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  1. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    kaiasunshine replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    That made me gasp out

  2. Nursing School Interview

    kaiasunshine replied to CnmAshley's topic in General Students

    Check out this link- it's FULL of practice questions and advice! Wonderful thread :)

  3. Lunch?

    kaiasunshine replied to Mom/Nurse2b's topic in General Students

    Get a crockpot/slowcooker if you don't have one! Chili is a great thing to make- I sautee chopped garlic and onions for a few minutes then put them in the crockpot as well as a can of kidney beans, a...

  4. Sometimes our patients try to help us out....

    kaiasunshine replied to JacknSweetpea's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeah that was SO quick! Haha that's hilarious, and pretty thoughtful of

  5. My best orientation mistakes

    kaiasunshine replied to skicoachrn's topic in Nursing Humor

    That is incredibly rude. The error was caught before it did any damage, and unfortunately with all you learn in four full years of school, you are bound to forget or mess up one or two things. No one...

  6. Red Face Stories

    kaiasunshine replied to suzisweet's topic in Nursing Humor

    Haha that's too funny! This week (I'm a care aid in a LTC facility) I was waiting for one of my residents, this elderly lady with a L leg amputation, to wash her face at the sink before we began hs...

  7. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    kaiasunshine replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    That literally just made me gag loudly.

  8. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    kaiasunshine replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Dentures with food all over them used to horrify me (like when you take them out and there's all sorts of masticated food in them) but I've done enough in the last year that I'm almost totally over it...

  9. CNA hourly pay rate?

    kaiasunshine replied to SuBinCRNAtoBe's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yikes, are you guys serious?! In BC, Canada, CNAs start at $17/hour in the private places, and up to $22/hour in some public and private facilities. I find it completely horrifying that CNAs can make...

  10. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    kaiasunshine replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    HOW DO YOU FORGET A POTATO IN YOUR lady parts?!?!?!?!!?! HOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!?!?!! Sorry, but I probably think of my own lady parts at least once a damn day. HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY...

  11. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    kaiasunshine replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh ditto. I notice that the more I read these stories, the more horrified I am and the more pumped I am to start

  12. Would you work a shift as an aide?

    kaiasunshine replied to AF_BOUND's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, sometimes a place is so desperately short-staffed that if a nurse is willing and able to work as a CNA, it is not only a good use of resources, but is also completely necessary and the...

  13. Would you work a shift as an aide?

    kaiasunshine replied to AF_BOUND's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but I have to agree. I work in long term care and occasionally we get CRAZY- no one will take shifts. So once in a while, an LPN or a nurse will take a care aid shift. If your employer...

  14. Gift for male preceptor

    kaiasunshine replied to Spotty44's topic in General Students

    Sorry, you're right! I thought by "food is never a bad thing to give" they meant home-cooked things like cookies or brownies! You're absolutely right about the gift card though; if he likes a certain...

  15. Help! How to deal with catty classmates!

    kaiasunshine replied to nursingstudent555's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    This might be easier for some people than others depending on how old you are or what kind of person you are, but eyes on the prize!! You're only in school for a very short period of time, and once...

  16. Gift for male preceptor

    kaiasunshine replied to Spotty44's topic in General Students

    Not always. I always want to give people food for gifts but many people have specific allergies or diets you may not know about it...allergy to dairy, vegan, on a low-fat diet, stays away from white...

  17. Whine alert! OB/Peds

    kaiasunshine replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    ^ I read it in a book a couple of weeks ago and that little quote has done so much for me in the way of changing my attitude and how I deal with things~! Glad you like

  18. Conversation starter...what are your nursing career goals?

    kaiasunshine replied to EatLoveNurse's topic in General Students

    The whole thing that got me into nursing in the first place was watching a show about MSF (Doctors Without Borders) on TV when I was 14. My primary goals when it comes to nursing are to volunteer...

  19. Whine alert! OB/Peds

    kaiasunshine replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    Well I don't have much to contribute but it seems everyone else has given great information here! So I'm going to go ahead and give you a little idea I love and use all the time: If you spend your...

  20. Lets get a current salary thread going for 09/10

    kaiasunshine replied to Finallydidit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ogopogo, I'm so happy to see that info! I'm in BC working as a care aid but am doing my LPN in the fall...so nice to see such good

  21. Stockholm Syndrome

    kaiasunshine replied to tokebi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Long term care is one of this areas in nursing where it is virtually impossible not to develop a personal relationship with many of your residents...indeed it is almost cold if you don't! I find that...

  22. RPN, Bridging Program & RN

    kaiasunshine replied to R2K2NE1's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    1) If I were to finish RPN this December and hopefully pass the board exam(oh GOD help me) will I be able to do Bridging right away? My advice would be to go on a college website that offers the...

  23. I'm a German nurse

    kaiasunshine replied to Tina009's topic in General World

    I really know very little about this subject but this week I worked with a woman at my job (at a care home for seniors) who was a nurse in Germany, and who moved here with her husband a few years ago....

  24. Alzheimer resident made me laugh !!!

    kaiasunshine replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Haha I love this! Seriously, the dementia unit is my favorite in my entire care home, I know every shift I have I will be

  25. Pink Glove Dance--Absolutely Adorable!!!

    kaiasunshine replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    That was absolutely fantastic! Made me smile the whole way through- I love when hospitals can make things look so