No Stars In My Eyes

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

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    I need opinions on med error issue

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

    Sometimes it's a case of being drunk on power, sometimes new personnel are brought in to weed out the employees who are earning a little more than a newbie would. Basically it is the 'warm body'...
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    The HARD Truth for most nurses

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Body's have functions, one of which is excreting waste. It doesn't bother me in the least to have to clean up the results of a bodily function. That's why it's a good thing that it takes all kinds to...
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    is your job aging you?

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

    I had someone tell me once that they liked that I looked directly at them with a 'frown' of concentration because that meant I was really paying attention. Since it is a habitual thing, I have the...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

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

    I feel like renaming this: "People really need to stop posting on this thread". We've gone around and around the subject 3,582 times (well okay, this is only the 480th post, but still.....);it's...
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    Have you ever disliked a nursing job so much that you quit without notice?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    In the mid 1980's I was in a float pool in one of the two large hospitals in the area. I had been working a particularly heinous floor that had had two very hairy 3-11 shifts the two previous evening...
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    Rare birth: Baby born completely encased in amniotic sac

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to guest769224's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So Dr. Binder 'unbound' the baby.
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

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

    Yeah; been thinking about unsubscribing from this thread for a while now.......not decided if or when, though. Kind of has run its course, I
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are correct, KatieMl, it wasn't the worst thing. I guess that at the time (1971) it was thought to be quite peculiar in the location where it happened. The New Age wasn't in full bloom at the...
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    An accident victim had 12 visitors, who pulled the curtain around his bed in a four bed room. They proceeded to burn incense and sprinkle him with rose petals and chant in a foreign language of...
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    is your job aging you?

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

    And don't rub your eyes, pulling at the skin when removing eye make up. Over time it really DOES make a difference! I speak from
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    is your job aging you?

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

    Some of it is genetic, some of it is stress and weird schedules, some of it is....just age! I looked 25 until I was 45 and the the dreaded menopause set in. It's taken me ten years to get used to...
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    Deliberate sabotage?

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

    ....And if she ever dared to say, "See? That'll teach you/them a lesson!" out loud, I'd have a hard time not just hauling off and smacking
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    Memoirs of a new grad on probation…The struggle is real out here in Cali.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to 3rdeyeRN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Egads, 3rdeyeRN! You know, I couldn't help but wonder as I read of your ordeal, if the person at the Board who was assigned to your case had personal issues of her own which prevented her from...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

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

    News Flash! Quick! All newbies run, do not walk, and move to Florida! All 50,000 openings will be filled by next Thursday! Hurry! Up next: Florida is sinking under the weight of the influx of new...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

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

    For my part, I am curious and want to know: what professions pay twice the money and have 10 times the
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

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

    I have to say I don't go 'nuts' about most mispronunciations; mostly I find them interesting, amusing, and fun. A Vietnamese lady (who has been doing my nails for 8 years) and I have great times...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

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

    Well, yeah, but I heard there was a nursing
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

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

    My grand-daughter used to use the word "apparently" ----correctly and appropriately----when she was 2 years old. It was pretty hysterical. For instance, if her Pappaw was teasing her somehow, she...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

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

    Oops on the Worcester, thanks for the correction! We used to call Reveah the ahm-pit of the
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    Beyond Burnout: What is Compassion Fatigue?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    At one point in my early career, I took care of 7 terminal patients in a row over the course of bout 6 months. This was before hospice was widely available, so I saw a lot of struggle and suffering of...
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    By far, the worst hospital visitors were the ones who never ever came to see how the the patient was doing. One such patient, a lady who'd had ALL of her lady parts removed and ended up in ICU from a...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

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

    Yankee moves South; at work, asks if anybody has a pin (as in safety pin), three coworkers hold out a PEN. Huh????? Blew my
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    Got dumped on by snow and nurse manager

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JenERally's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, this isn't quite on the thread subject, but when our office was moved to another location many employees were not informed of the fact and had to find out the hard way.....show up at the office,...
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    Recognizing Excellent Performance

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

    Lordy, lordy! We used "Pat-on-the-back" awards once, a blank form that would have your name filled in and the reason, like if you did something they considered 'special' or above-and-beyond. They also...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

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

    I've heard a person from Medford pronounce it "Mhet-fd". Up there there is a town called "CON-curd"; down here it is pronounced "Conn-chord". Agree with your examples of Chat'm and Ware-ham. Glosster...