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  1. Sick on a holiday

    emnicams replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad things worked out for you in the end. I have always wondered what I would do if I got too sick to work on a major holiday when I was scheduled to work... especially Christmas Day. You KNOW...

  2. Will I lose weight being a nurse??

    emnicams replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    I have gained weight since I started nursing over a year ago. While I do run around like crazy at work, my eating habits suck because what I do have time to grab isn't very healthy. Then on my days...

  3. Lunch breaks and required phones

    emnicams replied to DeeAngel's topic in General Nursing

    We are having a huge issue with this at work. We started the phone thing recently, and it has become a major PITA at lunchtime. We have to take the phones with us to lunch, can't hand them off to...

  4. Vintage vid: Nurse in training journal

    emnicams replied to Valerie Salva's topic in General Nursing

    I loved that! Thanks so much for sharing

  5. Obtaining consent

    emnicams replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the replies. I feel a lot better

  6. Obtaining consent

    emnicams posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient recently with a climbing troponin, and the doc called me to say he was going to cath the pt that evening and he would be up to talk to the pt. His extender called shortly after to give...

  7. Nurses STOP telling me to be a RN ! PLEASE

    emnicams replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you had that experience. It sounded more like that nurse wanted to feel superior and brag about her daughter than actually give you advice. I must say that I need to move to wherever you are....

  8. PCT/Nurse Tech: How many patients do you have?

    emnicams replied to motyandproudofit's topic in General Nursing

    We have two for our 42-bed floor, so if we're full (and we often are), they each have 21 pt's. Too heavy of a load IMO, especially since we've basically become a nursing home on telemetry,

  9. Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    emnicams replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that.I was a waitress before I was a nurse and witnessed some pretty disgusting things... such as the cook with long, dagger-like yellow nails, who would stir the spaghetti sauces with his...

  10. Is it okay to dress like a "nurse"?

    emnicams replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I think it looks clean and professional, myself, although I couldn't pull it off, I don't think. I know on my unit a nurse (who always wore regular scrubs) came to work in a white dress. Everyone was...

  11. Do You Wear Gloves When...

    emnicams replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    I wear gloves when lotioning due to my sensitive skin. I don't wear gloves just for casual contact, though (like vital

  12. Unit Secretary....Answer the call light for pete's sake!!!

    emnicams replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I have never expected my unit secretaries to answer call lights. On my unit, they are already drowning in their own

  13. Are you often 2 hours late for meds?

    emnicams replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i've had terrible days when i finally finish my 0900 meds at 1130... but those days are rare (thank goodness). definitely not a regular occurence. NEVER have i been that late with an afternoon

  14. Dead Babies...To Get It Off My Chest

    emnicams replied to caddismt's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. Except that is not the scenario I got from the OP. What I got was that the baby was injured from being shaken a few months ago. Now the baby has been shaken AGAIN and died from it...

  15. Tattoos on patients

    emnicams replied to Duckyaryj's topic in General Nursing

    Had an old lady with a butterfly on the backside of her shoulder.. but the body of it was a member. and there was... stuff coming out the top of it. yikes. The same lady also had HERMAN tattooed on...

  16. Dead Babies...To Get It Off My Chest

    emnicams replied to caddismt's topic in General Nursing

    how horrible... whether the mother is the one who shook the baby or not... seeing as this is the second time this has happened, and mama (if you could call her that) did nothing to stop it,...

  17. What nursing preprequisite(s) did you struggle in the most?

    emnicams replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    For me... it was speech class. I have a phobia of public speaking, and honestly, my speeches got worse instead of better, because my anxiety just grew through the course. A&P was hard, definitely,...

  18. Sometimes its the little things that make me wanna lose it!!

    emnicams replied to female12233's topic in General Nursing

    hmm, I haven't really run into this. I have had a few patients ask if I'm an RN or LPN, even though my badge has a huge red "RN" on it and I always put RN after my name on the dry-erase board. And...

  19. Curious about your job

    emnicams replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for a year this month. I work on a busy tele floor. Only one day was I not able to take a lunch break. Now, some days I take a shorter break than others (enough to wolf down my...

  20. Care Plans-Are you doing them?

    emnicams replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    We still do care plans (Excelcare) but have removed them from the paper

  21. Would you have said something?

    emnicams replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    BFF stood for Best Friend Forever in my younger years

  22. Lol?

    emnicams posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been visiting this forum for awhile now and can't figure out what LOL means. (Not laugh out loud, but the one used in context of a patient). like "I took care of this LOL the other night..." it's...

  23. Blood draws and Starting IVs

    emnicams replied to untamable07's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't do blood draws in nsg school. We don't do them in the hospital either, it's a large hospital so we have phlebotomists. As far as IV's... I had the opportunity to practice this skill twice in...

  24. Lol?

    emnicams replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!!

  25. 40 year old starting NS and taking the ACT

    emnicams replied to powers2004's topic in General Nursing

    I borrowed an ACT book from the library and studied from that. Math was also my weak point. I knew some of the algebra from just having completed Precalculus (I had to retake my ACT before nsg school...