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  1. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi. This is a wierd philisophical question. Tonight, after a particularly crazy night on med-surg tele; the kind of night where you feel as if you are just tasking all night, putting out fires,...

  2. HATING MED/SURG

    nightengalegoddess replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    To OP. I would love to get into surgery....(not my body......others')........this economy has struck down all the hospitals' surgery programs (the free of charge ones).......I work med-surg and do...

  3. HATING MED/SURG

    nightengalegoddess replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Here I go......Jesus was a carpenter........I've never found out if he was literate or not! Off thread again. You are funny. You

  4. fired... where can a bad nurse go to find a job?

    nightengalegoddess replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    PS. Maybe you are smarter than you think, and also the "upper people" just have some personality conflict with you and single you out, pointing out any error that comes along. Nurses can be pretty...

  5. fired... where can a bad nurse go to find a job?

    nightengalegoddess replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    How can you just be "stupid" with 8 years under your belt, and training, school, etc? A dumb person cannot do all that! I think maybe you do not LIKE hospital work, and calling yourself "stupid" is an...

  6. HATING MED/SURG

    nightengalegoddess replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wow, Reader 007. Are you an English teacher or what? Personally, I appreciate creative and emotional expression within writting. I refer back to Jack Keroauc (sp?) I take the original poster's vent...

  7. HATING MED/SURG

    nightengalegoddess replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    When people look at me and say, "wow, you're a nurse, hear you guys make great money"......I just laugh and say........."WE EARN EVERY

  8. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    nightengalegoddess replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Awsome, De Lana. I'm glad that lots of nurses respect nurses! Of all types......yellow, black, red, brown.....oh yeh, white too : ) .......yay! And I'm gonna fly the flag. Can't wait till I see the...

  9. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    nightengalegoddess replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Allied health. Your question is probably a new thread. We are speaking of the general nursing unit which cares for the medical patients and the post surgical patients. The techs there are CNAs or...

  10. HATING MED/SURG

    nightengalegoddess replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just wrote a thread similar to yours. I do agree, med surg can be insane. But it is NOT true that ANYONE can do it! You are still tracking responses, and watching for the going down the tubes in...

  11. Saline flush without a physician order?

    nightengalegoddess replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    Stephenneilsen..OPer.........you speak and question ALOT like an attorney or judge. Are you really a nurse? Or are you fishing here because you or someone else has gotten in some kind of trouble for...

  12. discipline of nurses vs. other health care professionals

    nightengalegoddess replied to jrt71's topic in General Nursing

    I can't see it on Canesdukegirl! Wierd. I love giving kudos! But we digress! Up for many hours after night shift. Looking forward to the masses of comments after I awake this...

  13. Feel like part of my identity is gone

    nightengalegoddess replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    KEEP SEARCHING! Keep current. Dont' miss the kids' youth. Goes TOO fast. BUT, find a way!!! Xtern is right. Nursing will always be here. Kids won't. They become taller than you WAY too fast! Even one...

  14. discipline of nurses vs. other health care professionals

    nightengalegoddess replied to jrt71's topic in General Nursing

    PS, I can not find an area here to KUDO posters! So, Kudos all so

  15. discipline of nurses vs. other health care professionals

    nightengalegoddess replied to jrt71's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, we are held to the highest standard. In national polls, nurses show up as higher than peace officers (aka, Police) as the most trusted by the general public. They even trust us more than...

  16. Mike Tyson trading places w/ a nurse on TV show tonight!

    nightengalegoddess replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! We will WATCH!!! Going to be hilarious! (hope there is a real nurse to back up the poor

  17. Nightshift vent

    nightengalegoddess replied to teleRN08's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your PCP about trazodone. Great sleep aid if you have no cardiac issues.....doesn't make you sleepwalk or anything!!! And also......can't be abused.....truly only makes you want/need to sleep!!!...

  18. Thick skin

    nightengalegoddess replied to Chixie's topic in General Nursing

    ehwwwww....."if you worked harder this wouldn't be a problem".....that is so YUCK!!!! Worse....I've heard this sort of response when notifying my manager of poor, unprofessional conduct by assistive...

  19. Nurses as primary breadwinners?

    nightengalegoddess replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    Can't bear to read through them all! But get the gist! Lots of good men out of work these days. It is great to turn the tables!!! Kids LOVE hanging with DADDY!!! As long as daddy does his part...

  20. pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    nightengalegoddess replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you x tern and J Budd....knew exactly what I meant...duh...:

  21. pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    nightengalegoddess replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me for my ignorance, but who is the local narcotics officer? Is he DEA? Or just the sheriff? I am so confused. How can a patient order a narc for herself in a nurses name without the full name...

  22. pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    nightengalegoddess replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    Call the cops for sure! Wow. Nursing is so crazy for us! How do you call in narcs? I've worked in hospitals and don't even know what this means. We get the order, process it, and the patient gets the...

  23. Thick skin

    nightengalegoddess replied to Chixie's topic in General Nursing

    Finding the way for others not to walk all over you while at the same time not offending anyone may be the way. As well, standing up for the patient no matter which nurses tell you to "keep em...

  24. amazing natural remedies

    nightengalegoddess replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    oh yes! Osha root is specific for elevation sickness...and wonder of wonders....it grows plentifly over 10,000 feet! I love

  25. amazing natural remedies

    nightengalegoddess replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    addendum, wild iris ROOT parts also, not a practicing herbalist with license here information for entertainment purposes only But I can tell you that all these remedies have worked. I did fist aid at...