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    Hospital "gift" for mom?

    TazziRN replied to Obnurseamber06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The only thing I got was the diaper bag from the formula company. The idea is good but those bags are too tiny to carry much of anything. I actually used mine as a purse! A full sized diaper bag...
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    4 month RN, HH

    TazziRN replied to SillyStudent's topic in Home Health

    If you were "just" a new grad with so little experience I would not even look at you twice. In home health you need autonomy and the ability to think on your feet, because you literally have NO...
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    Anyone ever gotten mad at a caregiver?

    TazziRN replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    I would have done exactly what you did, and reported the facility as well. This would be a legit referral to
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    A few questions

    TazziRN replied to helpinghands's topic in Home Health

    Our per d's don't take call and we would not allow the cell phones to be taken away. And our reimbursement was just increased. Wanna come to CA, we're looking for more
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    Disposing of medications at time of death

    TazziRN replied to RubyRN,CHPN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    In the hospital we had containers similar to sharps containers in racks on the wall, that all meds were wasted into. Meds only, nothing else. Nothing was to be poured down the sink or flushed. The...
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    Employment Contracts in Las Vegas, NV

    TazziRN replied to VegasDude's topic in General Nursing

    Not in Vegas but in CA, my first hospital made us sign 18-month contracts in exchange for 6-month preceptorships. I'm talking intense training in your chosen area. If you left before the 18 months...
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    terminated

    TazziRN replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    I'm having trouble with this
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    If you had to to do all over again...

    TazziRN replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    YES, YES, YES! No hesitation, no thinking twice, no reservations. I've been doing this for 20 years now and I love it just as much as when I started. There are things about nursing that I don't like,...
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    Do I let this nurse take the blame...?

    TazziRN replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    Point out that the doctor was at fault also. I know you don't need to, but as you said, it's not fair that she's taking all the heat (even though she is not aware of
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    Sickest you have ever been, and still expected to work.

    TazziRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't sick, but my brother was in critical condition. I was scheduled to work the 7p-3a shift in the ER and I got a phone call that afternoon that he was in the ER. I ran in, and CT showed a...
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    would like day shift to remember there are two others!

    TazziRN replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    What's even worse is when a pt/relative brings something and drops it off on days saying "Could you please make sure that (names of nightshifters) get this?" One pt's wife brought a box of candy and...
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    Respond if you found a decent niche after hating your first positions

    TazziRN replied to Sterlink's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't struggle and didn't hate my prior positions (ended up hating the job but because of burn out), but I found my niche in home health. I love what I
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    Ob-gyn.

    TazziRN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean a nurse or a doc? They care for women with OB or gynie-related issues: pregnancy and delivery, disorders,
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    Nursing family members

    TazziRN replied to nurse2btracy's topic in General Nursing

    No, it doesn't mean you're not meant to be a nurse. Some of us can care for family members, some can't. When my brother was dying everything I knew went flying out the window and I was a basket case....
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    Favorite clinical instructor....and why?

    TazziRN replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    Oh gawd...........I realized what your screen name means, and I suddenly feel very very very old........I graduated high school in
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    Aunt :)

    TazziRN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    No, no......I mean at a little taco stand run by Mexicans who speak little or no English and a lot of the ordering is done by sign language and pointing at the menu. You remind me of my daughter. She...
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    Aunt :)

    TazziRN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    You're right, we don't. For what we do we are very underpaid. Have you ever tasted REAL Mexican
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    Anyone can get into Nursing.

    TazziRN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    oboy........india, i know you see us as old fuddy-duddies who don't know your boyfriend and don't know what he's like, but believe me we know both. we may be older and things may be different today...
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    Aunt :)

    TazziRN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    You certainly don't start out at $40/hour, but you get there fairly quickly after just a few short years. Where you are in the country sets the rate also....nurses in California would make more than...
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    HIPAA violations

    TazziRN replied to Dakota28's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One thing to be VERY careful of.....make sure that the relative you vent to can be trusted. I once had a home care client whose daughter was a caregiver with our agency. The husband was very proud of...
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    "Yelling"

    TazziRN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay, I'll rephrase........if it's another nurse who supposedly yelled or screamed I take it with a grain of salt and consider the source
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    Some MD's can be a bit thick

    TazziRN replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    Not the primary's fault but he didn't need to pull the attitude with her. She told him in the beginning that she wasn't able to reach the
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    Why do I feel like an idiot?

    TazziRN replied to 2togo4rn's topic in General Nursing

    Guess what? YOU'RE NORMAL!!! You will continue to feel this way when you're out working, for a little while. One day you will just realize that you know a lot more than you think you did, and that you...
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    AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    TazziRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked ER and we had students observing, the instructor would come to me later and ask how the student did that day. Whatever I said was repeated as part of the evaluation for that student, so...
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    "Yelling"

    TazziRN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When someone here says they were yelled at I take it to mean "spoken to harshly" unless it was a pt or family member. A few on here, however, who have the "It's everyone else's fault" mentality, will...