djh123

djh123

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  1. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    djh123 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    More random thoughts/comments: Every time I hear someone say 'I could care less!', I feel like saying 'Really? How much less could you care?' Y'all - now bein' from TX, y'all is perfick-ly...

  2. Does this feeling ever go away?

    djh123 replied to ps3114's topic in General Nursing

    My analogy for it is that I'm jogging behind a bus that's just pulling away, and my hand is reaching out, just 2-3 feet from the bus. The feeling gets a little better, but you have to prioritize....

  3. Energetic after your shift.

    djh123 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it's because you're 23. I'm 'only' 35 years older (gasp - as I type that), and my 9-10 hr shifts are long enough... and I'm never energetic at the end of any of

  4. Missed a fracture

    djh123 replied to Buggus's topic in School

    Sounds like you did everything right. I agree with OldDude - that maybe you didn't get the whole story. Or here's another possibility (maybe not very likely, but still). If the fracture was...

  5. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    djh123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is yet another reason why some people say they prefer their pets to human

  6. No extra insulin at school

    djh123 replied to Volleygram's topic in School

    I think it's odd that Mom doesn't want anyone injecting her daughter at school. You're a

  7. **HELP!! ICU RN Working PRN in LTC??

    djh123 replied to Spoiled1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ha ha ha! 1:10?!? The lowest ratio at my facility - and that's only even if a few beds are temporarily empty - would be 15-17, with 20 or more being more the

  8. Intimidated

    djh123 replied to matthewwilliams734's topic in General Nursing

    Is it worth taking a chance? Well, you do seem to have (or had) some other things going on, but there's famous saying, something to the effect that 'It's better to try and fail than to have never...

  9. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    djh123 replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Amen, Ruby

  10. This just happened!!

    djh123 replied to mom to many's topic in School

    That's about as much of a 'problem' as a resident I have who, while I was doing something with his roommate, said "WHY did my butt hurt when I was in the dining room?". I said "Does it hurt now?",...

  11. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    djh123 replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I fail to see how 'Sour's comment that she doubted you know it ALL is 'an insult to your capabilities'. NONE of us 'know it all', no matter what kind of nursing we're doing. I also agree with some...

  12. Homeless patient with pneumonia

    djh123 replied to tori-alba's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't there any social workers at your hospital? I don't know if they're usually in hospitals or not, but my LTC/rehab facility has some who deal with these kinds of things - and sometimes quite...

  13. Fake Nurse?

    djh123 replied to RN1994#'s topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It sounds like he's faking/hiding stuff. I'm not sure exactly what a 'RN intern' position is, but unless it's a work-here-til-you-actually-get-your-RN situation, the employer would be stupid not to...

  14. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    djh123 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I could list a a zillion ... I'm a bit eccentric, but I also lament what's happened to the language, and to the average person's writing skill(s). The 'we're nurses, not writers' comments - I heard...

  15. Nurse License Revocation

    djh123 replied to TSWeaver's topic in General Nursing

    Your state BON can answer your questions much better than we

  16. Is it wrong to request PTO because you've been assigned a shift you don't want?

    djh123 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    It is never wrong to request PTO!

  17. Shoe recommendations

    djh123 replied to kristimarieSC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't really recommend a particular brand or style, but I can tell you that my newest and best shoes are always the ones I wear to work, because after about 6 months my feet start to be a bit more...

  18. Wrongway Regional Medical Center

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    They need to sell just the can't-fall-over bases, maybe 1' tall, with holes for various foot sizes. Put 'em on patients, and voila! No falls! Of course, there is the possibility of bonking heads...

  19. Are there any Psych/Medical Units?

    djh123 replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

    1/2 of a wing at a local hospital is a psych/medical unit. And of course, my LTC facility has a big mix too (and as you say, I'm not just talking about

  20. Assistance needed! Feeling overly paranoid

    djh123 replied to worrywart01's topic in Psychiatric

    No, you're not being too paranoid. We need to be more careful at my facility re: new admits, but last year I heard of another facility (in another city) where a new admit (to a LTC facility) shot and...

  21. Negativity

    djh123 replied to nerdynurse22's topic in General Nursing

    Only you can change your behavior ... I don't see how any advice from any of us can help. Your question reminds me of years ago when a former co-worker who was about to sell his truck, and I said I...

  22. How do you not feel like an imposter?

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

    You can't worry about who's faster or slower ... you're probably better at something or several things than this colleague. And as some others are kind of saying, sometimes those calm/cool/fast ones...

  23. Feeling like you're complicit in the addiction problem...

    djh123 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    It IS a big problem, obviously, and although efforts are being made to address it, I don't think there's a lot we as nurses can do about it, because as you say, we're not the ones writing the Rx's....

  24. Wrongway Regional Medical Center

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, DD, it's too late to avoid further typos, as I'd only pointed out one of them in the original post. The other one - that Belinda had 'inured' her ankle ... funny that y'all got it x-rayed, as...

  25. Refusing..... Eye drops??

    djh123 replied to J2016's topic in General Nursing

    If I could explain why she won't let you give her eye drops, maybe I could explain why one of my residents wants her jewelry put on when it's 12:30 am and she's in bed! Here's a different but...