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  1. advice...i'm pregnant!

    coffee4metech replied to melisgood's topic in First Year After Licensure

    O man Congrats ......But you are in for a ride bring plastic grocery bags and stuff them in your side pockets of your scrubs ...and if ya have to hurl your covered !!!!! I was sick for 5 months I was...

  2. want to quit so bad=(

    coffee4metech replied to erin01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hang in there you can do it positive affirmation and keep your head up...its completely normal to make mistakes . Ask questions whenever you feel unsure about a task or medication dosage/time table...

  3. UCSD - age discrimination

    coffee4metech replied to RedZeppelinRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah its not exactly the most accurate way to determine age everybody has started there nursing career at wide range of ages , so I think they use it as a gauge to see how much experience you have

  4. burnout

    coffee4metech replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    When a client stops you at the door to say thank you and gives you a smile ...thats what keeps me going to work everyday . Knowing that people do noticed that I work hard for them and try to provide...

  5. How often do you get sick?

    coffee4metech replied to metal_m0nk's topic in General Nursing

    I get a head cold for like one or two days thats it the last time I was really sick when I was pregnant which was well over two years ago . I do HH with geriatric clients so I am extra careful because...

  6. Nurses need to be tall and beautiful???

    coffee4metech replied to Lucia cong's topic in International Nursing

    I wouldn't take any company seriously that only hired pretty nurses, last I checked we are professionals not models on the runway at Milan or Paris

  7. Still Waiting

    coffee4metech replied to MAXIM3007's topic in General Nursing

    Employers notice people who are proactive and persistent , and the ones who just wait like bumps on a log ... go call

  8. If you had your choice of any field of nursing you wanted........

    coffee4metech replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Homehealth and or

  9. Hello Im in a Hickle of a Pickle

    coffee4metech replied to PrettyKathyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Please stay at you current job and DO NOT tell your NM anything about the interview . Schedule an interview with the NICU and see how it goes , if you get offered a job take it . Do not make any...

  10. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    coffee4metech replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    My niece from my husbands side of the family def. has ADD and they are extremely ignorant to the fact that there daughter has a problem . She is being raised in a hostile enviroment where the parents...

  11. homehealth nurse in heels & scrubs while working!?

    coffee4metech posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a HH nurse assistant and when I go to work , I occasionally run into a nurse (RN) that wears heels with her scrubs I mean real High heels. She wears scrubs with big hoop ear rings and messy hair....

  12. homehealth nurse in heels & scrubs while working!?

    coffee4metech replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    She is not the kindest nurse , I have said hello several times and she just ignores me. I am not trying to slam this nurse I just wanted to get a opinion on a nurse that wears heels to

  13. homehealth nurse in heels & scrubs while working!?

    coffee4metech replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah same here

  14. Tossing Your Cookies...

    coffee4metech replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    Colostomy bags make me wanna throw up, had one patient who was a para. and would fart and the bag would inflate

  15. Pain in childbirth 'a good thing'

    coffee4metech replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had an epidural and do not regret it at

  16. How do you avoid a burn out ????

    coffee4metech posted a topic in General Nursing

    Calling all stressed out over worked healthcare professionals!!!!! How do you prevent a burn out , what is the key to preventing a complete collapse of nerves and strength with your

  17. Frustrated and considering a career change

    coffee4metech replied to xEdgexRNx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just get out of nursing if thats what you need to hear and are seeking validation for a choice that you want to make ... then here it is

  18. Charge Nurse did CNA work. Learned A LOT.

    coffee4metech replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Arelle- Your managemant skills are flawed if you are doing your job the CNAS would be doing there job and obviously they are not doing the job appropiately. And by the way you don't own the CNAS...

  19. Fake Nails

    coffee4metech replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Nursing

    The one thing that gets me is nurses that do not put their hair up out of there face. It is so unprofessional when hair is just messy and hanging out

  20. How do you avoid a burn out ????

    coffee4metech replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    No I am doing very well but every so often I get discouraged , I need to put myself first I need to take care of my body by execising and eating better . But to be honest I am lazy and tired by the...

  21. relatively new and stressed

    coffee4metech replied to Ames24's topic in Operating Room

    You need a outlet maybe go running or for a walk right after work and relieve the stress, then go home shower and relax. This will help you get your mind off of work , and I know its hard to seperate...

  22. ER being taken over by behavioral health patients

    coffee4metech replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in Emergency

    yeah that coud be very frustrating and scary ... but really where else could they

  23. Are second career nurses promoted faster

    coffee4metech replied to lwndrgn's topic in Nursing Career

    Like in any other job you have to be competent in your field of work and demostrate that you can advance in the work place. I do not agree with you on the second career nursing people advance faster,...

  24. How often do couples die within days of each other?

    coffee4metech replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    My grandpa died of a rare cancer of the red blood cells and passed very suddenly . My grandma was never the same after that and died 2 months later in her sleep of no known cause . They were married...

  25. I do not care anymore

    coffee4metech replied to JB2007's topic in General Nursing

    I just recently took a week off of work ,I work HomeHealth as a NA and my patients can be verbally and emotionly abusive sometimes . I was at the end of my rope and the vacation helped me alot. I was...