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    Don't People Have Bills To Pay?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's only sarcasm because I went to nursing school with about 20 people whose intention was to be in med surg for 10 seconds, get into critical care and get into NP or CRNA school as soon as possible...
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    wow...this is my JOB!

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Umberlee's topic in General Nursing

    Manually disimpacting a 500 pound woman....sticking my gloved fingers into a dialysis fistula for an hour so it stopped bleeding....chipping dog feces out from under toenails with a straw.... all of...
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    Don't People Have Bills To Pay?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh dear. After six months there, make sure you go to CRNA school so you can have your DREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM job AND make the big
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    Good Excuses for Missing Work

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeah, late call would tick me off and I'd probably ask what the problem was too. However, I wouldn't be offended if someone didn't want to
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    Good Excuses for Missing Work

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't think it's anyone's business why I'm calling off, personally. The company should use their attendance policy and enforce it, and it shouldn't be a problem. I don't care if your car, your house...
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    Don't you just hate it when a patient yells at you?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    And haven't worked a day in their
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    How many pairs of scrubs should I purchase initially?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to loveoutloud's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Four. Never know when you'll get a different job where that particular color of scrubs won't
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hahahaha know your audience, is all I can
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    Nursing Shortage

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    This is amusing because many of the replies to this post I just read has at least one word or phrase in "quotes," no matter the writer. I guess you might just have to "get over
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    Nursing Shortage

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    Why wouldn't
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    Nursing Shortage

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Well, I don't think they drool, but I have a serious pet peeve with people who cannot a) complete their educational requirements when the hospital provides the "classes" and courses online,...
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    Nursing Shortage

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Nashville for a large company that owns multiple hospitals. I was a new grad already employed at a mid-sized hospital in an area five hours away from Nashville and applied for RN jobs...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Actually that sounds like fun to me, over the original subject of this thread which was a 6-8 pager on one word - er sorry,
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    OMG AGREED. We did group poster projects and they used them at a health fair for the hospital we were associated with, for the nurses to come over and claim some CEU's. Hey, no problem, I love being...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Agreed. And patient safety will suffer for
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    Getting Thrown Under the Bus

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Not much of an optimist, is she? (Sorry, the_optimist, I couldn't help myself. :)
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    nurse's rights when patients are verbally abusive...do we have any?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to proud nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What kind of facility is this? Can she be sent to another facility or discharged? That is ridiculous. I hope you filed another incident report and, if she injured you, another workers' comp claim....
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    Salary vs per hour for floor nurses

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to embradsmom's topic in Nursing Career

    I would never agree to
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    Pay Cut "Because of ObamaCare and Jerry Brown"

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to i_love_patient_care's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's the same as most of the insurance cancellation b.s. - Obamacare is a convenient excuse to do whatever they feel like doing this
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    Generic name for vitals machine?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to WalterWho's topic in General Nursing

    No, sorry. Guess I'll stop repeating it!
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    Generic name for vitals machine?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to WalterWho's topic in General Nursing

    Same here...someone said "Get that COW out of the hallway" and a visitor thought they were talking about
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    Sorry, but no..:

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Carpediem1012's topic in General Students

    They sure can, and when we don't like the "consumer's" behavior we should be able to ban them from coming back, but we can't. The day they insist on me calling a patient a customer I quit. Customers...
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    Nursing makes me hate fat people

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Three months? I am wondering if you have a case manager at
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    Nursing School after Law School to attain a Risk Management position?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to MKWright's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi, I'm Redhead! Now you know one who went to law school first and then nursing school! LOL But seriously. Our education on this subject re: bar admission was that 1) you were better off disclosing...