Shantas

Shantas

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  1. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    Shantas replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I am from Alberta, Canada. When I worked there we had only one union, its called UNA. It was actually great to have one union. When UNA went to strike, they had to close down most of the hospitals in...

  2. SO.CAL Kaiser Nurses: What is Kaiser Like?

    Shantas replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in California Nursing

    I work for Kaiser. Pay is great but the work load is heavy. Benefits are excelent. I heared many bad things about Fontana Kaiser, both from the nurses and the patients. I also worked in other...

  3. Gobble, Gobble; Happy Thanksgiving, Nurses!

    Shantas replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Thanks Giving to every one:) This is going to be my first Thanks Giving here at allnurses.com!! I will be at work cleaning some poo, vomit or urine....but the hospital did tell us we will get a...

  4. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    Shantas replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    Thats really good....I wonder why they chose meat dept?? Were they having a sale??:)

  5. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    Shantas replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think its a cultural issue. For instance I know a RN from Ireland, he used to call his patients "luvy"...some of the patients got very offended. He told me back in Ireland its ok to address people...

  6. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    Shantas replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    thank you :) we always get these cheap freebies from our hospital even my children dont want to play with them....lol i work tomorrow and we are told we will get "free" thanks giving lunch tomorrow at...

  7. Where's the Aide?

    Shantas replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    Ok I just got back home from work.....few hrs ago (I am addicted to all nurses.com) I had a very very busy day today. I had 5 patients and they all had multiple IV meds, not to mention 3 critical lab...

  8. Why can't the other 49 states get ratio laws?

    Shantas replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    We get a 30 min lunch and two 15 min breaks. But we seldom take those 15 min break as we never have enough time. When one RN in the team is taking his/her break, the other RN in the team will cover...

  9. Most RN's first borns?

    Shantas replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    The 5th and the last, no

  10. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    Shantas replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I was doing some research on line about nursing in California State Prison and I came across your website....since then I am addicted to it and I told my friends at work to check it

  11. Psychiatric Hotline

    Shantas replied to nurz2be's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hahahah.....good

  12. my love of nursing is gone...husband died of medical mistake

    Shantas replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in California Nursing

    I am very very sorry for what you experienced. I was born in a small third world proverty striken country and lost my Dad when I was only 15 yrs old. He had a massive heart attack and I know if he was...

  13. Are you allowed to wear Makeup ?

    Shantas replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I dont wear makeup because I never have enough time early in the morning....I would rather sleep for another 5 min or so till I have to have the shower and

  14. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    Shantas replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I do work over time and I do care about how much I am getting paid for. I feel that I deserve every penny of it. Not many people in this world will be willing to clean and handle all the dirty stuff...

  15. Why can't the other 49 states get ratio laws?

    Shantas replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    What is the real law re: ratio anyway in California?? This is how they staff us at the hospital I work. Its a med/surg unit. If I am doing primary I get 5 patients. If I am teaming with a LVN I get 7...

  16. Why can't the other 49 states get ratio laws?

    Shantas replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse from California and I work in a hospital with union. My hospital does follow the patiet nurse ratio concept (5:1 for primary care and 7:1 for team) but they always find other ways to...

  17. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    Shantas replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    lol:lol2::lol2:

  18. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    Shantas replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    You are 100% right. I am sure most of us here who are syaing no, do not hate nursing and are very compasionate and caring nurses. The thing that make us hate our jobs is the fact we are not given...

  19. Don't want to become a nurse anymore...

    Shantas replied to yawn's topic in General Nursing

    I also felt the same when I was going through nursing school. I was an adult student, I was a single mom with two kids. I was gonna drop out, then my teacher convinced me not to quit....I told her I...

  20. pre-employment exam from h*ll

    Shantas replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Yah...top of the head and the back??....I also thought it was

  21. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    Shantas replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hello Funsize: I am so sorry to hear what you had to go through. I was never been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD but I did work with children who were diagnosed with this illness. The bottom line is that we...

  22. pre-employment exam from h*ll

    Shantas replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I have also taken that test about a week ago! The PT's worked with me were nice though:) I did not have to drag the dummy because I will be working in a child psych unit. I sure felt strange when they...

  23. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    Shantas replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    1) NO...Everytime I go to work before I enter my unit I pray to God to give me the sanity so that I will be able to keep my patients and myself safe the rest of the 12 hrs! 2) Yes... you may not get...

  24. Working as an RN in California Prison

    Shantas replied to Shantas's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks again:) I called Chino today. They told me they do have a hospital inside and the inmates are maximum security inmates and the RN will be dealing with the inmates. I am just thinking may be its...

  25. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    Shantas replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    How about the families, the parents of the babies?? Sometimes the families are worse than the patients themselves. I want to share another incident with you all!! This young lady was admitted to my...