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  1. Please dont hate me for saying this...

    uscstu4lfe replied to RN2BENAUSTIN's topic in General Nursing

    people talk - that's just what they do. are we supposed to walk around like robots and not talk to each other? some gossip is worse than other gossip - you get that wherever you go in

  2. Lazor hair removal

    uscstu4lfe replied to iluvivt's topic in General Nursing

    What's a "lazor?" you are quite

  3. Hourly Rounding/pain management?

    uscstu4lfe replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    i work in med-surg and we have the hourly rounding rule. i have not seen any of the RNs actually do hourly rounding. they would never get anything done! at the end of their shift they just sign off as...

  4. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    uscstu4lfe replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    disease: to me, a disease is something that is biological, just happens, etc. choice: you make the decision to do something so, to me, alcoholism is a choice. people choose to pick up the alcohol and...

  5. Drug testing........................................... .........

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question for you all. perhaps you can help me out! Are nurses allowed to take RX pain meds on their days off? We all know that nurses are not allowed to work under the influence under any...

  6. Pt with fluid filled lung is urgent isn't it?

    uscstu4lfe replied to BinkieRN's topic in General Nursing

    perhaps one of the most important pieces of information i was taught in nursing school by the great mr. W is, is this patient symptomatic? Alert? Oriented? Normal respirations? Good O2 sats? No...

  7. men and neonatal

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Males interested in the ICU. I'm not sure how receptive hospitals are about having men in the neonatal unit. But, in med surg, my back is killing me and neonatal seems like it wouln't be as

  8. more med-surg woes

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    uugggghhhhhh i absolutely dread going into work. what areas of nursing could i work in and be relatively left alone/have minimal contact with people/patients? the more/longer i am working, the more i...

  9. least stressful area

    uscstu4lfe replied to rajotolentino's topic in General Nursing

    i think a lot of people would say long term care (ltc). personally, i disagree. it scares the jeebies out of me anytime an elderly person starts choking/coughing on their

  10. Dialysis RNs?

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm looking for a "new job" as an RN and have been thinking about dialysis. Does anyone know if there's an overflow of these nurses? Underflow? Any input from anyone that might know would be...

  11. What PRN meds do you give a lot?

    uscstu4lfe replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    i give a crap load of

  12. Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a med-surg floor on nights. I have seen almost every single nurse there hunched over and asleep at one time or another. Some even take blankets from the blanket warmer and get a little too...

  13. do i really have to do med surg

    uscstu4lfe replied to lflyew's topic in General Nursing

    No way!!! Life is too short to be stuck for 6 months - 12 months in anarea you are not required to be in, but yet some still "recommend it." You'll learn all of the things you need to learn in...

  14. Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a couple of nights ago and saw another nurse sleeping for 1.5 hours straight at the charting

  15. New nurse or just plain stuipd?

    uscstu4lfe replied to stilltrying's topic in General Nursing

    it's not nice to call someone stupid. furthermore, it's a bit shady for you to be calling her stupid behind her

  16. lost mom during the first semester

    uscstu4lfe replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    you are cheated -and i am very sorry to hear about your mother. she may not be there physically, but spiritually she is so

  17. a patient who things she's in a hotel

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to get your opinion on a patient that my floor often gets. The diagnosis is intractable abdominal pain, which she states is a 10 out of a 10 on the pain scale. She has been in and out...

  18. men and neonatal

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't necessarily feel "called" to do it - i did a quick rotation and found nothing wrong with it either. in general, i think i liked every area to some degree, but each has pros/cons, and i have...

  19. HIPPAA Dilemma: Pt Privacy vs. Suffering Animal

    uscstu4lfe replied to HapkidoMedicine's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with leslie!! i feel so compassionate towards animals because they need to be cared for - they MUST have advocates to stand up for them, no matter what. now i'm in the mood to donate to peta!!...

  20. Very disrespectful !!!

    uscstu4lfe replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    in nursing school i was working with this VERY sweet RN in the ICU. I forgot what it was, but during report, the oncoming nurse wasn't satisfied with something the sweet RN had did/wasn't...

  21. HIPPAA Dilemma: Pt Privacy vs. Suffering Animal

    uscstu4lfe replied to HapkidoMedicine's topic in General Nursing

    i love animals!! i would've offered to go check on the dog myself

  22. Help! I need career (change) advice

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been in med surg (still considered a new grad) for several months. I'm hating it. I'm hating running around all day, trying to remember what I did for the day when I actually get to sit down and...

  23. Renting vs Buying a home while in a BSN program.

    uscstu4lfe replied to Nursing Gyrl's topic in General Nursing

    If you are certain that you want to spend several years in the same house/location, then buy the house... if you can get it for about the same as you would rent for. The pro to this is that you'll be...

  24. How long do you hold IVF when drawing blood from PICC line?

    uscstu4lfe replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have to have an order to draw from a PICC line? It's been so long that I have forgotten. I had 2 preceptors during my orientation - both of them didn't even bother to listen to lung sounds,...

  25. Is Dialysis hard to get into?

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I searched the Davita website and there are no listings for New Grads in the Socal Area, and I think only a couple of listings statewide. I assume (hope) this is an