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    ABANDONED

    NurseCard replied to GitanoRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Asystole, that was quite a story that you posted. Kind of reminded me of a little lady that I took care of while working NH. Her room didn't have a lot of pictures, trappings, etc. Her kids never...
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    Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    NurseCard replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Bad Grammer! Bad
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    Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    NurseCard replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there's anything wrong with someone who failed NCLEX the first time, or even the second time... after that, I think there might be a
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    My patient coded, and it's giving me nightmares!

    NurseCard replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar thing happen to me. My lady was actually on the regular floor, but was going downhill. Her main complaint was abdominal pain that the doctor could not seem to find a reason for, and...
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    Nurse's vent!

    NurseCard replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what is your relationship with your mom like, in general? Sounds like you guys have things to work on and sort out. Best of luck to
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    I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    NurseCard replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    Woooooooowwww.... amazing. In eight years of nursing, I'VE never heard anything about not being able to give elderly patients, oral tylenol. And if the patient possibly has a serious infection, why...
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    instructor says nursing is not for me..

    NurseCard replied to Orlette's topic in General Students

    I too am a fairly shy, introverted person at heart. I'm also a psych nurse. You mentioned that you might be interested in psych; know now that with psych, you will definitely need to learn how to...
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    What's your weird quirk?

    NurseCard replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely, positively, HAVE to have some sort of coffee or coffee drink prior to starting work, and I must drink it in the car on the way to work. Drinking it before leaving the house just will...
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    Shocked...Confused...& Terminated=SAD "(

    NurseCard replied to NrsLucky's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just not understanding why the doctor didn't just do it and have you do something else while he pushed that med. Really sounds like HE totally lost his cool and just blamed you for it, because he...
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    Locker dilemma

    NurseCard replied to Morainey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Eh, I'd just find a different locker if you can. No big deal. Nothing worth arguing over. You act like a nurse supervisor is someone to actually be afraid
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    NO, NO, NO!!

    NurseCard replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    It makes it awfully hard to do patient teaching, when the doctor hasn't discussed diagnoses with the patient, doesn't it? I mean, for this very reason I've always been careful when directly...
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    Do nurses use their wristwatch in real life nursing?

    NurseCard replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    It helps to have a watch for counting respiration and pulse, if you don't have any type of machine showing you a pulse. Some electronic thermometers have little 15 second clocks on them for counting...
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    Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    NurseCard posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so last night at 2am, it was only myself, an LPN, and one MHT/aide on a floor with 22 male patients. At 3am, we were supposed to get another aide; a guy who normally works 7am-3pm but picked up...
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    Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Because I'm jaded, I guess. Every place that I've ever thought that I wanted to work, turned out to be a hellish hole in the earth. MOSTLY because of administrators being.. numerous words that I...
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    Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm, yeah I guess I can perhaps see a policy like that for unionized workers. I have never been part of a union myself. Sometimes I really wish I were! It's just a huge, huge inconvenience for...
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    Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    There's more to it than that. It's what the people in the report room said. The way they talked, anyone who picks up an overtime shift can decide not to work it if they want to. Plus, just the...
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    Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to decide if maybe I'm totally mistaken; that he never WAS scheduled to come in at 3am; he had only told someone that he might CONSIDER coming in at 3. All indications are that he was...
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    Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    NurseCard replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You have an understanding that sometimes measures such as restraint have to be taken in order to accomplish a goal. You feel good that you accomplished what needed to be done in order to help this...
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    Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    The place is a mess. I'm not actually an employee there; I work there for a staffing agency. Funny thing is that I rather LIKE working there, though it has its problems. I love psych nursing. I've...
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    Hit rock bottom... ruined nursing career... life is a mess right now...

    NurseCard posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I can honestly say I have hit rock bottom.... feel so alone, feel like friends are tired of hearing me vent... thought this might be a good place to just vent (I've vented here before)... Like so many...
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    RNs who choose/like being casual

    NurseCard replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I like being able to work whatever days that I want to. I can take off whenever I like. I get plenty of hours... well, here lately I'm getting plenty of hours anyway. The downside is that I get no...
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    If you had to do it over again would you?

    NurseCard replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. Maybe. I do know that if I had my nursing career to do over again, I would have made wiser choices. Like an above poster, I've changed jobs too many times and I've made some poor...
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    I feel so embarrased and feel like harrased...

    NurseCard replied to neeke816's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh c'mon, give the girl a break here. She's young, she sounds like she's from another, more modest culture. She was embarrassed, she didn't know how to react or what to do. Hopefully lesson learned...
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    Is it ok to say . . .

    NurseCard replied to ArtsyCraftsy's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a state psychiatric hospital, and to most of my patients I say "Bye, see you in about a month!". I'm kidding of course; I work nights and don't do any discharges. Anyway though, yes it's...
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    How to cope? Very Sad.

    NurseCard replied to NrsLucky's topic in General Nursing

    That's so, so hard, especially when it is someone so very young. I am still fairly young myself and it is terrifying to think, not of dying, but of leaving my children and family behind. Dying...