StNeotser ASN, RN

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    Moral Distress

    StNeotser replied to LadyJRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm afraid I felt just awful when my 93 year old patient with pleural effusion, CHF, pneumonia and many more dx went back up to ICU for the third time in a month last night. He is a full code. I...
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    "Weekends aren't a shift!"

    StNeotser replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I am not allowed to leave my unit for lunch (nightshift) let alone get to the grill for anything to eat (it's closed) I do however, sometimes snaffle the odd saltine or jello. And no, I don't think...
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    Do you understand your paycheck??

    StNeotser replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't leave my unit for lunch either because I work night shift. We go to the day room for "lunch" but it's really annoying if family members are about because you feel you can't take it. If they...
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    Do you understand your paycheck??

    StNeotser replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    No, not really. This is because for example it will say Weekend shift diff: 72:00 (meaning hours) And then say Night shift diff: 72:00 but it won't give me the exact number of hours I did either...
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    Is overtime safe for your patients?

    StNeotser replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    Once I was pretty much forced and threatened into staying from 10pm to 2pm. I had signed up for the 10pm to 6am but not for the day shift. It was the worst thing I ever did and would sooner lose my...
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    Do You Tell EVERYONE You Are a Nurse?

    StNeotser replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I don't tell everyone. However, people in my neighbourhood know just because they see me going to and fro in scrubs. They do ask questions and I always smile and say "I really think you need to see...
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    Last Shift Outstays their Welcome!

    StNeotser posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think this is probably a real pet peeve of mine, but we now have two nurses from the previous shift who will stay about three hours into mine "to chart". I understand that it's very difficult to get...
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    Last Shift Outstays their Welcome!

    StNeotser replied to StNeotser's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't consider that they may not want to go home. One is actually recently divorced (as I am). When my daughter is at the ex's house, I know my house feels very empty and I wonder if she feels...
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    Last Shift Outstays their Welcome!

    StNeotser replied to StNeotser's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I didn't explain everything. I have asked them if there's anything they want to pass on for me to do. They always decline the offer. I have jovially said "Don't you two have homes to go to?"...
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    your first....

    StNeotser replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    Mine were from Walmart. They were ugly, too long, and I didn't feel right in them. If I hadn't have been so skint I'd have gone for something
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    Bad to be concerned with money?

    StNeotser replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    I am a single mother. I have to be concerned about money otherwise my daughter wouldn't eat/have heat in her house. I enjoy my job for the most part, but I wouldn't do it for $10 or $15 an hour....
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    Male nurses dominate b/c they are Male?

    StNeotser replied to sasha1224's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agreed. It's obvious that the best person to lead the country doesn't necessarily have to be a white christian male but that's what gets voted in time after
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    Large med pass at 6 am!!!!!!

    StNeotser replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    We are doing this more and more now on night shift. I find that I am often giving just one med to every patient I have and I have to wake them up for it. Some patients really don't appreciate being...
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    Working as an CNA after finding out you passed????

    StNeotser replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I did, but luckily it was only four shifts that were scheduled and really couldn't be changed. I understood. I hope you can either hang in there for this month or get another job. One thing I...
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    WHY SHOULD THEY GET MEDICAL CARE/ free

    StNeotser replied to ssalicia's topic in Correctional

    Er, is that a regular thing? Seriously? Sheesh, I'd rather spend my time in collections court than
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    Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    StNeotser replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Very well said. I believe that people behave this way because there are no consequences for their actions. If a member of the public hit a sales clerk or a waitress in a restaurant the police would...
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    Sick days allowed and certification pay

    StNeotser replied to SHALIMAR's topic in Emergency

    I got written up for taking two sick days in one month. This was classed as excessive sick leave. No matter that they were the first I had taken in two
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    What stethoscope do you have?

    StNeotser replied to zooz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Litmann classic SE II, because when I was a student that's what we were told to buy. I had one stolen so bought a second Litmann (was left in the med room overnight and never saw it again). But the...
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    cute, non-tacky scrub tops?

    StNeotser replied to emersushea's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    This is my favourite site http://www.lydiasuniforms.com/ I like Urbane scrubs and Babyphat but they rarely go on sale
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    The Telegraph wins this weeks Bash Nurses award

    StNeotser posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/27/nurse327.xml Harriet Yeo's 83-year-old mother, Barbara, died in hospital in 2005 after doctors had placed a "do not resuscitate" notice...
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    when male patient pulls his foley out

    StNeotser replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ouchy ouch! Seen it done with a 10cc intact, but never something that big. I had to reinsert too, as MD said that if I left it out for any length of time the swelling might inhibit putting it back in...
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    Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    StNeotser replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    I dunno. I'm from Britain and most of our best exports are gay. (Elton John, George Michael, Oscar Wilde, Albus Dumbledore, All those mini series you see on the Logo channel etc) Couldn't say I'd...
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    Crocs and the clinical workplace?

    StNeotser replied to JesseInezRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    That I can hose them down after work. And that after having a LOL have a bit of an accident after putting her on the commode, I can safely say I do not like the variety with holes.
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    I'm sorry but I'm EXTREMELY irritated by this!

    StNeotser replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    Disagree entirely with that one. How about respecting someone else because they are a fellow human being? After all, it's what we are expected to do day in and day out. However, all the other...
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    Sunday Times view of nurses

    StNeotser replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    This is one of about five articles I've read in the last week in the British press that slam nursing. Not one of the journalists seems to have done any research - it's all anecdotal on the one time...