ManEnough

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1. Any Former ER Nurses Here

   ManEnough replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I made the transition from ER to hospice and it's the single greatest decision I ever made. Before: 12.5 hour shifts (when I got out on time), working every other weekend, one 30 minute break a shift...

2. Starting Ed Soon

   ManEnough replied to SeriphumRN2b's topic in Emergency

   I agree that asking questions is the single most important thing to remember. Also remember that if someone makes you feel stupid for asking a question, they're the stupid one. Good

3. Nursing at Disneyland

   ManEnough replied to ManEnough's topic in California Nursing

   Thanks for all the feedback, everyone. I've heard similar accounts elsewhere. Along with the fact that a lot of the guests begin mentioning lawsuits the moment they get injured. As for the question...

4. Nursing at Disneyland

   ManEnough posted a topic in California Nursing

   Has anyone here ever worked at Disneyland as an R.N.? Pros/cons? All feedback appreciated. Thanks in

5. What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

   ManEnough replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

   I was getting an appy ready to go to the OR and took his temp. He had a fever of 102.4. I told him we'd have to do a Tylenol suppository and gave him the option of doing it himself. "Yeah, I'd...

6. Flu Season

   ManEnough replied to Rollins's topic in Emergency

   :icon_roll :icon_roll i soooo hear ya! and we have doctors that order full septic work-ups for every kid with a fever (presumably 'cause they were sued once when a kid with a 99.8 fever ended up...

7. Your least favorite patient.

   ManEnough replied to errn7's topic in Emergency

   MDs as patients. Give that smelly homeless drug addict ANY day over the "do you know how easily I could get you fired?"

8. Enpc

   ManEnough replied to ernurse728's topic in Emergency

   I found it interesting and not at all difficult. Not nearly as instense as ACLS or

9. HELP!!! with ACLS Drugs!

   ManEnough replied to Town & Country's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for pointing this out. When I took ACLS the first time I was so overwhelmed by all the information. And all those catchy phrases and abbreviations are not nearly as useful as one might think....

10. I'm thinking about trying to get pregnant and start nursing school? Yes or No?

    ManEnough replied to rayofsunshine's topic in General Nursing

    For what it's worth, all my plants died when I was in nursing school. And that was only first semester.

11. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    ManEnough replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has made my day! If we're going to talk about fashion emergenices in medicine, I've seen far worse than some creepers popping out of my male collegues' tops. If we're gonna make a rule...

12. Scared to start an IV

    ManEnough replied to shortsteph12's topic in General Students

    Earlier this year when I started out as a new grad, starting IVs TERRIFIED me. I wanted to puke every time a patient needed one. It's been said on here before time and time again.. the only way to...

13. Do nurses really eat their young?

    ManEnough replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

    I think it might be worth looking into another hospital. All through nursing school, I was told that "nurses eat their young" as some kind of justification for all the s**t we put up with from the...

14. And Now.....What Do You LIKE to Do At Work?

    ManEnough replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Giving pain meds to a screaming kidney stone pt. It's one of those few times where the smallest intervention will be remembered for

15. What do you HATE to do at work?

    ManEnough replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing