Shotzie

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  1. ARE THERE ANY NURSES OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY "ENJOY" or HAPPY WITH THEIR JOB.

    Shotzie replied to dream8's topic in General Nursing

    I can honestly say I love my job. I've been a nurse over 20 years and I've done a lot of different things. I think nursing is a wonderful profession and is well suited to the demands made on women in...

  2. Anyone here work night shift-past or present? Need advice pls.

    Shotzie replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

    You know, some people realy can't work the night shift. Call it biorhythms or whatever but I have hired nurses to work nights who just could not get their bodies to adjust. I say still give it a...

  3. Flu shot facts

    Shotzie replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    Experiencing eye irritation from your contact lens solution is not a contraindication to taking a flu shot(for example: my son and I both have to use thimerisol-free contact solutions but we have been...

  4. need an oncology nrs to help me c my husband

    Shotzie replied to thatldo's topic in Oncology

    Sherri, Just wanted to check on you. Please know that we are praying for you and your family. Is there any way you can get any kind of help to give you a little relief? I wish you peace for the rest...

  5. Flu shot facts

    Shotzie replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    LPNtoRN, the mercola website is a joke among physicians and scientists. That guy is the equivilent of a right wing terrorist who spreads misinformation and leads patients to poor choices. This kind...

  6. Flu shot facts

    Shotzie replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    I became a nurse because science held great facination for me. Among the list of several jobs I have held in my long career one is critical care and nursing in a large university based medical...

  7. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    Shotzie replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I, too, think we are both. And we have ample reason to be so. I am no longer in the ER but I remember many nurses being jaded and hard. So hard, they could not give the kind of care they needed to...

  8. HIV questions

    Shotzie replied to quickquestion's topic in Infectious Disease

    We tell our patients to go to http://www.thebody.com for information about HIV. It's a great site for healthcare professionals also. There's also a great sit done by John's Hopkins University I...

  9. bumps on back - HIV?

    Shotzie replied to zacarias's topic in Infectious Disease

    I think if your friend is so concerned about other people he needs to either get better informed or examine his own life to find out why he is so concerned with what's going on with others....

  10. If HIV is "undetectable" due to meds...

    Shotzie replied to totallytheresa's topic in Infectious Disease

    Undetectable means less than 50 copies (per measuring unit..I just have forgotten exactly what unit is

  11. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    Shotzie replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I recently spoke to an office manager who runs a two-doc practice in my hometown. He knows I do some consulting and teach telephone triage and proceeded to tell me that the office only hires new MAs...

  12. Will Someone Please Explain to Me...

    Shotzie replied to VickyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    BOY!!! Tiki, where were you when I was in

  13. How many mistakes have you made?

    Shotzie replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    How many mistakes??? In my life in general or in nursing?

  14. Privacy question

    Shotzie replied to Krissy NY's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hooray for you! :balloons: You sound like you have a great head on your shoulders. Keep moving forward and do like my Grammy used to say: "Shuck off them naysayers" or in real speak "don't let...

  15. Male L&D nurses

    Shotzie replied to Cadeyl's topic in General Nursing

    In reference to the question about male vs female OB's... If you were to examine the stats you would find that more and more, OB medicine is becoming a female profession. As women find their own...

  16. Real ER vs TV ER

    Shotzie replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

    Probably the most disgusted I have ever been over any TV show was over the ER episode where the ER/MD coordinated a liver trasnsplant in the ER...hmmm...guess all those highly trained donor and...

  17. Choosing an area of work.

    Shotzie replied to h.shuey's topic in General Nursing

    There is no right or wrong answer. It's all about what you want. Pick whichever one you think you might like and if it doesn't work out you can always choose another area. That's the beauty of...

  18. What do you bring home with you?

    Shotzie replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    I had to laugh at all this. My first job was in a very busy, very large ICU. I seemed to always end up working in the isolation rooms and I was concerned about bringing home the "ickies" to my...

  19. why do we baby our pts

    Shotzie replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    Having worked many years in the ER I have to agree with Fgr8Out and RN_Amy. We, who choose to work in emergency care, can very easily become jaded, hard and mean. I've seen ER nurses ridicule, demean...

  20. Bathing a 7 y/o

    Shotzie replied to Nurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    You must have missed something, Eltrip. This child wasn't shopwering with her dad, he was helping her with her shower and it sounds like, (from all the precious posts) mom has a handle on this...

  21. What am i doing wrong? (LLLOOONNNGGG)

    Shotzie replied to Stitchie's topic in Emergency

    I have to say great post too, Calfax...I laughed out loud! Just that stuff about why the nurse educators has her role bugs me a bit. I worked as a nurse educator when I just got plain ole' burned...

  22. Ugly Nail Treatment?

    Shotzie replied to oceanblue's topic in General Nursing

    Some home remedy type treatments that have been known to work are the Tea Tree Oil a was suggested above, and putting Vicks Vaporub all over the toe, especially at the base of the nail. You are...

  23. Coffee Ground Looking Stool

    Shotzie replied to CyndiW35055's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Triage and any patient who calls with these symptoms would get a clear suggestion that they are putting their lives in danger by not seeking help IMMEDIATELY. Get his macho butt to the ER...

  24. Care plan for a 4th degree

    Shotzie replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OWW, OWW OWWW!!!! I had a big, bad ugly tear too. Forceps deliveries are the pits...at the time I didn't care, just get the kid out fast while he still has a chance at normal!!!...but the next...

  25. What not to say / do while you are in the ER...

    Shotzie replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    How about this one. DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM??? (usually screamed at the top of the lungs) hhhmmmmm I guess I should put that down as NOT oriented to person. ...and as for who you are ... Well, let's...