geekgolightly

geekgolightly BSN, RN

MICU, neuro, orthotrauma

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  1. All you do is pass meds and chart....I do everything else........

    geekgolightly replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    im at a new job and today the CA yelled at me, huffed when i cleaned up a bowel movement but didnt bathe the patient, and became furious when i said that i needed a q2 vital on an EtOH withdrawal. i...

  2. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    :)

  3. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    She needs to be better educated. A little knowlege is sometimes a very dangerous thing. If she works in your hospital, write her up. She should not be telling patients

  4. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    lol! me too. i think she was burnt out honestly and knew i was determined so didn;t do much for me. i was a nurse and so she thought i was ok on my own, im assuming. i needed her badly though. i...

  5. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    So are you retracting your 99% then? Curious... I wish I had someone who was really adament about breastfeeding helping me. Because no one did. There was even a lactation consultant, but she was too...

  6. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    I thinkl I was unclear? I said that it appears that the nurses I shadowed and the ones I labored under were wanting me to get an epidural, were happy when someone formula fed because it was less work...

  7. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    of course it should be that way! people like you should be in every hospital. maybe i wouldn't have had such a rotten experience. these nurses were pretty nasty. i came in when i was spilling 2+...

  8. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    oh im just being contrary using the inverse terminology. nature nazi's really stuck in my craw.

  9. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    sure, and calling an enire movement of people NATURE NAZIs goes really far to show her open mindedness and concern for whats best for the

  10. Gay / Lesbian patient resources for nurses?

    geekgolightly replied to glbtnurse's topic in General Nursing

    p.s. johnbearPA you rock.

  11. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    geekgolightly replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    just FYI the doctors and nurses DID whisk away my baby and give him formula without my permission and dissuaded me from breastfeeding. not farfetched at all. happened in 2003 in houston texas. if i...

  12. Port Angeles, Sequim

    geekgolightly replied to epg_pei's topic in Washington Nursing

    ive looked into this. travel time from sequim to seattle is approx 2 hours and 30 minutes. port angeles is 15 miles further

  13. Gay / Lesbian patient resources for nurses?

    geekgolightly replied to glbtnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I like the "my partner and i..." route, and if they ask further, then they asked for more info, go ahead! And personally, I like to share aspects of my personal life, such as my husband and children...

  14. Gay / Lesbian patient resources for nurses?

    geekgolightly replied to glbtnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It is a very common thing to talk about one's personal life. Poeple ask me, "So are you married?" or "how long have you been with him?" These are delves into my personal life and I enjoy sharing with...

  15. Nursing shortages/careers

    geekgolightly replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    p.s. i totally agree with your assertions. pomo within philosophy has signified our economic reality for a while

  16. Nursing shortages/careers

    geekgolightly replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    demonsthenes, don't you see libertarianism's end as monopolistic

  17. New Jobs are so hard :(

    geekgolightly posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was so excited about starting a new job. I loved my old one, but really want to learn more, and this job offered me training for ACLS as well as preparing me for ICU. I've been on the floor for two...

  18. New Jobs are so hard :(

    geekgolightly replied to geekgolightly's topic in General Nursing

    Muchos Gracias to all of you. I worked a couple more days recently and feel more comfortable. No one yelled at me, I got a few nice compliments on my work and knowlege (outside of cardiac nursing of...

  19. Why do you Nurse in the Burn unit ?

    geekgolightly replied to EENstudent's topic in Burn

    amen

  20. Critical care internship...

    geekgolightly replied to nursing 101's topic in MICU, SICU

    That sounds fabulous. I w i s h there were something like this in my

  21. Why do you Nurse in the Burn unit ?

    geekgolightly replied to EENstudent's topic in Burn

    Do you mind telling me how he is now, if you know? This brought tears to my eyes. I wish his mom could find a way to deal with this in a happier

  22. Anyone work at SW Wa. Med Ctr?

    geekgolightly replied to Undecided7's topic in Washington Nursing

    I plan on working in the portland area in a few years and would love to ehar from someone who has worked there too. smilin gp, im glad you had a good experience there. was it in the critical care...

  23. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    geekgolightly replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    LMAO!!

  24. Losing money being a nurse

    geekgolightly replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    No one is being paid what they are worth these days. Bottom line. Nurses are faring better than most. Count your

  25. Losing money being a nurse

    geekgolightly replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!! "The deficit doubled during the Reagan years. His second term was scarred by the Iran Contra scandal, but he never lost that common touch.... Ronald Reagan had an uncanny ability to make...