mustlovepoodles

mustlovepoodles RN

OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD

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  1. I've been a nurse for 20 years.

    mustlovepoodles replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm throwing my hat into the ring too--you need a different job with more regular hours. I have worked about 25 years of night shift in my 31 years of nursing. I loved night shift("where the stress is...

  2. I just dont understand!!

    mustlovepoodles replied to sassyson_989's topic in General Nursing

    Every professional nurse needs a well-rounded basic education in addition to nursing classes. A little English/Lit, a little Western Civ,some Sciences, some Sociology and Psychology,and yes, Algebra,...

  3. nursing alcoholism & codependency

    mustlovepoodles replied to LoveActually's topic in General Nursing

    This is spot on! Caregiving can easily morph into careTAKING. Caretaking happens when someone lives to help another, to the point that they cannot be happy unless the person they are helping is...

  4. Can't make a decision for the life of me...

    mustlovepoodles replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on a lot of different things. As you say, nursing and medicine share a lot of commonalities. They also are completely different. Nurses know more about their patients than doctors...

  5. How do you feel when you see family members and their Note pads in hand

    mustlovepoodles replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    I have both seen in done and done it myself. I'll tell you why I kept notes: because my dad was dying and I knew it. I wasn't looking for a lawsuit; I was trying to keep a record of his last days for...

  6. BSN vs. ADN + BS in other field

    mustlovepoodles replied to daffodils711's topic in General Nursing

    I have an AS in nursing and a BS in elementary/early childhood education. My mother tells me I am perfectly qualified to be a mom :chuckle I have not found that my non-nursing BS holds me back at all....

  7. burnout

    mustlovepoodles replied to RandeeN's topic in General Nursing

    RandeeN, I so identify with you. I have been nursing for 31 years. Done a little bit of everything in my time, most recently school nursing in a very distressed school. I became very burned out this...

  8. Tips for New Interns: How To Get Along With The Nurse

    mustlovepoodles replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about this one--Dear Doctor, clean up your messes. Or at least try to confine the mess to the trash can or a disposible towel so I don't risk needle sticks and other unsavory things when I go...

  9. insulin but no syringe

    mustlovepoodles replied to tammy07's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it depends on how high high is--are we talking about BS 250 or BS 550? Are they vomiting or seizing? If they are going into DKA and you don't have the tools to give them insulin I think you...

  10. Just had a Consent Agreement go into effect, I feel like I'm hanging in limbo

    mustlovepoodles replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Are they requiring you to seek any psychiatric care? I'm in an Impaired Professional Program due to severe depression with suicidal ideation for the past 7 weeks; I graduate in 2 days. I do not have...

  11. I m in big trouble! I think I failed my drug screen

    mustlovepoodles replied to alex68's topic in General Nursing

    Well, Alex, I'm glad you didn't get busted and that you did get a good job. Lord knows, in this economy we all need that. And I hope you're serious about not using--there's no reason to willingly...

  12. Pros and Cons of pediatric floors?

    mustlovepoodles replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a peds nurse for about 20 years, mostly NICU & PICU, but also some telephone triage and school nursing thrown in there. I think the thing you have to remember is that 80% of ped nursing...

  13. " they need to feel their sadness not mask in it"

    mustlovepoodles replied to kipepeo77's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that sucks. Nothing you can do with an idiot with some

  14. " they need to feel their sadness not mask in it"

    mustlovepoodles replied to kipepeo77's topic in General Nursing

    You are right, they aren't addicted to food. They are instead "addicted" to purging and the relief of anxiety that provides. It's such a secretive addiction. That's what makes it so difficult to...

  15. Other Students

    mustlovepoodles replied to pineappleprincess's topic in General Nursing

    You didn't do anything to them. This is THEIR problem, not yours. You did the reading, you took the notes, you studied your butt off, you deserve a high grade. Tell them to take it up with the...

  16. " they need to feel their sadness not mask in it"

    mustlovepoodles replied to kipepeo77's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me, but your boss is an idiot. I think the hat celebration is a great idea. Eating disorders are one of the most difficult "addictions" there is--we have to eat food, but when food becomes the...

  17. Anyone doing pediatric home health?

    mustlovepoodles posted a topic in Home Health

    I've been working as a peds nurse forever, NICU/PICU, telephone triage, school nursing. I am in a "situation" right now--I had a bout of severe depression about 6 months ago and have been hospitalized...

  18. Reality Shock? Would love to get some more replies! Thanks a million!

    mustlovepoodles replied to LoveActually's topic in General Nursing

  19. Just heaving a sigh of relief....

    mustlovepoodles replied to RNAnnjeh's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean. I think we all dread getting That Call. Or in my case, that clammy hand on my chest and my husband telling me "I've been having chest pain for over an hour." You never saw...

  20. Nurses who work the day shift

    mustlovepoodles replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle I had to laugh about the bodily fluids. I worked in a big L&D straight out of nursing school .While I loved deliveries, I hated laboring patients. This was back in the bad ol' days when...

  21. ever had an instructor try to convince you not to take your meds?

    mustlovepoodles replied to aeolus's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    GAck! What a maroon! This instructor sounds like a piece of work. I think I might have to consider going over her head and talking to the director at school--she was way outta line. In fact, what she...

  22. Being a bi-polar nurse~what's it like?

    mustlovepoodles replied to MsEnfermera's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I so empathize with you. I have had depression for at least 37 years, at least 13 serious bouts for which I received anti-depressants and occasional therapy. Only on rare occasions have I shared that...

  23. Anyone doing pediatric home health?

    mustlovepoodles replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the encouragement. At the moment I don't feel capable of working, but hopefully by June I will. I'm telling you one thing, living with severe depression is like being in a car wreck--it...

  24. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    mustlovepoodles replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Well, I want to say thanks for letting me "talk". It did help for me to get things down in print and look at my feelings more objectively. I realized that my priorities have been upside-down. I have...

  25. School Nurse Get to Know You!

    mustlovepoodles replied to Aneroo's topic in School

    I was thinking maybe Prader-Willi. It's a chromosomal disorder which makes a person unable to control their eating and can cause developmental delays. I've worked with parents who had to put key...