TheOldestNurseOnUnit

TheOldestNurseOnUnit

Oncology; med/surg; geriatric; OB; CM

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  1. Where do you put your stethoscope?

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to newbiepnp's topic in General Students

    Around my neck...have since I was 18 & a Nurses' Assistant (long before there were CNAs). I know where it is; I clean it between each patient and no doc has stolen it for years. I have lent them...

  2. Getting Out

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to RN0820's topic in General Nursing

    amen! give it a year. i am a firm believer that after a year of med-surg, you can do anything in nursing. i have been an rn for 16 years now (was an lpn before that) and have worked in many...

  3. opinions on Magnet hospitals?

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a Magnet facility for 2 1/2 years (left because of moving 50 miles away) and I LOVED it. Nurse governance is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference; loved the feeling that the...

  4. Huge Dilemma...please help!

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Interview; interview, INTERVIEW. As one who graduated from a school that STOPPED Pinning Ceremonies d/t ignorant attendees, it's a no-brainer. Do what we did--we asked our class sponsor to please pin...

  5. Facebook

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to LadyTiger44's topic in General Nursing

    I am very careful about what I post on FB. If I post anything about work it's that I had a good shift or thanked someone for helping me out in a rough patch. Others I work with aren't so careful and...

  6. never give up on nclex!

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to luke21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No offense to anyone but if I failed the NCLEX more than once, I wouldn't tell people on here or anywhere else. I saw a post where someone finally passed the NCLEX on the 7th or 8th try! Makes me...

  7. vent for those who work midnights

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Years and years ago--when I was a Nurses' Assistant, my friends used to call me on their lunch hours (between 11:30a-1p). I would answer the phone out of my sleep-induced coma and say I'm sleeping,...

  8. Happy Thanksgiving!

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Thanksgiving to all the RNs, LPN/LVNs, CNAs, Surg Techs, Students and who ever else I may have forgotten! Enjoy the day---your patients appreciate you being there! I for one will be on duty at...

  9. NCSBN Nursing Ad

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's an issue really....people can always check nursing licenses with the state anyway. I must say though--I really liked some the of the scrubs they were wearing....we wear mandated...

  10. Does your floor decorate for Christmas?

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    No....we can't. Trees are placed (sans lights of course) at the end of the hallways by the big windows; might put up something festive on the corner of the nurses' station seen by patients &...

  11. IV starts in nursing school

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    We weren't allowed to start on each other in my school and I believe the reason was insurance-related....injuring each other wouldn't have done well for the school's insurance! The fake arm...

  12. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our kitchen on our floor is smaller than my bathroom at home! I can see us all in there fighting to make toast! What a joke.....what can management come up with next? Oops--don't answer

  13. Just a vent

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Surgeons, for the most part, become surgeons because they have no people skills and the ones they work on are asleep! Just remember that when they are being ******** and a little smile will come to...

  14. if you had to do it all over again, what profession would u choose?

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    At 22 I wanted to be a nurse.....what can I say--I tend to have a one-track mind. Lottery winner would be nice; I could still nurse but do it part-time.....so I could travel

  15. Wrong reasons for going into nursing.

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to madfowl's topic in General Nursing

    I truly think I was called to nursing. It was the only thing--besides being a mom and a rock star--that I EVER really wanted to do. For me it was NEVER the money. Can't say that now because I do...

  16. Patients and the race card

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank You! That was an excellent comeback!! I never think of things like that until

  17. Night/ Evening Shift Clarification

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to ahhdrey's topic in General Nursing

    OMG..that is SO funny....and so true!!! At my place days are 7a-3:30p; PMs 3p-11:30p; Nights 11p-7:30a....with the 7a-7p & 7p to 7a people thrown in there! I started as a Medical Assistant on the...

  18. Is it wrong to go into nursing knowing one does not want to be a bedside nurse?

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to iridium54's topic in Nursing Career

    I had a friend who couldn't find a FT hospital job when she graduated & started working for a hand surgeon...eventually she started doing surgeries with him, then started working on people's...

  19. what's on your whiteboard?

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to snoopdrew's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility it's the following: Full date including day written out; the month abbreviated the date & the year The RN's 1st name The Charge Nurse's 1st name The CNA's 1st name The anticipated...

  20. Patients and the race card

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The only patient I've ever had pull a "race card" on me (talk about an antiquated term....) was a Caucasian gentleman in his late 70s who only wanted "Irish" nurses working on him! He actually asked...

  21. Back on the floor after 12 years!

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a Registered Nurse who left floor nursing 12 years ago due to a conflict in scheduling with my former husband's job and our youngest child's babysitting needs. The hospital I am currently at...

  22. It makes me gag...literally

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to mspontiac's topic in General Students

    OMG join the club! ill When I first went to nursing school for my LPN I was assigned to a respiratory floor at a VA hospital. Picture many older vets with vents, trachs, smoking through their...

  23. How do you sign?

    TheOldestNurseOnUnit replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    I just sign M.Mylastname RN. I knew someone who asked during our nurse extern luncheon (I had precepted a 3rd going into 4th year nursing student) if there was a differential for nurses. The...