CHATSDALE

CHATSDALE

Member

  • Content

    4,177

  • Visitors

    16,303

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    26

All Content by CHATSDALE

  1. called in sick 2 days in a row

    CHATSDALE replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    look at this way, come winter you will have all this behind you hope you feel beter..sometimes the only thing you can do suffer thru

  2. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    CHATSDALE replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    prejudice seems to be ok if it is acceptable at the time..re: the prejudice against anyone who is older as has been spread out liberally in this post in the news if anyone over the age of 50 has an...

  3. Is it Enough?

    CHATSDALE replied to ERGirl83's topic in General Nursing

    we spend so much of our lives in the workplace we should be happy with our choice if at all possible working with limitations can be frustrating esp if you happen to [as we all do sooner or later]...

  4. Do you compliment your co-workers?

    CHATSDALE replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    yes, not to be sexist but i think that more females do this than males if someone has gone out of their way to help you, or if they have a very difficult patient and they handle it well, if tjey look...

  5. Help me, I am African Amercian male nurse

    CHATSDALE replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in General Nursing

    i don't really see the diference between working with nurses of different gender, race be the best nuse you can be and if someone else has some problems let them deal with it i have worked with nurses...

  6. Do your co-workers see you here?

    CHATSDALE replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    amazing commutor but part of the charm of the net is the

  7. BON wants my adoption decree!

    CHATSDALE replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

    congrats happy

  8. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    CHATSDALE replied to bethin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i have just read a little bit on another board so i havn't decided which way to jump i am concerned about her 'let them eat cake attitute..she has no idea of the way people live who have to make a...

  9. "Air up"

    CHATSDALE replied to Nursekat64's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the info, i didn't know anything about this..i remember a long time ago some kids sniffing paint from aerosol cans at one time they put bad smelling stuff in to discourage

  10. Alternatives to Pajam...I Mean, Scrubs

    CHATSDALE replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    i have seen some really neat scrubs..if you buy on the cheap end they don't hold their shape and they don't last long but there are other alternatives if you don't like the scrubs..any uniform shop or...

  11. ICU: Nurses Wash Patients + Make Beds?

    CHATSDALE replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    as above, many of these pts are in icu because they requrie extrordiary care..frequently there is a roving cna who will hold a pt over during baths, empty cath bags, give the unit clerk a break by...

  12. Types of Nurses?

    CHATSDALE replied to Nubcake's topic in General Nursing

    there are many types and it depends on personal preferences and talents many like a patients who come in sick and get better and go home med-surg is one of these some are there at the end of life...

  13. Thank you ...

    CHATSDALE replied to namaste_71's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the pat on the back, everyone appreciates it when someone takes

  14. "It jsut water weight........"

    CHATSDALE replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    adipose tissue does have a higher percentage of water than muscle but weight loss is weight

  15. HIPAA Help?

    CHATSDALE replied to slou!'s topic in General Nursing

    this was really horrible, she should not have said anything to anybody about the patient this is a license flushing siituation i wonder if any of the people she talked to were nurses?? wouldn't...

  16. Patients on Medicaid

    CHATSDALE replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i have told my children tht i don't want any heroic measures but if i have to be admitted to a nursing home i would want my children to have my ptiiful little possessions there should be a level such...

  17. my classmates HATE me

    CHATSDALE replied to hpynurs2b's topic in General Nursing

    i think that i was born with a KICK ME sign pinned to my back these will always be around getting in their ego strokes concentrate on school graduating ahead of them will be the best

  18. Needle Fears are going to waste the $30,000+ I spent on TUITION

    CHATSDALE replied to NursingChick21's topic in General Nursing

    you learned to walk you learned to talk you learned to read and write you learned to drive now you can do things without thinking "how am i going to do this?" sit down at home in an esy chair,...

  19. Has your hospital closed the floor for low census?

    CHATSDALE replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    yes esp around Christmas and new years when most pt will put off any surgery off that is not an absolute emergency with closed unts there was a wierd shifting of patients ob/gyn could not be closed...

  20. Any nurses out there with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

    CHATSDALE replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

    i take otc meds, aleve, motrin, apap on a bid basis because i can't take any stronger drugs i also take vitamins b12 and multi vit/min you will need something so that you sleep well, md told me that...

  21. Cockroaches are driving me out of the hospital!

    CHATSDALE replied to raynefall's topic in General Nursing

    roaches are indeed controlable but it takes vigilence. post about being brought in by patients is absolutely right once we had this new [to us] nurse and she went in to do initial assessment she...

  22. ATTN: Military Nurses...Help!

    CHATSDALE replied to et2brn's topic in Government, Military

    there was a notice in my e-mail this am that va school benefits going up another 39,000+ if you cannot get in service schooling check on

  23. Cockroaches are driving me out of the hospital!

    CHATSDALE replied to raynefall's topic in General Nursing

    sounds horrid - make a formal complaint - don't leave w/o reporting this to the an overseeing agency that can do something for the

  24. Need recommendation!

    CHATSDALE replied to ryan4_justin's topic in General Nursing

    very difficult decision facing you..take it slow and talk with aides and verbal patients . this may be frowned upon by administrators after you find a place, drop in or have someone you trust drop in...

  25. New grad offered a job in psych community nursing

    CHATSDALE replied to Daughtermom's topic in General Nursing

    by all means accept the job..you will have something on your resume you will have experience in dealing with patients [the mentally ill have physical problems also and they are not always able to tell...