RN1982

RN1982

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  1. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    RN1982 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, yes I have. But I would defend my patient. I don't want to imagine the repercussions if I

  2. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    RN1982 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I think one of these days, one of the gang members who comes in with multiple GSWs that I have to take care of is going to have another member come in to "take care" of him/her and I perhaps...

  3. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    RN1982 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    If they can have one, I want

  4. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    RN1982 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Very carefully. I got stuck in snow on the freeway once, yeah, that was so much

  5. Do I have what it takes to be a nurse?

    RN1982 replied to kaya767's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter what WE think, it matters what YOU think. If you really want to become a nurse, go for

  6. ? For those that use Alaris pumps

    RN1982 replied to Ared1's topic in General Nursing

    Our MDs don't tell us how many ccs/hr to run the infusion. When I used alaris pumps, I started at 100cc/hr for 15 minutes then increased the infusion up to 150cc/hr if the patient doesn't have issues...

  7. Dangerous nurse on floor

    RN1982 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    If you follow her and you pick up mistakes that she had made, document them in an incident report, make a copy and turn in the incident report. At least there will be

  8. Night Shift Sleeping Woes

    RN1982 replied to JessiekRN's topic in General Nursing

    So do you eat before

  9. Pay Rate 2009

    RN1982 replied to sam.morgan's topic in General Nursing

    have to take into consideration the cost of living. If I had to pay 1100 bucks for an apartment, I better be making 45 bucks an

  10. Night Shift Sleeping Woes

    RN1982 replied to JessiekRN's topic in General Nursing

    You should cluster your shifts together that way if you have say 3-4 days off you can get yourself adjusted back to days. I usually do that. I come home on my last day of a stretch, shower and sleep...

  11. Dangerous nurses

    RN1982 replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    which thread was

  12. Most Irritating Pt Award

    RN1982 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I would just let him scream, I'm sure they figured out by now he's a bit

  13. Telling doctors what's REALLY on your mind...

    RN1982 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    delete.

  14. Customer Service ratings ....

    RN1982 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I was reading some of the press ganey stuff at my hospital and one complaint was "My surgery was an hour late"....since when do most surgeries start on time and people fail to realize that trauma...

  15. Telling doctors what's REALLY on your mind...

    RN1982 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    delete.

  16. What's the saddest thing you've seen in your career??

    RN1982 replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    All the posts in this thread are sad but Jan's post had me in

  17. What's the saddest thing you've seen in your career??

    RN1982 replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    delete

  18. What should I do? Nursing Supervisor intercepting and playing doctor

    RN1982 replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    That supervisor is an idiot. Follow the doctor's orders, ignore her's. Document, document, document. I would have wrote an incident report also. More importantly, YOU are an advocate for your patient....

  19. Remind me to never work as a Sitter 7p-7a AGAIN !

    RN1982 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I hated sitting. It was so boring especially during the

  20. Dangerous nurses

    RN1982 replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    deleted

  21. So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    RN1982 replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has been completely derailed, disbarred or

  22. Dangerous nurses

    RN1982 replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    too

  23. So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    RN1982 replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, if you have no teeth the only thing you can do is "gum"

  24. So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    RN1982 replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    Innocent shark? They are the ones with 10 rows of teeth (slight

  25. So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    RN1982 replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm gonna bite you. Does that offend