mustlovepoodles

mustlovepoodles RN

OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD

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  1. Clean hands made me sick?

    mustlovepoodles replied to HappyBunnyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sensitive to anti-bacterial soaps of all kinds. I can use them for 8 hours and my hands look red, cracked and bleeding. Betadine does the same thing, only I swell up and itch. Incidently, my...

  2. ooh nooo !!

    mustlovepoodles replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, this kind of stuff steams me. there is no excuse for nurses not to do their jobs and there is especially no excuse for making things up. What a maroon... I worked with a nurse one night who...

  3. Help with assignment? Death and Bereavement Interview

    mustlovepoodles replied to mgrand's topic in General Nursing

    good

  4. "will continue to monitor"

    mustlovepoodles replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    How he's nursing, whether he is waking easily for feedings, if he's nursing hungrily. Document the quality of muscle tone, crying. How many times they urinate, what color and consistency the stools...

  5. Frustating shift last night, just venting...

    mustlovepoodles replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a specialist in oncology, but I did help my father when he was dying of mesothelioma with mets. You have a very difficult job and my hat's off to all of you who do this for a living. If I...

  6. A Greenhorn Student Here for Your Wisdom

    mustlovepoodles replied to Ocelot's topic in Nursing Career

    That sounds like a great plan. I'm all for working as a CNA to give you some solid experience before you launch your nursing career. I'm with you about med/surg nursing. God bless the good ones, but...

  7. to be a nurse or not....

    mustlovepoodles replied to prisicruz's topic in Nursing Career

    I had to smile when I read this. I have always had this "thing" about throwing up. I am literally afraid of vomiting, any kind of vomiting. Kids, pets, pregnant moms, drunks, it doesn't matter. I am...

  8. Disqualification for Schizophrenia

    mustlovepoodles replied to nursedreams11's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I agree with the above posters--tell the truth. Only disclose enough to answer direct questions, though. If your mental illness is well-controlled I wouldn't recommend divulging anything that they...

  9. Singing River Hospital

    mustlovepoodles replied to collierdlc's topic in General Nursing

    Oh,wow! I haven't thought about Singing River Hospital in years. My mother went through her LPN program there. She really loved that hospital. I used to make drawings for her which she took to her...

  10. STDs in the elderly...

    mustlovepoodles replied to acuariaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a short time in a family practice office. We lived in Florida, near a resort town. Every day we treated several over-60s for STDs, mostly gonorhea, HPV, herpes, and genital warts. These...

  11. "will continue to monitor"

    mustlovepoodles replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    This is excellent charting. As a peds nurse, I often notice that parents perception of a child's illness does not reflect the reality of a child's illness. Accurate charting can save your butt. Mommy...

  12. new grad resigned after 6 months but wants to work again :S

    mustlovepoodles replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    I plan to use this answer if I ever go back to nursing. I've been a nurse for 31 years but this year I had to go on long term leave due to severe depression, including two hospitalizations at a psych...

  13. Associate Degree or Direct Entry Masters?

    mustlovepoodles replied to clenz's topic in General Nursing

    So, help me understand this. You have a BS in another field, but you want to get your Masters in Nursing so you can do...what? Be a nurse with no nursing experience? Manage other nurses with no...

  14. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    mustlovepoodles replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    thank you so much. i have actually considered going to the local community tech school to take a few culinary classes. i love to cook and i don't have to have a relationship with food. i think your...

  15. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    mustlovepoodles replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    :flwrhrts:I know just what you mean. It's not enough that I'm in recovery; my older kids have lost their minds! Just this week my 16yo beautiful daughter gave her cell phone number to some guy that...

  16. My God, these family members!!

    mustlovepoodles replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, it's not just with elderly parents. I was working in a busy nursery when a pediatrician walked in pushing a bassinet with a sleeping baby in it. Seems the parents wanted to baby's diaper changed...

  17. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    mustlovepoodles replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    Your attorney can handle all this for

  18. SIL seriously has a psychiatric issue

    mustlovepoodles replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you have to say anything. This woman is doing enough damage on her

  19. Questions on Nursing

    mustlovepoodles replied to MelanieC90's topic in General Nursing

    I was in your shoes when I was 18--I really didn't know what I wanted to do. And truthfully, how many of us expect to be so knowledgeable about ourselves and the world at large that we can make such...

  20. Did you work while in Nursing school?

    mustlovepoodles replied to GCTMT's topic in General Nursing

    I worked during summer & holiday breaks as a CNA during nursing school. Not only did it prepare me for real nursing, it helped "seal the deal." I knew without a shadow of doubt that nursing was...

  21. Before You Became A Nurse....

    mustlovepoodles replied to rollydrooly208's topic in General Nursing

    I had a lot of anxiety when I started nursing school. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to be a nurse, but I knew that at that time(1970s) it was one of the few well-paying jobs for women. For the...

  22. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    mustlovepoodles replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    It might be worth your while to seek out the advice of an attorney who knows disability

  23. A nurse should have at least 5 years exp before NP school

    mustlovepoodles replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that there should be some kind of required minimum years of active nursing practice prior to starting graduate school. Most of us come out of school with a lot of book knowledge and limited...

  24. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    mustlovepoodles replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    i feel like this too. this year i have been hospitalized twice for severe depression. i've just come out of a 7wk program and i do not feel ready to go back to work, in any capacity. it feels almost...

  25. Most Humorous Call-In Excuses

    mustlovepoodles replied to jeffrey_rn's topic in General Nursing

    The dumbest excuse I ever heard was from one of the women I was in nursing school with. She called in "pregnant." Then she told the rest of us that she hadn't actually missed her period, but she felt...