MarySunshine

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  1. How stupid & crazy can I be???

    MarySunshine replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've done similar things. For example, I once wrote a very important, 25 page research paper in 36 hours -- no sleep, obviously. It was assigned about 2 months before it was due. It is very...

  2. Wearing Gloves for Injections

    MarySunshine replied to BGSRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    glogodschild, I think it's very unlikely that you would come in contact with blood during an injection. I certainly never have. Like someone else mentioned, if you did have a bit of bleeding you could...

  3. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    MarySunshine replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Well, then we're in

  4. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    MarySunshine replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt you can name an occupation in which some people don't think this! You're saying that this person shouldn't generalize, but then you're saying their attitude troubles you about the entire field...

  5. Worst patient experience

    MarySunshine replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing, John. I find that the healthcare workers who have been closely involved in loved one's healthcare are often the most compassionate. It sounds as if your mother died as well as...

  6. Do you get crude jokes about your field?

    MarySunshine replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh my. I can't imagine how I would react if someone said something perverted about my profession. I would probably walk away never to speak to that person again (too shocked to be angry). How...

  7. Nuva Ring

    MarySunshine replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have also used it for other a year and I really like it. I could never remember to take the pill at the same time every day so this is much better for me. I can't feel it at all (and neither can my...

  8. Fox TV's House

    MarySunshine replied to ticker-rn's topic in General Nursing

    Great post earlier, Miranda! I think you did a good job of explaing that scene and the show for what it is. I like it a lot, too. I think people are sensitive here because they have been the victims...

  9. Please let me VENT!!

    MarySunshine replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't there a doctor that works over the NP? I would go to him/her, even if it meant calling in the middle of the night esp. for the patient with change in mental status that you

  10. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    MarySunshine replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow Ruby, what a story! Good for you for sticking to your guns -- it's so rare that we're actually validated in our convictions, that it's refreshing to hear a story where you were (not that I'm happy...

  11. Strange Nursing Student

    MarySunshine replied to NurseKitty NC's topic in General Nursing

    Fair enough. :chuckle For what it's worth, lots of homeschoolers participate in sports at local schools and have various homeschool groups with kids their own age. So, it's not like they all are...

  12. Strange Nursing Student

    MarySunshine replied to NurseKitty NC's topic in General Nursing

    I was homeschooled, too, and I am often complimented by patients and their families on my bedside manner. I am reasonably comfortable in social situations. I do know a few homeschoolers who are...

  13. ABG's

    MarySunshine replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Papaw -- I'm a new nurse and that was a great review for

  14. Treating residents/patients like idiots

    MarySunshine replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    I call patients "sweetheart." I'm live in a more southern state. I certainly don't mean it condescendingly and I don't think my patients take it that way (I would certainly change my ways if I thought...

  15. Crossing the line of Caring

    MarySunshine replied to VintageGAdog's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that, like others have suggested, she knows this patient fairly well and was cutting off some needy behavior. I have no idea if this was right or wrong, without some actual context. She...

  16. New Grad Boston Rn's Making $55/hr??!!

    MarySunshine replied to lisa41rn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I used to work as an NA at Beth Israel. I think the starting rate for new grads was $24 (with the benefits). They're a good hospital to work at from my experience. $55/hr is a

  17. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

    MarySunshine replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad and I know how fast time can get away from you when you are overwhelmed by a patient load (five other patients is a lot!). Her response was wildly inappropriate, however. I would have...

  18. Smoking while on O2-bad idea

    MarySunshine replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen people doing this outside the mall or hospital and I have REALLY wanted to say something, but never have. Obviously, if it was my patient I saw smoking outside the hospital, I'd tell them...

  19. Wrote a doctor up!!!

    MarySunshine replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    You think he should have screamed at her irrationally? I disagree -- Obviously the correct course of action needs to be more clearly spelled out for nurses having this problem w/ patient's lines....

  20. "you don't have to wear scrubs, just uniform"

    MarySunshine replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    I wear a t-shirt, scrub pants, and a scrub jacket (if I'm cold). I loathe scrub tops (of course, I always get pants with plenty of pockets). I just hate the way they look and feel on me. That probably...

  21. Any good books about nursing?

    MarySunshine replied to Kay28's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, sorry I was

  22. Any good books about nursing?

    MarySunshine replied to Kay28's topic in General Nursing

    GingerSue, Is that a joke? I don't mean to be rude, because I've never read it but I've read other things by Martha. :) I like Echo Heron's nonfiction

  23. When circ's go bad...

    MarySunshine replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've heard this reasoning a lot and I don't really understand it. I would rather an adult who can reason through an experience go through something painful, than an infant in his first days of life,...

  24. What punishment should this nurse get?

    MarySunshine replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    It's not like she has suddenly been proven to have narcolepsy. If documented that she was counseled and suspended, the hospital would not be at fault if this were to happen again. I sincerely doubt...

  25. How did you get through your first bed bath?

    MarySunshine replied to Nesher's topic in General Students

    One thing that surprised me as a student was how most patients assumed I knew what I was doing! :) When you are caring and interested and do your best I think students will be surprised how natural it...