DedHedRN

DedHedRN

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  1. Is this ok to do when applying for jobs?

    DedHedRN replied to Cynnie24's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Go in to each one you want to work at and ask to speak to the DON. They do the hiring and they do not usually look at anything that comes in over the website and most likely do not ever see anything...

  2. Performance Evaluations

    DedHedRN replied to jadelpn's topic in General Nursing

    I hate it when management drags up something that happened months ago. Its not fair really. They should approach you when it first happens to give you a chance to correct yourself. Instead they wait...

  3. Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    DedHedRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    Its a miracle that any pts survived back

  4. Cops and Nurses

    DedHedRN replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I spent the night with a pt who was bleeding to death. Literally. It was the first time I ever experienced a home death of a liver failure pt. Poor pt bleed all over the house and self while I tried...

  5. Be careful what you divulge

    DedHedRN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Its so sad, and also disgusting that I am constantly worried about my coworker or workplace to up and stab me in the back that I have to hide my identity online all the time. Makes me want to go be a...

  6. November 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "Nurse, you will never believe what that dope of a Dr. said to me before he went to see that next

  7. November 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "I'm not only a pt, but I'm also a doctor, so if he prescribes something I don't like... I'm giving my own orders...you better just get used to it. So start my IV stat, and be prepared to be...

  8. November 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    And then the nurse said "Dr. If you want to prescribe that pt THAT, you better just come down here and administer it YOURSELF!" So, of course I changed the order. But really....the NERVE of that Lady!...

  9. BP cuff not required?!

    DedHedRN replied to erint91DC's topic in General Students

    Most hospitals are going with those disposable BP cuffs for each pt. You will learn in lab, then use what the hospital

  10. Hired for one shift but scheduled for another!

    DedHedRN replied to Bsumer704's topic in Emergency

    I've worked almost every holiday for two and a half years now. I cant even believe your complaining about having to work

  11. 5 Tips in How To Adapt to Night Shift

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Try really hard not to wreck your car on the way

  12. October 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "So you say you sent him to the morgue six times already but they just keep sending him

  13. October 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "He took out some life insurance and now wants one of us to pronounce him dead so he can collect?" "Hum, no heart rate, no respiratory rate, but do you think....we should call a ethics consultation...

  14. October 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "You know.... I say we send him to the morgue...let them figure this

  15. You won't believe.....

    DedHedRN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    If that nursing student thinks that was a example of nurses eating their young, just wait till she really gets chewed on, shes going to think that she been chewed up, spit out and ground into little...

  16. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    DedHedRN replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I thought about posting my grossest story, but really when I think about it, its actually quite sad

  17. October 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "He said he is feeling altruistic, he wants to donate some organs" "Which organs?" "Well, he says the heart is pretty good, it came from a overly empathetic nurse and its pretty

  18. October 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "He said he came in because he felt his heart

  19. Care of Pressure area to heels

    DedHedRN replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    If the pt is really immobile, NOOOOOO!!! not these. I thought these were a good idea at one time too, until it caused a terrible pressure ulcer on the leg of the pt. Float on good old fashion

  20. How did you get out of getting the Flu shot?

    DedHedRN replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I hate the flu shot, so I get the flu

  21. Could Single Dad Get in...

    DedHedRN replied to newsingleDad's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It took me almost four years to complete the pre reqs because I have kids. Then another few years to get into a school and then another few more to finish, its not a quick process. Lots of other...

  22. Is nursing really that bad of a career choice?

    DedHedRN replied to alyssajeanette's topic in Nursing Career

    I would have done something else that pays

  23. Petition for new nurses

    DedHedRN replied to Just and R.N's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I was really angry as a new grad not to be hired to work in a hospital as well. I graduated top of my class. I was smart. I was strong. I was everything they were looking for but was passed up time...

  24. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    DedHedRN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I tried to call in once because the breaks went out completely on my car. I mean no breaks at all, thing wouldn't stop. My boss told me to come in anyways and to get it fixed while I was at work and...

  25. Disrespectful

    DedHedRN replied to martymoose's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes when I think of being a nurse, I imagine myself as a monkey in a clown suit, with circus music playing in the background and a ringmaster with a whip snapping it at me all the while taunting...