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  1. What's in your pockets?

    fungez replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Just a pen (unless I forget it and then I borrow one and give it right back after report.) Other than that - nothing, except my personal cell phone. I'm keeping that on my person, I don't care what...

  2. Instructor reamed me even though nurse said I did right thing..what do you think?

    fungez replied to Angels_wearScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Your instructor is an idiot and a lunatic. Treat her as you would a patient with severe dementia or extreme intoxication and just agree with everything she says. "Oh, listening to lung sounds and...

  3. Thinking about switching career paths.

    fungez replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, there's plenty of research opportunities. I worked for a CCOP - community clinical oncology program - which put cancer patients on different protocols, generally standard of care vs. whatever...

  4. Exhausted and depressed

    fungez replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    If you're working nights switch to days as soon as you possibly can. I worked nights for years and it never got better. I used to cry driving in, and fantasize about running my car into a tree so I...

  5. Working prn while working elsewhere part time

    fungez replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I do it all the time. If I had to work at the same place all the time I'd have a heart attack. PRN (at least around here) only require 2 12s a month. Not a big commitment, and besides, one...

  6. anyone else?

    fungez replied to chillchick's topic in General Nursing

    What mamamerlee said, but a little extra. If your instincts tell you the patient has crossed the line, don't tolerate it. There's a lot of perverts out there and they tend to pick their victims...

  7. I want to be an ER nurse...... help

    fungez replied to kimme721's topic in Emergency

    I wanted to work in the ER for years. In my last m/s job, I volunteered to float as much as possible to the ER (when they had m/s holds). When I was there, I answered lights, volunteered to start...

  8. Missed a call for an on-call shift

    fungez replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    cherrybreeze, I'd kudo you twice if allnurses would let me. I worked at a clinic that once had a no call, no show from a very dependable employee. Another employee called the worker's dad (they knew...

  9. The world can seem very dark at 3 a.m.

    fungez replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Can he reschedule for early summer? That way you won't have to pull your youngest out of school. Also, that will give your job plenty of notice that you will be taking off. There's no reason your...

  10. Missed a call for an on-call shift

    fungez replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and find out who worked for you. Then go to her and offer to work some shift she really wants off. After that she'll be your

  11. Missed a call for an on-call shift

    fungez replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    Shake it off. It was an honest mistake, no one died over it, and they're not going to fire you over it. Fess up, apologize, and life will go on. However, I would suggest you get a different phone,...

  12. Should I have worn gloves?

    fungez replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm old school but I almost never put on gloves for routine patient contact. And, really, for something like a back rub the skin to skin contact feels better to the patient, and I enjoy it...

  13. Being out of work for year, need confidence

    fungez replied to meandmymen's topic in General Nursing

    Holy canolli. I've been doing this almost two decades and there's no way I'd take an assignment the way you described. And, though I've never worked ICU, I have worked ED and one's not harder than...

  14. sex in the work place...really?

    fungez replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha! That brings back memories. I dated a res back in the day and we also knew the remote on-call rooms. I cringe now to think of it. I also worked with a doc who we (the hospital unit) hated...

  15. My Aching Feet

    fungez replied to RN <><'s topic in Emergency

    I had a lot of arch pain. Then I got crocs, and my feet pain magically stopped! Of course, now I notice all the back and leg pain I

  16. Would You Call Out of Work for Mild or "Walking" Pneumonia

    fungez replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel guilty. It's management's job to staff adequately and they should expect an occasional illness. Or you can go to work in your compromised state and pass out on the job. Or infect some...

  17. Is there anything at all about nursing that you don't like?

    fungez replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    twelve hour shifts. when you get old like me you will hate them. working weekends and holidays. if by some miracle you get the holiday off, be prepared to work the day before or after...

  18. Measuring I & O with CBI

    fungez replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, unless they write an order for I and O I don't worry about it. Those bags might say 3 liters but who knows how accurate they are. Now, when I worked oncology and we were giving high dose...

  19. Does where you work offer insurance policies?

    fungez replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    I've yet to work in a hospital that did not offer insurance to full time employees. I believe that there is a registered nurses association group that offers a group type insurance but it's

  20. what would you do advice please

    fungez replied to futurenicunurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    You know, when I start a job I plan on giving them a year, no matter how much I hate it (unless you are working in a loony bin type situation, in that case, run for your life.) I think that's fair,...

  21. Help me, I'm a new nurse with anxiety/depression.

    fungez replied to yng65's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Can you get off night shift? I did nights for years and nothing, and I mean nothing, would compel me to do another. I didn't know how crummy I felt until I stopped. I felt so irritable and...

  22. ADN or BSN?

    fungez replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I got an ASN degree almost 20 years ago and my advice, that unless you already have a Bachelor's, is to get a 4 year degree. Yeah, there's no difference in the quality of the nurse, yada, yada, yada....

  23. Per diem nursing

    fungez replied to AllSmiles225's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN (for the last 4 years) and I'll never go back. Picking when you want to work takes some of the misery out of working. I don't work nights, period. I did it for years and I hated it and...

  24. Drug-Seekers

    fungez replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    inteRN, I feel your pain. Not every addict is a druggie. I've known some addicts - those who are physically habituated coupled with the mental craving for the drug - who despite their problems...

  25. Deemed unsafe

    fungez replied to mimi225's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch. That review was way harsh. I had a couple of instructors who made Nurse Ratchet look cuddly. I recently had a experience with an instructor who flunked a student for giving a patient a pill...