That Guy BSN, RN, EMT-B

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  1. That Guy

    Dreaming about work?

    Wait census is supposed to be down in the summer? Our unit has been packed to capacity for the last 9 months! I dont have dreams about work. Not anymore. And when I did, they were generally nightmares...
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    when a male patient pulls foley out..

    Shed a tear of pain. That has to hurt. I kind of think of it like when AHHHHNOLD is pulling the tracking locator out of his nose in Total Recall.
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    how are you paying

    I did a few things im not particularly proud of........ Nah just kidding I had a college fund set up from my rents that paid for all my
  4. That Guy

    Employment at will!

    It makes you look unstable and like you float. Why would a hospital invest the time to train you if you jump ship so quickly. it is expensive to hire and train new
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    "We want a nurse who speaks CLEAR English"

    Holy crap I needed that. And IDK, I guess i look at it how I have had pts refuse me because I am a
  6. Ok first off there is a huge difference between being kicked out and failing out. Half my class failed out. No one was thrown out or removed from the program. One should have been after she almost...
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    Rolling cart instead of rolling backpack?

    If you run over my toes with a rolling cart be prepared for me to kick it over. I hate hate hate how people that have rolling backpacks cant seem to drive them
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    Nurse locator devices...

    Locator things. And vocera. I LOATHE vocera. Everytime the damn thing pings ughhhh. I dont mind call lights going off and answering them but there is something about the stupid ping that just gets...
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    ZZZZ's - Time to be honest!

    I saw my charge nurse flat out smack her face on the desk the other night. She had her face on her hand doing chart checks and she dozed for a second and her hand slipped and SMACK! I never have. I...
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    Got yelled at by MD today

    The first time I heard a nurse get yelled at, she yelled right back and put him in his place. It was amazing. He has been nice ever since to us. Now I am not suggesting that but I thought it was...
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    Psych patients on medical floors

    Our hospital opened up a new off campus Geri Psych Unit. Problem is they have to be medically stable to go there and they are usually closed so I dont see the point of having it when we never send our...
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    wonder how rumors work in a nursing facility

    You wont believe the girl I was caught having sex with in the break room. That is my current favorite one about me right now. Word of mouth spreads like a wild fire with firefighters dropping napalm...
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    Medical vs Surgical nursing

    types of patients. I work medical and I HATE being floated to surgical just because of the type of patients I have vs what they have. My best friends work surgical and they are the opposite of
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    Pass/fail at your school

    70 when I was a rad Tech it was
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    we cannot have acrylic fingernails

    And I cant have my mohawk anymore. We all have to sacrifice a little
  16. Nurse - Its your ass on the line
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    The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    Ive had IV drug abusers tell me they are deathly afraid of needles too. Still trying to figure that
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    How often do you get sick? More or less often than

    I dont get sick often but when I do, it is pretty knock down drag out
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    Angel at work, monster at home....help!

    What do you do to unwind? I know that once I come home my scrubs are off, I eat something, have a drink if the night REALLLLY sucked and maybe listen to some music, watch a show, play a game....
  20. There is no reason not to dress to
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    IV access

    The best vein is the one you can get access in. There I saved you lots of time
  22. Yeah I would agree with this
  23. so thats why everyone loves me and I had job offers falling from the sky at every step i
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    Scrubs - what do you wear?

    I dont do prints.