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blueheaven

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  1. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    blueheaven replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing is when you try to give report to another unit and you get someone who can barely speak english much less understand it. It's so frustrating for me, I can only imagine how difficult it...

  2. What is your opinion/knowledge base on recovery programs?

    blueheaven replied to Magsulfate's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Why don't you contact WSO and see about doing this????? I know working 12 hour shifts it gets hard for me to attend meetings so I do 'em online after I get home. One thought though is addiction is...

  3. Just a little night shift venting about day shift...

    blueheaven replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in General Nursing

    I know how you feel. The tele floor wasn't quite as bad as yours (because our nurse manager didn't put up with tardyness BUT night shift was responsible for making the assignments for day shift....

  4. What's so bad about working for the VA?

    blueheaven replied to Buggus's topic in General Nursing

    3 years a long time??? What kind of contract does your local hospitals require after you

  5. What's so bad about working for the VA?

    blueheaven replied to Buggus's topic in General Nursing

    They pay for the books, tuition, fees. There is one program in the system (I forget what it's called) that will pay you a stipend so that you can go to school full time but you are required to work...

  6. Separate forum for RN to BSN/RN to MSN students?

    blueheaven replied to queenjean's topic in General Students

    Seriously! I am starting back to school after 30 years and I would like to get all the help I can!!!!!!!!!!

  7. What's so bad about working for the VA?

    blueheaven replied to Buggus's topic in General Nursing

    At my VA, we have the opportunity to self schedule. The VA I came from, you couldn't deviate from the schedule that they gave you so it really depends on each individual hospital. The remark about...

  8. Where Do Nursing Students Work?

    blueheaven replied to Dottie78's topic in General Students

    I worked in the hospital I went to nursing school at. Their only requirement was to have 6 months nursing school under your

  9. You don't feel like soap and water so I think I'll run away.....

    blueheaven replied to chicookie's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I LOVE when stinky people end up intubated!! That way we can scrub 'em down and lower the stench level so we can deal with

  10. Malignant Hyperthermia, non-anesthesia related

    blueheaven replied to BrayaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to get folks pretty regularly from our affiliate acute psych hospital with NMS (neuroleptic malignant syndrome) from the use of psych meds. Had another guy who had heat stroke and temp got to...

  11. Anybody else struggling with anorexia and bulimia?

    blueheaven replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Nurses Recovery

    LOL I say I have an evil twin. Haven't given her a name yet but she is there all the same :). I've been told that if I was ever in an area that didn't have an OA meeting, to go to an AA meeting. I...

  12. Anybody else struggling with anorexia and bulimia?

    blueheaven replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I went with my husband to a Narcotics Anonymus convention and the theme of the convention was "We DO recover" As long as we are not using our drug of choice and working at changing our behaviors that...

  13. Anybody else struggling with anorexia and bulimia?

    blueheaven replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I also have compulsive eating disorder. I realized in the past year that I do have a problem and have recently began seeking help through a 12 step program. I've gotten a sponsor and have rearranged...

  14. "You take the BUS to work!"

    blueheaven replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Who cares if you use public transportation?? You are helping the environment, eliminating the "parking wars" that sometimes takes place when attempting to find a decent parking place!! The gas...

  15. why is the VA taking so long to hire you?

    blueheaven replied to sushi4breakfast's topic in Government, Military

    Yes, and they wonder why (the VA) has a hard time recruiting nurses!! Then there is the whole "boarding" process which can be biased. When I transferred from a WV VA to MD, HR here lost my...

  16. Propofol for conscious sedation?

    blueheaven replied to EMTSNA's topic in Emergency

    We have to pass a yearly proficiency in order to give conscious sedation (this includes propofol but I work in a MICU and we have MDs at the bedside

  17. The letters on my badge doesn't trump your experience! ughh

    blueheaven replied to ZooMommyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like jealousy to me. Thank God for my LPNs when I first started nursing on a telemetry floor. They took me under their wing and taught me SOOOOO much about cardiac nursing. I'm so sorry that...

  18. Who works Christmas??

    blueheaven replied to barefootlady's topic in General Nursing

    We alternate major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year) so this year I am

  19. Nursing and Astrological Sign

    blueheaven replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Sagittarius and I have worked critical care 99% of my career with a stint per diem in psych, ortho, LTC. Just don't ask me my opinion unless you REALLY want to hear

  20. RN work from home due to illness

    blueheaven replied to alonge's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Another thing, check insurance co. websites. Many companies utilize nurses in their "Call nurse" lines and many of these can be done from home. When I think of the to disease management companies...

  21. My mom does not want me to become a nurse

    blueheaven replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Find out from her what she didn't like about it. Until you find out it will bug you to no end trying to figure out what she has against it. There are a lot more options for us now as opposed to "back...

  22. Cloth isolation gowns.

    blueheaven replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking about the yellow "slicky" ones?? Or regular cotton yellow

  23. Just worked a day in Nursing Hell

    blueheaven replied to debthern's topic in General Nursing

    did you have any inservices or opportunity "to play" with the system prior to it going live?? If not....shame on your nursing education dept!!! Once you get used to it, it really isn't

  24. Any nurses out there still wearing a cap?

    blueheaven replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    That's okay! Try Kay's caps online. They have just about every nursing cap known to

  25. Sad and angry about what I overheard BUT NOT SUPRISED.

    blueheaven replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Actually she found a position at a small SNF and loved the patients and the work that she did there. We did get a labor attorney and he said we had a strong case but she decided not to go for it...I...