No Stars In My Eyes

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

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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

    Gawd-a-mighty! I never said nuthin' 'bout workin' no FLOORS into my dotage! I consider that I've PAID my dues and don't need to punish my body or my brains any more! After 30 years of energetic and...
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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

    Not all of us 65 year old BB's plan on stopping work and retiring......because we CAN'T AFFORD TO. I have co-workers in their 70's who also are going to keep working as long as possible. I hope to...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To edmia, no longer on this thread: If you had any clue of the number of threads of a political ilk on the AN site devolved into the growling, knee-jerk, scathing, spiteful, circular back and forth...
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    Male Nurse Interactions

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to MikeRN84's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am really not sure how to read your last paragraph, 1sttime......."this is wrong, I'm sorry, but that's the way it is." Maybe it's just the way it's punctuated, but it doesn't seem clear that you...
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    Help me understand the stigma Acute Care Vs. "The Rest of Them"

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

    Don't forget this: less staffing for more physically demanding
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If this turns into one of those Republicans vs. Democrats threads, I'm bailing
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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

    Expecting people to stop going to nursing schools is like hoping the nice, small city you moved to will stay nice and small forever. I can't tell you how many nice, small cities have been...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But, y'all! Don't you realize it is ALL a PLOT???? GOSH! Plain as the noses on all the faces covered by
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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 remember when I graduated in 1971, people used to say to me, "Well you'll never be out of work, because people always get sick!" HA-HA-HA! Never say
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    Help me understand the stigma Acute Care Vs. "The Rest of Them"

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

    Whatever type of nursing someone does, no matter how excellent they are, put them in a different nursing environment and for a while they will be a fish out of water. Some of the basic skills...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Perfect it gave the visuals AND the numbers/specs about airborne clouds and droplets. Thank
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    Dansko, Sorry, DO NOT GO WITH DANSKO

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to suzyqart's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Can't wear Crocs because they are either too short or too long; no half-sizes, and no narrow widths. Found an off-brand, Quarx, which I have worn smooth on the sole, but can only find them on-line and...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Besides which, our bodies work WITH small amounts of introduced virus' and bacteria TO BUILD UP ANTIBODIES AGAINST those things. It's HOW the body was made to work. Some of the antibody building...
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    Male Nurse Interactions

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to MikeRN84's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think you are answering the post before mine, but quoted my post. I'm not the gay man, I'm the old white
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, for that matter, just about everything you read about in the PDR says "It is not known how_______works: It is thought that ___________." Doesn't give you much confidence because nearly every...
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    Male Nurse Interactions

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to MikeRN84's topic in Men in Nursing

    I grew up North of Boston and was trained and worked in Boston and Cambridge, both very cosmopolitan places with large populations of many nationalities and races and sexes and religions and more than...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Have you ever seen the video of how far and fast a sneeze travels? That and the fact that airborne particles can stay in the air for quite some time after the exposed/infected sneezer leaves the room...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just wanted to say that, BostonFNP, you are my 'hero', as are the two CDC docs with whom I attended college; they are two of the most intelligent, thorough, dispassionate and ethical people I know....
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    New way to give shots

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, all I know is that now I don't feel like such a dope after reading all these posts and cited articles! (And anyway, won't be giving any Humira, so no worries there.) Thanks, mariebailey :)....
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    I posted on another thread that last night on Wheel of Fortune there was a full-grown adult woman whose name-tag identified her as "SPROUT". And I believe not too long ago I posted here about the...
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    New way to give shots

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all those links; sorry I have none to enter here for you. I don't work any critical care and haven't worked a facility for some time now, as I do PDN mostly with Alzheimer's patients....
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    New way to give shots

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't aspirated on an injection for
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    RN training pay at 10$/hr??

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to gotchills's topic in Private Duty

    I don't work for that particular agency, but I do work for an agency that used to be one of the top and the best. Used to be. They recently cut all pay across the board (well, except for admin, of...
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    What's your dress code at work?

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

    When I worked at MGH on the fresh spinal cord injury unit, where there were a lot of halo-frames (a brand new treatment at the time) the nurses wore (any colors) polo shirts and culottes. Since we...
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    What's your dress code at work?

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

    What brand do you wear that is 'as comfy as pajamas' ??? I just cleaned out my closet of 5 sets of barely-to-never worn Cherokee Workwear scrubs, with the boxy, v-neck-pullover tops. Shouldn't have...