No Stars In My Eyes

Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN

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    The core of home health care..

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Libby1987's topic in Home Health

    Agree, agree, AGREE! I did Home Health visits for 9 years and it was THE Best, for all the reasons you mentioned above. PLUS you are out-and-about, not confined by walls! I loved the variation. I've...
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    Jane Doe, RN, AAS, BSN, MSN, CCRN BFD

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Oceanpacific's topic in General Nursing

    Once when working in the most horrible LTC job, which was actually 4 (Four) jobs piled on one person (budget cutbacks), I had to fight myself not to write "LPN, SCHMUCK" after my signature. I was...
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    Ranch dressing in a breast milk container

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurses Rock

    Little alcohol wipes. I know it is cheaper to get a bottle of rubbing alcohol and a package of cotton, but the little square packets are more convenient and easier to carry in your purse; they come...
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    What nursing task do you loathe???

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    I'll do your trachs and ostomies, if you'll do my blood draws and IV starts. I am another one who has never been able to hit a vein. I am soooo jealous of people to whom it comes so
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    "Eleanor, gee I think you're swell and you really do me well, You're my pride and joy, et-ce-tra....." Who did that song? The
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    What nursing task do you loathe???

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    I loathe hearing that crash and thud, or seeing a patient fall from too far away to be able to do anything, or finding a patient who has
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    days off- a rant

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    I actually did tell them one time, about a month ago; I said we were celebrating, and I was in no condition to drive. But most of the time I am capable of saying plain old 'no'. And it's true about...
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    days off- a rant

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Phones are a convenience; they are not the boss of
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    It's not my job to pray with you.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I would never have expected this thread to kick up such a kerfuffle; guess I am kind of naive, even at my age. My theory about everything is that as many people as there are in the world, that's as...
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    You should know better

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'll be! I just tried to smell my dog's feets, but they are both mid-nap and grumpy and snatched their paw out of my fingers before I got a good sniff. Will try again
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    You should know better

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Oooh1 Thanks for mentioning that, I would have missed it
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    You should know better

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    When Bugles first came out, they were in a box; I ate a whole box in one evening, and was later revisited by the same, retracing their esophageal journey. Haven't eaten them
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    What did you do when you got burnt out?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dreamer30's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That idea of one-thing-a-day appeals to me!
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    I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to addylpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As one 'extroverted' Introvert to another: Love it! Especially the last sentence, as I am re-learning to give my own deserving self my
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    What did you do when you got burnt out?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dreamer30's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I do make my bed every day. My house has no ants or cockroaches, but there is a lot of dust. I try to keep ahead of the clutter. I don't iron anything at all. I eat at least two meals a day, or eat...
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    I can do companionable silence very well. No
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    You should know better

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a woman from Jamaica. This was how she prepared her can of tuna for her lunch: Dump it out on a plate, sprinkle ground black pepper on it until none of the tuna shows. Then sprinkle...
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    You should know better

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, there is one fast-food chicken place where they drown everything in excessive salt.....and I like salt, but their food will put a pucker on you the moment you put it in your mouth. It gives me...
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    Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    brandiep -- My 'falling' dreams always happened in an elevator. During my first two years in nursing I worked in a Very Large, World-Renowned Big-City Hospital on the ninth floor. I actually would...
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    This is a placenta...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Though quite artistically rendered, it is quite possibly one of the most grotesque and inexplicable tattoos I have ever
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    Funny Things Patients Say

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's hysterical! And really, who could blame her? I certainly wouldn't want to be a layer cake for even one
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    Jane Doe, RN, AAS, BSN, MSN, CCRN BFD

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Oceanpacific's topic in General Nursing

    Can you imagine the retirement benefits check you would get from Social Security for that many years of work? In the first month alone you'd be able to pay off school-loan, house, and
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    Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    Once I worked LTC as the charge/med-nurse/ward-clerk/mediator, etc,etc,etc. You know the kind of place I'm talkin' about, 35 pt's on day shift with so many interruptions you can't complete a...
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    Jane Doe, RN, AAS, BSN, MSN, CCRN BFD

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Oceanpacific's topic in General Nursing

    ???^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B.C. ?????? You got your RN 2,015 years ago???? You must be a rrreeaallllllllly Crusty Old Bat! (Just can't resist being an idiyet
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    Strange CoWorker Stories

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had a charge nurse whose hubby was cheating on her long-term, for several years. When she found out the dire straits that the girlfriend lived in, she moved the girlfriend and her 2 children in with...