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  1. Getting assigned to the ED

    fungez replied to ImThatGuy's topic in Emergency

    Oh, bring it. Just tell them it's a new-fangled way to cardiovert the more annoying

  2. Getting assigned to the ED

    fungez replied to ImThatGuy's topic in Emergency

    Which is why I hated the

  3. Getting assigned to the ED

    fungez replied to ImThatGuy's topic in Emergency

    Oh, yeah, you sound like you'd be a great ER nurse. Former law enforcement? Former paramedic? Trust me, they'll be drooling over you. It's ironic you should bring up rehab because I've done both...

  4. what color is your scrub-achute?

    fungez posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am old enough to remember when we all wore white. Some dinosaurs even wore their caps. Then a few years later, we were allowed to wear colored scubs. Yay! Colored scubs are fun! Except now...

  5. FMLA

    fungez replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I had a coworker who always seemed to need surgery right before Thanksgiving and would off 'til after New Years. One year it was her gallbladder. The next, a hysterectomy. The year after, her...

  6. Disillusioned, Depression, or Both?

    fungez replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    Some things are better on nights, but it's still plenty busy. When things go bad, they go really bad. Oh, "building time management skills." Please. What they mean by that is figuring out...

  7. Disillusioned, Depression, or Both?

    fungez replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    I imagine they hide it really well. I'm known for being very calm, but inside I'm a boiling cauldren of rage. Really. I get irritated very easily, especially when I'm tired, but you'd never know it...

  8. Does anyone else find this offensive?

    fungez replied to megan3485's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question. Many years ago I worked at an oncology clinic where the CNA was allowed to flush and draw from central lines. I called my BON (kansas) who informed me that was under the...

  9. Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, gosh, you're right. What was I

  10. Seriously...

    fungez replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, if you're going to accuse your coworkers of falsification you better be prepared to back that up. That's a serious charge which can lead to loss of license. And regarding your patient who...

  11. Seriously...

    fungez replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think the daily education is a Joint Commish requirement. Otherwise, spot on. These youngguns today...they jest don't

  12. Seriously...

    fungez replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well said, Erik. To the OP - you would show real leadership if you tried to figure out why people are not doing required education documentation. Really listen to them, and not dismiss their...

  13. Frustration Rant

    fungez replied to Aniroc's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, yep, yep. I feel your pain. Anyone who has read my comments can figure out I have a cynical and negative attitude towards administration. I wasn't born this way. They earned it, with incidents...

  14. Seriously...

    fungez replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    "We have a very simple, easy to use application that allows us to print pretty much anything you could think of that you'd want to educate the patient on (diet, procedure, test, medication,...

  15. Asked to job shadow on the day of interview

    fungez replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that the truth. If they could, they would turn us into those bobblehead dolls who just nod their heads up and down at everything they

  16. Am I stupid for giving this up?

    fungez replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    Take the clinic job. Trust me, you do not want to be working nights with three kids to worry about all shift. I've done both and clinic is much better. Yeah, the pay's not as good but everything...

  17. Asked to job shadow on the day of interview

    fungez replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me I'd wear scubs. I've worn scubs to interviews. For awhile there I owned nothing but one pair of jeans that my foster daugher passed on to me and some ratty Southpark t shirts. Yes, I...

  18. Seriously...

    fungez replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand why you posted this. 1)Was it to ask our opinion why your coworkers are noncompliant? When we offered reasons why, you shot them them down. But it's the truth. We are too busy...

  19. ER trys to redirect non-emergency care

    fungez replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! I had a patient, who eloped with his pca still attached, give his address as 123 Durg St. Needless to say, this did not

  20. Can you become CNA while you are in nursing school?

    fungez replied to onlyjesus99's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Back in my day you could work as a CNA after your first clinical - basically after the first month of school. It was called a nurse tech and it was a great gig. Basically full time benefits but PRN...

  21. Seriously...

    fungez replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Also, please do not take the brief moments of us peeing, drinking, scarfing down a granola bar, or calling to check on our sick kid as "having plenty of time to do it". If we're not literally...

  22. Seriously...

    fungez replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you management? You sure sound like managment. "Well, I get it done so obviously everyone else should get it done. What's you guys problem?" I've taken care of patients who didn't get a bath...

  23. advice

    fungez replied to Maco's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, I'd talk to a social worker to see what rights you have for your dad's medical care. If she tells you what I suspect - you have no rights, his wife does - then you are going to have to...

  24. Need to vent

    fungez replied to NurseLily22's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you are so not alone. When I worked nights I used to fantasize about running my car into a tree. Yeah, the car would be totalled but at least I'd be able to legimately call in. I used to cry...

  25. Longterm care nightmare job

    fungez replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm confused and maybe someone could explain it. Back when I was in nursing school I had a fellow student who worked as a med aide who passed meds at a nursing home (what they used to call LTC). Do...