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neonatal3

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  1. Re-entering nursing, ADHD

    neonatal3 replied to crazy horse's topic in Retired Nurses

    Hello To All, Crazy Horse, I can relate to part of your interest to "re-enter nursing after five years of absense" with age of 50's and a personal health concern. I am in my late 50's and have been...

  2. Job Ideas for unlicensed RN?

    neonatal3 replied to hereagain's topic in Retired Nurses

    As a fellow reitired registered nurse,I can certainly understand your concern about study again in a nurse refresher course and your concern cost of a refresher course. In addition, I agree with...

  3. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    neonatal3 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    queenjean "you rock" with your real world comments about some patients who insist on being noncompliant! I had a patient who was NPO after abdominal intestine surgery and who was "reading me the...

  4. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    neonatal3 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoyed your comments, QueenJean,about ways to decrease unreasonable patient requests of nurses such as patient education toward goal of self care. As you say, some patients and families may not...

  5. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    neonatal3 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    In response to Recuerdo's question "nobody complains, why?", one reason seems to be a long term misguided mentality in which docs, patients , and nurses themselves may view professional nurses as...

  6. Funny/Strange things other hospital employees have done????

    neonatal3 replied to jessi1106's topic in Nursing Humor

    This story is about a funny thing done by the doctor who was the Medical Director Of Cardiology on my cardiac floor. Our Medical Director was well known for his sense of humor, and he had done some...

  7. Thats it I give up!!!!!!!

    neonatal3 replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with others' comments to encourage you to keep looking for a nursing job which may be a better "fit" for you. Your efforts to work hard to complete an LPN program and earn your nursing license...

  8. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    neonatal3 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, in these times many patients seem to talk to professional nurses as though we were maids or waitresses! I am a retired nurse, and I do not miss this apparently growing trend of lack of...

  9. newbie with short term memory loss

    neonatal3 replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hello all, I am a retired nurse who has had intermittent short-term memory loss for over five years. The development of memory loss and some associated mild cognitive impairment are the reasons why I...

  10. How are you spending your retirement?

    neonatal3 replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

    Hello all, It is oh so helpful read that some of you have also experienced medical problems and have been forced to retire from nursing earlier than you had planned! Good deal that many of us are...

  11. Is Retirement an Ending or New Beginning?

    neonatal3 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Retired Nurses

    Hello To All, I agree with the frustration of Princenina who wrote about the painful events of retirement at the ending of her nursing career involving "...workers' comp...departure crudely handled by...

  12. retirement

    neonatal3 replied to tiffdeandre's topic in Retired Nurses

    Hello to all ! Totally agree with siggie13 that it "....seems if one spent work life in medical service that there should be some sort of health insurance coverage provided (by the employer)..." !...

  13. Disabled or Retired Nurses

    neonatal3 replied to mobilmedic's topic in Retired Nurses

    Glad to read that you are coping with the change of no longer able to work as a nurse by "finding (your) nich as volunteer in Hospice care". Five years ago I developed health changes and was no longer...