VictoriaG

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1. Not a "people person" - problem?

   VictoriaG replied to vettech's topic in General Nursing

   I have always been a notorious extrovert, but it was an act, a way of hiding something painful. When I first became a nurse 12 years ago, I held myself back from the patients, just as I held myself...

2. opening up nursing the profession to spanish speakers?

   VictoriaG replied to brown rice's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, this topic sure got us all stirred up! IMHO, communication and the art thereof, is the most important talent and responsibility of a good nurse. All day long, every day we work, we are expected...

3. Can Circulating Nurse Sit?

   VictoriaG replied to inches's topic in Operating Room

   Knit and crochet????!!!!! I am on the floor laughing! Never in my life have I done anything so unprofessional, and I am not an AORN type either. I can just imagine Dr. Z.'s face if I walked into...

4. Terms of endearment

   VictoriaG replied to mamabear's topic in General Nursing

   I, too, have an OB background and that is why I use "terms of endearment" when my patients need it: when they are frightened or out of control. I agree, it seems a bit condecsending during a blood...

5. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   VictoriaG replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   I work at a rural hospital in Michigan. My base pay is $22.96/hour which is about what I was making 4 years ago n Lansing. I make an additional $1.10/hour charge nurse pay and only $1.60/hour call...

6. RN to MD....possible or not?

   VictoriaG replied to zinacef's topic in General Nursing

   A doc I work with was an LPN, RN, PA before he finished his internal med residency at age 46. He is mean and nasty and downright abusive to the patients and nurses, He must have been a rotten

7. Funny Names for Nurses

   VictoriaG replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

   In a small town in Michigan there used to be twin OB-GYN's with the last name of Dokter. They actually advertised themselves as the Pair of

8. The more experience you have the less you are paid???

   VictoriaG replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

   Without a Union I would surely be out of a job. I have caused so much upheaval in our hospital by reporting our incredibly unsafe working conditions to the state, that the CEO glares at me whenever...

9. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

   VictoriaG replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

   I do not understand where you all are coming from. Do we shower the doctors with gifts on Doctor's Week? Nurse's Week was created to recognize the value of nursing, not to give nurses

10. Circulators

    VictoriaG replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    There must be a charge nurse in the OR, that is the role of the circulator in Michigan. I cannot comprehend how an unlicensed person can circulate. Who is