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    Inappropriate things patients say

    martymoose replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yup, I would just say ok, heres the pail. dont miss. eta. I never understood the little emesis basins/kidney dish. i myself would want the full size pan if i was to
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    What's Your Sign Baby?

    martymoose replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    omg how did you keep a straight
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    martymoose replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    But Bleb is more fun to
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    martymoose replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    curious- if you got GBS , from the flu shot, would you be covered under workman's comp? Or not, because you could have just been forced to wear a mask for the next 9 or so months... That's a tough...
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    One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

    martymoose replied to BellaCat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This situation doesnt bother me- Im not friends with my coworkers- they are just my coworkers. I most certainly appreciate their diversity though- we get so manty patients who speak spanish , or...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    martymoose replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    Remaining
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    martymoose replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    no shot=mask, no option. I need a job, so I get
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    First job offer has bad Google reviews.

    martymoose replied to Bratt88's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Very Good
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    Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

    martymoose replied to Maple2016's topic in Nursing News

    Yes, this may be true, but all I see is that the "companies" are not planning to replace the loss in nurses thru attrition/changing jobs, etc. They just keep raising the ratios, and telling us "welp,...
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    Best way to avoid bedside care?

    martymoose replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah- my charge nurses have a full assignment more often than not. They count them into the numbers. So if they didn't take an assignment, each nurse would be picking up 1-2 more pts, making the ratio...
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    What is a cardiac stepdown?

    martymoose replied to Thedevinestman's topic in Cardiac

    ok I'll try to provide some useful information. My "stepdown" gets pts on cardizem, labetelol( not too often) amiodarone, lidocaine( rarely) heparin, lasix,diuril, nitroglycerin ,milrinone,natrecor(...
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    What is a cardiac stepdown?

    martymoose replied to Thedevinestman's topic in Cardiac

    you must have misunderstood. It stands for cardiac step
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    martymoose replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    ok, slightly off topic. I remember a sticker : "I may be fat, but you're ugly, and I can
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    martymoose replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I find this reaalllly hard to believe. I have done this job for many years, and all of it has been front-line patient care, customer service, etc. I have never had anyone complain about my weight, or...
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    martymoose replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck with that then. Could you imagine" I refuse care by that nurse because he/she is overweight" Where I work you get who you get. It's not like we have a manu to choose from. Tonight's...
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    martymoose replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    whatever happened to " Do as I say, not as I do
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    Not taking a break

    martymoose replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    Bingo. Enough said. I'm curious- do those of us who dont get regular breaks also have no representation? Maybe a survey is in
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    False Pregnancy (Pseudocyesis)

    martymoose replied to Emergent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :)
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    What about living in a winnebago to help pay down loans?

    martymoose replied to globalkimSRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    ive thought about that more for retirement, but now's not a good time. Go for
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    Burned out and hate nursing

    martymoose replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Kebner- its nice to see someone with a work ethic like yours. Id be glad to work with you. New York State( not the city- but everywhere else) seems to be hiring in acute. Weather sucks, COL sucks,...
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    Not taking a break

    martymoose replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    of course thats a different thread( unions) . But look at the recent times- Capitalist america. There has been a reduction of unions in all "trades" . Most businesses are against unions as they cut...
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    Not taking a break

    martymoose replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    wont work where I am- you have to go off the property to smoke, and no one is going to cover you that long or that
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    No report from ED and patients waiting in the halls....

    martymoose replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, all I got out of that is that the bottleneck is the " resistance of the nurses" taking on more pts. Yup, its all our
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    No report from ED and patients waiting in the halls....

    martymoose replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. We've been forced to do this for over a year or so now. we don't get a nurse- nurse report. we get to read "report" out of the chart. If I don't have a chance to get in the chart before...
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    False Pregnancy (Pseudocyesis)

    martymoose replied to Emergent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Omg i'm 50 and cant imagine even entertaining that thought. That is crazy to even consider at that age!!! Well, time will tell soon. Then a psych eval . will be warranted. I feel bad for your co-...