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    I actually suggested to a pre req nursing student to find another profession and fast

    Hygiene Queen replied to kangamangus's topic in General Students

    I don't think it is ever anyone's right to discourage anyone from anything they want to do. Who the heck are we to judge whether a person can handle it or are cut out for it. People need to...
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    No She/he Did Not!!!

    Hygiene Queen replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    ... find her pt bleeding like crazy with O2 sat of 80-whatever and... when the instructor asked her what her priority was, the student replied, "Change the sheets?" When the pt was taken care of, the...
  3. Hygiene Queen

    Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

    Hygiene Queen replied to morningland's topic in General Students

    I only saw a classmate cry once and I did not blame her one bit. Our instructor was being a total wad. My friend's patient had gone home after my friend spent the whole night laboring over her care...
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    Suggestions to prepare for school

    Hygiene Queen replied to Dennis88's topic in General Students

    I would review A&P... especially when it comes to function and it's effects on other body processes. AND if you haven't learned about Fluids and Electrolytes, try to get some familiarity with it...
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    Instructor from hell fails me in clinical!

    Hygiene Queen replied to jolly4u's topic in General Students

    I had an instructor from hell. I also happened to have her during the nadir of my existence. She was really letting me have it one day. She was basically calling me "stupid". I just looked at her...
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    You must be crazy

    Hygiene Queen replied to bringtherain's topic in Psychiatric

    Psych can be hilarious sometimes too. I work on the gero unit and where else can you work where you can play oldies on the stereo whilst you and your pts get down playing maracas and wearing silly...
  7. Hygiene Queen

    How DO YOU KNOW IF NURSING IS RIGHT CAREER CHOICE!!!

    Hygiene Queen replied to carlasbizz's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Who says her life with be better when? Life deals us complete and utter crap when we least expect it. YES, the program will take over her life. YES, it will be intensely stressful. BUT,...
  8. Hygiene Queen

    And I continue my rant of MAs pretending to be nurses..

    Hygiene Queen replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    you could get even drunker if the doc actually paid for all you do. ma's are used as "cheap" replacements for nurses by far too many clinics/docs. my cna friend has happily been a cna for 20 years in...
  9. Hygiene Queen

    CNA online courses?

    Hygiene Queen replied to VanillaGirlilla's topic in General Nursing

    I know it is tempting to get classes done asap, but online isn't always the way to go. Take a class in a community college. You'll get the benefit of live interaction w/ an instructor. You also...
  10. Hygiene Queen

    I dont handle lazy aides well

    Hygiene Queen replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    If an aide thinks making a bed is more important than cleaning and positioning a pt, then that aide needs some education (which, really, they should have already had!). I'm sorry, but that would make...
  11. Hygiene Queen

    Will hospitals pay tuition for it's employees?

    Hygiene Queen replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital offers excellent reimbursement. I submit my receipts and grades... next paycheck is my $$$$. Beautiful. No red tape nor jerking around. My education has been free (or what I have paid...
  12. Hygiene Queen

    Compassion.... why is it so hard to give some?

    Hygiene Queen replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OR... OR how about when you leave the room for 10 minutes and come back and the patient tells you a horror story about the "awful nurse" who was just in the room who did all this TERRIBLE stuff to...
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    There won't be any raises this year

    Hygiene Queen replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    I'll thank anyone NOT to "shame me" (an adult) with my right to get I what I work for. If I didn't need the money, I'd be a volunteer. I am NOT a volunteer. I rely on those raises to keep my head...
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    Clothing issues/malfunctions.

    Hygiene Queen replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in Nursing Humor

    Some of these are so funny. Does anyone remember wearing the uniforms that zip up the back? Some of those dresses were sort of tight-fitting and you just couldn't slip them off over your head. My...
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    There won't be any raises this year

    Hygiene Queen replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    Funny. As soon as we heard we weren't getting raises, nobody gave a flying flip about attending inservices, being a minute late or being a "shining star". No one's eval was as good as they usually...
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    Compassion.... why is it so hard to give some?

    Hygiene Queen replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Urgh!!!!! First: you must be non-judgmental in healthcare. If you allow yourself to judge before thinking and putting all the info together and in perspective, you will find yourself in deep do-do....
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    oral care..

    Hygiene Queen replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    There have been some pts where I wish I COULD use lemon
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    Looking down upon LTC nurses?

    Hygiene Queen replied to vicki429's topic in General Nursing

    Who gives a flyin' flip if people "look down" on anyone's job. The same people who turn their noses up at it, will be the first ones to feel stupid when they need your services and realize what all...
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    oral care..

    Hygiene Queen replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's just flavoring too. I've never seen anyone use natural saline for a sore dry mouth. They always go for the lemon swabs. However, I seem to recall from somewhere, someone saying...
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    People continue to come up with stories that strain my ability to believe them

    Hygiene Queen replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, yes. This stuff happens for sure. *I caught two aides making out in an empty pt room. *My former room mate/co-worker (and nut-case, I might add) confessed to me a steamy kiss she had in front of...
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    I guess I'm too HOT to be a nurse.

    Hygiene Queen replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bah! Life's too shirt to be so tender. Honestly, cannot we ever indulge in humor without being scolded? And, realistically, the old bag's family will never know the comment was ever
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    Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    Hygiene Queen replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I work in psych, so here it goes: "Yes, your mother's room mate is "crazy". So is everyone else here. This is the PSYCH ward, you nimrod!" "That poor little soul you are laughing at and showing...
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    What's The Meanest Thing A Dr. or Co-worker Ever Said To You?

    Hygiene Queen replied to tishirajan's topic in General Nursing

    This wasn't said, but the meanest thing done to me was my first LTC job. It was a filth hole! I would not place a dead dog there. Anyhoo, I was immediately disliked by the low-lifes that worked there....
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Hygiene Queen replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    BLAAAAAH! Is he looking right back at you????
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    Hygiene Queen replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    "Hey, Mrs. Dr. Person! You took anatomy, right? Goooooooood. Now let's review what these two appendages are dangling off your shoulders. THAT'S RIGHT! Arms. Sweet. Now, why don't you USE those...