Katie5

Katie5

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  1. Do you LIKE every patient that walks through your door?

    Katie5 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Humor me, if you will. By "like", no one is advocating being all buddy-buddy with the patient. But there is certain sense of expectation , that since this person is in the hospital, he/she would watch...

  2. Those that prefer to work with men

    Katie5 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Glad you're okay. You'd be hard-pressed to name for me women that stick together in the work place. The few you'd name are anomalies. I've grown cynical of, "feminists", they play both sides of the...

  3. Those that prefer to work with men

    Katie5 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    See even your female co-workers reason with me... On a different note, are you okay though?I'm concerned. Maybe it's just me, but the way you used your words sort of invoked that spirit of concern in...

  4. Lost it at Work

    Katie5 replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe that you should have to lie. It's your day off- you can't come means you can't come period. Having to lie makes it seem like you're guilty by not going in. I am a straightforward...

  5. Is It Bad To Ask For Help When Caring For a Heavy Patient?

    Katie5 replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    You NEED to ask for help...your back won't thank you otherwise. Your instructor has a misplaced sense of what "independence" means. Please whack her on the head for me..here's a

  6. Do you LIKE every patient that walks through your door?

    Katie5 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    You called it what it truly is- a challenge. You battling a challenge with unequal resources, because we have a lot to protect while they don't give a fig about anything. So you see, it is a...

  7. Do you LIKE every patient that walks through your door?

    Katie5 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen bolded part a lot, more than I care

  8. Do you LIKE every patient that walks through your door?

    Katie5 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I need a poker face...my eyes are very

  9. Lost it at Work

    Katie5 replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your DON to come talk with me. You're working overtime, that means privilege dear, to have your pick and stuff. If your DON has a problem with that she needs to address the staffing issues. Unless...

  10. Those that prefer to work with men

    Katie5 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hilarious stuff but sadly, I believe

  11. Those that prefer to work with men

    Katie5 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Two out of a great plenty good ones doesn't make that the norm- there are bad eggs in every basket. I'm jus'

  12. Those that prefer to work with men

    Katie5 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the few times. Women are generally overly sensitive and pick offense at every little thing...plus they have long memories. Oh I'm a woman

  13. When will they realise that nurses can only work so hard for so long

    Katie5 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    What led up to this...this

  14. Walking away from nursing after 8 months

    Katie5 replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It might be hard to see it now. But there is a silver lining behind every cloud. Yours is trying to peek trhough. It's easier said than done, I know and truly understand. I started to type, that if...

  15. To the RN I just had hospital orientation with today....

    Katie5 replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch..that must have hurt. Let me try playing advocate though. You also went caerte blanche to assume that all these, the nurse meant. For some, they have passed thorugh being a PCA and made up their...

  16. Spouse Turning Nonsupportive During NP School

    Katie5 replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Wow wow people slow down. All too often people are so quick to aggravate issues without hearing both sides of the story, From what OP typed here, the guy seems like a jerk, but let's not be so quick...

  17. Caring nurse turned Raging *****

    Katie5 replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch... There is a little bit of nature vs Nurture here. Is it really her nature or is her environment not nurturing enough hence this meltdown. There are varied reasons ... all of them

  18. I need to interview a RN (:

    Katie5 replied to Lindsay729's topic in General Nursing

    Okay..

  19. Caring nurse turned Raging *****

    Katie5 replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    Only if you let it. It WILL try to change you..but you have to stick to your guns and not let it. These mostly happens in a toxic work environment. You need to

  20. Unhappy nurse? How to be happy?

    Katie5 replied to florence09's topic in General Nursing

    Being happy is a conscious decision that you have to make. You have to decide for your self that you will be happy no matter what. Your happiness should be independent of your job, you should be happy...

  21. I'm a job hopper.... HELP!

    Katie5 replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    From your thread title, you must either be doing something good or have something they want. Cos even from your vast resume, you still get employed. You'll be just fine. You're going to be the work...

  22. are you tougher on foreign nurses?

    Katie5 replied to ItsTheDude's topic in General Nursing

    Let's face facts too, all the foreign born nurses I have had priviledge of working with are EXTREMELY hardworking. Whilst SOME of my fellow American born workers ALWAYS want to take a 15min smoke...

  23. CRNA or NP?

    Katie5 replied to heavensent88_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Reasearch a bit. Look it up, have some info/foundation on them. See which one you're leaning to more. Then come back and ask indepth questions based on what you know...or seek to

  24. Lied on...what to do?

    Katie5 replied to NurseNinaFla's topic in General Nursing

    You can't. The bottom line is you left it in the room and it was found, every other thing is guesswork. Let it go and move

  25. are you tougher on foreign nurses?

    Katie5 replied to ItsTheDude's topic in General Nursing

    You're taking out your ire against your hospital for hiring foreign born nurses against your colleagues? And you're in an adult world? Think- The Golden