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    Time For Another Days vs. Nights Debate!

    Vespertinas replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Good question, Pepper. It depends on what attitude the floor or individual RNs have adopted. If it truly is 24h nursing, then there should be no problem saying to the oncoming RN, "I am sorry I did...
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    Vespertinas replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh boy. She SAID she's angry and also that she doesn't want to talk about it. Edit: if I didn't know you were a nurse, I would have thought you were being
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

    Vespertinas replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Is GI lab easy? When I've accompanied a patient down there, it sure seems so. Patients come in one at a time, MD scopes this and that, pt comes out of light sedation and good-bye. Or the Pulmonary...
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

    Vespertinas replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Forgot about that. Every time one of those folks comes in dressed all fancy and does their 5 minute inservice, we all start talking about how nice it must be to have *that* job before the scent...
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    Peer Reviews

    Vespertinas replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    More likely my mistake. Luckily you're not an ostrich but a Boston Terrier so instead you get to chase
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

    Vespertinas replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Around where I live, there are a lot of senior "day care centers" for Russian immigrants. I am often being asked to take a job there and their lure is to remind me how "easy" it is. I can't say for...
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    Peer Reviews

    Vespertinas replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    I agree: The opposite shift has a much greater opportunity to evaluate my performance because they hear my report and see my charting. The way peer reviews at another job went, we were evaluated by...
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    Vespertinas replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always wondered why it couldn't be titrated faster like insulin. I mean, the peak time is something like 5-10
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    Peer Reviews

    Vespertinas replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly what Altra said, thank you for helping clarify. I know that my co-workers are not in the room with me and my patient, they do not review my charting, cannot confirm my assessments.... I don't...
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    Vespertinas replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is
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    Easy job??

    Vespertinas replied to TiddlDwink's topic in General Nursing

    wish_me_luck, I knew that it was you who made that comment but I chose to not name you because I'm not trying to attack you personally. You have good ideas and you're not stupid but the problem that...
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    Anyone else the QUIET nurse?

    Vespertinas replied to Newgrad_STAT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Push the button on the
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    Vespertinas replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's the only thing? So much for avoiding
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    Vespertinas replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of many recent studies saying that wiping first drop is unnecessary
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    Easy job??

    Vespertinas replied to TiddlDwink's topic in General Nursing

    What the...? I didn't even know grown children still would have that! Then again, I know nothing about
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    Easy job??

    Vespertinas replied to TiddlDwink's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I just read that suggestion on the 'suspension' thread 5 minutes ago. It was made by a nursing
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    The student nurse

    Vespertinas replied to musickx2's topic in General Nursing

    I thought maybe I was going crazy so I re-read the first few pages of this thread and reassured myself I still never felt that wish_me_luck came off with an attitude. In fact, at times I felt that...
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    New nurse here. How do I overcome a suspension from work?

    Vespertinas replied to BradenRN30's topic in Nursing Career

    That sounds odd that as a brand new RN you were suspended for 3 days for not putting a pt on tele right
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    What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    Vespertinas replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    Impetigo- my PCP told me I had herpes, wrote an Rx for acyclovir and sent me on my way. I was infuriated and did my own research and diagnosed this myself and I was right (got effective treatment and...
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    Vespertinas replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Tailing off of what Katalina said, I think when people assure themselves that they're a "good nurse" they're just extending the concept of "I'm a good person". To maintain a healthy self-concept, our...
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    Is turning dying patients comfort care or not?

    Vespertinas replied to C0252786's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    That does remind me.. you're right. It does seem I've had a bunch of patients pass away just after we've stepped back and smiled at them and each other for a hard job well done on freshening up and...
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    Do you find that you get more support from other nurses than your own friends/family?

    Vespertinas replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Is this another "I Got a Job Hooray" thread in disguise? I can't help but feeling left out when you answered everyone's post who said 'congratulations' but not mine that actually tried to answer a...
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    The student nurse

    Vespertinas replied to musickx2's topic in General Nursing

    aww cmon now "PC" makes it sound insincere. I believe Gitano means it from the bottom of his heart and actually I'm pretty much on the same page as him. When it goes smoothly it can truly be a...
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    Just curious, What do they teach in Nursing School these days?

    Vespertinas replied to AMN74's topic in General Nursing

    sounds the same to
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    The student nurse

    Vespertinas replied to musickx2's topic in General Nursing

    There is a difference here in experience that is important to note: there are the SNs who arrive in a group for clinical days and have an instructor guiding their experience. This is very...