area. I'm a traveler now. I will not work in Texas under the current conditions. I...

  15. TEXAS nurse/patient ratios?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to smk1's topic in Texas Nursing

    When I did work in a surgical unit RN in south TX, I usually had 10-14 pts by myself, no cna, no unit clerk. It was miserable, and very unsafe. This was at a major hospital in the Rio Grande Valley....

  16. Wages for Tripler in Hawaii

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to team_playerRN's topic in Travel

    I also just declined an assignment in Hawaii, as the pay was very low. A tech friend of mine also turned one down. The agency said they could not provide a rental car. The told him to take public...

  17. Having problems with NA's and PCT's

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was a CNA for years, then an LPN for years, now an RN for years. Good CNAs are rare as diamonds and even more precious. The majority of CNAs are awful. Not picking on anyone here. Just giving my...

  18. 2nd thoughts about being a nurse

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been a nurse for 14 years. It's like this for most nurses. Read these boards and you will see what I mean. You can find a more tolerable situation if you look hard

  19. Help with Nursing Diagnosis

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to gigi69's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    These are med dx which have a lot of NDX possibilities. Your careplan book will have

  20. Do you really drop a letter grade?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to tanner523's topic in General Students

    I did. I was 4.0 all through prereqs. I'd never gotten a B until I got into the nursing program, then I got

  21. Need help w/ Illinois license reciprocity

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    That's one of the pages I've already been to. I don't see anything there about an endorsement application. Is it there and I'm just not seeing

  22. ogp revised contract

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to english_nurse's topic in United Kingdom

    I am an American nurse. OGP tries these tricks w/ travelers here, who are just looking to travel from state to state. I got wise and did not sign. I know some one else who did, and regretted it very...

  23. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've done that one. More than

  24. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    CNAs should never pass meds. Never- under any

  25. ER Nurses. Read This!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    Wow, congrats to all ER nurses. To think that article was written by a doc! You rock,