TreehuggerRN

TreehuggerRN

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  1. Nursing student giving me the creeps.

    TreehuggerRN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not just me, either. Where I work we have a practical nursing class doing their rotation and I was approached by this very large, rough-looking guy with a shaved head. He was loud and crude, and when...

  2. D.o.n addicted to narcs

    TreehuggerRN replied to logical_jackieo's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a bad soap opera. I don't see how he/she gets away with disposing of narcotics alone, usually a pharmacist has to go through a specific process to do this, and in the presence of a

  3. Why it doesn't pay to be a pervert in the medical profession.

    TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, well, well...

  4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    TreehuggerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, that's just too bad. Just because people need to vent doesn't mean it's justified. It's kind of like kicking a dog because you're frustrated with something else. Or coming home and abusing your...

  5. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    TreehuggerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This attitude works both ways. People who have no understanding act like losing weight should be like flipping off a light switch. It isn't that cut and dry. That's the

  6. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    TreehuggerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I find most disturbing (and heartbreaking) about this thread is the vile attitude and utter contempt a lot of nurses seem to have for fat people. Not only that, some of the comments confirm that...

  7. An RN who has a BS vs a BSN does it really matter?

    TreehuggerRN replied to techjob4u's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In the long run, no, but a BSN may help you get your foot in the door over a new

  8. Med-Surg Nursing Incredibly Easy?

    TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been offered a position on the med-surg unit (nights). The pay stinks (really bad) and I'm totally not a night person at all but I need the experience and am excited about doing a good job. I've...

  9. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

    TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    With no acute care experience I feel the time has come to expand my horizons. I applied to a hospital in my neighborhood and got a call back to come in for an interview. I know the DON used to work at...

  10. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I called and actually got an interview this evening. It was the DON/NM and director of the rehab unit. They want me to come back tomorrow for a "peer interview." They did tell me to not expect I'd be...

  11. Please don't expect CNAs to

    TreehuggerRN replied to Lendytaylor10's topic in General Nursing

    Two people shouldn't even be lifting a person that big. Your facility needs a

  12. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to leave something when it never started in the first place, isn't

  13. Got an interview for a med-surg position, current employer holding on tight.

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've got it so easy at this job (most of the time) that I feel guilty taking a check. I'm like the nurse on stand-by, I've been a life saver to them more than once when there has been a call-in or a...

  14. Unreasonable family members in the nursing home?

    TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if you experienced LTC workers think that these demands/observations are unreasonable. These are some comments I heard (or heard about) the past weekend by several different resident's family...

  15. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    TreehuggerRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    We have an older lpn who's charting kind of makes you cringe. She charted, "Resident had skin tear to right elbow and I fixed it." This is just one

  16. Unreasonable family members in the nursing home?

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's pretty rotten to call up administration and tell a lie, like the old creep who called up and said he came in at 10:30am (when it was 8:30) because it would add drama to his assertion that...

  17. I should have gone to med school! (rant)

    TreehuggerRN replied to BmoreCRNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know how you feel. I was just talking about making a choice between family and career and that I just couldn't abandon my children. So, yes, I feel like I settled as far as a career goes but I'm...

  18. Feedback on Contemporary Challenges Facing Family Nurse Practitioners

    TreehuggerRN replied to finkydj's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The school I'm going to didn't require this. When I read the title of this thread my initial thought was they were looking for something political. What you have sounds good, though. I hope you're not...

  19. Start NP school now or hold out for ICU experience and CRNA school?

    TreehuggerRN replied to jerrylundergard's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    At 35 I feel pretty over the hill. I know a former state trooper who is in CRNA school now and he is 37. I know there are some older than that who swing it but I feel like I've missed enough of my...

  20. Frustrated RN returning to the field

    TreehuggerRN replied to pbirdy's topic in General Nursing

    All I have are a bunch of automated reject letters jamming up my computer. Thank all these nursing schools recruiting new nurses. I can tell you right now where there is a community college next to a...

  21. LTC Nursing...Who likes it, who doesn't?

    TreehuggerRN replied to Julz034's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, if you know how to get hospital interviewers to buy that let me know how you do it. I've got a BSN and I'm enrolled in graduate school but the first thing they crinkle their face at is hearing...

  22. LTC Nursing...Who likes it, who doesn't?

    TreehuggerRN replied to Julz034's topic in General Nursing

    This is not me stereotyping, this is the mindset of all interviewers in hopsital positions I have applied to. And ultimately the reason they do not choose me over other applicants. This perspective I...

  23. Any New Grads Working in the ICU or ED???

    TreehuggerRN replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a new grad and I still can't get any hospitals to give me the time of day, and my GPA is good, too. Maybe I'm just too old? (mid

  24. No cellphone policy at work? What about PDAs?

    TreehuggerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I ask because I am wanting to get an iphone and download programs on it to help me at my job, but we have a strict no cellphone policy. I wonder if a PDA is seen

  25. Nursing student giving me the creeps.

    TreehuggerRN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I mentioned "A Hall" and he said, "You calling me an A-HOLE???" (joking, I know, but you kind of expect someone to be a little more reserved, especially when you have first met them.) They paired him...