tango.in.paris

tango.in.paris

General med/surg for now ... stay tuned!

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About tango.in.paris

tango.in.paris specializes in General med/surg for now ... stay tuned!.


Cat lover, chocolate lover, Paris lover; low tolerance for fools; no tolerance for cruelty to anyone or anything (and the order changes depending on my mood!)

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  1. I need motivation!!!!! Inspire me please!!!!

    Crikey! You've just given me the laugh I was needing for the day ... hysterical .... thanks a
  2. Relocating for a job

    Im in Australia, and all my nursing studies to date, and still 2 more years to go, has/is being done to enable me to live and work in Europe ... along with appropriate language studies. Or if I am...
  3. New DON is Unprofessional

    Crikey, talk about a rock and a hard place! Skittlebear, if you like your job and your co-workers, and the DON isnt going anywhere and you dont want to go anywhere (for now), then I guess you just...
  4. New DON is Unprofessional

    Geez, thats a tough one but I can sympathize ...... Ive got a painful DON too - although I havent heard her gossip - her problem is she berates everyone publicly if they do something she doesnt...
  5. How to improve my charting and filling out incident/fall reports?

    Hi CrystalClear75, As I'm sure you already know, the constant with all progress notes and incident reports is only to write what you know/what you've seen/what you've done/what you've experienced...
  6. When did you swap chaos for calm?

    hello! firstly, i've started this thread in general nursing (as opposed to first year after nursing licensure) because i'm hoping to attract responses from seasoned nurses (but feel free to move)....
  7. Closed Unit cliques ...how do I deal with it ????

    Seems everyone has a similar story to tell. You call it a "massive clique" so I take it most staff are involved in this social group? Because it is natural to have smaller cliques and you just need...
  8. Unfortunately I think you will find the mode of "I'm-doing-nothing-unless-i-get-paid-for-it" in all professions ... but maybe its a bit harder to swallow in nursing? I dont know what the solution is...
  9. Im reading you laynaER! Im assuming you are in the US? We have the exact same problem in Australia, no doubt the same problem anywhere where there are new and not-so-new nurses grouped together....
  10. Do you want to know what I find scary...

    im only new there so do not want to rock the boat, but ive tactfully quizzed other longer standing nurses why some action hasnt taken place, and the bottom line is everyone is too scared to do...
  11. Do you want to know what I find scary...

    Reading all of you debating about how to correct someone so there is a general level of peace all the way round makes me think of my DON who has no compunction about shouting out across the nurse's...
  12. Am I really supposed to be a nurse?

    Hi there 1uvakindmom, I hope what Im about to say comes out the right way, but I am always so relieved to read and know that others are/were feeling the same...
  13. Please clarify some designation acronyms

    Thanks Classicdame, We have the same in Australia: assistant in nursing; endorsed nurse, endorsed enrolled nurse, registered nurse, and so on up the ladder, and all of them defined by their differing...
  14. Please clarify some designation acronyms

    Yes I agree with you, and their CNA sounds like our AIN! Cheers!
  15. Crikey! Im on my third career change .... first commerical art, then accountancy and now nursing. When I left school I opted between commercial art, teaching or nursing, and it was the money that...