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  1. Call-in days

    shmoofins posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would like to know how many call-in days nurses at other facilities get. At my facility we get 1 call-in per 6 months. This seems outrageous to me and it's unsafe. We work in a place where people...

  2. Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    shmoofins replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be such a jerk all the time. You don't know everything and you don't know all the things I have to do as part of my job while you just sit there surfing the internet or talking. Hey, I know,...

  3. How many times have you cried???

    shmoofins replied to CareBayer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have cried more times than I can count both at work and at home after work. I've always been a bit of a crier, though. The stress of it all gets to

  4. does anyone regret becoming a nurse?

    shmoofins replied to CC999's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I regret it. I didn't like it when I was in school and I still don't like it. Not that I hate every aspect of it, and I hate it less now than when I was doing floor nursing but I still wish I'd...

  5. What would you do if you were to quit nursing?

    shmoofins replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! That's one of the things I'm interested in

  6. What would you do if you were to quit nursing?

    shmoofins replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    I am actually thinking very seriously about quitting nursing and going back to school. I want to work with computers. I wouldn't mind doing something that incorporated my nursing degree/knowledge but...

  7. What do you regret not asking on your job interview???

    shmoofins replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    I should have asked "Why is this interview so easy?" When your interviewer doesn't ask you hardly any questions and you feel like you're practically hired already, this could be a BAD SIGN....

  8. Doctors Yelling

    shmoofins replied to potatomasher's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have several at work who are bad but one in particular. He yells and gets upset over nothing. He treats the staff horribly and of course nothing is ever done about it. He's gotten irritated with me...

  9. Thinking about a career change to nursing, MSN-CNL or accelerated BSN program?

    shmoofins replied to newnurse?'s topic in Nursing Career

    What did you do to pay for school and for money in general while you took your pre-reqs? If you don't mind me

  10. If not Nursing, then what????

    shmoofins replied to my3kids's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would like to work with computers. I'm sick of nursing and I don't really like it. I have much more of an affinity for learning computers than nursing, which I still feel like I don't really get....

  11. Discharge teaching post cath

    shmoofins replied to jordangregory's topic in Cardiac

    Stress that if they smoke, they should definitely quit! Also like others said reinforce Plavix big time if they've gotten

  12. How are those doctors treating you?

    shmoofins replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of our doctors are rude and just expect to get their way all the time. Of course the management just encourages that because they're too scared of losing them to a competing hospital. We have...

  13. How opposite are you and your mate?

    shmoofins replied to wooosp's topic in General Nursing

    My boyfriend and I are actually pretty similar. We like a lot of the same things and we're both fairly nerdy. We both like videogames and nerdy movies and such. We have similar tastes in music...

  14. How did you pay for nursing school?

    shmoofins replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Loans out the wazoo, about $23,000...although I'm told as long as I work as a nurse I can have about $3,000 of that forgiven. I also got some scholarships and worked various jobs. I still never had...

  15. 8 months until graduation and I want to drop out!!

    shmoofins replied to KSU-SN's topic in Nursing Career

    I felt the same way in school. It wasn't because school was too hard but because I felt that I didn't like nursing. I was really jealous of other people who changed their majors. I wish now that I'd...

  16. Survey: Do you think hospitals should require a uniform code for nurses?

    shmoofins replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I feel conflicted on the issue. I've worked at a hospital that used different colored uniforms for different jobs, like RNs and LPNs wore the same color, aids and unit clerks wore a different color,...

  17. Coworker was fired yesterday.

    shmoofins replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I hope this nurse found a job outside of patient care or customer service. I hope she's not still doing this to other

  18. Most RN's first borns?

    shmoofins replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an only child but neither of my parents are/were alcoholics. They are crazy though.

  19. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    shmoofins replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    Even though I don't particularly like nursing or feel that it suits me, I always cared about my patients and tried to meet their needs. I didn't treat my patients badly because I didn't like the job....

  20. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    shmoofins replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    I wouldn't recommend it. It's awful (to me, anyway). I don't feel like it's a good fit for me. Even in school I felt this way but I stayed with it partly because my family pressured me to ("you'll...

  21. Depressed, confused, lost, and not sure if i should even be a nurse! :(

    shmoofins replied to maybaby9's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hear you, I didn't really like nursing in school either. I was never all that into it like some other people in my class were. I wanted to change my major (although I didn't really know what else...

  22. What Exactly IS Informatics Nursing?

    shmoofins replied to CNAtoRN2b06's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'm considering going to grad school for nurse informatics. If I get a masters in it, how much actual nursing experience do places expect you to have before they'll hire you? By the time I can go back...

  23. Is Nursing your Passion

    shmoofins replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's not my passion. I don't like it very much at the moment, and I didn't really like it when I was in school but felt pressured by my family to finish. I really need to find my niche, and...

  24. Nursing Career

    shmoofins replied to crit care tom's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not happy, and one of the reasons is that I'm new at it and it's really scary right now but also I don't like floor nursing. I really wish I'd picked a different career and I'd really like to...

  25. Extended Orientation

    shmoofins replied to NewNurse16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This happened with me too and I'm glad. I needed the extra time and while I still don't feel great about nursing (I've only been doing it 2 months...and I've only been off orientation for like a...