djh123

djh123

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  1. Don't arrive early, don't leave late

    djh123 replied to iRNman's topic in General Nursing

    I like your response. Here's one I gave my DON one time when talking about OT. I said 'Do you ever see me doing nothing?'.

  2. When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

    djh123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    There was one at a hospital (which didn't hire me, argggggh) where I interviewed a few years

  3. Math in nursing school

    djh123 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At least at my school, NO, the dosages & calculations tests (and we had to take one at the beginning of every subsequent semester to make sure we hadn't forgotten it) were not super

  4. First Angry Call

    djh123 replied to FreckledCoffeeRN's topic in School

    You did fine. Overreactive

  5. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    djh123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    A co-worker told me about someone else who was supposedly certified but would renew your BLS card if you just paid

  6. RN badge

    djh123 replied to BlancaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's pretty pathetic that they expect(ed) YOU to pay for a new

  7. New nurse and feeling so discouraged

    djh123 replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a LTC/rehab facility, not an acute care unit, but: it'll get better. The two things that will probably get better but not perfect, and that I still have a hard time with, are spending enough...

  8. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    djh123 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    * No * - and I'll still don't know, after working as a nurse for 3.5+ years... in an area I never even thought about getting

  9. Anxiety following patient death

    djh123 replied to Hockeynursing's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me for asking, but what in the world is PPS

  10. October 2016 Caption Contest. Win $100!

    djh123 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "How much Versed and Fenanyl did you give me

  11. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    djh123 replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    I've thought of Whole Foods, but yeah, same

  12. New Head Lice Treatment......

    djh123 replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    Crazy. But let me throw a little FYI item out there re: lice and OTC treatments. A cousin of my ex was a school teacher and got lice from one of her students. She bought an OTC shampoo with...

  13. Most off the wall complaint

    djh123 replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Quite interesting considering there is no such insect/arachnid, ha

  14. Family stole from me

    djh123 replied to Speedy15's topic in General Nursing

    I've had some pain-in-the-*** family members (but some great ones too) - but that's never

  15. ADN in 2016 completely useless?

    djh123 replied to Mr.Care's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It may be hard in your area, but not everywhere. A hospital in my area has recently started hiring some LPN's, to my surprise (no, I'm not demeaning LPN's whatsoever - I just mean that they didn't...

  16. Most off the wall complaint

    djh123 replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Gawd that's hilarious! Sounds like quite the medical emergency to

  17. Too old to become a nurse??

    djh123 replied to MyteMite's topic in General Nursing

    BSN at 54. Yes, I had a bump or two on the way to getting the BSN and getting my job. But you can do

  18. Most off the wall complaint

    djh123 replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    OK, this is not from a kid, but one of my whackiest residents had a different bedside table put in his room, with a crank to raise/lower it instead of the plastic under-the-side handle you grip to do...

  19. Not all heros wear capes

    djh123 replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Well, one of my - ahem - finest moments as a nurse was when one of my PITA (pain-in- ... get it?) residents came up when I was in the middle of 3 other things (as usual), wanting me to wave Harry...

  20. Career Change to Nursing...

    djh123 replied to AustinTJC's topic in General Nursing

    I'd recommend a 'real' school more than online, for several reasons. Without making it a long explanation, I took an important 'foundation' class online, didn't learn enough, which then made 2 other...

  21. Not all heros wear capes

    djh123 replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    That was awesome that you arrived at the Dx of jeorifice hystericus so

  22. How to deal with energy parasites?

    djh123 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think of 'em more as 'time parasites'. I always have 1-3 residents like that ... another way to think of it is a time

  23. Problem with co-worker - called racist?

    djh123 replied to Nurse071094's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They sound like hypersensitive and quick-to-judge people. Btw, I have no idea what 'EVS' is. But you're not the first person in this forum to use acronyms I've never heard

  24. Why do hospitals promote Flu shots so bad?

    djh123 replied to Life22feb's topic in General Nursing

    "The influenza or flu pandemic of 1918 to 1919, the deadlist in modern history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide - about one-third of the planet's population at the time - and killed...

  25. What do you consider a heavy patient assignment?

    djh123 replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't think there's anything whatsoever wrong with your time management. I think you were given a ridiculous load, which many of us in LTC/rehab facilities are given - either all of the time, or...