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1. turned off

   vedm replied to kathy2u's topic in General Students

   i know how you feel. when i was in nursing school, one day i came to clinicals and i was coming down the hall with my other classmates and one of the nurses said "oh, no, here come the wanna be's." I thought to myself, you were once a wanna be too....

2. Noc shift blues

   vedm replied to Tinuviel's topic in General Students

   yes, it can be easy getting the noc shift blues. there are some tricks you can try though. you might need some light therapy. sometimes in the winter, i will go to the tanning bed if i start feeling this way. it makes me feel better. also, you ...

3. charge nurse and nurse manager

   vedm replied to vedm's topic in General Nursing

   oh, she knows, this has been brought to her on numerous occasions and she responds to her nurses by saying "well, .......... has been with us for so long, and she is set in her ways and we can't change her. so we just need to adapt to her." I say No...

4. charge nurse and nurse manager

   vedm replied to vedm's topic in General Nursing

   believe me, I truly can see your point and I do understand that nurse managers are busy with other things. But I have to say this and I don't mean to offend. First of all, I am very proud of you for helping out your unit the way you did and I can s...

5. delegation

   vedm replied to vedm's topic in General Nursing

   no, i am not a NEW nurse. And I would like to add that I was giving blood to one on my patients, another was in restraints and was able to get out of all of her restraints, no matter what you did, and another was on a heparin drip because of a DVT e...

6. charge nurse and nurse manager

   vedm posted a topic in General Nursing

   what do you think about charge nurses or nurse managers, that never work the floor anymore? do they think they are above and beyond their call to duty? do they think they don't need to do the "hard work" anymore? Even, if people call in sick and t...

7. delegation

   vedm posted a topic in General Nursing

   when you go to management about things and nothing happens, has anyone ever thought of filing a civil suit against a nurse that delegates new patients to a nurse that already has 5 patients and some of the other nurses on staff have only 1 nurse beca...

8. Nurses and smoking

   vedm replied to ashleyh_84's topic in General Nursing

   I too am a nurse that smokes, but I am not even allowed the luxury of doing this during my lunchbreak because it is against the hospital policy. This is fine, I go all day without a ciggerette. But on Christmas eve, it was a pure day from ----. I w...

9. I Need Advice

   vedm posted a topic in Ohio

   well, let me tell you I AM HOT:( I am currently working out my 3 week notice. I worked mon, and tues and not again until Sat. but at this point and time, I am not so sure I will even go in on Sat. because of what happened today. There is this ...