Flightline BSN, RN

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  1. Flightline

    end of my rope...trying to tie a knot and hang on!

    Flightline replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Call in. Go to bed, and then go in and give them a polite ultimatum that it's either days or nights, but not both. You can't work that way, Sweetie 715. You can't do it. No one can. It will destroy...
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    Career Change! Lots of questions!

    Flightline replied to Joelthomas's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to be negative on your plans, Joel, but you'd be much better off financially becoming a general contractor or progressing in the feild you say you love, carpentry. Jesus was a carpenter....
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    40 year old starting NS and taking the ACT

    Flightline replied to powers2004's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for saying I am a deep person. I appreciate that. But I have to ask you a question, and this is no kind of challenge, or right or wrong, or trap, or anything else. I'm very interested in...
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    Nursing Photographer? Also, NCLEX question

    Flightline replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    There is no such thing as a nurse photographer. Nursing is a profession that revolves around caring for patients. Photography is an art or craft that revolves around taking pictures. I won't belittle...
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    40 year old starting NS and taking the ACT

    Flightline replied to powers2004's topic in General Nursing

    I guess that all depends on how dependent you are or become. I'm not the type to need or depend on study groups. I'm not the type who believes my individual progress is a team effort. I'm a loner for...
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    I shouldn't be a nurse...

    Flightline replied to nanae_snow's topic in General Nursing

    Is there no one at this LTC place except you? You even said it wasn't your
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    I'll go with that definition of addiction. Of course, in my post I'm using the term losely, not specifically. And actually, for people to come in here and adamantly claim they are not addicted to...
  8. Flightline

    Should I continue this??

    Flightline replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should quit while you still can. Don't quit school, just change your major. You did your clinicals, you hated them. You will hate nursing even more, believe me, but you will be stuck. If...
  9. Flightline

    I do not want to go back

    Flightline replied to 1styearsucks's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you will quit before your year is up. I believe you may not even go back to nursing. I don't judge you. I don't think you've "blown it" nothing like that at all. Nursing isn't the only...
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    No, that's N/V brought on by physical dependence. Addiction is a psychiatric condition. It is a compulsive dependence on something. But I realize it medically relates to substance abuse. Nonetheless,...
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly how it is for me, too. I don't like being at work for 12 hours. I don't like working three days in a row. I don't usually like being a nurse. But what else could a person possibly do...
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    Fine, your just in it for the
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    I think you might have erred with the quoting on post #12. It looks like I'm the one who had to work after my ex-husband split. But I think the discerning reader will understand that it's a misquote....
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    Me too, actually, and I hate to admit it. We buy a lottery ticket regularly. I mean we always have an active one. But if I won the powerball, I'd have to keep working as a nurse. I might only work a...
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you think he calls us? Do you think it's an old soul, new soul kind of thing, ala reincarnation, or do you think it's something else. By the way, thanks for the compliment on the
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    Are you currently trying to find something else? Because nursing, for the most part, is unpleasant work. I'm sorry, but none of you are at all convincing. You're telling me you're not addicted to...
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    What part of my OP says anything about loving the job? You've done it for 34 years, and by your profile, in a rather difficult field, and you're an LVN, which means you're there are other jobs you...
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    And yet, here you are. You're an LVN, so you're not making so much that you couldn't get another job or train into something else. I never said you had to like nursing to be addicted to it. In fact,...
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    Help Me Please

    Flightline replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you're
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    Im Soon to be A Nurse..YEA!!!!

    Flightline replied to mysticluv's topic in General Nursing

    I would take index cards and write questions from my notes on one side and the answer on the back and review them constantly before a test. Sometimes, I had hundreds of cards to review. But since I...
  21. Flightline

    What things do you feel set apart the great nurses from the good ones?

    Flightline replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    If you've done all you can do, then do this: wiggle your patients big toe when you walk out of the room and tell them to just hit their call button if they need anything at all. It works for me,...
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    Dedicated to all Nurses

    Flightline replied to SeychelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Great!
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    Help Me Please

    Flightline replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Frankly, I see this as intentional self-sabotage. I'm not trying to **** you off or start an argument, but from an outside point of view that's what I see. No one is that naive that they quit a job,...
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    chlorhexidine vs. providone iodine

    Flightline replied to K os's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it's because it's clear and doesn't look like it's there. Of course one could make the same argument for alcohol preps. Oh, and by the way, I notice at this new place I am working that some of...
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    chlorhexidine vs. providone iodine

    Flightline replied to K os's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, well studies can show just about anything we want them to show, but be that as it may, what do you use for