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  1. Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    TipitiwichitRN replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    Wow- the inner war amongst nurses is alive and well, here. The original post had a point that made sense. It was in regards to shorthand in traditional text talk. Which- on this board- is not the...

  2. Resign now??

    TipitiwichitRN replied to femsmahus's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:Good for you. ((Hugs)) ... I know this has been heart-wrenching for you. :redbeathe You will find better, and be great- just because of your ICU

  3. First code- sort of a vent..

    TipitiwichitRN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is very helpful. Thank you! It does seem so basic, but I know I will forget everything simple and important!

  4. how long until you would feel comfortable precepting?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds amazing. :) I am not lucky enough to land something as nice as that. What an intelligent

  5. Call offs. I love getting the phone call, hate getting the paycheck

    TipitiwichitRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I lol'd at this one!!!

  6. New nurse blues!

    TipitiwichitRN replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Since it is LTC, can you make yourself a print out cheat sheat/brains that includes room for pts info... like admitting diagnosis, etc that you can fill into your print out. And then make copies of...

  7. would you have continued thru nursing school if you had shadowed first?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good question. I had only LTC experience before- the hospital is so much different. I think I may have felt over whelmed. I am not sure that I had the confidence back then to grab the bull...

  8. I'm back after a long time!

    TipitiwichitRN replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry this has happened to you. I am afraid of having this problem.. it just seems that you never know who you can trust. Even the most perfect performances can be skewed if someone has the...

  9. If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    great idea!! It could keep them in

  10. Possible Solutions to Nursing School Wait lists?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to jm0203's topic in General Nursing

    BINGO!!!! :yeah: Orig Poster- there are a loooot of nurses out there. Schools are pumping them out left and right- every 3 months. It is a bandwagon- and the schools see this. So they do not tell...

  11. If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    Why do you call me to rush ice water into a patients room- while I have 7 other more pressing things going on all at once- while you sit on your bum and talk about the weekend plans??????? I don't...

  12. Post emergency C-Section information needed

    TipitiwichitRN replied to peachmouse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your questions are based on extremely BASIC ob nursing. Any OB nursing book at your local library will have the answer, if-as you say- your current book does not... which is a little strange in...

  13. so i cried at work

    TipitiwichitRN replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    CROCUTA: Great report sheet!! Thank you! Original Poster: I am sorry! I cry sometimes, too. This is a stressful field... and it seems that it is not what we were taught it would be, sometimes.... so...

  14. I'm done!...Vent!

    TipitiwichitRN replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    I am starting to feel these same things... and I just started as a CNA. I have only a little bit of school left. I see the **** **** politics and management already. And, I am not in a high profile...

  15. Hair Sample Drug Testing?!?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    And then maybe they use pubic hair- but between that and other body hair,doesnt it regenerate itself more rapidly... if you have more than a lightening bolt or heart, that

  16. New RN ready to switch floors at 6 months of working

    TipitiwichitRN replied to geauxlsutigers's topic in General Nursing

    Aww... hugs to you. I know how you feel when the floor staff is just not a good fit... try not to cry on your way to work- put on some good music and sing along. Maybe it will get your mind off things...

  17. How long until shingles crust? I wanna work!

    TipitiwichitRN replied to I see you RN's topic in General Nursing

    Where are the lesions

  18. 3.25 GPA required for new grad position???!!

    TipitiwichitRN replied to wildsmile24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Im sorry! awwwwww

  19. Are nursing grads still having a hard time finding jobs?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to mariposabella's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One semester to go for me.... I will finish, but I don't know what will happen. I can only hope that the hospital that I am working at as a CNA will invest/make a spot for me come Jan/Feb, after I...

  20. Quit My Job Today

    TipitiwichitRN replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    My gut instinct is generally pretty accurate, and it tells me a few things. Your NM may have feared that you had the capability to do HER job, and wanted to get you out so that her boss would not see...

  21. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    TipitiwichitRN replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your responses. I feel a little better knowing that it's not just me feeling this way. The system sucks right now- "I have the time"--- I haven't had that meeting yet. But I am...

  22. For all of you Nurses out there...

    TipitiwichitRN replied to aaaa's topic in General Nursing

    I have moments like this through out almost everyday. I have one semester to go. I love it, but will I make it? The economy, the ratios, the millions of other new nurses. I will finish.. but then...

  23. How Do I Follow Up After an Online Application?

    TipitiwichitRN replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    I hope that I have the ability to do this one day. I admire

  24. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    TipitiwichitRN replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh my g__!!!!! Now, let me say that this draws the line. The ENTIRE system is at jeopardy- patients and nurses alike. Is your NM still enforcing this?? I do not have a clue as to what I would do....

  25. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    TipitiwichitRN replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes- and this is why I refrain from saying