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    Suspended

    NurseCard replied to chellelynn25's topic in General Nursing

    Just pretty much agreeing with what everyone else said; you were totally in the wrong. If you want to keep your job there, I'd sincerely apologize, ASAP. SINCERELY.... no "but, but, I was just...
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    Business Casual or Professional for Interview?

    NurseCard replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would go with Professional whenever possible. For females however, I personally think that a nice dressy-dress is OK as well. I recently went to an interview, and I do not own any...
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    Argh... frustrated, disappointed....

    NurseCard posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so a week ago today (Friday), I had an interview. I absolutely fell in love with the hospital, the people, the job, everything. Good hours, decent pay... and, the manager that I interviewed...
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    Argh... frustrated, disappointed....

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies, all. Honestly, at this point... I'm about ready to resign to the fact that I'm stuck where I am, and just deal with it. It's not THE most horrible job in the world, far from...
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    If you could create the visitors policy....

    NurseCard replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    what would the hours be? 7 pm to 7:15 pm, thursdays only, after karaoke hour. what can visitors bring into the patients room (food, drinks, crafts, games...etc.)? a tube of vaseline, a spatula, and...
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    Absence of Teamwork

    NurseCard replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hear ya, sister. The first hospital that I worked, doing Med/Surge.. generally, if one nurse's patients were doing okay and her work was finished, that nurse would sit at the nurses station on her...
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    Psych, sex, and cigarettes

    NurseCard replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Never seen either of those policies at any facility that I have ever worked! At both psych facilities that I have worked, patients have been able to smoke outside in a courtyard area. My...
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    Over riding a resident?

    NurseCard replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, got to agree with everyone else. I too understand your frustration as much as anyone, but doing those tests certainly wouldn't have hurt the patient. I could see if it were something that you...
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    Incompetent

    NurseCard replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can deal with a patient that is in severe hypoglycemia. I can also deal quite nicely with a patient that is freaking out on me. However, when BOTH is happening to my father? Forget it, I can't...
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    How easy is it to get TB?? Help!

    NurseCard replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I think some, or even most places, do not even require you to get the yearly chest X-ray if you are a past reactor, i.e. have had a positive TB test in the past. They just ask you to stay aware of...
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    Did I Do the Right Thing?

    NurseCard replied to sweet_b's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you did fine. =) As an aside, WAS your friend actually able to walk? Or was she just so distressed that it was HARD for her to get up and
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    scared i'm going to lose my license..

    NurseCard replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    This unfortunately sounds WAY too familiar...
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    Bad incident while giving Rocephin shot; need advice

    NurseCard posted a topic in Pediatric

    (This post may get kinda long. I've been trying to figure out where to begin with this story) Hello all. I'm new to this particular room... I work on a med surge floor that's really a mishmash of...
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    Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    NurseCard replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure I'm probably just echoing a sentiment that has already been put forth... but whatever. =) Nursing students DO mean extra work for the floor nurses, and floor nurses who treat students like...
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    *Sigh* another vent. My poor pt died. Long...

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

    You did a good job. Kudos to you. Sounds like in this ladies case, there probably wasn't a lot that could have been done for her; the bleed may not have been fixable in any way. However, the...
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    Patient Sitter Job

    NurseCard replied to thekidisback's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital where I started out, 1:1 sitters were allowed to study, have a snack, do whatever, as long as they were right there with the patient and as long as the patient was safe. Where I work...
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    Seasoned nurse wanting to enter entirely new specialty area? Is it possible??

    NurseCard posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so my 7 year nursing career has been spent in two areas only; Med Surge and Psych. Currently I have a psych position and have become rather unhappy. I think that I would LIKE to go back to...
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    How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    NurseCard replied to belgarion's topic in General Nursing

    Usually 2, sometimes 3. That's
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    Anyone working at Eastern State?

    NurseCard posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello.... I've been out of school now for a year and have been working as a med-surge nurse at Frankfort Regional Med. Center. I have always had a strong interest in psyche nursing and feel like I...
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    ED given a bad rap

    NurseCard replied to imanedrn's topic in Emergency

    I can only relate to the poor guy that the author was writing about... I went to the ER one Sunday after not being able to get a hold of my dentist, or any dentist for that matter... the left side of...
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    Nursing with a Back Injury

    NurseCard replied to •M♥J•'s topic in General Nursing

    Actually, many NICU's will hire new grads. I have had back surgery for a severe lumbar herniation, and these days I take it easy. I work night shifts on a child psych unit and my job is about 90%...
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    Comfort Food After a L o n g Shift

    NurseCard replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    Doughnuts. Two Sausage Burritos from McD's. Cafe Mocha Just about anything that has to do with either breakfast, or espresso with chocolate.
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    Why so much competition between nurses?

    NurseCard replied to MrsCrypes's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse, a former co-worker, who has completely left the nursing profession to sell cosmetics, or so she claims. She caught me on Facebook one day and told me that she had quit nursing, said...
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    ADD/ ADHD nurses- which units do you prefer?

    NurseCard replied to babblingbrook's topic in General Nursing

    I think psych is good because of the relatively lower work pace. Seems like any kind of critical care might be good as well, because you are only having to focus on a couple of patients at a time....
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    I hate my phone

    NurseCard replied to coolpeach's topic in General Nursing

    I VERY rarely say this, because I have become a believer in the pessimistic philosophy of nursing... "it's just as bad anywhere else that you go"...... FIND ANOTHER...