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  1. Help me to do it

    anonymurse replied to hajer's topic in General Nursing

    Ask the managers of any units in your hospital that do preop if you can get in lots of sticks early in the morning (your IV team might be able to match you with a helpful manager). At our hospital...

  2. sexual jokes in the workplace

    anonymurse replied to penguin2's topic in General Nursing

    Sure looks like she got to ya big

  3. Schools without waiting lists

    anonymurse replied to P_RN's topic in General Students

    Virginia: at last report, Paul D. Camp Community College (with locations in Suffolk, Franklin, and Smithfield) still has no waiting list for their RN

  4. sexual jokes in the workplace

    anonymurse replied to penguin2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm old enough to have experienced "harmless" racist joking as well as the set of behaviors that kind of depersonalization gave permission to (and it's still going on). Well maybe you're too young to...

  5. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    anonymurse replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You might want to check out the disease model of

  6. sexual jokes in the workplace

    anonymurse replied to penguin2's topic in General Nursing

    Heck, I just go off on things like that. Once I chewed out a locker room full of GIs who were yocking it up over a highly inappropriate comment about one of our female NCOs. Now in our training we had...

  7. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    anonymurse replied to naturalized's topic in General Nursing

    What's biting you, the exams or the

  8. If you were/are overwhelmed as a new nurse...

    anonymurse replied to occc2010rn's topic in General Nursing

    I think the overwhelming-ness of the experience is kind of a test to shake out those who prioritize poorly or handle pressure poorly. Yeah, maybe it's something they should test for before admission...

  9. a family member gave me five dollars

    anonymurse replied to starbin's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the thought-provoking post. I think if that happens to me, I'm going to get my manager, explain what happened, seal the money in a patient property envelope in front of her, have someone...

  10. Pain Scores Effective or not

    anonymurse replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I like the 0-10 pain scale. The important thing isn't whether a patient says 5 or 10. It's not meant to convey information in a precise way that means the same thing for every patient. The reason we...

  11. Anyone heard of a a study that new grads had better retention in specialties?

    anonymurse replied to hotdog19d's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OK, here it is on another site:

  12. How do you stay impartial?

    anonymurse replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    You are very smart to break it off. We're all on an emotional budget, and it's a self-aware person who knows they can't afford a certain demand and still stay functional. Sounds like we all have...

  13. Do experienced nurses really eat their young?

    anonymurse replied to whit717's topic in General Nursing

    Tell ya what, when my manager and I interviewed each other, she told me who my preceptor was going to be (I was already 100% sold on her and the supportiveness, openness and total lack of backstabbing...

  14. How Helpful is Being Bilingual?

    anonymurse replied to G to The P's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, if we didn't have the translator phones, I'd give it my best shot. But we do, so NO WAY. Suppose I dig my little medical Spanish book out of my pocket and screw up? Or suppose I don't screw up...

  15. Cold sores & stress

    anonymurse replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, this is for those of you who have Tricare. I went to my military doc and explained how shingles would put me out of work at the hospital, so she told me to ask if the shot clinic would honor...

  16. Cold sores & stress

    anonymurse replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I called the doc on base and said, hey, I feel the prodrome, my lip's buzzing, and I can't work with patients with an open sore, so can you call in a scrip for Valtrex to Walgreen's? And he said sure,...

  17. What More Responsibilites Do RN's Have?

    anonymurse replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you have the choice (if you can afford the time and money for either one), I'd go for RN 'cause it pays more and you have more career choices. It's not like RNs have this huge weighty...

  18. Need Help FAST Please. RE: Inappropriate discharge

    anonymurse replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have replied "Would you please put that in writing and fax it to me?" I hope she's keeping a good journal on all

  19. Male RN's

    anonymurse replied to bjmarthin1986's topic in General Nursing

    Probably, since it seems a higher proportion of males than females start in hospitals rather than offices. Just informally, I've met more men than women who came into nursing from the EMT track and...

  20. Just my hospital??

    anonymurse replied to shortstuff31117's topic in General Nursing

    We have had MAKs for about 2 years, and since then, instead of a range, we'll see 2 orders in the MAK for the same med, like 1 tab q4 PRN pain, and another for 2 tab q4 PRN pain.

  21. 12 hr shift survival tips

    anonymurse replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    I find it's all about getting adequate sleep, and in terms of keeping my thinking clear, nothing makes up for that. I don't set my sights on staying awake. That's the lowest possible goal I could set....

  22. Male pts.

    anonymurse posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Hey dudes, we don't talk about it much, but there are tons of significant concerns male pts have laid on me that I'm pretty sure they'd never have told a female nurse. Just glad to be there for

  23. religion in the workplace

    anonymurse replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I'm thinking it's either that or a scope of practice issue. Or both. It's not an issue of providing spiritual services, at least not what NANDA calls spiritual. But let's face it, religion is way...

  24. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    anonymurse replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28906

  25. "Customer service" and nursing

    anonymurse replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes folks feel they're all alone with their worst fears in a strange place. Sure they whine, they're regressing. Sometimes they just need a little limit setting, sometimes comfort. Always they...