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  1. Nursing Instructor from hell

    justiceforjoy replied to MsLEE2121's topic in General Nursing

    Daytonight -- keep in mind that this is her friend, not a patient. We're allowed to offer suggestions to friends and support them, even if they are wrong. Friends call friends to vent about things and...

  2. Nurse and Firefighter

    justiceforjoy replied to mfisher6's topic in General Nursing

    Popular hehe... I intend on rejoining the fire department as a first responder as soon as I graduate nursing

  3. When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    justiceforjoy replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    So, you see a tornado coming and try to warn your blind friend. You see it coming, so you tell the blind woman to start building her emergency shelter. She says okay, then goes out for coffee with her...

  4. Do any of the nurses here hold jobs that are not nurse/health-related?

    justiceforjoy replied to Honeybun1206's topic in General Nursing

    I know one that is a personal trainer and a nurse. It's sort of health-related,

  5. How has having/not having children affect your career?

    justiceforjoy replied to Ellean55's topic in General Students

    I honestly don't find it that hard having a kid while being in school, with the exception of how much I miss my daughter during the day. She's in a great schedule for bed time, so I get a few hours...

  6. Hepatitis B and the pursuit of a nursing degree.

    justiceforjoy replied to Seannied's topic in General Students

    Just try not to bleed on your patient and you'll be

  7. give me a break

    justiceforjoy replied to DanEMT's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry! That was me... I couldn't find the bathroom and my nurse wandered off

  8. Anybody doing nursing with a friend, family member, etc?

    justiceforjoy replied to AHinch1988's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm in LPN school with my sister, though she is a few months ahead of me because we started in different intakes. It works out pretty well, because we feed off each other's

  9. My Daughter In Law's Grandma is Dying-Ethic confussion

    justiceforjoy replied to texastaz's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    How did this end up panning out? If I were the daughter, my mom would have flatly called me out on not being very busy, and would have shown up shortly thereafter with at least one of the dogs,

  10. Too nice to be a supervisor?

    justiceforjoy replied to Onthegonurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    When they told you that, did you stick up for yourself, or did you just take what they said without saying anything? If you didn't stick up for yourself, you likely proved their point. There's a...

  11. Design and use of medical bed control panels...

    justiceforjoy replied to RMCS's topic in General Nursing

    Are you developing the whole bed, or just the controls? If you're doing the whole bed, please, please make sure it raises up high. Where I'm at right now, the bed only raises up to my mid-thigh area...

  12. How often do you chart while a women is in labor?

    justiceforjoy replied to RNTX2002's topic in Ob/Gyn

    q5 minutes? You'd have missed my daughter coming out, haha. She was out in 6 pushes

  13. LPN Salary 2009 - what's competitive?

    justiceforjoy replied to Nurse Blondie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Are you in the right field...

  14. Calling in....

    justiceforjoy replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    You had a completely valid reason to call in. Nothing bothers me more than when people do that -- act as if calling in sick is on par with just not showing up or quitting without warning. You work in...

  15. Got fired

    justiceforjoy replied to Keenay99's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would request an appointment with whomever is in charge of hiring/firing. Go in and explain that you are new and would like another chance. Offer yourself as part time until they feel you are ready...

  16. Anyone here after struggling with an RN program?

    justiceforjoy replied to Laura77598's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Well... Let's see, we started with 34 people in my class. We lost 4 half-way through the first semester, then 3 at finals. We gained 5 people that had flunked out of the other intake during second...

  17. Career change (to an RN) and planning motherhood

    justiceforjoy replied to RN_waitlister's topic in General Nursing

    A good number of the women in my class have children. If you have job right now, are you prepared to be a mom? Personally, I'd have a baby now (assuming I had a job, thus qualify for mat leave) and...

  18. Moving a Patient Tips

    justiceforjoy replied to futureOBnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with luv2swim. There's no reason to put your backs or the patient at risk when there is a better solution to the issue. You need your backs to be strong for the rest of your career! It's...

  19. Parents controlling an adult child with chronic/progressive disease

    justiceforjoy replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    That poor father needs a counselor. It seems to me that he is trying to control whatever he can, since he has lost control of the most important thing to him (his daughter's life). Maybe it's easy...

  20. Advice about nursing school

    justiceforjoy replied to whitea776's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Read ahead, read ahead, read ahead! You can do it It may seem tough at times, but you've been doing one heck of a tough job for the past xx

  21. Life's little stressors during nursing school are killing me!

    justiceforjoy replied to kimmyj74's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    So, amongst all of this, what are you doing for yourself? No matter how stressed out, tired, or whatever I am, I find the time to work out -- this is what I do for myself. My school has a gym, so I...

  22. Scheduling C-Sections for Convenience Nurses Thoughts?

    justiceforjoy replied to ECKPowers's topic in General Nursing

    That is terrible. I'd do a home birth before I'd consider scheduling myself for a c-section. I was really blessed with an amazing doctor that didn't ever mention the C-word to me. Ended up having a...

  23. Friend of a nurse-friend is a patient...

    justiceforjoy replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    I would tell the patient that so-and-so was asking about them, but I couldn't tell them anything due to confidentiality and then ask the patient if and what I would be allowed to tell the friend -- if...

  24. Considering Nursing School at 52

    justiceforjoy replied to LuvLife845's topic in General Nursing

    Another one chiming in to say go for it! I have a 56-year-old in my class and he's just

  25. Vent: Embarrassed during change of shift.

    justiceforjoy replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Initially, I was going to suggest you confront her, but after thinking about it, I agree with TurnLeftSide. This was battery. If she's not afraid to do that to you, who's to say she won't be afraid to...