Mrs. Sparkle Pants

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1. Moms of school-age kids

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to nycNurse2b's topic in School

   I'm lucky, my husband doesn't have to be at work until 9, so he drops off, then I get out 15 min. before my son's school, so I can do pick-up. If it didn't work out that way, I would utilize the...

2. A patient's experience with RUDE nursing staff.. Should this be reported?

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to digoe74's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Personally, I don't think their comments were that bad. It sounds to me they were simply pointing out that it covers pretty much everything. In my experience, hospitals give their employees crappy...

3. Will this effect me?????

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

   Talk to your doc about getting a referral to a speech-language pathologist. They can work with you on some strategies for overcoming this. Good

4. in a difficult situation with "natural med" friend

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

   1. She is endangering her daughter's life. 2. She is endangering your license. If, God forbid, something were to happen to this child, and this were to end up in court it would be very easy for her to...

5. What subject or subjects would you take out

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, maybe someday you will have a patient who is a musician and you will be able to have an intelligent conversation with him or her! Just try to look at the bright side and how you can practically...

6. Whose fault is it?

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to perfectpractice's topic in General Nursing

   The instructor is shady, but it was in the syllabus, therefore you are responsible for

7. What subject or subjects would you take out

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

   That's college. That's the way it always has been and always will be. You will have plenty of time to take "worthwhile" classes. Enjoy this time when your brain isn't overloaded, because soon enough...

8. Do doctors deal with the same stuff?

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   So I have gathered the general consensus around here is that nurses have to deal with a lot of crap; namely, management who is more concerned with the bottom line than patient care, understaffing,...

9. CRNA/DNAP admission

   Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to thouchin's topic in General Nursing

   Have you taken the

10. Nursing students who do not understand what nursing is about

    Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am tempted to defend myself as a second degree "failure to launch" student, but I will refrain. OP, have you sat these students down and had a lecture on what a nurse does? You seem to expect them...

11. The chance they'll touch you is inversely proportionate to their hygiene level...

    Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to ByTheLake's topic in Emergency

    I volunteered in a LTC facility one time (please note ONE TIME). They wanted me to give the LOLs manicures. Okay, that will be fun, mmmhmmm. Well they didn't give me any gloves, but they did give me a...

12. Costs of random drug screening during nursing school?

    Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to bayside22's topic in General Students

    That's weird. I know most places make you pay for the initial test, but I have never heard of having to pay for random drug tests. That doesn't really seem fair. I know some people who have been...

13. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where the idea came from that scrubs are reserved for nurses. At our hospital RNs and LPNs have BIG bright red tags that hang below their nametags. Scrubs are also color coded by dept....

14. Soul searching to further career APRN or MD?

    Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to Carolbknits's topic in General Nursing

    Just a small correction, a DNP does not equal a PhD in nursing. A DNP is a clinical degree meaning you actually practice in the field. A PhD is a research degree, meaning you do academic work,...

15. my drug-seeking nurse patient

    Mrs. Sparkle Pants replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, I just can't imagine what kind of miserable life a person must lead to do these kinds of