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shhhh

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  1. Physically abused by resident

    shhhh replied to Poi Dog's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I did make it clear that I was under the assumption that the OP probably couldn't restrain the patients in the LTC where he/she works. I explained that in my particular specialty and hospital, it's...

  2. Physically abused by resident

    shhhh replied to Poi Dog's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm really sorry about what you went through. I've been punched, kicked and slapped. It really makes you feel violated, in a way. The worst for me was when a guy hawked up a huge loogie on my scrubs...

  3. How much did your nursing education cost you? Worth it?

    shhhh replied to resilientnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I went through an ADN program at a CC right after high school (graduated HS in 2000 and then nursing school in 2003). I was really lucky; my parents let me live at home as long as I wanted and all I...

  4. I just feel that I would feel in much better hands if I had nurses that were sexy

    shhhh replied to themoreyouknow's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I used "troll", too, because I was very skeptical. If she's telling the truth in her past posts, she's an

  5. I just feel that I would feel in much better hands if I had nurses that were sexy

    shhhh replied to themoreyouknow's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're right. People DO care about looks, but when people can't see you like, they could care less what you look like and make assumptions based on your grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Lay people...

  6. I just feel that I would feel in much better hands if I had nurses that were sexy

    shhhh replied to themoreyouknow's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Then too bad he chose to dish out how unattractive he thought the nurses were, as opposed to telling everyone the ACTUAL TRUTH: how they fed him, kept him clean, and gave him antibiotics and pain...

  7. Which specialties are fast paced?

    shhhh replied to teenmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Jenni811. I think anywhere you go, you'll be running around. I work night shift and it's a little more calm than on day shift. The reason being that there's no ancillary services,...

  8. I just feel that I would feel in much better hands if I had nurses that were sexy

    shhhh replied to themoreyouknow's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you serious?? Seriously, is this a troll? If your husband thinks you're hot, that's wonderful and I'm glad you're in a happy marriage. But, none of us care what you look like (or that there's a...

  9. Best MD note

    shhhh replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    A urologist I worked with years ago at a hospital wrote an order for Viagra. I was confused ("who needs a Viagra when they're staying in the hospital?") but just assumed that it was given to this...

  10. Should I feel bad?

    shhhh replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's telling that the parents gave you so much trouble about ONE DAY off. Sounds like they might not be the best clients to work for if they don't think you should take time off. You don't...

  11. Its not what you know, it's who you know

    shhhh replied to Devie06's topic in General Nursing

    It's unfortunately true. My first nursing job was at a small community hospital in my hometown, and it came time to replace our nursing manager who was moving away. The person who replaced her as...

  12. which nursing specialty get to deal with lots of cool gadgets/equipments

    shhhh replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    You might be the type who might enjoy perusing through the "Nursing Informatics"

  13. What do you do if you are assigned a patient you know outside of work?

    shhhh replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    Um... I'm probably going to go with, "because, if I know them, or if they know me outside of my job, I'm not certain they would be comfortable WITH ME being their nurse." Would my mother's friend be...

  14. Which ICU should I work in?

    shhhh replied to NCRNMDM's topic in General Nursing

    Nowadays, it's rare that a nursing student gets accepted into an ICU internship right out of nursing school. My unit has declined to offer positions to soon-to-be graduating nursing students who've...

  15. The dreaded pregnancy test

    shhhh replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    I don't know about anyone else, but I'm really curious to know the patient's reaction! Would you please tell

  16. What do you do if you are assigned a patient you know outside of work?

    shhhh replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    I've always told whomever was making the assignments how I knew the person and how I'd wish to not be their nurse, and 100% of the time, they've understood and simply did not assign them to

  17. Sometimes... do you hate your pts?

    shhhh replied to FRESH_90's topic in General Nursing

    I've never allowed ANYONE to talk to me disrespectfully, so why should I allow it when I'm on the clock? If you give people an inch with their behavior, they will take a mile, so I'm all about...

  18. Nursing or X ray Tech?

    shhhh replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    My cousin and I are about the same age. She became an X-ray tech a couple years after I graduated from nursing school. She's currently a CT/MRI tech and I'm an ICU nurse. I think the pay is fairly...

  19. How to prepare for JCAHO survey

    shhhh replied to scorpio82's topic in General Nursing

    But I got sidetracked and hit "submit" before I answered your question completely! Sorry! Off the top of my head, JCAHO is really concerned with everyone knowing the two patient identifiers and that...

  20. How to prepare for JCAHO survey

    shhhh replied to scorpio82's topic in General Nursing

    I know that my hospital prints up little booklets for us to read during downtime, and we get email after email with the subject line "JCAHO READINESS" or something like that, all about what we could...

  21. Minor things people get fired/wrote up over,,,give examples.

    shhhh replied to northmississippi's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh gosh, petty write-ups are the bane of my existence. At my very first nursing job, I was repeatedly written up for the stupidest things. Here's a few examples that stick out in my head: I was...

  22. Job offer, accepted now "new" information regarding position given - feel duped!

    shhhh replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so angry for you just reading your post! They drop all that on you, and you're supposed to pay for all the gas, food and hotel while you train for them? They're not going to pay for it? How awful,...

  23. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    shhhh posted a topic in General Nursing

    My patient came in with a devastating injury and he has a very poor prognosis. The trauma docs I work with made this prognosis very clear to his family, and all of them seem to grasp the situation...

  24. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    shhhh replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think the biggest problem was ME thinking I could type out a coherent story about this crazy 12 hr shift right after coming home from it! I really should have slept on it first. I think I...

  25. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    shhhh replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I came to realize after getting some good sleep and reading the replies that I left out pertinent information that might have affected opinions on the actions I took. I should have known that...