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  1. Dog had emergency surgery last night.

    djh123 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Hope she totally

  2. How do you deal with Doctors that insult nurses?

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

    I agree with a lot of the advice in the responses. I just want to add a funny little thing from yesterday at work. A young intern was looking at a patient's chart and asked me when they'd last had...

  3. Feeling like the dumbest nurse on earth

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

    I apologize for barely skimming your long post, but your preceptor doesn't exactly sound like the greatest nurse ever, but rather one who THINKS she's the greatest. And no, you're not the dumbest - I...

  4. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    djh123 replied to Qui_BSN16's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I think that is insane unless the acuity level is quite low. That's a ridiculously low number of CNA's as well, unless, again, the acuity level is low. In my facility nurses have 20-34 residents,...

  5. How old is too old to become a new RN?

    djh123 replied to CathyH's topic in General Nursing

    I got my BSN at 54. It should've been 1-3 years earlier, but there were bumps along the way. I've heard of people getting a nursing degree at 60 or older. As some others are saying, I think it...

  6. Taking time off...

    djh123 replied to CAL3's topic in General Nursing

    When I was precepting, there was a nurse working nights who'd been out of nursing for at least a few years. I'm not sure how long she was out, but she did get hired

  7. Nursing Supervisor is Inappropriate

    djh123 replied to Shelby, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oversensitive or overreacting?!? No, no, no! I didn't even skim it halfway before I clicked to add a comment. REPORT HIM! To HR, as someone else was saying. I know you don't want to lose your...

  8. Is money everything in this profession?

    djh123 replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    For me, it's a simple no. But even having said that, I'll admit I'm underpaid at this point and need to do something about

  9. The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    djh123 replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think you can directly deal with or deflect comments by idiots and/or racists. I think the best way to deal with the variety of patients, family members, etc. is to take the good with the bad...

  10. How do you handle co-workers who are extremely dramatic and are easily stressed?

    djh123 replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know that in certain situations, it's very hard or nearly impossible to do so (like I've had a CNA or two who made my day much worse many times, but I had to work with 'em for a while) ... but I try...

  11. Best littmann stethoscope model for Nursing School?

    djh123 replied to abarreto's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If you can afford it, try to get something a little better than the cheapest - that way, you can use it in school AND in actual practice. Why buy one 'just for school' and a better one later? - but...

  12. Out of school for 18 months. Passed NCLEX on first try with 265 questions.

    djh123 replied to kentot's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    In 2012, I had the *#&$ 265 questions too... I was pretty surprised by that, but I think there were several reasons. Like you, I thought I had failed it, but thank Gawd, I did pass it....

  13. How can technology help Nurses/physicians

    djh123 replied to sparks19's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ex-IT guy who's been a RN for a few years. As some others are saying, technology has to WORK if it's going to help us. Just for one stupid example: in our system (which is probably purchased...

  14. Accelerated Masters with no Nursing background

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

    Sounds like getting a pilot's license without ever getting a car license first. Oh yes, I know things like this exist, I do,

  15. "You're too smart to be a nurse. Be a doctor"

    djh123 replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been asked or told that exactly, but one of my residents did ask me why I hadn't become a doctor (thanks for the vote of confidence, Mrs.

  16. Disrespectful patients

    djh123 replied to Mrs.in2015's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's not any worse than *numerous* things we've had to deal with recently with a Family From Hell where I

  17. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    djh123 replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you've worked in all those kinds of nursing in only 5 years and you've never been fired, then you have a lot less reason to feel inadequate than say, me, who's only been in a SNF facility...

  18. You can't make this stuff up

    djh123 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    (And I could say the same thing about something practically every day at work, but especially those every-once-in-a-while really funny/crazy/weird things - but couldn't we all?). One of my residents...

  19. atheism religion and religious hospitals

    djh123 replied to CalicoKitty's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I get your concern/dilemna. But working somewhere closer to home might be worth having to deal with a less-than-perfect work situation (wait, ARE there any perfect work situations? :^). Without...

  20. Hot dogs and ramen,summer budget

    djh123 replied to jesserpie's topic in School

    There's some good advice in some of the other responses, but it sounds like one of the biggest 'budgeting tips' is to keep it away from your husband! People and money are sometimes a funny (as in,...

  21. Can I only ever work with children?

    djh123 replied to mapajasa's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Several people I went to school with started out at children's hospitals, in the NICU,

  22. Wrong hole.

    djh123 replied to cucumberly's topic in Nursing Humor

    First day on the job for that radiology

  23. Coworker physically abusive to patients

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

    I'd report him. But given your concerns about him figuring out it was you, a) do it anonymously, and b) this might be too complicated, but is there any way to keep track of a few incidents when there...

  24. what's your pet peeve?

    djh123 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Too many to list... and that involves co-workers, too, not just patients and family

  25. Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    djh123 replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    Funny ... this reminds me of getting shaved 'down there' before having my appendix out at