StNeotser ASN, RN

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    Do you ever wish you were a doctor?

    StNeotser replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    No I haven't wished I were a doctor. Nobody has ever asked me that. Though sometimes I have looked at physical therapy assistants and physical therapists with some envy. Only because patients and...
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    Doctors without Borders refusing free Pfizer vaccines

    StNeotser posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Doctors Without Borders Refuses Vaccines from Pfizer - The Atlantic I'm not sure where I stand on this one. I feel they should have accepted the vaccines, yet I understand why MSF are taking...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    StNeotser replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    LOVE this thread. We have no pyxis on our ten bed unit and I could still take narc keys home and still have to count
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    StNeotser replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I think she means that they were admitted the night before instead of the day
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    Doctors without Borders refusing free Pfizer vaccines

    StNeotser replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks. I didn't think of that one. I'll be interested in seeing the outcome of the stand MSF is
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    Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

    StNeotser replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

    No, I never do. A 12 hour shift means at least around 14 hours out of the house due to commute and giving shift report. This is when everything went smoothly. Often it doesn't. Either I have...
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    A Day in Memory Care/ Dementia

    StNeotser replied to Percephone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work memory care but I visit sometimes with hospice. One man at the locked door to the unit told me he was visiting his wife and he didn't know how to get out. I was slightly suspicious and...
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    Hard Truth of Nursing

    StNeotser replied to Mr.Bill RN, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Mr Bill, I switched to hospice home health after feeling as you do. My pay came way down but I'm so much happier. See if there is something different you can do with that BSN. You don't have to...
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    Staffing

    StNeotser replied to traumamomtx48's topic in General Nursing

    My experience with working at a perpetually short staffed floor or facility is the short staffing perpetuates the staff turnover. Working short a little can be done, but months at a time takes a toll...
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    Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    StNeotser replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I like hiking, gardening, and go to the gym on most days I am off. In the winter when there is no gardening to do, I do cross stitch and drink.
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    StNeotser replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's been mandatory for me for at least three years. I don't have a reaction and I don't care. I just get the shot and show'em the proof. I cannot go around for four months wearing a
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    AN is the nice part of the internet

    StNeotser replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in Nurses Rock

    Years ago I used to frequent a stop smoking forum. It was around 1999/2000 so back before anything was moderated much. People would cuss you out on that forum. Nicotine deprived people are crabby...
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    From one RN to another - how to thank a hospice nurse?

    StNeotser replied to emergency_love's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I agree with Nutella, find out everyone's name that you want to thank and then write a letter to the CEO mentioning them all by name. That does it for me more than a plate of
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    showering: before or after work

    StNeotser replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

    IF I'm doing telephone triage then only before. If I did home visits or worked on the floor then before and after, and yes it's time consuming when doing back to back twelves but I feel grubby...
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    What's Rude?

    StNeotser replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh I don't think so. I have probably said the "no problem" thing too. That's why I find these threads so interesting is that there are behaviors we have that may annoy others. Whether people are...
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    What's Rude?

    StNeotser replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh I'm glad it's not just me this happens to! Sometimes if there isn't a bagger handy I will bag my groceries and the idiot behind me has moved up to the card reader counter bit. I said to one...
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    What's Rude?

    StNeotser replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do home care so mine might be different. But not being in when I show up for your appointment time and then getting a phone call saying "can you come back at 3?" No. No I can't. You've just...
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    Meals on demand

    StNeotser replied to tiktokrn's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have a Thermos lunch bag and have lots of those very small rubbermaid containers that might only have four ounce capacity. I put healthy things inside them, nuts, blueberries, hummus etc. I also...
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    What gauge needle for subq heparin do you use?

    StNeotser replied to evarunnr's topic in Patient Medications

    I have always used insulin
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    Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    StNeotser replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I hated nursing and I was making a sacrifice. Turns out I hated the administration at various former employers. I love my job now. There is no sacrifice on my part. Sometimes I wonder...
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    what's your pet peeve?

    StNeotser replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    I do home hospice and palliative care. Last Sunday I got a call that went like this; Entitled: "Yeah, you need to get someone out here and deliver some lorazepam. I just gave (patient) the last one"...
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    Where is our "Safe Haven"

    StNeotser replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is offensive if the same cannot be done for other members of staff. I'd say it's nurses who don't get breaks or are under constant interruption. Once someone knocked on the toilet door when I...
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    Hot Glue Day

    StNeotser replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Away with you! Off I
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    Hot Glue Day

    StNeotser replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Oh I'll
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    StNeotser replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. But I've paid mine and then