BaystateRN

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1. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

   BaystateRN replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   I accidently double posted, so I'll add one more thing. People who show up after visiting hours are over, go into the room talking like it's noon and wake both patients up.

2. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

   BaystateRN replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   Treating me like I am a maid by using the call bell for non nursing issues.

3. Overweight

   BaystateRN replied to MCNERRA's topic in Stress 101

   It is really hard not to gain weight. For me, my brain thinks if I eat something my body will feel better. That doesn't work. I also find that I want to eat before I go to bed in the morning. I have solved that by eating something low calorie like tw...

4. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

   BaystateRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   It amazes me to look at the posts from the foreign nurses. It makes me wonder, why they train for a job that pays poorly and for a job that has an overabundance of nurses in their country. It seems the only reason why they do it is to come to the US....

5. Treatment for Rheumatoried Arthritis

   BaystateRN replied to agent0068's topic in General Nursing

   I had osteo arthritis in my knees for years. I say had because the joints were replaced, at 46! The only thing that saved me was going on a tricylic antidepressant. It keeps the endorphins around a little longer and raises your pain threshold. I was ...

6. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

   BaystateRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I am not attacking foreign nurses. The question started with... should the government be recruiting foreign nurses. As an American no one will ever convince me that you shouldn't start at home. There are Americans who have lost their jobs and can be ...

7. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

   BaystateRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Our government would not be crazy to educate more Americans to be nurses. If we bring nurses from other countries it would put a patch on the problem, but not solve it. We have many who work two and three jobs to make ends meet, if we made it easier ...

8. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

   BaystateRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely not, nurses should not be recruited from other countries. We had a big influx of nurses in the 80's come from all over the world. It didn't solve any nursing shortage then. It took quite a while for some to assimilate into our way of nursi...

9. For all of you night nurses

   BaystateRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   This question is directed to permanent night nurses. Do any of you have problems with mixing up words, you know what you are saying, but the right words don't come out? It drives me crazy.

10. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    BaystateRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    I had to Kwell a homeless man's hair. I might add that a fellow nurse had him on her assignment from 7p to 11p and dumped him on me at 11p. I poured the Kwell on and out came a bunch of maggots!!

11. High-need infant. Please help!

    BaystateRN replied to Anagray's topic in Pediatric

    I am answering this as a mother, and not a pedi nurse. My oldest, now 17, screamed and screamed. She slept only an hour or two at a time. At three months, I changed her formula to a soy based formula and within 48 hours I had a new child. I don't rec...

12. Weights on Pedi Patients

    BaystateRN replied to pediRNCHAM's topic in Pediatric

    We weigh just about all the babies on our floor every day. For the most part, the night shift does it somewhere between midnight and six am. When the child is a toddler, the adherence is not 100%. A lot of these kids sleep all night, and to wake them...

13. i feel so down!

    BaystateRN replied to new here's topic in General Nursing

    While I totally think the trouble maker should go, can your self confidence and peace of mind take the pressure with no end in sight? I almost got out of nursing because I worked with people who would not work together. They wouldn't help with the re...

14. Nurses Not Answering Call Bells

    BaystateRN replied to Dolphin777's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously you've never walked in our shoes. Are those nurses that aren't answering your relatives call bell fast enough sitting around doing nothing? I rarely ever even get a half hour dinner break in a twelve hour shift. Just pass out meds for five ...

15. Need help to begin!!!

    BaystateRN replied to Thinkinnursing's topic in Massachusetts

    It will take a lot of determination to get through a nursing program if you are a single mom and working. I did it. I don't know how many hospitals in Mass are hiring LPN's. The girls at are hospital are grandfathered in. I don't want to discourage y...