No Stars In My Eyes

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

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    Would you tell the BON about brief relapse?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And how is BoN going to find out, if the only others who know are the husband and the sponser? Do we know she was working under the influence? I don't believe she said. I'd be willing to say she's had...
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    Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

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

    If you request a particular day off for an important (to you) reason and give your employer plenty of notice, do THEY have any trouble saying "No" to you a half of a second after the request is out of...
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    Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

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

    I have to laugh....a number of years ago I was visiting family up in Maine (I live and work south of the Mason-Dixon line). Got a call from CSR wanting me to cover a shift that evening! I said, "Well,...
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    Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

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

    Personally, I view my phones, cell and land-line, as being a CONVENIENCE for me, and just because it rings DOESN'T mean I have an obligation to answer it. Phones do not control my
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    Male Nurse Interactions

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

    When I was 21 and pregnant, I went to the ER of a HUGE teaching hospital because I was bleeding a lot at 7 weeks. While in 'the position', a Doc and 12 med students swept in through the curtain and...
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    I can't smell c-diff

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

    Only have run across a few c-diff patients where the smell is particularly strong, but it doesn't bother me to clean 'em up. However, long ago I had a pt. transferred (from ER) who'd been in a car...
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    Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

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

    I've been working for the same agency for a hundred years. They know there's plenty of times I will pitch in and help out, and other times I won't. I have NO trouble saying no to them. And by the...
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    Male Nurse Interactions

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

    You know, Libby1987 was right about the swooning. I've said it on here before, but I worked step-down and med-surg-resp with a male nurse, and lol's who were formerly anti-male-nurse, once he was...
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    Would you tell the BON about brief relapse?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you weren't caught drunk at work or you weren't caught in a DUI by the cops, and there are no records in the police/sheriff logs, and there has been no 'case' against you, don't say anything. I...
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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

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

    I had an art teacher who had polio as a child and in her late 50's began having trouble with her legs again d/t post-polio syndrome. I remember as a young girl visiting a young guy who lived in an...
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    getting unwanted advice from non-nursing staff

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

    Hate to be ignorant, so please tell me, what is a 'non-clinical vendor' and why was she in a patient's room? Was it Housekeeping or a Dietary Aide or
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    Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    YIKES!
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    Ugh. Rejected from dream job

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not to sound scary, but 'trial-by-fire' will absolutely get your feet wet and help you conquer many fears. Oh the things that you will learn! I floated once to Neuro ICU at MGH, but the nurses there...
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    Ugh. Rejected from dream job

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Oh how times have changed! Sorry to be an oldster piping up, but I'm going to anyway (privilege of age .) For my first job out of school, I wanted to be somewhere that would challenge me. I applied at...
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    Being a Hostage to Your Bladder

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

    I have a confession to make: In nsg-school dorm, I noticed one particular girl would enter the bathroom stall and then you'd never, ever hear ANYTHING: I swear, you couldn't even hear her breath or...
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    “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Odd! Before the days of the internet, our classroom videos were all from the Army or some other armed services. The 'patients' were all service members, and volunteering or being volunteered by an...
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    Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Poor little reviled maggots; they're just doing their job like the rest of
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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

    Violet
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    Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I love words. 'Emetophobic' is my new favorite. Thanks,
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    Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    All I can think of is desensitization training, like for people freaked about elevators, flying, etc. I don't know if an automatic sympathetic visceral response can be 'trained', by repetitive...
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    How to get in the zone?

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

    When I worked in the hospitals and the shift was chaotic, we nurses would look at the clock.....if it said 11:10, we'd tell each other, "It's almost 12!" We'd get through the shift like that. Folks...
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    Why I Love IV Nurses

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

    When I was in the hospital years ago, I had 3 nurses each try 3 different times to get an IV in. There was no IV team. They had to call the anesthesiologist to get it in; one stick and it was in...
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    A Marriage Between Epidemiology and Nursing?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to yotakagirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well, you learn something new every day, and this thread is my 'something new' today! I don't believe I've ever given a thought to nurses working actively in the research field. Sounds fascinating,...
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    Health Aide/Nurse Aide help

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to childcare1's topic in School

    This may sound simplistic, but does this guy have to wear an ID badge? It should proclaim his status: "Health Aide" in large capital letters. It may not make much difference to the kids, since they...
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    getting unwanted advice from non-nursing staff

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

    Oh, but I have to speak up with kudos for the housekeeping staff at an LTC where I was new to the facility; they were very helpful, in that they would give me a heads up on a patient's habits and...