GI Issue Nurse

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1. For My Fellow Veterans

   GI Issue Nurse replied to kmchugh's topic in Nursing Humor

   I have not read these in years. I have not seen the version with the quoted remarks before. Thank you so much for the memories and the laughs.

2. burnout anyone else experience it?

   GI Issue Nurse replied to greyhair's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Burnout Burnout is a very real problem in our profession. There is tons of literature out there on the issue and ways to cope with it. As you well know, we are hardest on ourselves and our...

3. Stool transplant???

   GI Issue Nurse replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

   C diff would be much worse than a stool transplant!! You don't drink it! Just think....C diff can kill you or make you wish that it would since you life is so miserable. A stool enema and...

4. Stool transplant???

   GI Issue Nurse replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

   Actually makes a lot of sense and the thought does NOT gross me out, but there is the little fact that I manage an GI Endo lab!! ( :rotfl: :rotfl: LOL, LOL:roll ) Not something most of us feel...

5. What does your post name reflect about you?

   GI Issue Nurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

   My name has 2 meanings. I currently manage an Endoscopy Lab which covers "GI Nurse" but I also spent many yrs in the USAF therefore I'm "GI Issue Nurse" for "Government Issue Nurse, 1 each"! I have...

6. A few questions.

   GI Issue Nurse replied to mrsabradford's topic in General Nursing

   Get your ADN and work. Be really careful about student loans because Med school can leave you with debts that could take you a lifetime to repay. Doctors do not have the earning power that they use...

7. Any thoughts and words of wisdom greatly appreciated.

   GI Issue Nurse replied to Nurse2be's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Nurse2Be, I feel your pain! I quit a higher paying job to take a lower paying one but with different trade-offs. I was in the military as is my husband, who is also a nurse. The reasons are too...

8. 14 Nurses Fired and 9 disciplined in Kentucky

   GI Issue Nurse replied to nurseattorney's topic in General Nursing

   I called a physician for an End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patient that had an extremely elevated blood glucose and had been on Nipride for hypertensive crisis. This doc had written a transfer to the...

9. Good nursing shoes

   GI Issue Nurse replied to doularoz's topic in General Nursing

   The absolute best shoes that I have found are the Anywears clogs. I have bad knees and a bad back and have been wearing these clogs for 4 years. The same pair!! All I have to do is change out the...