voraciousj

voraciousj

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  1. What do you think of chiropractors?

    voraciousj replied to itsme's topic in General Nursing

    I love my chiropractor...he's saved me more times than I can count! I have arthritic hips at the tender age of 30, so I go see him

  2. CDC advice on Zombies

    voraciousj replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    OMG this is

  3. COLA increase for 2011

    voraciousj posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hello all and happy (belated) Veteran's Day! Just wondering if anyone was aware of what the 2011 COLA increase was going to be.

  4. snack/food idea for night shift nurses?

    voraciousj replied to miniangel729's topic in General Nursing

    I usually baked a little something...but as a general rule nurses like food. All kinds of food. Regardless of the shift. Especially if it's free and easily eaten! Best of luck to

  5. Plastics RN's...what experience if any did you need before this job?

    voraciousj replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    RN perdiem...I am curious about your leech experiences... Did you have to touch them with your (hopefully gloved) hands or just shake 'em from the container onto the pt? How do you get them off? I...

  6. Ever write up an attending for yelling?

    voraciousj replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    Were you able to rapid response the patient? I have done this when the MD don't/won't return my calls/write

  7. Job hopping...

    voraciousj posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I graduated in may 2009, got a job working 3-12 hour days on a med-surg/tele floor. Long story short I left after about 10 months due to a difference between me and my nurse manager. Now before you...

  8. Job hopping...

    voraciousj replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to thank everyone for their wonderful advice...it's nice to know that there are people out there to talk to. I actually have already started to look into counseling and my husband and I...

  9. Job hopping...

    voraciousj replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not crying because of the stress of the job, but because I am exhausted and miss seeing my family and friends. I know I need to stop working the five nights/week...it's too

  10. Job hopping...

    voraciousj replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

    Mulan...they don't. I'm lucky to get get 1 weekend a month... It's a really bizarre place...they kinda do what they want, when they

  11. Nurses and your significant others

    voraciousj replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is not a good sounding board for when I've had a bad day/week/month at work. He just doesn't get what we go through on a daily basis. He feels that because he works as an oil technician in...

  12. 12 hour shifts vs. 8 hour shifts

    voraciousj replied to violet_violet's topic in General Nursing

    I do 5 8hr nights midnight to 0800. I hate hate hate it. I left a day shift 3-12hrs and feel as though all I do is work and sleep. I'm a newlywed who never gets to see her husband. I am desperately...

  13. am I wrong?

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

    In the time it took to argue with the aide, why didn't you just toilet the first pt yourself? Or offer to start the shower why she toilet the first

  14. A Profession vs Trade article

    voraciousj replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    I found it insulting that as a "floor nurse" I am a tradesman, nut my ICU counterparts are the "true"

  15. Bloody patients

    voraciousj replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Lol....I opened this thread thinking it was going to be full of blood, guts, and glory. I'm sorry that you had that kind of night/patient though...they are tough to deal with and management always...

  16. Code Brown

    voraciousj replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer:

  17. Pharmacy said no, conventional practice said yes

    voraciousj replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I also would have stopped the primary infusion, put up the Flagyl and just switched them back when the Flagyl was done. Better safe than

  18. Comfort Food After a L o n g Shift

    voraciousj replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    Pizza, wings, and an ice cold

  19. Anyway to get cigarette smell out of a stethoscope?

    voraciousj replied to j_tay1981's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Try googling Heloise...I know she has some great tips for removing odors from various objects. While I don't think that there were stethoscope specific tips, perhaps you could just adapt some of her...

  20. men in printed scrubs

    voraciousj replied to TexanJLN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Suesquatch, would that be the "honey"

  21. Patient who shoves

    voraciousj replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    If they're AxO...call the

  22. How do you wear your hair for work?

    voraciousj replied to ChasingRain's topic in General Nursing

    If you type "sock bun" into youtube, there's a couple really great videos that detail it. Really

  23. How do you wear your hair for work?

    voraciousj replied to ChasingRain's topic in General Nursing

    I do a "sock-bun". Super easy, looks neat, and I don't worry about my hair all over the place either. All you do is take a knee length sock, cut off the foot part and roll the remainder into a donut...

  24. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    voraciousj replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I answered a call light of another nurses patient yesterday. When I went in and asked the LOL what she needed, she pointed at the TV screen at Tina Faye and asked me who she was and why she was on...

  25. IV push hydralazine or labetalol - tele?

    voraciousj replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We require a nurse to monitor the tele while we are pushing the labetalol. It can cause ventricular