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  1. I hate it when the male nurses on my unit...

    dusky1228 replied to nursedudeforchrist's topic in General Nursing

    And every night, the charge nurse ends up assigning all the male patients with the male nurses, and sometimes they end up with less patients b/c there aren't enough male patients for the male nurses...

  2. Losing hope! Help me

    dusky1228 replied to suiyojin's topic in International Nursing

    Hmmmm..... Are those that are saying that "nursing is a dumb course" people that have failed out of it, or people that have never taken it? And someone who says that "there are too many nurses...

  3. Straight weekend call

    dusky1228 replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Is this a hospital position or a home care position? Pay would vary. Some of our on-call home care people get $7.5/hour for call, plus a visit rate if they get called out-those are the overnight...

  4. which would you rather work with male or female nurses?

    dusky1228 replied to fairness's topic in Men in Nursing

    For me also, this is true. I'm not sure why, unless it's just that their wacky sense of irreverent humor appeals to me, and it is a great stress-reliever! But when it comes to strictly nursing, I...

  5. New Home Health nurse, need advice

    dusky1228 replied to nursval's topic in Home Health

  6. People don't take Home Health serious enough..

    dusky1228 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    I just *have* to comment back. :) Perhaps it is where I have come from - As a hospital nurse (for 14 years), I usually had 8 to 10 patients and sometimes half of them were total care. It was insane....

  7. People don't take Home Health serious enough..

    dusky1228 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that this is extremely unprofessional, on all counts: the lateness, AND the no-show. I *have* to comment though, as a home care nurse for a number of years, I wonder what kind of patient you...

  8. Rotating shifts and a dog?

    dusky1228 replied to Suesabelle's topic in General Nursing

    My hours are very erratic! I am on call, getting called out in the middle of the night, work long hours some days, shorter hours on other days. There is no rhyme or reason to my hours. :) I have a...

  9. May accept home health position..

    dusky1228 replied to nl2005's topic in General Nursing

    I have been in home health since 1991, and I absolutely love it! When I started in home health, my plan was just to do it for a year because I was burned out from my hospital job, so I figured I...

  10. GPS units - What's yours?

    dusky1228 replied to Silverblitzen's topic in Home Health

    OK, I need to know. What is the traffic antenna for? One has to be up on the newest stuff! Sue Some GPS units have integrated traffic, but mine has the capability to add the antenna. With the...

  11. GPS units - What's yours?

    dusky1228 replied to Silverblitzen's topic in Home Health

  12. Do you know your Blood Type?

    dusky1228 replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

  13. Byetta

    dusky1228 replied to Lucy4's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Well, you *do* have to watch for hypoglycemia, but that usually only occurs if you don't eat enough when you take it. You have to eat within oe hour of taking Byetta, or else you should not take it....

  14. Byetta

    dusky1228 replied to Lucy4's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Hi Lucy! No one can say whether starting Byetta is the right thing for you, but I have been on it for several years, and have all good things to say about it. I lost 65 lbs since starting it (all of...

  15. very discouraged and tired

    dusky1228 replied to Silkiebyrd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Sharona97, I also am not working in the "same arena" (I love that wording, actually!), though still in nursing. I love my job, and I figured that I wold have pain anywhere, whether I was home on...

  16. very discouraged and tired

    dusky1228 replied to Silkiebyrd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Oh yes, and I am a diabetic too. By the way, I'm not sure that Byetta is approved for use in Type 1

  17. very discouraged and tired

    dusky1228 replied to Silkiebyrd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have the utmost sympathy for you, and I understand most of what you are feeling. I have had severe restless leg syndrome and neuropathy in my feet. I've had that for years, but it got much worse...

  18. A patient who has NEVER been able to blink or close his eyes

    dusky1228 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, sorry! It was a typo. I meant the 7th cranial nerve (for Moebius

  19. A patient who has NEVER been able to blink or close his eyes

    dusky1228 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    He could have Moebius syndrome too. Is he able to smile? Moebius syndrome is a congenital disorder that comes with paralysis of the 8th cranial nerve. Therefore, they can't change facial expression,...

  20. Funny OB things people say

    dusky1228 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On my 21st birthday (many, many moons ago....) I was working on the postpartum unit, and imagine my surprise when I received flowers delivered to me at work from my mom for my birthday......addressed...

  21. How many are PP nurses? LD nurses?

    dusky1228 replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was postpartum, antepartum, SCN and L&D, as well as peds when I worked at the hospital. Now I work in home care, for all maternal-child health (mom/baby visits, sick children, high risk...

  22. What should I have said?

    dusky1228 replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As intense as our specialties can be, this happens sometimes. When I began in nursing 27 years ago, I was working on a Level III high-risk antepartum unit, in a time when having a high-risk...

  23. How do you deal with all the bickering and backstabbing at work?

    dusky1228 replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a lot of that in the 27 years I have been a nurse. I think it exists everywhere, and I think it's even more common in fields that are female-dominated. In general, we women tend to be more...

  24. Need your advice,please....

    dusky1228 replied to elisha's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No one should be as unhappy as you sound with your job. There's very little I can say, except that they have no choice but to accept your resignation-they can't refuse to accept it unless you have...

  25. Do I have a right to be upset?

    dusky1228 replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Bethy, great job! Sounds like you handled yourself very well, and you should be proud of yourself! It's a shame though, since you already seemed to have met your holiday obligations, you shouldn't...