Code_VSA

Code_VSA

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  1. How often do your pts thank you?

    Code_VSA replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    Just about never. Canadians think they are the most polite people in the world. I don't think so. I was venting just the other night how we spend 12 hours with the patient, wiping their hiney's,...

  2. Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    Code_VSA replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Me to the Anesthesia: "I'm going to have an 11 inch incision, I do NOT want to throw up after!!" Anesthesia: "You got it". "This is going to burn a bit" "Count back from 100" Me: "100, 99, 98, 97,...

  3. New grads over 30, are you having trouble getting interviews?

    Code_VSA replied to freeflowchi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What happened to the nursing shortage?? When I was a nurse in the 80's they talked about it. They wanted all RN's to have their BSN's back then.....but, because of "the nursing shortage", they knew...

  4. New grads over 30, are you having trouble getting interviews?

    Code_VSA replied to freeflowchi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My daugheter who will be 32, just graduated from a BSN program. She can't get an interview with anyone either. Back in the day (30+ years ago) a new grad was always hired for the float/PRN pool. She...

  5. The most comfortable Nursing Shoes

    Code_VSA replied to Tziganka's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I agree with the other posts. Depends on your foot, your weight, how you walk, etc. Ten years ago, my 14 year old son recommended Saucony's. I have worn them every since. Particularly the...

  6. Im unsure and confused...

    Code_VSA replied to babs4u's topic in California Nursing

    :flowersfo :anpom: :w00t: No stopping you

  7. Im unsure and confused...

    Code_VSA replied to babs4u's topic in California Nursing

    Excuses.....quit listening to your head and listen to your heart! GO FOR IT! When I got out of high school I didn't think I was smart either, I went through a LVN program in Chula Vista, CA. Worked...

  8. What makes Nursing school hard?

    Code_VSA replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Students

    I graduated in 1993 from the University of North Alabama. At that time, I had four children ages 5 through 13. My husband was away in the military. I worked as an LPN on Friday, Saturday, Sunday...

  9. Has Anyone Ever USED Their Malpractice Insurance?

    Code_VSA replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    YES!!! Get and keep malpractice insurance. A doctor had a family bring negligence charges against me. An attorney from my home state called me and told me not to worry, that it was just a form of...

  10. Last Name on ID Badges

    Code_VSA replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    One of our ER Nurses asked not to have her last name of her badge. Reason being, her husband a police officer had people out there that he had arrested and harbor ill feelings towards him. Some...

  11. How old is too old?!?!?

    Code_VSA replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was 37 years old and a LPN when I went back for my BSN. I was raising 4 kids on my own, worked 12 hour days on Friday, Saturday, and Sundays and then to the University rest of the time. I have a...

  12. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    Code_VSA replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I totally

  13. Dogs and Nurses

    Code_VSA replied to Jayhawk4Life's topic in General Nursing

    My firefighter husband and I work 12 hour shifts, sometimes together sometimes opposite. We got a Papillion puppy when she was 3 months old. I was home with her for the first 2-3 months. We fenced...

  14. How critical is chemistry to passing micro?

    Code_VSA replied to SoCaliGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My opinion.....don't bother. I took bone-head chemistry, then Chem I and II...which where required for the BSN. I don't remember much chemistry in microbiology AT all. It's just like a Biology...

  15. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    Code_VSA replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have had doctor's raise their voice or "yell"....but it has not been directed at anyone personally. When it does take a personal turn, then I say, "Watch out." These physicians are bullies....

  16. er visitors...a funny

    Code_VSA replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    To ease the staffing shortage in critical areas our hospital proposed that we "cross train". Emerg nurses go to ICU and ICU nurses come to the ER. Gives everybody a chance to pick up a few hours here...

  17. er visitors...a funny

    Code_VSA replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Lord this is sooooo true. I feel like making copies and leaving them around the waiting room! I guess people are the same all over. The wait time last night in the ER at 0100 was ten hours or more!...

  18. Where are you from?

    Code_VSA replied to noworries's topic in Canada

    Home town: Imperial Beach, California :redbeathe Currently: Barrie, Ontario Graduate from: Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California Mississippi County College, Blytheville, Arkansas University of...

  19. Last Name on ID Badges

    Code_VSA replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    I use to work the ED in Tennessee. We had our first and last names with our picture and credentials on our badge. One day I got a call at home from a man who said I was his nurse a week ago and he...

  20. How much is your pay?

    Code_VSA replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    The pay sounds good. I use to live in San Diego and my parents still do.

  21. Do you talk about allnurses.com at work?

    Code_VSA replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't talk about allnurses.com at work. 98% of the time I don't even talk with my partner right next to me about anything personal because it is so darn

  22. How much is your pay?

    Code_VSA replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    When I left Tennessee in April 2002 I made just under $21/hr in the Emergency Room. Don't remember or know how big the hospital was....the population of the town was around 56,000. A hospital in a...

  23. Ever have a patient comment on his lack of size?

    Code_VSA replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to cath an elderly gentleman. Was gathering all my equipment and explaining what I was going to do. Right as I picked up the catheter he said, "I'm not very big down there." Thinking he was...

  24. Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    Code_VSA replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I live in Canada, but I am American. I have seen patients wait 12 hours in the ER with a subarrachnoid hemorrhage because there is no neuro-surgical bed available in the Province. Finally after 12...

  25. THE WORST Experience/night of my life!

    Code_VSA replied to emmie08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No, don't hang it up as a Nurse. Everyone makes a mistake and don't let one mistake cancel out all the good you have done in the past, the present, and the future. I did feel very ashamed of your...