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  1. Nurses visit allnurses.com for therapy...

    workingharder replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Any way I can get a back rub through

  2. Nursing: Not A Recession-Proof Career

    workingharder replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing to consider is that although there are weak spots for hiring and warmer spots, these will become more homogenized as nurses migrate to where the jobs are. I've seen this in Texas with...

  3. RN tried to talk me out of Nursing school...

    workingharder replied to NYCHikerRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would hope that you truly don't "love" the expressions of frustration from people who are struggling to find employment in the current market. While it may be better than other career prospects,...

  4. What is the hardest subject in the nursing curriculum, in your opinion?

    workingharder replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Students

    For me, the worst part of statistics was trying figure out out what they were saying. The math part was easy enough, but statistitions speak a language that is NOT

  5. Did you keep your nursing books?

    workingharder replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I found that many care plans are quite useful for target

  6. Did you keep your nursing books?

    workingharder replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    A few I've kept: my Med-Surg, Psych, Pharmacology, and Patho. Some others I gave away. A few(NURSING DIAGNOSIS,nursing theory, leadership) I've found are superbly engineered for starting a fire with....

  7. Nursing is slavery Period!!!

    workingharder replied to sonia211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh golly gee whiz... We are back to the "Nursing is a calling" mantra. Why is it nurses have to have a calling? Is this the way some rationalize or justify lousy work conditions? Do Physical...

  8. Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    workingharder replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Lord, how many starry-eyed kids are going to fall for this crap, only to (if they can actually get a job) end up losing they're sanity in a run down nursing home taking care of 30 patients ? All the...

  9. Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    workingharder replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    More fun jobs: Coroner Road kill remover Liquor store clerk Crash test dummy School bus driver Coal miner Sewer inspector IED detonator Tunnel Rat Fire ant bite test subject Licence plate

  10. Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    workingharder replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yahoo career "articles" are written by a company that recruits students for colleges and trade schools. Objective journalism has no place, it's about steering prospective students to the advertising...

  11. Do new graduates really get a job that easily in nursing?

    workingharder replied to Bchung5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Marry the Hospital

  12. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    workingharder replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just to keep the thread off track, why the phrase, "hot water heater"? Isn't it enough to heat cold water? What is the point in heating hot water?My many years in construction has given me this minor...

  13. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    workingharder replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, there are reports that several Presidents have mispronounced the word nuclear as "nucular", including; Eisenhower, Clinton, and JFK ( although, with that Boston accent, it was sometimes...

  14. Why is it the highest paid among us...

    workingharder replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Otic syphilis? My god, what have you been putting in

  15. Why is it the highest paid among us...

    workingharder replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    "A mind is a terrible thing to blow. "(You boomers will

  16. Why is it the highest paid among us...

    workingharder replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    One day in pre-op we needed a quick H&P done on a patient, so I called in the hospitalist. He arrived as dishevelled as ever without a scope. Seeing mine hanging out of my pocket, he asked to...

  17. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    workingharder replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember that. I always thought it a bit funny that he would use the word "nucular", especially since, while in the Navy, he (President Carter ) had been an officer aboard "nucular" powered...

  18. Coworker nurse trying to ruin my reputation...

    workingharder replied to HM7380's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At this point you are dealing with rumors about rumors. As far as you know, the other nurse could be a victim of this rumor, ie., someone could be spreading the rumor that she is spreading...

  19. Happy Nurses week! You Have MRSA!

    workingharder replied to allysun1's topic in General Nursing

    There are some secrets that are never to be

  20. Accept job offer or hold off for dream unit?

    workingharder replied to costaricasurf's topic in General Nursing

    There are thousands of GNs who wish they had your problem. Take the sure thing. You may have to wait a very long time for another

  21. I hate ignorant people...

    workingharder replied to sarah620's topic in General Nursing

    I quess I missed it but, did she change her major from nursing to mortuary science

  22. I hate ignorant people...

    workingharder replied to sarah620's topic in General Nursing

    Careful with that word "hate". You'll open up a whole 'nother can of

  23. Murphy's Law of Nursing

    workingharder replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    After getting the ambulatory surgery pt changed, hooked up to vitals, ecg, finished the preop q&a ( including NPO status), found a decent vein, started an IV, and notified OR; THEN he will ask if...

  24. The Mockery of Nursing

    workingharder replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She also has a 4.0 and cannot construct a decent sentence. I also find it interesting that she can maintain a 4.0 in school, which probably teaches to the test, yet fails the NCLEX three

  25. The Mockery of Nursing

    workingharder replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For those of you who would be in favor of seeing a true nursing shortage, I have a suggestion. It's simple, brutal, and I believe, effective. At the end of the NCLEX have the test taker compose a...