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

    carrie_c replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wear makeup, but by the end of a 12 hour night, it's all worn off. But by the end of the shift, I really don't care what I look like, smell like, etc, I just want to go home and get in my

  2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carrie_c replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No you cannot sleep with your baby in the bed with you. Yes I will remove the baby from your bed everytime I come in here. You might not care if your baby busts his/her head open on this hard floor,...

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

    carrie_c replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also hate tattoos. I will probably get beat up for saying this, but they are just trashy and ugly and I don't know why anyone wants to get them. There. Let the beatings

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

    carrie_c replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate seeing nurses in tight scrubs too. There really is no excuse to wear them at my work because we have to wear hospital provided scrubs, and there's a huge shelf with all sizes. So if one is too...

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

    carrie_c replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think we all probably look like cake face under the horrible hospital

  6. Are MAs licensed/certified? Can a graduate of a nursing program work as one?

    carrie_c replied to wish_me_luck's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on what state you are in. I live in TN and anyone can be an MA, a doctor can hire someone off the street to do it with no education at

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

    carrie_c replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have to wear hospital provided scrubs on my floor. We have to change into them when we get to work and change out of them when we leave. They are wrinkled and baggy. But who cares? They are free,...

  8. How messed up is this?

    carrie_c replied to jelly221,RN's topic in General Nursing

    i wish i were kidding. they said the money was going to some type of 'fund'.

  9. How messed up is this?

    carrie_c replied to jelly221,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Let me tell you what my hospital did for us for nurses week. They had hotdogs, sodas, ice cream, and chips for us, but we had to PAY for them!! What type of appreciation is

  10. The War On Fat

    carrie_c replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    My youngest brother is mixed, half black and half white. Everyone knows it. Yet I have also had people tell me racist jokes and use the N work around me. I am quick to remind them that I have no...

  11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carrie_c replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    HAHA!

  12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carrie_c replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Me

  13. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carrie_c replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes you must breastfeed your baby every 3 hours. You say you can't because you have visitors? Well it is not acceptable for your child not to eat just because you have company. How would YOU not like...

  14. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    carrie_c replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A lot of hospitals are changing their dress codes to where the nurses wear one color, and other staff wear a different color. We just changed it at my hospital. The RNs and LPNs are the only ones who...

  15. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carrie_c replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So you had to have a c section because your elective induction of labor failed to progress? Of course you did. If you would have waited until the baby was ready to come out, and that would be 40...

  16. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    carrie_c replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In my state (TN) in order to work in a nursing home as a CNA you have to be take a state approved test and be certified by the state. Hospitals will hire nursing students who have completed...

  17. What do u do when there are no mothers/babies in unit?

    carrie_c replied to nursingstudent3109's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So do we! I pray for slow nights!

  18. New Grad Nurse Dilemma. Please help.

    carrie_c replied to peacelives10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in OB which is what I always wanted to do, but I never thought I would be able to get into OB so soon after school. Right before I got this job, I was offered a job on the tele unit. I accepted...

  19. The War On Fat

    carrie_c replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad I work in OB. I have never heard any of my coworkers talking about a patient's weight. If I did, I would quickly remind them that most of us nurses on the floor are also overweight and that...

  20. This made me mad when I saw it.

    carrie_c replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I do OB nursing. Much happier and nicer patients

  21. New to Postpartum- words of advice?

    carrie_c replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your job sounds a lot like mine. I will also be training for L&D

  22. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    carrie_c replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I worked as a medical assistant for years before I became an RN, and everyone called us nurses too. I didn't realize how insulting this is until I really became a nurse. I also thought I was the same...

  23. becoming LPN student

    carrie_c replied to farta's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You can use flashcardmachine.com. You can make your own flashcards there. Helped me a lot in

  24. What jobs did you do before nursing?

    carrie_c replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    First job was as a housekeeper in a nursing home when I was 16. Very tough job physically, but I learned a lot about responsibility. Then worked as a waitress at Shoney's when I was 17. (Back when...

  25. The War On Fat

    carrie_c replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all of this, so someone could have already said it. Being skinny or at a 'normal' weight does not mean that person is healthy. People of all sizes get heart disease, high cholesterol,...