southernbeegirl

southernbeegirl BSN, RN

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  1. I cant start IV's!

    my husband says i'm not happy unless i'm sticking a needle or tube of some kind in someone, lol. i've worked in geriatrics for 14 years(with one short run in a hospital). i think i've been lucky but...
  2. "Fired for NO Reason"

    i dont disagree with your statement one bit. i certainly feel no loyalty to the company that owns our building. but i do feel a certain loyalty to my coworkers and to my patients. but there is a...
  3. believe me, there is NOTHING wrong with that RN except a big ole sense of
  4. Interview Blunders

    and when the DON you are interviewing with asks you "where do you want to be in 5 years?" for God's sake don't tell her "I want to be a DON just like you". you wont get that job, lol. trust me on...
  5. my company expects the "hilton" treatment. well actually they expect the "ritz carlton treatment" because they changed their policies a few years ago and hired the man over the ritz carlton to help...
  6. "Fired for NO Reason"

    great article! thanks! i am forever wondering how people can be so unprofessional at work. i was raised in the working world by my father. i worked for him from the time i got out of typing class...
  7. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    wow, when you get down off your high horse, be careful...you might
  8. i weigh 350lbs and i work my tail off. so i may not be able to run as fast as others to a code, i DO get there! if i say anymore i'll be even more pist so ima hushup right
  9. Need some good summer reads!

    i just finished The Appeal by john grisham and loved it! i'm currently reading his new one, The Associate. my boss and i love to read so we swap books constantly. every summer we try to pick a...
  10. correct terms

    i dont like expired much either. i use it but i dont like it. when i chart i chart "pt prounounced dead @ 8:15am". i'd LIKE to chart "pt deader than fortyleven hells"
  11. My God, these family members!!

    how could i have forgotten that??? i should be strung up, tarred and
  12. My God, these family members!!

    and dont forget "and it is MY pleasure to not pee or eat just so i can take care of YOUR
  13. i agree! not the worst thing that could happen. when state is in EVERYONE is all hyper and nervous. sounds to me like they are just trying to scare you about saying your license is on the line....
  14. understanding how a cardiac arrest leads to respiratory arrest

    great
  15. Studying Tips

    we had a small study group (5of us). we always met at my house because i was centrally located to everyone. and my husband was the perfect nursing school husband! he was chronically ill due to...
  16. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    haha me
  17. Elderly CNAs

    i work with a lady in her late 70s. she's been a CNA longer than i have been alive. now she is our feeding aide and runs the dining room, passes ice and fluids. she was still working the floor when...
  18. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    me thinks that thou should let us learn to laff at ourselves and others in a good natured way and that thou should let us learn to laff at posts on a message board that are not meant to be taken very...
  19. Nurses whom give overly detailed reports...

    ahh sorry,
  20. Nurses whom give overly detailed reports...

    iagree lu. one thing i've learned to do is a written report. i STILL want to tell them everything in report so i write it down to give to them. then i go over just the highlights with them...dx, tx,...
  21. Got fire because manager said I need some critical thinking

    i lost my first job the same way. when they let me go, the administrator told me "call me when you've 'grownup' in nursing a bit and i'd hire you back in a second". he meant it in a loving way (real...
  22. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    (thats my coy look...how'd i
  23. Nurses whom give overly detailed reports...

    wait! lol, i didnt mean this thread changed me...i realized what i was doing years ago and stopped it. i took report from a nurse just like me and she drove me nuts! thats when i realized i must...
  24. Nurses whom give overly detailed reports...

    i used to be one of those nurses that told yall everything about the patient. im sorry. i have seen the error of my ways and have changed my evilness. just wanted yall to know that,
  25. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    kinda turns me on.... say it