MrsCaseyRN

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1. Pregnant nurse working with isolation patients

   MrsCaseyRN replied to Tiffado's topic in General Nursing

   First, this thread is OLD! lol! I got an email saying there was a reply. But look at the post before you, 2008, I think. Anyway, as long as you have had chicken pox, I'm pretty sure you're ok. That's what my OB told me. I've been through 2 pregnanci...

2. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

   MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not going to justify how I feel, or why I have a hard time believing people's nursing stories. I don't really care what your resume consists of, that doesn't change that I'm sitting on the fence (that means I don't have an opinion on your story e...

3. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

   MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

   LOL, my friend was a garbage man too (he has since been promoted) and basically everything about his job is better. I can't even say "well he has to pick up others people's garbage" because I have to clean up other people's poop and vomit!! Thank yo...

4. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

   MrsCaseyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I need to ask other nurses if they are as dissatisfied with nursing or is it just not for me? I've been a nurse for 2 years and I hate it. (I am going back to school for something else, I will not be a nurse that hates her job and does it for anyothe...

5. Angry Nurses - Why?

   MrsCaseyRN replied to IcanHealYou's topic in Emergency

   I love how the 2 here the are nursing students are on their high horses :saint:about how they will never be rude to pts. I suppose the rest of us should hang our heads in shame and learn from those that have never actually practiced as an RN yet. Com...

6. I don't think I can handle this!

   MrsCaseyRN replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric

   Not all places are that bad. On SNF you should have like 20 pts....not 26! I work in LTC. when full we have 60 total. If we have 3 nurses that 20 each and if theres 2, that's 30. But the CNA's handle tray passing. It sounds like the dining room dutie...

7. Angry Nurses - Why?

   MrsCaseyRN replied to IcanHealYou's topic in Emergency

   Sounds to me like the OP thinks he/she understands what its like to be a nurse, even if the OP is saying he/she doesn't. If you are not a nurse (and nursing school doesn't count) you can't really understand the stress that nurses are under. I find it...

8. I caught a manipulative family member in the act!

   MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Ok I will explain... Daughter asked me how many times a day mom is getting her ABTs. No big deal, easy question to answer, right? However her PRIMARY nurse has the chart, and she's about 10 feet away. I said, lets go over to so-and-so and we'll loo...

9. I caught a manipulative family member in the act!

   MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I should have gone into more detail and typed even more paragraphs...The daughter got her answer CLEARLY from the primary nurse, and really wanted to read through these reports AND has been continuing the same behavior since my OP. She asks any...

10. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    MrsCaseyRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    No, I just meant it in a sarcastic way, that the hospital I used to work for was the same, and that this type of treatment towards nurses is so common that it exists at many hospitals around the country. :nuke: Where have they gotten the idea we shou...

11. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    MrsCaseyRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Have we worked together?? It can't possibly be that many hospitals are treating their nurses poorly...nah, can't be that.:icon_roll

12. Sterotypes of Nurses Continues and Is Getting Worse

    MrsCaseyRN replied to nursinginga's topic in General Nursing

    This must be a joke...that was pathetic. I need to pick my jaw up off the floor now.

13. "I do everything an LPN can do" Oh,my gosh !

    MrsCaseyRN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for that. I used to work in the hospital but switched to LTC for schedule reasons and I've heard that sooo many times that #1 I'm starting to feel useless, and #2 I want to scream "Then why aren't there more LPNs in the hospitals!!!!" Pleas...

14. How many of you worked during school?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to ChrisAHF's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time as an EMT while going for my RN. I had no choice. It wasn't that bad though.

15. I hate drunk drivers.

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Apollorn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Actually, I believe anyone caught drunk driving (DWI, DUI) should never be allowed to drive again. A no tolerance policy. But even then, some of them would drive w/o a license anyway.