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weetziebat

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  1. accused of not passing meds (long)

    weetziebat replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone wonder why there is a nursing shortage? Perhaps when management starts treating nurses like professionals, more people will want to go into the field. Until then, there are too many other...

  2. Working Night shift...when do you sleep

    weetziebat replied to nattiekatt's topic in General Nursing

    With 12 hour shifts there is really not as much leeway as with 8 hour shifts. When I worked those hours I'd sleep from 9 am to ~5pm. Will someone be watching your son at their home, or yours? That may...

  3. face to face with death

    weetziebat replied to Dinith88's topic in General Nursing

    For me, as a nurse, dealing with death on a pretty regular basis makes it impossible to pretend its never going to happen. And in some ways it helps me because I know what I would want and not want in...

  4. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

    weetziebat replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

    Ain't crazy and ain't stupid - nooooooo

  5. need advice - delicate situation (long)

    weetziebat replied to mkf0605's topic in General Nursing

    What you did was totally correct. Did the DON want to be called so she could tell you not to document this?? Now that would have been wrong! And just what "seasoned" nurse would have to ask about...

  6. Your Perceptions on Health

    weetziebat replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

    To me, although an absence of disease may technically be called being healthy, I believe you need a certain vibrancy of spirit. I've know people who have excellent physical health, yet do not seem to...

  7. What is your workplace's policy on jewelry?

    weetziebat replied to hippienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not quite what you're asking, but I've got a nose stud and would not work anyplace that objected to that. Can see objections to lots of facial piercings perhaps, since most nurses work in pretty...

  8. HELP...... Need Your Advice!

    weetziebat replied to Ari RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can see the hospital not guaranteeing you a job - after all, imagine it is just to protect themselves from having to hire a dud. (which, of course, you wouldn't be.) And I can see if they said you'd...

  9. PEG tube policies.

    weetziebat replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a group home with clients who have developmental disabilities. One of our folks, with a PEG, gets their feeding all night, and we do not check residual on them. Another gets five feedings a...

  10. Would you drive 100 miles for a great job?

    weetziebat replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I used to drive 30 miles each way and found I simply could NOT stay awake on the drive home. And this was after an 8 hour shift. Had the car windows open, air conditioner blasting away in February,...

  11. Slandered at work by another nurse...need advice asap

    weetziebat replied to rosieseattle's topic in General Nursing

    I like Jemb's suggestion. The problem I see with asking the nurses who were present when she made her slanderous remark is that as you are agency - and if they have to work with Amy once you've moved...

  12. "A monkey can be trained to do what you nurses do"

    weetziebat replied to angel337's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work ED and almost all of the docs were lovely, but we did have one real true a$$----. He said something similar to me once and when the patient was discharged, I closed the door and lit...

  13. Anti Depressants & Weird Side Effects?

    weetziebat replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in General Nursing

    I take Paxil 40 mg. QD when I travel, for panic attacks. And, although the side effect is not the same as yours, sounds similiar. I get little zaps - like an electrical current zapping my brain....

  14. My Personal experience with seizures...

    weetziebat replied to daisy9980's topic in General Nursing

    Daisy, thank you for sharing your experience with seizures. Hoping the Keppra does a good job and you remain seizure free. And good luck with the nursing

  15. LPN job duties from 10,20,30 years ago to the present.

    weetziebat replied to fuzzball's topic in General Nursing

    :imbar Gee.....thanks Nurse

  16. LPN job duties from 10,20,30 years ago to the present.

    weetziebat replied to fuzzball's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated as an L.P.N. in 1971. This was from a large hospital, built in 1892. Quite gothic looking. The R.N.'s were strictly at the desk, doing paper work, answering the phones and making...

  17. This Burns My Britches!

    weetziebat replied to leslie :-D's topic in General Nursing

    Leslie, SO sorry your mil has to be going through all this. Especially when it could have been so easily prevented. You know what scares me - thinking of the future if things don't dramatically change...

  18. Should I switch to OR nursing?????HELP!!!!!

    weetziebat posted a topic in Operating Room

    O.K. - I need some advice from those of you working in the OR. I am an RN in my 50's, and been at a desk job for the past six years. Starting to lose brain cells from boredom, and have been...

  19. Should I switch to OR nursing?????HELP!!!!!

    weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Operating Room

    thanks armyrn - think i might be better off checking out facilities myself, rather than through a recruiter, but from what i've seen when i was looking everyone seems to only be interested in already...

  20. Criticism from Preceptor

    weetziebat replied to Nursesuzi's topic in Nursing Career

    Unfortunately, not everyone makes a good preceptor. I know several nurses who do it solely for the extra money. And although you are kicking yourself for not speaking up when the negative preceptor...

  21. Should I switch to OR nursing?????HELP!!!!!

    weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Operating Room

    audreyfay and cadillac - thanks so much for your input. the part about scrub nurses standing all shift is a good point. and, luckily, i don't take any diuretics :chuckle as far as the interview goes...

  22. Would you want your children to go into nursing?

    weetziebat replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  23. Would you want your children to go into nursing?

    weetziebat replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

    When the topic of career choices came up with my daughter, I told her, in no uncertain terms, that she would NOT be going into nursing. I've worked in other areas and know that the nursing field is...

  24. Stressed out and Getting Out

    weetziebat replied to CseMgr1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So sorry you are going through this. We can all understand where you are coming from though. I have a friend with a master's degree in nursing who is now working in Home Depot - and loving it. Sad,...

  25. Should I switch to OR nursing?????HELP!!!!!

    weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Operating Room

    cadillac - thanks for your note. i have a telephone interview with a hospital nurse recruiter monday morning. if only there was a way to check out a job for a week to see how it goes! i really...