Scrubby

Scrubby

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  1. what are your thoughts about my situation.

    Scrubby replied to ashleaRN82's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I think what someone does in their private life is their own business-even if it ends up on the internet. Unless I'm representing my work they have no right to interfere. If I want to get...

  2. Those who want to get out of nursing..

    Scrubby replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be honest here. I'm starting to get a little bored with nursing and over the whole horizontal violence that it just rampant in the health care system. I also love studying and doing...

  3. I am in Nursing because.....

    Scrubby replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I became an RN mainly so I could have a steady income, buy my own house and not have to live hand to mouth anymore. I guess this means my motivations are selfish but I'm not ashamed because at work I...

  4. Medicine error

    Scrubby replied to arys1075's topic in Operating Room

    OP: You haven't provided enough information to suggest that there even was a medication error so I'm confused. The patient may have reacted to what the surgeon requested anyway. So was it the wrong...

  5. Gold Star Stickers For Nurses??

    Scrubby replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to them for trying but gold stars isn't really a professional way to reward hard work, nor is it really that helpful to nurses. Where I work if a nurse has been shown to provide a supportive and...

  6. Verbally abusive patient

    Scrubby replied to Tortoiseshell's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unfortunately there's no known cure for

  7. Is nursing a sick , petty , vindictive world?

    Scrubby replied to Bono Rose's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that nursing has some sick, petty and vindictive elements at times, but as a whole no I have not found this to be true. I wouldn't still be in nursing if it was like this constantly all the...

  8. 8 months pregant starting new job

    Scrubby replied to Guest393655's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on the job and baby. If you've told them and they don't care well sounds like a win win situation to

  9. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    Scrubby replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm going to be completely honest here, I don't intend on insulting anyone but if I do apologies in advance. I personally can't understand for the life of me why someone would choose to be an...

  10. End stage COPD

    Scrubby replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in Pulmonary

    Lack of follow up care is something I used to see all the time on the wards. Hospitals just seem to want to shove patients out on the street because the ED is full and theres no beds etc. On the other...

  11. End of life care gone wrong

    Scrubby replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    Try giving RDNS a call...they have nurses who specialize in palliative care. A few years ago I had surgery and was VERY dissatisfied with the lack of follow up wound care (long story) and so I self...

  12. Not sure how I'm going to survive

    Scrubby replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you, it must be so frustrating to go through hard years of study only to be living on the poverty line. My advice is to seriously look at relocating, apply for jobs that will help you earn...

  13. speeding while on call

    Scrubby replied to nrsman1's topic in Operating Room

    There is no excuse for speeding and putting other people and your own life at

  14. Most embarrassing thing that happened to you at work

    Scrubby replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep I split my pants at work as well, I bent down to pick something up and every person in the OR heard the rip. I had nurses, surgeons, everyone laughing at me, Very

  15. Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

    Scrubby replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    If someone treated me like that, I job or no job I'd be asking why they bothered to ask me to come in the first place and I would be reminding them that they have wasted MY time and time is money. I...

  16. Anyone ever heard of a policy like this??

    Scrubby replied to martin738's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say I think much about this policy. For starters, there are many people who legitimately get sick, after all we're only human. Why should they then be forced to work extra shifts? What if they...

  17. Calculating IV drip rate without a pump

    Scrubby replied to chelynn's topic in General Nursing

    You can stand there and count the drips but the problem is that when a patient moves their arm, occludes the vein this can stuff up your drip count. In our OR we just go by slow, medium and fast....

  18. Nurse stealing Dilaudid

    Scrubby replied to susiesmith21's topic in Patient Medications

    So the DON has the package now? I'm willing to bet that that it has 'mysteriously' disappeared. A DON who would tell you to keep quiet about this does NOT have good intentions. I reckon the DON will...

  19. ? re unlabeled meds

    Scrubby replied to OklaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow whoever tried to reprimand you is truly idiotic. Of course if you'd given the med and there was a nasty side effect you would have been in trouble over that as

  20. Burnng out of nursing...

    Scrubby replied to RNburninout's topic in General Nursing

    You should not have to risk your physical and mental health. I second what doubleplay suggested. Maybe have a look at your budget and see if changing your spending habits will make a difference, see...

  21. Depressed about new job-hate it- quit???

    Scrubby replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    No anaesthetic nurses/techs? If your having to circulate and do that as well then get the heck out of there, sounds unsafe. What sort of procedures are they doing? I'm guessing

  22. Insensitive managers...

    Scrubby replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Wow that is a pretty cruel thing for a manager to do. I have suffered depression in the past and to be told off for not smiling is just unbelievable. Maybe you should confront your manager and let...

  23. Depressed about new job-hate it- quit???

    Scrubby replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your working in a day surgery center. Personally I hate lists that are just a zillion small cases because it seems that you never stop moving. I much prefer a list that has one long case...

  24. New grad got fired, help

    Scrubby replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand the OP's dilemma and frustration here. Telling the truth is in theory a good thing because it demonstrates honesty, integrity and in some cases can set you free. On the other hand...

  25. So my heart broke when I saw this patient....

    Scrubby replied to Da_Milk_of_Amnesia's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully someone bringing him something tasty will cheer him up. I used to work at a nursing home and I can understand too well why many of the residents seem to lose interest in food. Maybe Jamie...