mustlovepoodles

mustlovepoodles RN

OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD

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  1. "Eat Your Spinach" Nurses: How commonplace?

    mustlovepoodles replied to is5512's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I went through a time when I was very cynical. I'm a peds nurse and I had to listen to parents complain & whine about their kids with ear infection, foot & mouth disease, pinworms,...

  2. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    mustlovepoodles replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

  3. Least Stressful Fields of Nursing

    mustlovepoodles replied to pinkrose85's topic in General Nursing

    For me it was both telephonic nursing and school nursing. I was a peds advice line nurse for many years and really loved it. Of course, there is no lifting and i worked from home. I always got lunch...

  4. Is a lot held out of your paycheck

    mustlovepoodles replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    When my son got his first check from his first-ever job he was furious--"WHO is FICA and why are they taking my

  5. Just started Nursing School and could be homeless!!

    mustlovepoodles replied to cjveronica's topic in General Nursing

    My heart goes out to you. It is true that whatever our children do before the age of 18, parents are responsible for. That's not the same as saying "it's your fault." It's not your fault, it's his...

  6. When you were in school....

    mustlovepoodles replied to 3babygirls's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a CNA in the summers and at holiday breaks. Because I was low man on the totem pole I got pulled all over the hospital.Which was great, because I got to see and do a lot of different...

  7. Pulled to another unit by unit manager

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

    Yes she does. She's the boss. When you're the boss of two units, you can choose which unit you want to work

  8. Pulled to another unit by unit manager

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

    I take it you've never floated before. FYI--the people who cut your check, and their representatives(your manager), are allowed to float you wherever they want within your scope of practice. You...

  9. A fever...and no answer at home!

    mustlovepoodles replied to LACA's topic in School

    That sounds great, but it would be hard to put into practice in my area. A lot of our kids are latchkey kids. If they don't get off the bus, nobody knows it until 7pm or later. Sad, isn't it? They're...

  10. A fever...and no answer at home!

    mustlovepoodles replied to LACA's topic in School

    Me too. I work in a small school. Our population is very poor. Their phones are constantly disconnected or changed, but parents forget to give us the new numbers. The kids don't know their parents'...

  11. How do you handle these?

    mustlovepoodles replied to LACA's topic in School

    It depends on the injury. I've had kids who suffered a buckle fracture while skating over the weekend and parents insisted "it's just sprained." Okay, it may be, but she can't move the wrist and it's...

  12. why do doctors order more vitamin d tests than anything?

    mustlovepoodles replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with this. I have suffered with depression all my life, since I was 15. I've had at least 14 severe depressions and I had daily thoughts of suicide for 37 years. I spent 8weeks in a...

  13. Opinions on therapeutic communication

    mustlovepoodles replied to constructiongal's topic in General Nursing

    :nmbrn: Absolutely. I would daresay that people in the field of nursing probably suffer higher rates of depression and addiction than other professions, simply because of the incredibly stressful...

  14. why do doctors order more vitamin d tests than anything?

    mustlovepoodles replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    Good question. My doctor did some routine labs last fall when I being evaled for possible diabetes and Vit D was one of them. My levels came back critically low. I've been on Vit D 50,000U weekly for...

  15. Getting upset at work

    mustlovepoodles replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a few meltdowns at work, also, all of them during times of extreme personal stress. Last year was the worst. I'd a school nurse and I broke down in front of students and staff. I had been...

  16. Nursing student pass out??? I

    mustlovepoodles replied to ladybugme!'s topic in General Nursing

    You need to hear my story. I was a very young student nurse, only 18, so I had no life experience. I was very shy and anxious and even my parents couldn't believe I was majoring in nursing. Everybody...

  17. Nursing or Speech Language Pathology??

    mustlovepoodles replied to Marcyb291's topic in General Nursing

    SLP is a highly in demand field. Like nursing, you can have some flexibility. SLPs work with all ages. You can work in a hospital, a clinic, a school, home care, with peds,in rehab. You can even go...

  18. How to "break up" with a preceptor...

    mustlovepoodles replied to boogeysmomRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd probably just say that you had schedule conflicts and that the nurse manager reassigned you. You don't need to "break up." This isn't a personal relationship. I asked to be reassigned at one of my...

  19. Spring Break

    mustlovepoodles replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    That kinda sucks. We have Spring Break the first week of April so the weather is almost always beautiful and warm. Only one time were we completely rained it and it had the be the year I had DD16....

  20. A Nurses Life

    mustlovepoodles replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I"ve been a nurse for 32+years and there have been times in my life when I felt like all I did was work, especially early on when I was trying to establish myself in the hospital hierarchy. A lot of...

  21. Do you go to work when you have fever/cold?

    mustlovepoodles replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    My answer is, it depends. I have been known to go to work with a fever--after I fell asleep in the sun for 6 hours. Woke up burnt to a crisp, but I had to go in to work--I knew we were short-handed...

  22. Boy, disgrutled nurses should find another job

    mustlovepoodles replied to motivated2nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The best piece of advice someone ever gave me is this: Don't worry about what other people are thinking. Their thoughts are none of YOUR business. In other words, don't waste your time trying to fix...

  23. Student wants to go home...

    mustlovepoodles replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    I agree, there are time when nothing will do but a call to a parent. Last week I had a 4th grader come to me with c/o pain--someone threw a pencil at him and it hit him in the upper chest. I took a...

  24. Some doctors are really burned out,my observation

    mustlovepoodles replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how many times he's heard that song and

  25. Once Bitten Twice Shy

    mustlovepoodles replied to AmyCardsNP's topic in General Nursing

    You've not seen many people wake up from sedation, I"m guessing? My mild mannered DH went completely berserk during an oral surgery procedure. I could hear the whole thing, sounded like there were...