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  1. RN 6 months - How long does it take to find your nitch?

    anonymurse replied to azilliRN's topic in General Nursing

    We are the knights who say

  2. The positive side of nursing...PLEASE!!!

    anonymurse replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Nursing

    Well, on the plus side, you get paid. If you get

  3. "And what would you like me to do about it?"

    anonymurse replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    If he's a fresh CABG and he sneezed and he's due for percocet, I sympathize. No way to get that splint up against the sternum in time to catch a sneeze! I always seem to get the pts who want their BM...

  4. Best Stethoscope for Cardiac Nursing

    anonymurse replied to tigerlily345's topic in Cardiac

    Got this Allheart acoustic cardio scope ($15 on sale) waiting for my Thinklabs to come back from repairs. Heavy. Works

  5. Time to call a duck a duck?

    anonymurse replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is superficially similar to the question of NCO professionalism (check out this 1978 paper). But before we adjudge it identical, consider that there were once three professions: the priesthood,...

  6. Pt.s threatening bad feedback on customer service surveys

    anonymurse replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    The demand for custom PJs is the same as a demand I received one night to go get the pt a double whopper at 0300 (of course against dietary orders). I simply said "I wish I could help you, but I can't...

  7. Pt.s threatening bad feedback on customer service surveys

    anonymurse replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    Shoot, a pt's demand the other night amounted to him threatening to hold his breath if he didn't get his way. Except for him, I'd never heard that from anyone older than

  8. Malpractice Insurance

    anonymurse replied to apocatastasis's topic in General Nursing

    Huh. They didn't ask my specialty

  9. What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

    anonymurse replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I remember, all right. The way nursing students fink each other out to faculty, reserving their most venomous attacks for the weakest, it's amazing they can complain that "nurses eat their young"...

  10. Job & Nursing School

    anonymurse replied to Alyah's topic in General Nursing

    Try to get a gig as unit secretary at the hospital where you most want to be hired, preferably in the setting you most want to hire into, second best as a float. You'll learn how information flows...

  11. Nursing CAN be the very devil!

    anonymurse replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I like my floor. We talk trash about each other, but that's just venting, and probably no one needs to vent regularly like nurses do. But when anyone gets in a tight, we drop everything we can and...

  12. New Job (FINALLY)!!! PBDS Testing??? Anyone know about this?

    anonymurse replied to Laurie Ann, RN's topic in General Nursing

    See

  13. S-BAR

    anonymurse replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    Great system, SBAR, for communicating with an unfamiliar provider. But before that, I assess the provider's current knowledge. I ask "Do you know [name] in [room number]? Frequent flyer, came in...

  14. What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

    anonymurse replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess knowing it all is an undocumented feature of Benner's second stage of nursing

  15. Cheapest online RN-BSN

    anonymurse replied to Faeriewand's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I think UT Arlington without clinicals will be cheaper than UW with, because if I work those days instead of volunteering them, I do a little better than break even. Plus my hospital will pay for some...

  16. What color is your stethoscope???

    anonymurse replied to sch1109's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I got the orange one. It's a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but it's hard to

  17. A question for those nursing in a hospital setting.

    anonymurse replied to Ericm's topic in General Nursing

    If you can get it, I recommend tele for a mess of reasons: 1. It teaches time management very well. Wherever you go, this will be appreciated. Say you end up in the ER or ICU. You'll be way better...

  18. Nurses from other units to start IV's

    anonymurse replied to Daliadreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God for IV

  19. is working in the hospital really easier than LTC???

    anonymurse replied to ez2000's topic in General Nursing

    I like the tele floor. It's good to have all my pts monitored. It's good to have lots of smart, experienced RNs around, at least one of whom will have dealt with any new situation I find myself in,...

  20. Recession creates apathy.

    anonymurse replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think they don't care. I just think they're not in Kansas any more. Nurses, being more tightly coupled to daily reality, could help reorient 'em, but they're not

  21. A letter to my Patient

    anonymurse replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    Machts nichts, guys. For every pt, no matter their condition, there is a possible quality of life better than the one they currently enjoy. I explored this with my little brother when he was dying;...

  22. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    anonymurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Shaken nurse syndrome! ('Jillian,' heh, heh, you crack me

  23. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    anonymurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yah. The first time I had a pt in torsades des points and pronounced it according to the King's French, I was immediately corrected to TORE SODS as if that were more important than the mag level. Ya...

  24. Recession creates apathy.

    anonymurse replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Management is in denial. Although everything has changed (and I wouldn't call it a recession vs. a depression until the hyperbaric yodeler screeches), management has changed nothing. Grandiose...

  25. A letter to my Patient

    anonymurse replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Night Nurse, I'm not helpless. I proactively came here to your floor to get better. I intend to fight for wellness with every fiber of my being. I appreciate your deep feeling for your art, but...