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  1. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    anonymurse replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have to worry about these things. I blurt. Most nurses thing blurting is career suicide. The difference is if you blurt something hilarious and you get everyone in the room laughing, no one's...

  2. Debate- End of Life

    anonymurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm big on self-determination. I love it when a pt knows exactly what they want and sets things up to make sure they get

  3. Why would a facility over-hire nurses?

    anonymurse replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    It's the ebb and flow of nursing school graduations. They over hire at graduation time, then attrition normalizes things, then the cycle repeats. A corollary of this is that you don't want your...

  4. LTC and malpractice insurance

    anonymurse replied to JenRN2011's topic in General Nursing

    For

  5. Curious: Any increase in cardiac related ER visits since MJ died?

    anonymurse replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    No, we're always slammed, and by folks mostly too old to know who he

  6. I need resume help!!

    anonymurse replied to HelloooNurse14's topic in General Nursing

    Just call or e whoever's hiring (person, not office) and certify how you meet the requirements, fill out an app, and show up at the interview. Works for me. I don't want my first contact with anyone...

  7. What do you do when/if a Doctor or other nurse curses you out?

    anonymurse replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I'd either turn it into a joke and get 'em laughing, or get super-serious and keep things on track, 'cause that's my inclination (this all being speculative, as I don't get cussed out)....

  8. How do you tell someone they smell bad?

    anonymurse replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If I can stand lower GI bleeds, I can stand a little BO. It could even get funny. We could rate our pts' BO by the number of coffee filters with a pack of coffee apiece in 'em left under the bed. A...

  9. Mad and confused!

    anonymurse replied to Sparrowhawk's topic in General Nursing

    I love my manager. She's the cat's meow. And I'll be out the door before she's finished boxing up her plaques, knowing who's most likely to push her way into inheriting the desk. It's a done deal. If...

  10. Married to a nurse nearing burnout...Any Advice?

    anonymurse replied to shakespeare101's topic in Men in Nursing

    All I can say is it's her license, and knowing how I feel about mine, I'd let her figure it out for herself and call the shots, and I'd listen without providing prescriptive

  11. In nursing school clinical did you experience discrimination / bias from instructor?

    anonymurse replied to biltz's topic in Men in Nursing

    Oh, hell yeah. And when they couldn't get me academically, or on any safety issue, they flunked me on clinicals and without being able to cite any examples whatsoever, said they felt I "wasn't ready."...

  12. Who HATES the term MURSE?

    anonymurse replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    Y'all can call me anything but late for

  13. Wanting to be a RN, for me...or not?

    anonymurse replied to WanderingRae's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Rae, if you're not totally consumed by becoming a nurse, wait a bit until you are. Because you have to be just to make it through school, let alone survive your first year on the

  14. "Staff according to acuity"

    anonymurse replied to jnrsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    We used to staff by acuity on the computer. Every nurse was responsible for assessing their own pts! Then apparently corporate figured out it got in the way of "doing more with less" because it...

  15. BSN...what for?

    anonymurse replied to exit96's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Bummer that I'd need a BSN (or other bachelor's) to get a WOCN

  16. Are Nursing Jobs Plentiful where you Live ?

    anonymurse replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Virginia (Hampton/Newport News/Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Williamsburg/Portsmouth/Chesapeake area, AKA Southeast Virginia or the Tidewater area or Hampton Roads area). No prob getting a

  17. What are some negative things about being a Male nurse?

    anonymurse replied to bengalsfan's topic in Men in Nursing

    No negatives

  18. Cardiac Sheaths

    anonymurse replied to debthern's topic in Cardiac

    If you use Femostops, have the Radi rep give some

  19. What should I do?

    anonymurse replied to PeppermintPat22's topic in General Nursing

    This problem is susceptible to being worked out through deliberate thought and experimentation. I work 7-7 nights and do written reports. Report sheets used to be something I crammed into the end of...

  20. Torn....what would you do if you were in my shoes?

    anonymurse replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Survival's an honorable goal. Do what you have to to

  21. importance of interview in getting new grad RN job??

    anonymurse replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't sweat it. I was myself but I got hired anyway. So I did it again for another job. It worked

  22. A running list of low abuse specialties

    anonymurse replied to shopgirl44's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Become a factory rep for wound vacs, pacers,

  23. Average Salary for ADN vs BSN

    anonymurse replied to ltf500's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No difference in pay at my hospital. I could've taken any path, but because I learn best in hands-on situations, I went to a diploma school attached to the hospital where I planned on working (the...

  24. Life is too short to be this stressed

    anonymurse replied to missninaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure it's entirely about nursing. Some of the nurses on my floor are totally stressed and cry and quit and some are laid back and happy and hang for

  25. Any insight about being a military/army nurse?

    anonymurse replied to Nurse523's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about dying and stuff. If there's anyone the military cherishes and protects, it's the folks who save their lives when things go