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  1. amazing natural remedies

    nightengalegoddess replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    colloidal silver for bacterial infection blue flag poultice packing (wild iris) for staph infection golden seal root powder mixed with psyillium husks as packing for staph chapparo amargosa for food...

  2. New to med field and Afraid of the unknown

    nightengalegoddess replied to AngelsRnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Just do it. You are amazing already..able to overcome anything. As long as it isn't your kids with protruding bones, you'll be

  3. How long is your commute?

    nightengalegoddess replied to OnaTrek's topic in General Nursing

    20 minutes, used to be ten, but mean people there. I'm Southwest.....thought Florida has lots of seniors...thought lots of jobs....small

  4. when the day shift arrives

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just a quirky question. I worked the day shift for years. It made me precise, great at time management, almost a Supernurse....but also almost a total #$%&!.......now I work nights. When the day...

  5. how to be invisible in nursing

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hello All! Question: How is it possible to be the invisible nurse? How is one to support peers, help out others when the obvious is seen, be a big advocate for patients, and serve on committees...

  6. how to be invisible in nursing

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

    HOOwdyyy Sofla! YAY!

  7. when the day shift arrives

    nightengalegoddess replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    Just noticed that I mentioned whom I give report to as "she"..........could be a He too......but somehow....I've yet to come across a mean male nurse....a little egotistical sometimes.......,,,,,but...

  8. when the day shift arrives

    nightengalegoddess replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely LOVE the replies!!! How bout the one where you're nights, so you become so mellow as metabolic survival.....(all I could get upset about is not getting to bed -paraphrase)........Maybe...

  9. being young!

    nightengalegoddess replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    GET IN NOW BEFORE YOU HAVE ANY EXCUSES OR REASONS NOT TO!!!!!!! I wish I would've started before I felt the need for a good paying supportive carreer for my son..now I find I am more suited to be a...

  10. how to be invisible in nursing

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

    Oracle! My type of person!!! Brilliant! Who ever thought that being a nurse would be so much like being a mommy (to co-workers, that is)...Just beautiful!...In the end, right is right. I confronted...

  11. I sleep my life away

    nightengalegoddess replied to swimincatz's topic in General Nursing

    Either days or nights. Don't shorten your life this way. All the cash in the world is not worth it. the human body deserves bounderies. Set them for yourself. I bet you can get an extra NIGHT if you...

  12. do you cross train

    nightengalegoddess replied to pymschrs's topic in General Nursing

    Try getting a couple extra shifts on another unit here and there. I used to ask staffing to call me first when they needed someone...and I used to call them when at the hour I knew they would be...

  13. how to be invisible in nursing

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

    Thanks Houtx. You are probably right. I guess there's no way around it! I do agree with your "sexist" point. I don't think it's sexist either. It is fact. What makes it difficult is that there is such...

  14. Fictional vital sign charting

    nightengalegoddess replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

    PS. Maybe we should just go back to primary nursing! Because we end up doing it anyway...instead of for 5 patients..we do it for 7....and the cna gets to take a snack break. Ooooh, I guess that was...

  15. Fictional vital sign charting

    nightengalegoddess replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

    It is good to give the benefit of the doubt, then to adress with a teaching moment. That seems the best way. As far as management....I knew the CNA was making up most of the vitals on his...

  16. Burned out?

    nightengalegoddess replied to lady88's topic in General Nursing

    PS, as for Sparrowhawk...not expecting to be happy anymore; there is wisdom in that!!! Excpectations get us into so much trouble in this world! If ya don't expect to be happy, than you can't really be...

  17. Burned out?

    nightengalegoddess replied to lady88's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Ms. Lady! Change of scenery before anything drastic. There is an old idea which my partner reminds me of a lot...also a nurse. There is a specific amount of time that any nurse becomes competent in...

  18. how to be invisible in nursing

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

    Yay! Great replies! Thank you! Rob, also, this author you mention has a fascinating way of looking at things, and I did buy that book! Yes, looking at work as an experiment is the funner way of...

  19. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    nightengalegoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    By the way, 686; I am not as sharp as a physician. I am a regular RN who works med-surg and entered this profession after living in the outback for most of my adult life. I am still shellshocked when...

  20. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    nightengalegoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    GB686, I don't really get where you're coming from here; but I believe RNs are here to foster life and independence. I see nursing as a spiritual path. I'm not the Dhali Lama nor espouse to be. I am a...

  21. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    nightengalegoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi. This is an old thread, but wanted to comment. I find that nurses will coddle the infirm. Even if the infirm is the nurse. The infirm of mind or body seems to get the most mileage out of any job....

  22. when you miss an order

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. New night nurse here, been days forever. Never missed an order in days for years. Missed a night order tonight. He only missed out on half litre of NS; but I still forgot to do it. Nights are...

  23. As basic decency slips away....We watch them die and do nothing.........

    nightengalegoddess replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't he want to kill himself? What are the firefighters supposed to do? They are mandated to certain things. My first question was, "what about the national guard".....what about the "lifeguard on...

  24. Appalled at LTC standards of nursing care

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi. I have never worked in an LTC before. Just hospital acute care. Orienting, I noticed there is not assessment going on, there is not proper documentation going on, nor infection control. There are...

  25. Is it ok to wait a couple days before you accept job offer?

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I am wondering if it is ok within nursing to wait a couple days to get back to a hospital when they offer you a job then and there at the interview. Reason is, still interviewing for other jobs...