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  1. Need to buy my own pulse oximeter - which one? help!

    inland18mempire replied to vintagestudent's topic in General Students

    why on earth would you buy your own oximeter for?? this is a hospital supplied device that you shoudl not have to buy. just take turns sharing what you have at the clinical site.... of course,...

  2. Need advice on how to get through Nursing School

    inland18mempire replied to gabye85's topic in General Students

    sounds like you've got a lot of baggage going on. umm... the person prior to me that said screw everyone else... yikes! nursing school is no different than any other type of school. the only...

  3. Scared Silly! Help!!

    inland18mempire replied to QuietRN's topic in General Students

    the difficulty of nursing school is overrated. calm down and take a deep breath. i can't believe all of the hype i was being fed prior to the program. the entire thing was straight forward. you WILL...

  4. Writeatermpaper.com

    inland18mempire replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    I would only do this if it's guaranteed to be freshly written and original. Otherwise, they may just copy and paste an essay that has already been published on the internet, and quite possibly, you...

  5. RN's in hospitals. What is the worst part of your job?

    inland18mempire replied to GCTMT's topic in General Nursing

    Short staffing, getting written up for stupid, silly mistakes, mad doctors, doctors that complain all of the time, family's that are demanding, patient's that think that you are a maid, patient's that...

  6. Did AIDS patient can share same room with other patient?

    inland18mempire replied to Ilikelemontea's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a

  7. Dangerous nurses

    inland18mempire replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't have experience with MSContin. Why can't you crush

  8. Will most hospitals hire a person with a bachelors dgree before a person with an ADN.

    inland18mempire replied to TrinaCNA's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Actually, believe it or not, I overheard the management say that they prefer ADNs for bedside nurses compared to BSNs. Their reasoning behind this is that the ADNs have more extensive bedside care...

  9. Just started & already noticing things

    inland18mempire replied to AtheistRN's topic in General Students

    I'm already an RN and have had other RNs as patients. They are one of two things - always. THey are either very nice and understanding, or they are a pain in the butt. THey are very nice because they...

  10. One year into nursing and I'm burned out already!

    inland18mempire replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    For the first time in our Med-Surg unit we got a night time supervisor for 3 days a week from 7p-7a. She started about 2 months ago, and just this week has submitted her letter of resignation. My how...

  11. Anonymous Complaints - Have you ever received one?

    inland18mempire replied to rolland542's topic in General Nursing

    And I wouldn't want to be your nurse. It is not our job to smile, doofus. :) p.s. I don't mean doofus as a name calling type of thing. It's just a term of endearment I use quite

  12. Nursing student taking drugs

    inland18mempire replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    it's none of your business. i'm not even sure why marijuana is illegal and alcohol isn't. people get drunk as a skunk, and i've seen some on MJ just mellow out and relax. anyway, back to your post....

  13. Is it worth $100

    inland18mempire replied to sproeber89's topic in General Students

    you re-listen to your lectures for a 2nd time? wow, i give you major props. once was all i could

  14. Coworkers that SLEEP on the job....arrrggghh!!!

    inland18mempire replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i'm not saying anything any more. i'm just saying you do what you think you should do, i'll do what i think i should do, and others will do what they think they should do!

  15. Someone forged my signature!!!

    inland18mempire replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    oh, sorry, i didn't know that it was multiple diversions. i thought it was a single diversion, which you would never lose your license over. multiple times, and multiple occurences then possibly, yes....

  16. Someone forged my signature!!!

    inland18mempire replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    you are not going to lose your license for a missing

  17. Layoffs will be announced at my facility on Monday

    inland18mempire replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where are you? In socal they are hiring, with some places offering 5,000 dollars to new-grad nurses and 10,000 to nurses with experience. hospitals around here can NOT get enough nurses. i'm still...

  18. Manager threatened me

    inland18mempire replied to sonnyluv's topic in General Nursing

    I HAVE to crack jokes at work. Working with boring, uptight, serious-all-the-time people is a total bore. I swear... there's this one floor I sometimes have to float with and it's filled with nurses...

  19. Someone forged my signature!!!

    inland18mempire replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone here have any compassion? This nurse obviously has a problem and she needs help. Enough with the "TERMINATE, TERMINATE, TERMINATE" responses. sheeeesh. Yes, what she did is very serious....

  20. Coworkers that SLEEP on the job....arrrggghh!!!

    inland18mempire replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We agree to disagree! If you can work your entire shift without a nap, then more power to you, sister. Do you work nights? It's hard to stay awake when the floor is dead quiet, patients are sleeping,...

  21. Coworkers that SLEEP on the job....arrrggghh!!!

    inland18mempire replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    nurses are people and people need naps. i don't see anything wrong with someone catching a few ZZZs as long as someone is covering the floor. just recently, a CNA *accidentally* fell asleep on the job...

  22. Nursing Insurance

    inland18mempire replied to Tay245's topic in General Nursing

    i was always told malpractice insurance for nurses is useless. my instructors said patient never go after the nurse - they go after the hospital and the doctor. i work with a lot of nurses, and none...

  23. Anonymous Complaints - Have you ever received one?

    inland18mempire replied to rolland542's topic in General Nursing

    i think hospital's are giving patients TOO much weight to the point that it is interferring with the hospital staff's ability to do their job. So what if an aide doesn't come in with a smile at 12am...

  24. One year into nursing and I'm burned out already!

    inland18mempire replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    i've only been working for about 6 months now on a med-surg unit and i'm burned out too. i'd love to switch to part time but i need the health insurance! (well, i don't really need it, but i know the...

  25. Is cleanliness cultural?

    inland18mempire replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    i've had some patients that stunk so bad (culture related). cultural or not, it's