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djh123

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  1. Complete surprise, in a good way, LTC experience so far

    djh123 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Get as much help, training, and/or questions answered as you can. I ended up totally by accident in LTC nursing for my first job, received very little training, and for the first several months...

  2. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    djh123 replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    I get it every year, and it's mandatory where I work. Well, MOSTLY mandatory. I know of at least one nurse and a social worker who refused, and they weren't fired. I think, as with many or most...

  3. Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    djh123 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    Wow. I don't think, as someone else said, that the OP was downplaying the seriousness of this problem, just pointing out that it happens more than anyone thinks (particularly those outside of the...

  4. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    djh123 replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of my favorites lately was when a (not all cognizant) lady who often yells 'I want to get up!' (and then wants back down 15 minutes later) yelled 'I don't want to get up!' - I thought to myself...

  5. Healthcare is really business care

    djh123 replied to Rnhenri's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes... I could write hundreds of words re: this year at the nursing home/rehab facility I work at, but let's just say they've 'used and abused' us... although to be fair - well, even this is...

  6. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    djh123 replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nah, doesn't have to be psych - I'm at a nursing home/rehab facility, and the same thing could've easily happened with half of my residents (if they even bothered to USE a call light - one lady just...

  7. I HATE bedside nursing

    djh123 replied to Sabr's topic in Medical-Surgical

    One more comment - you probably don't actually hate bedside nursing; it's probably the overbearing management that you hate. I kind of try to separate those in my mind. Yes, I have problematic...

  8. I HATE bedside nursing

    djh123 replied to Sabr's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I may have missed the exact description of what you got in trouble for, but it sounds like it was what has become all too prevalent in today's world, and not just in nursing: a focus on minute...

  9. Just a Cog

    djh123 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not surprised at all! In my previous career, a co-worker and I busted our butts on something that had little to nothing to do with our expertise - we were just thrown into an unusual project. We...

  10. What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

    djh123 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Working 2-10:30-ish, but hopefully am going to meet some co-workers at a buffet around 11

  11. Question for LTC nurses

    djh123 replied to PierceTheVeil's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've been working in a LTC facility for 8 months, and I don't notice odors NEARLY as much as I did when I started. I noticed it all the time at first, and only do now when something is particularly...

  12. Hey nurse, why do you smoke?

    djh123 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not putting anyone down for smoking - I did for 16-17 years a long time ago - and smoking wreaked havoc in my family. But this utterly blows my mind: the current smoking percentage in the US is...

  13. The Patient Who Receives No Visits

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

    I only skimmed this (sorry :^), but I agree that you just don't know the situation. Although this isn't the same topic, it still fits in somewhat: here's a sort of humorous example one of our...

  14. 57 and need to start over YET AGAIN!

    djh123 replied to Bailey246's topic in Nursing Career

    There's a variation on this, too: I'm 55, but I'm a NEW nurse, and have had some interviews I thought went very well, but nada so far, and it's getting to be demoralizing, but I'm trying to pump...

  15. Need to pass HESI.. tips/good study materials?

    djh123 replied to cnw_RNstudent's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    The Saunders book is really good. Don't stress out. I was worried about the HESI (the one between the last 2 semesters, or at least that's when we took it) - enough to where I didn't study a huge...

  16. Help!

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

    I think that's a pretty good

  17. Complete surprise, in a good way, LTC experience so far

    djh123 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think you've got a great attitude! Good for you. I've opened mine up as my job search has gone on and on. At first I thought 'oh, I only want to do one of these 2-3 types of nursing', but now...

  18. Nurse with Disdain

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

    I didn't understand whether you meant *nurses* have 'disregard for feelings of others' - which is what it looked like you were saying, which is (we all hope!) a rare thing - or whether you meant that...

  19. More ignorance. Any wonder the public is confused!

    djh123 replied to TakeTwoAspirin's topic in General Nursing

    Ha ha - thanks for the 2 clips. And guess what movie I just added to my Netflix queue? :^) (I knew about it - and it's based on a true story, but had forgotten about it... so

  20. More ignorance. Any wonder the public is confused!

    djh123 replied to TakeTwoAspirin's topic in General Nursing

    I agree w/some others - the whole little 'article' was weird. And yeah, if you can practice as an RN without a degree (which means there's no way you'd have a license either), then yeah, wow, you can...

  21. Neuro/telemetry vs. med/surg

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

    I'm a middle-aged new grad, so even though I thought I'd heard of all of the different types of hospital floors/areas, this is a new one to me - 'neuro-telemetry'... all of the others I've seen before...

  22. It finally happened to me..

    djh123 replied to Nurseamanda00's topic in Nurses Rock

    I'm glad you're OK, and yes, how powerful can the 'smallest' things be in certain situations. You just reminded me of one of a great experience I had, which was a 'small' thing too, yet *at the...

  23. I did it!

    djh123 replied to gathrightRN2b's topic in General Students

    Congrats & good

  24. Home Health IVs w/new grad nurse

    djh123 posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm a middle-aged new grad, looking at job listings, and my immediate thought on a 'Home Infusion RN' listing is that I might not mind doing it, but given one particular experience in clinicals, where...

  25. vent on preceptor :( not ready to be off orientation but no choice..

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

    Maybe because I'm middle-aged - even though I'm a new RN - but I agree with you ('HouTx') completely. My preceptor was good, especially as a nurse, and she did teach me some things, but she could've...