armyicurn

armyicurn

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  1. Is this common?

    armyicurn replied to pepino23's topic in General Nursing

    OP, please PM me where you work. I need a place like that.

  2. Nurse Resigns by Sending 'I Quit' Cake to Her Employer

    armyicurn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bloody hell! Autocorrect strikes again! I meant status. Thanks elkpark. So some for those rolling their

  3. Nurse Resigns by Sending 'I Quit' Cake to Her Employer

    armyicurn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Even if it was a joke, IT IS UNPROFESSIONAL!!! how in hell is nursing ever going to get the respect and stigma like doctors get??? They keep their crap in their inner circle but in nursing is the...

  4. Light at the End of the Tunnel: RN to BSN

    armyicurn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Our med rooms are videotaped 24/7. Too many issues in the past. The video is keep for 30 days and then is

  5. Nurse Resigns by Sending 'I Quit' Cake to Her Employer

    armyicurn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    And some of us wonder why nursing gets so much crap. Way to go

  6. Hands off my vent!!

    armyicurn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    And this is why there is no free wifi at the hospital. what a

  7. Interpersonal skills during a code

    armyicurn replied to RNexplorer's topic in Critical Care

    I do something like this but when the resident stands there just staring, I tell them this is not Greys Anatomy. Snap out of it. Then they run to their attending. Then the attending comes to me and...

  8. Hands off my vent!!

    armyicurn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    call security, your manager, the director and call a meeting NOW. Hell no, no touching.

  9. Use of cellphones while at work

    armyicurn replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

    Celebrity? You work at Hollywood General?

  10. What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

    armyicurn replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of unit? Surgical? Medical? or

  11. Use of cellphones while at work

    armyicurn replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

    Follow policy like others already said before me. I wear mine. It is a huge Apple 6+. I am all over the hospital and if my colleagues need to call me (for work related), they do it. My Verizon signal...

  12. Nurses smoking weed?

    armyicurn replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Stay OFF the drugs! In MHO, weed just numbs the brain but it does not take the pain away for

  13. Where Do Most Nurses Work?

    armyicurn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a 2014 survey data results article? I'd like to see

  14. Nurses smoking weed?

    armyicurn replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Smoking is

  15. My first night shift... help!

    armyicurn replied to Kwells29's topic in General Nursing

    Provigil. Get your provider to give you

  16. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    armyicurn replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your organization is still using charts? As in binders and

  17. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    armyicurn replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hell no! I am old and have no tolerance for this. Do not ignore it. Who does this clown think he can call/label people? Let him/her get away with it and it will get worse. Doctors think they are...

  18. Nurses smoking weed?

    armyicurn replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Honor? Really??? Sorry but I do not think it has anything close to

  19. Lied to in Interview

    armyicurn replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    Start looking for another job. But before you leave, ask the interviewer why are they not honoring their

  20. Light at the End of the Tunnel: RN to BSN

    armyicurn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    We have video cams in the med room. Why? Diversion is a big issue is some departments. I recently had to be a chairperson for someone that came under investigation. Some med rooms are located in areas...

  21. Would you report possible diversion?

    armyicurn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Not trying to insult ANYONE as per my comment (#183). In my organization, we do not have keys and even when deployed in austere regions of the world, LPNs are/were not allowed to carry such keys....

  22. Do you prefer to contend with the smell of stool or the smell of Glade?

    armyicurn replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    We do nothing! Let it linger so the annoying family

  23. Would you report possible diversion?

    armyicurn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Report it. If you fear that your coworker may confront you asking you if you reported them, you can ask to be assigned different shifts. Security can also escort you to the car at the end of the...

  24. Should I leave this racist town?

    armyicurn replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, do not ignore the comments. The more you let that go, the worst it gets. Those ignorant, Metamucil lacking parasites that you are working with are just feeding from you ignoring their comment. On...

  25. Explain: Preload vs Afterload

    armyicurn replied to outside_child's topic in Cardiac

    Great topic! Thanks for taking the time to explain it in basic