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  1. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    workingharder replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a shot across your bow but, I cannot let that one go. If someone is dyslexic or gets confused by the NCLEX questions I'm not at all sure I trust them to be figuring the drip rate on an IV...

  2. Impossible job expectations

    workingharder replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    This kind of stuff will proceed until the economy improves, at which time people can move into more leisurely professions. Like becoming a crash test

  3. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    workingharder replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think NCLEX is a very good test for gauging nursing knowledge and abilities, whether you pass in one attempt or seven. Now, will someone please turn this into an "old eating young" thread? The...

  4. Problems with the aging nurses

    workingharder replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm kind of in a quandary here. I'm a new nurse who's also well, let's just say that the light I see at the end of the tunnel is probably St.Peter's Maglite. I really don't know which side of the...

  5. Fellow Nurse Goes Off On Me!!!!???

    workingharder replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You may have witnessed someone reach their cracking

  6. What is Nsg Dx, and Why Should I Care?

    workingharder replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    So, NANDA is still out there jumping up and down, shouting, "Look at me! Look at me! I'm IMPORTANT!" How

  7. I suck...

    workingharder posted a topic in General Nursing

    Another day another mental whipping. You ever get into something and think,"Man, I'm gonna do great! I'm gonna leave my mark on the world!"? Then after you've done it for a while you start to...

  8. New Nurses!

    workingharder replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    when i got into nursing a great deal of the decision was dictated by money. passion is an emotion that tends to drive us in certain directions. it can be useful to spur us on towards a given goal....

  9. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    workingharder replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I really do not like

  10. really??? (sigh)

    workingharder replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    I never thought of it that way. I never realized it before but, that 66 year old hypertensive, BMI gazillion, diabetic probably does want his nurse to be a role

  11. I suck...

    workingharder replied to workingharder's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the responses. As you may have noticed, the original post was written during one of those troughs we pass through occasionally. Normally I'm a fairly optimistic person. Sometimes though...

  12. I'm a real nurse!!! Thank you!

    workingharder replied to nurseycool's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a BSN. In my short time as a nurse I've never paid ANY mind to the alphabet soup following a nurses' name. If I needed help with a situation I've gone for the experienced nurse, the one who knew...

  13. Useless degree! At what point do you quit trying?

    workingharder replied to SuburbanGypsy's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You have both empathy and sympathy from me. As a new grad I also understand the dilemma. Hundreds of emails coming back saying, "After careful consideration...". The world has changed since we...

  14. If the wound was amputated, is it still infected?

    workingharder replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    From the title of the thread I was hoping for a philosophical question. Something along the lines of, "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears

  15. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    workingharder replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't that be,"thine

  16. 3 types of shifts

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

    I thought it was meconium, diarrhea, and ... oh...no...wait. My

  17. I just suck at sticking people.

    workingharder replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    It may just be coincidence but, today I tried this and had two successful sticks in a row. 18ga on the forearm just north of the wrist. Patients did look at me kinda funny as I made those propeller...

  18. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    workingharder replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    It does get a bit annoying. If I see too much "text speak" in a post that it starts to hurt to read it, I just skip over it. However, being part of the original "Me" generation I also understand that...

  19. Fatal errors from misunderstood abbreviations and statistics

    workingharder replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    This is taking a tangent from the topic at hand but, it's not abbreviations that bother me so much as doctor's hand writing. If they want their signature to look like something a four-year-old created...

  20. I just suck at sticking people.

    workingharder replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean. If I were a vampire, I'd

  21. If you had to do it over again would you?

    workingharder replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    Well, after having a couple of days to think it over, I'd vote no. I came into this profession late in life. And by late, I mean I predate some plant species. I guess I fell into Erickson's trap of...

  22. What's up with veteran nurses hating on new grads?

    workingharder replied to jennilynn's topic in General Nursing

    Just to add another thought to the discussion. In this day and age it may be job insecurity. The more established nurses may have a feel for the hospital that tells them that these newbies are...

  23. "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy..."

    workingharder replied to Havin' A Party!'s topic in General Nursing

    Another song I won't be able to get out of my

  24. If you had to do it over again would you?

    workingharder replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in; "Men In Black". "Hey, Is it worth it?" "Oh yeah, it's worth it...If you're strong enough!" I'm not going to tell you do or do not continue with your goal but, if you...

  25. EMT in Nursing School

    workingharder replied to Deredain's topic in General Students

    My class had two EMTs and most of the instructors gave a lot of credence to the experience of our "first responders". Additionally, these were people who were not nervous or timid in the clinical...