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anotherone BSN, RN

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  1. All the cool people work nights!

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

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  2. All the cool people work nights!

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

    I work nights because in part I don't feel like I am able to handle day shift. Nights there is less help, seem to be more emergencies and rrts but I find that a lot easier to deal with than 6 pts...

  3. I need advice..... BAD!

    anotherone replied to oceanlove's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I try to think of my job as something I do just for money and benefits. That is it. If I hate, well I am getting paid. That actually helps me through it a lot. I want to and do try to excell in it ....

  4. Im a new hire and im pregnant

    anotherone replied to newnurse1986's topic in First Year After Licensure

    On my floor we get plenty of isolation. Pregnancy does not matter unless it is one of the isolations that are really contraindicated. And for mrsa, vre, cdiff, flu,esbl, 699lb pts who jeed turn/...

  5. Has the job market gotten better for new grads?

    anotherone replied to debi49's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This was my exact experience in 2009 but east coast.Down to the classmates moving to Wyoming, Texas, rural New England

  6. Too close to the situation for comfort?

    anotherone replied to JTinKY's topic in Oncology

    It would make me feel worse. But that's me, others feel differently. I would feel like there was no escaping my

  7. New nurse- things you wish you knew when you started.

    anotherone replied to lnle3618's topic in General Nursing

    Put the bed up. It doesn't hurt now but it will soon enough! Know where emergency equipment is now. Intubation kit, emergency trach kit, central line imsertion supplies , chest tubes etc. People...

  8. I need advice..... BAD!

    anotherone replied to oceanlove's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If not about pt care but about work, do you know why you feel this way? The first few months I sometimes felt that way but it went almost cometely away after 6-12 months. It happens sometimes but...

  9. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    anotherone replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    where i work the top ones are cops or unemployed at about the same numbers. a lot of different jobs. none marrried or dating other nurses or doctors or anyone else in

  10. Letters to the hospital about care

    anotherone replied to Wheels28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Older thread, but YES we usually see them.... esp if you write it to the top people . I love seeing my name on those letters. It means a lot to me and I know my manager likes it too. Those letters are...

  11. Help please...new specialty. Awful nurses.

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

    Going to management with things co-workers do wrong... I don't see that as being a problem all the time.... either....... What I usually do in these situations is ignore them all, very aloof, or kill...

  12. Dealing with the loss of a coworker

    anotherone replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry for you loss. Also, you do not know everything that went on /was going on in his life. No one but he knew that. Sometimes the visible "Reason " for others is just the tip of the iceberg, or what...

  13. Unit Secretaries

    anotherone replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I work in acute care with emr. Days/evenings still has unit clerks and they are needed! The phone rings non stop. On night shift it also rings and no one is there to answer it sometimes. They will...

  14. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

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

    One time...... I noticed some changes in a pt's condition and paged a dr who determined it was actually a huge deal and pt needed stat surgery.... ( i don't want to get too detailed).. the pt was...

  15. Living with the decision I made

    anotherone replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    Do you do 3 12s? I know some dislike this but they have made my job so much more

  16. does anyone else work in an environment that isn't toxic?

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

    Good for you. It isn't like that

  17. Are you married sweetie?"

    anotherone replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don 't like any questions. Tv shows? I have to make up answers or say, I don't watch tv" in case anyone would be offended by the reality tv shows I like to watch......I only ask "personal...

  18. Nurses need water

    anotherone replied to Heidimc's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the stupid no drinks at the desks rule. On nights we usually ignore that. Otherwise I just go into the pt kitchen and while getting a pt a drink, drink some water. I also get annoyed sometimes...

  19. Rehab needs to get a clue

    anotherone replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in acute care but can relate. I hate to be drawing up meds and have a family member of a pt I don't even know come up to me and start asking questions or expect me to drop what I am doing. same...

  20. Are you married sweetie?"

    anotherone replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate these questions. I am from a more reserved part of the country origionally so I reallly dislike dealing with them. I just answer with a "no". If my not wanting kids makes someone question...

  21. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

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

    I ignored this thread for days fearing a lecture and a op really asking us this seriously......glad to see that was not the

  22. Can a nurse refuse to participate in a code?

    anotherone replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even work in ICU and I have seen this happen all the

  23. Can a nurse refuse to participate in a code?

    anotherone replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    You have to do a lot of things as a nurse you don't think are ethical or morally okay. No one cares what you think but you will have to live with doing those things and come to terms with

  24. Night shift on days off?

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

    Yeah... I work permanent nights. ... I can not fall asleep at 02-03:00 am . that is way to early for me. Maybe 04-05 if I use some over the counter stuff and work up super early that day. Sometimes I...

  25. BE CAREFUL on social networks

    anotherone replied to Chico David's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand either why some are so trusting of friends or family. They are often just as trustworthy as coworkers and when those friendships/relationships go bad they can go realllly bad........