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missmercy

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  1. When One Child Is Enough

    missmercy replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As an adopted child, who is ...obviously... all for the idea of adoptiong, I have just recently endured the suffering with a dear friend the loss of 3 babies in a row -- she lost them all very early...

  2. Reality TV : Nurses

    missmercy replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

  3. How can you say you're not paid well?

    missmercy replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    What I keep hearing from the nurses I represent is not really that they are ticked off about money exactly -- it is more closely related to lack of respect their profession recieves, the long hours...

  4. ER the T.V. Show

    missmercy replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't watch TV much any more, so can't say I caught the show. I am all for shows the portray the medical profession as just that the medical PROFESSION! I am SOOOO tired of shows in which the...

  5. Do you think of "Nursing Education" as a nursing specialty?

    missmercy replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I pity those of you who have had poor experiences with educators. It is a shame that those bad examples have jaded you toward educators as a speciality though. If you had a dentist you were...

  6. Do you think of "Nursing Education" as a nursing specialty?

    missmercy replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    OOOOOHHHH! Low blow.:stone Educators not only CAN, but have to be able to DO it AND explain it to others in simple enough terms that the novices can understand it and be able to figure out how to do...

  7. Advice please re: evil clinical instructor

    missmercy replied to JennInColumbus's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting this!! This must have been REALLY difficult to do at the time-- risky, scary etc. BUT it was really the best move for everyone involved. by NOT saying anything to anyone, not...

  8. taking priviledges away

    missmercy replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Are they yanking privileges because they are punishing staff for not getting enough done -- like grounding you?! Or what?! How big of a unit is this? How big is this organization? I can only...

  9. I hate Anatomy/Physiology class!

    missmercy replied to ana115's topic in General Students

    As noted above, the instructor can be a huge factor!! Unfortunately, you can't wave a magic wand and turn your boring, dry, snoozer of a prof into a dynamic, interesting and fun professor who gives...

  10. nursing school survival kit

    missmercy replied to mstockwe's topic in General Students

    Small bottles of H202 -- to get nasty stuff off your uniforms!!!(or trial sized stain removers) Love the "big brother/big sister" phone number

  11. think my tonsills may be colonized...

    missmercy replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    Uh-OH! I'll probably hemorrhage and

  12. think my tonsills may be colonized...

    missmercy replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    I have been "chatting" with my Doc about this too -- constantly irritated throat, allergies make it truly miserable, snore like a hurricane and have apnea too -- he thinks it may be a good idea to get...

  13. Just when you think you've heard it all......

    missmercy replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't surprize me -- unfortunately I think it probably happens alot more than we find out about. When I was in high school -- I was a certified NA, worked at a retirement home -- "assisted...

  14. Just when you think you've heard it all......

    missmercy replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't surprize me -- unfortunately I think it probably happens alot more than we find out about. When I was in high school -- I was a certified NA, worked at a retirement home -- "assisted...

  15. coming out

    missmercy replied to newborn 5555's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a few gay couples working here -- the expectation is that they keep their personal lives personal -- just like we heterosexual couples are supposed to do! No special rules or anything. People...

  16. coming out

    missmercy replied to newborn 5555's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a few gay couples working here -- the expectation is that they keep their personal lives personal -- just like we heterosexual couples are supposed to do! No special rules or anything. People...

  17. What are some of the strangest situations you have gotten into in home health

    missmercy replied to lioneliz's topic in Home Health

    Just a little side bar about "M" my rather large patient -- she was always a very jovial gal, cracking jokes constantly -- as a totally inexperienced aide, I was amazed at how great her outlook on...

  18. What are some of the strangest situations you have gotten into in home health

    missmercy replied to lioneliz's topic in Home Health

    Just a little side bar about "M" my rather large patient -- she was always a very jovial gal, cracking jokes constantly -- as a totally inexperienced aide, I was amazed at how great her outlook on...

  19. Don't you hate......

    missmercy replied to PHTLS's topic in General Nursing

    We had a manager who actually called the police to go to an employee's home to retrieve the narc keys. Count was off -- set of keys gone, couldn't reach the nurse enroute home -- so she was met in...

  20. masters in clinical area or management?

    missmercy replied to t2000JC's topic in General Nursing

    My MSN is a dual emphasis in nursing administration and education: went with the dual because II thought it would be more marketable. The facility where I am has placed little or no value on the...

  21. what's your "soft spot" patient?

    missmercy replied to shay's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Pedi's! Kids get me every time! Would love to have a dozen of my own -- but hate stretch marks, and being poor all the time -- so I borrow other people's children (babysit, work Pedi's, nursery at...

  22. Real Life Advice, Please....

    missmercy replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, take the meds -- give them a chance to work -- as others have said. It does sound like having a chance to spend time with hubby is important to you -- that benefit may outweigh the...

  23. shocked at what I saw!

    missmercy replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "Most, if not all states have a hotline for reporting things like this." Document, document, document!! Call, call CALL!! You are, for some of those folks, the only chance at getting conditions...

  24. What are some of the strangest situations you have gotten into in home health

    missmercy replied to lioneliz's topic in Home Health

    Three of us were assigned to go to "M's" house to get her up to the bathroom, let her smooke and give her a bath and get her back to bed. I was the biggest one of our gang -- and back then I was a...

  25. What are some of the strangest situations you have gotten into in home health

    missmercy replied to lioneliz's topic in Home Health

    homecare -- the twilight zone of the nursing profession! 13y.o CA patient -- her mother died (of CA) a year prior to child's dx of CA House a sty -- Dad frequently had "guests" over through out the...