Katie5

Katie5

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  1. If you speak your mind will you get a bad assignment? Come on..come clean!

    Katie5 replied to Airbrushguy's topic in General Nursing

    From your original post, you specifically mentioned your girlfriend, and it is that and that alone, I refer to in my posts. The crux of the matter if your girlfriend's fear- there is no evidence to...

  2. Isn't there such a thing as a learning curve?

    Katie5 replied to tasha1722's topic in General Nursing

    Not to castigate you or anything, you must feel miserable already. Taking a person's B/P three times indicates a significance, which should have been noted down. To the OP, did you get fired from the...

  3. If you speak your mind will you get a bad assignment? Come on..come clean!

    Katie5 replied to Airbrushguy's topic in General Nursing

    I will Airbrushguy. From your tense use, "she seems to be afraid." My understanding is that she has not yet spoken up, to truly know whether or not she would indeed receive a bad assignment. And so...

  4. If you speak your mind will you get a bad assignment? Come on..come clean!

    Katie5 replied to Airbrushguy's topic in General Nursing

    "she seems to be afraid"? It hasn't even happened. What does se have to be afraid

  5. Considering Entry-MSN/FNP Program - Questions about FNP career

    Katie5 replied to Juliet417's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds very good. How long of an RN experience did you

  6. Have patients here ever refused service from you for being an NP?

    Katie5 replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So the issue here is the number of years coupled with the experience level.That put me in serious thought mode. But understand this again, most people nowadays, do not want to wait until they are old,...

  7. Nurses and Coffee

    Katie5 replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing again was this- after figuring how many calories some of these modified coffee beverages carry:uhoh3:, I decided to stick to just plain strong brewed coffee and use my calories...

  8. Would you take a bullet for your colleague?

    Katie5 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So what if your fellow nurse made a mistake and it was blamed on you, would you just let it roll and be the fall person?Or would you go, "Hang on a sec, now this person did this, not

  9. when did they stop wearing those cute nurses caps?

    Katie5 replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God we no longer have

  10. Nurses and Coffee

    Katie5 replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    Morbid!

  11. Nurses and Coffee

    Katie5 replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    Starbucks is expensive coffee. I either brew it myself or drink

  12. how much time did you study a day in nursing school?

    Katie5 replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    In my first three semesters of nursing school, I woke, ate and breathed nursing. Finally in my third and final semester...I let my hair down and took it easy. I guessed, figured..."you can't touch me...

  13. I'm trying nursing, but I'm hardheaded..will I last?

    Katie5 replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    (Playing advocate here)> Expatiate on above

  14. Mistakes at work.

    Katie5 replied to savotina's topic in General Nursing

    You were humiliated- I guarantee you will never make that same mistake again! Oh and you made it worse by taking a day off. Laugh with them and, if you can, laugh loudest- laugh at

  15. I'm trying nursing, but I'm hardheaded..will I last?

    Katie5 replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    Are you trying to help or just reinforcing bad

  16. Somthing going on with my son...

    Katie5 replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    YES to that. I do

  17. Do You Remember Your Patient's Name?

    Katie5 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    A person's name is important to them. Repeating as soon as you're told, may help jug your

  18. Im proud to be an LPN !

    Katie5 replied to Loveuandme's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Okay.

  19. Intimidating? ME?

    Katie5 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok that does not sound very nice. How long has this been going on? How does he relate with other physicians? How is he with his patients?Kind, warm, caring...or the opposite? Everyone should always...

  20. "...Nurses are Doctors SKIVVIES"

    Katie5 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Goodluck on the

  21. "...Nurses are Doctors SKIVVIES"

    Katie5 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Dang! I'm staggered. How did you take a perfectly good analogy and twist it

  22. I am soooo Stressed at my Job I want to quit!!!!!

    Katie5 replied to platanos1's topic in General Nursing

    Therein lies her problem- she's doing her work plus that of her aides. You're probably being too nice of them- forget being friends or fear of being seen as evil( even with the minimum task, they...

  23. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    Katie5 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Stop being such a downer- attitude can be catchy and I sure as heck don't want to catch

  24. Any body else totally burned out?

    Katie5 replied to NS2SBowman's topic in General Students

    As previous poster wrote, it is that time of year. But which leaves me thinking, why is it always when it's so close within our reach, with just a little stretch, a little push to attain our goals...

  25. med errors as an np

    Katie5 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh really. I learn something new