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  1. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

    vickster replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is no comparison...doctors are not like BIGGER nurses, it is a completely different

  2. BSN does not mean better... Sometimes education is overrated!

    vickster replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yeah, that...! That horse is

  3. I can't get a job, i'm so sad.

    vickster replied to Lmex's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Take your resume to a service that helps with resumes, it could have mistakes in it that are turning off employers--if you resume has even one mistake in it, it will end up in the

  4. Lowest of the Low

    vickster replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I cover 43 residents in LTC--it is insanity!! That being said...in my opinion, a new grad should NEVER be hired as a charge nurse. If you feel like you're not ready, maybe you're not...not your...

  5. What was the toughest part of Nursing school for you?

    vickster replied to LADYFLOWER's topic in General Students

    yikes!! good for

  6. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    vickster replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you take him in for a skin test?? You can bring an orange in to the office and the doc can prepare it and give your son the scratch test and you will know either way. Although, for an...

  7. Pubic hair

    vickster replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    HA! That just happened to a co-worker at our LTC facility! She is an aide, and was HORRIFIED by this daughter's request--she said absolutley NOT! It is kinda weird, I wouldn't want to do it...

  8. Late for report

    vickster replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't do that...it is passive aggresive and toxic. Be upfront and polite, people will walk on you if you let them! Whenever people at my workplace complain to each other about people that are...

  9. I have never met anyone like her...

    vickster replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was just thinking that...I also would have jumped on the stomach pain with some gravol--fast. (Is that wrong???) Life is too short to be that

  10. Ohhhhh your a Nurse!?!?

    vickster replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    LOVE IT!! That is sooooo

  11. Your Pet and your schedule...

    vickster replied to KatieBell's topic in General Nursing

    I work shifts as an LPN and am doing my BScN ful time--and I have two cats. (Jasper and Owen.) It's fine, but!!! 1) Most cats cannot be trusted to feed from a full bowl all the time, they will...

  12. Meds you hate to give....

    vickster replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Normal saline is isotonic to

  13. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    vickster replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    I agree Andrea. I've heard that too, and apparently sex under water does the same thing. (Ooops, who

  14. Ever had a family overdramatic with dying patient?

    vickster replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    I think wht most of "us" mean to express is the frustration at a family that could not express their love to a woman as she lay dying, or even just sit quietly with her...she was alone-with her...

  15. Ever had a family overdramatic with dying patient?

    vickster replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes. I guess you feel bad because you have a soul, and you watched a woman die without her nutty family by her side?? Not sure about that one, I'm shaking my head...hmmm. Maybe they were in...

  16. New nurse blues

    vickster replied to Pleaides's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh baby, I'm having deja-vous!! We've all been there, it's gets better, and then some days it's worse again. Every good nurse out there has been humbled-don't worry, we've got your

  17. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    vickster replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Almost forgot, I had a woman phone 911 and tell them she needed the bed

  18. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    vickster replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once had guy ring, who was going through DT's. He was freaking out because a "wire" had just fallen out of his eye. I nearly fell on the floor laughing, and he said, "I knew you were going to do...

  19. Wearing scrubs in public...

    vickster replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!:rotfl:

  20. Would you have called the doc? (LONG)

    vickster replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Know what I do?? I'd print all the replies to this thread and post it in the break room. You sound like great

  21. Our Own Misconceptions

    vickster replied to kmchugh's topic in General Nursing

    My eyes tear up reading your story. I have a sick old dad of my own... You are a role model to sons AND nurses

  22. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    vickster replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    What's with that anyway??? A few months ago someone posted a really negative thread about crappy docs, asking people to post their stories which naturally turned into a ***** fest about doctors. I...

  23. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    vickster replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Excellent

  24. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    vickster replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    TAKE IT BACK!! You seem to have a group of losers with you, how dare you imply that nurses in their 20's and 30's are the same as your group! I am thirty and a great, hard working nurse. How would...

  25. how did you KNOW you were meant to be a nurse...having a conflict!

    vickster replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    You are sooooooo right! Health teaching is a huge part of nursing in any field. (And not everyone is good at it. Nix the lingo