anotherone

anotherone BSN, RN

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  1. Feeling like a servant

    anotherone replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have found it easier to just do it. if not busy just get them their (visitor) drinks to shut themup. but if i am busy with suctioning a trach visitors should and will wait for chairs!!!...

  2. My feet HURT!!!

    anotherone replied to NursieNurseLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Danskos and thick socks. SOOOOOO much better than anything else. but sometimes they still

  3. If you are working and celebrate Christmas

    anotherone replied to kay0324's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I am an outsider. I don't celebrate most holidays or care about them. , I work them if I have to or need the money but because of that I am not too understanding of people who whine about...

  4. soo, is our gait and weight going to be an issue regardless?

    anotherone replied to gloryfied's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I feel so tired on my days off sometimes that I do not want to exercise at all let alone the 1-3 hours of cardio I used to do and should do. So I have to eat a lot less than I want to not gain

  5. So, who is working tomorrow?

    anotherone replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    must work where i do. if not scheduled i will ask for ot on those

  6. So, who is working tomorrow?

    anotherone replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    me too. new years day and christmas eve. i dont care. i want the extra money and dont celebrate

  7. No time to talk

    anotherone replied to tiroka03's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    cut them off and keep goung with report. you have to or else get used to being behind. i just interuot them and ignore it and move on . ok iv site? blah blah blah. if i dont want to hear it and it...

  8. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    anotherone replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well I am not happier or love it more than I did in school but I didn't want to waste any more time. At least now I am making money while doing it. i am not proud of being a nurse or love it or any...

  9. Drinks at nurses station/desk

    anotherone replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is a common policy at most facilities. One that is often ignored in some but enforced in others. Including write ups for those who violate it. Another reason for me to prefer night shift.n While...

  10. People calling out for the holidays

    anotherone replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Onyl the paitents are allowed to get sick and if you become one people think you are faking it. If you are sick you are sick. I only call out with a fever over 101.5 and when i feel that I can not do...

  11. Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

    anotherone replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have 24/7 visiting . I especially enjoy when the pt is a walkie talkie getting IV abx, post op from a surgery they could have gone home from but talked the MD into being admitted overnight, etc,...

  12. Problems close to/during shift change.

    anotherone replied to babysteps25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Depends on what the scenerio is, what the other patients are like, and who is picking up after me. I have stayed up to 1.5 hours because of something that happened at the end of the shift. Some times...

  13. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    anotherone replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    NOTHING. I don't expect anything. I have enough garbage to deal with, without one more useless thing with the hospital logo on

  14. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    anotherone replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I am as good a nurse as any that got a calling or other nonsence. I do my job with a smile! drinks and cheers for the visitors. hell, i will even fluff their pillows and have! my manager has gotten...

  15. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    anotherone replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    all the "it gets better" is mosly an increase in

  16. Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

    anotherone replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    so annoying. i work nights and sometimes

  17. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    anotherone replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I am in it for the money and the health insurance!!!!!! If I didn't get that, I would go work in retail or back to an easier office or restaurant job ( like the easy ones I have had before)! I am not...

  18. Would you work on your day off?

    anotherone replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    yes many times. i have gone in 5 12s in a week. i work nights and if i only have one night off, i might as well go to work depending on how much i want to sleep and what is on tv that

  19. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    anotherone replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am on three 12s thealternative is 2eights and 2 twelves. 3 twelves are so much better. i only have to go there 3 days a week. with those two 8s there was so much pressure from management to stay...

  20. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    anotherone replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I moved hours away for a job and dont have any friends or family in the area. The friends and family i left back "home" I dont talk much to them and even less close than before. The worst part is...

  21. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    anotherone replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you know I am doing a procedure that will take a bit, ( ng tubes, foleys etc, changing a huge incontinent patient, feeding someone) and another pt of mine asks for pain meds, GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND...

  22. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

    anotherone replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Another aspect of the ratios, especially on nights where there are A LOT less staff memebers around.( ON days pt /ot, dietary, housekeeping, respiratory, more aides and nurses, unit clerks,...

  23. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    anotherone replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do not care about or want to participate in a baby shower for a coworker, a going away party for the ones leaving, a christmas party, a 4th of july party etc. Put the sign up asking for participants...

  24. homosexual patients

    anotherone replied to miray19's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps acceptance is different in US vs Lebannon. In my experience most doctors and nurses do not seem to care about or know about their pt's sexual orientation. As part of an assessment, risk...

  25. Professionals or "workers"

    anotherone replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I believe physicians are prevented from unionizing in many places. i would lol to see that day come and work hours for residents really enforced. nurses are skilled workers for the most part. most...