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    What nursing class at your school has the most failure rate?

    Catch22Personified replied to msteresa97's topic in General Students

    Foundations claimed 10 people. Med surg only took 3 or
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    Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    Catch22Personified replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    So G-Tubes...when you flush them and there is no resistance but like after you remove the syringe is it normal to have some of the fluid flow
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    Nursing Safety: Patient ratio in Subacute Rehab

    Catch22Personified replied to a4amal's topic in Rehabilitation

    Where I work its from 9-14 to one RN but at others I hear it goes to as high as 24 at neighboring places. The day staff hates when they get 9 so I guess they get a lot less. I work nights though so no...
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    my problem with allnurses...why so pessimistic?

    Catch22Personified replied to pymschrs's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people are just more vocal when negative, I know I am. A lot of people are having problems finding a job, dealing with their current job, and
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    what percentage of your job involves poop?

    Catch22Personified replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in LTC its full of it. Both literally and
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    Why are so many new nurses having problems?

    Catch22Personified replied to okchug's topic in General Nursing

    Also, I'd like to add. Nursing schools are being less selective with their students. They increase their class sizes and a lot of the people that join sometimes don't even want to be nurses. Some of...
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    Why are so many new nurses having problems?

    Catch22Personified replied to okchug's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad I'll give my input. 1. Clinical is way too far removed from the real deal. At most we had 3 patients and that was only once. Our clinical instructors had too many students to monitor so...
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    Night Shift Differential

    Catch22Personified replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    No night differential or holiday pay if working on a holiday for RN's, yet our LPN coworkers get time and a half for
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    Boy I'm awful as a nurse

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Less than a week starting on my own as a nurse I've already screwed up. My charge RN tells me that I made a medication error a night before. I gave Endocet 10/325 instead of a 10/650, and for the...
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    Can I refuse an assigment if .....?

    Catch22Personified replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Can you refuse a patient who has actually threatened to kill you? I've actually heard stories like this
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    Is this oversleeping?

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I started my first job at LTC as a staff RN a few weeks ago on the night shift. At first I was able to go home at around 8:30 take a shower and go to bed around 8:50 and sleep around 9:30-10am. I...
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    Patient/Resident actually being a bully to staff

    Catch22Personified replied to TheFloorisCold's topic in General Nursing

    The State I'm in possesses one of those "safe discharge laws" so we can't kick people out on to the street. In your case OP, the best thing you can do is to just CYA and hope to catch this crazy...
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    Bitter dried up nurses that need to RETIRE

    Catch22Personified replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, but you know how PCA's have the lockout feature after pressing the button too many times? Make it possible for the patient to overdose on the stuff so it's one less person to deal
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    Bitter dried up nurses that need to RETIRE

    Catch22Personified replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For every 10-15 nasty patients I see one "bitter dried up" nurse. I'd rather take the nasty nurse then the
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    Working in a "toxic" workplace

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So I'm working my first job almost ending my training period at a LTC facility, and hit one of the long term floors. Working there really depresses me and angers me. Some patients are addicts they...
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    Working in a "toxic" workplace

    Catch22Personified replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My orientation got extended a week so I'm happy. I'm going to try to stick it out with this place, if it weren't for the fact my supervisor, and several of my preceptors have been looking out for me...
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    First nursing job asking for advice from fellow 3rd shift people

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi there, I used to be an uber negative nancy here in the forums but I finally somehow landed a nursing job in less than a year of receiving my RN license at a long term care facility that has it's...
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    Ever had a patient refuse you based on your gender?

    Catch22Personified replied to JG_0311's topic in Men in Nursing

    For my OB clinicals we are supposed to see C-Sections and/or lady partsl births. However for the first three weeks there was a dry spell and no one was well..delivering on our clinical day. When it...
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    Nursing Shortage: New Grad or Experienced

    Catch22Personified replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's more like a shortage of nurses who are going to put up with the abuse that comes with customer service oriented care and caring only about the bottom dollar. And schools love shoving that crock...
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Catch22Personified replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    One patient pushes the call button...because she can. And seriously that's the reason she gives the staff. Even in the bloody
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    So Sick of Pushy Patients and Verbal Abuse

    Catch22Personified replied to applesRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How do you think I feel when my coworker got written up for refusing to give a diabetic patient who's sugar was 350 a candy bar? Apparently refusing to give someone something that may land them in a...
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    How do nurses really feel about CNA/PCTs?

    Catch22Personified replied to barbamatt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When they do their job: "They are great and a welcome addition." When they sit around and make me do all the toileting and callbell answering and have the nerve to tell me the patient's table is messy...
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    "Ideal" Procedure vs Practical Procedure

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, this is for the people in the LTC crowd but I have a question for you. Soon I will be set out into the floors myself with no preceptor or anything and I was wondering how do you handle 30-40 some...
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    im selfish? hmmm

    Catch22Personified replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a guy so those rotations feel really weird for me. Having helicopter parents/husbands looking at you while trying to do your standard clinical work made things so hard. Though maybe the nurse you...
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    Where are all the jobs??

    Catch22Personified replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    The extra money saved from cutting jobs went to the executives increasing the amounts of hookers and blow to