No Stars In My Eyes

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    What About Post-Op Bathing?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to medtech000's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I worked in the hospital, I ALWAYS told all my patients that the squeaky wheel gets the grease and to be SURE to ring for me if they need something or I've forgotten something. I told them it was...
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    Shout out!

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

    I agree! Because of those nurses working the extra hour, I actually got a really decent 7 & 1/2 hour sleep, for a change. I thank you most gratefully! I'll even do the Thanksgiving and Christmas...
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    The hardest parts of nursing?

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

    I've posted this before in various threads, but for me the hardest thing is the total humiliation I feel about the fact that I. can. not. hit. a. vein. to. save. my. soul. There are a lot of other...
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    The hardest parts of nursing?

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

    As much as I love my patients while they are my patients, I realized early on that I could not maintain relationships with them all after discharge. I would have no room in my life for my own life f I...
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    10 Worst Employee Excuses For Missing Work

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

    Back in the day, we used to say that a person couldn't go to work if someone hooked a finger in the belt-loop of your jeans and held you
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    10 Worst Employee Excuses For Missing Work

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

    Actually DID burn my uniform once---one of those disgusting polyester-foam-knits that made you sweat all shift long---by laying it across the gas hot-air heater to finish drying. It had brown and...
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    10 Worst Employee Excuses For Missing Work

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

    I believe #6 is referred to as a "Mental Health Day". Back in 1972, THREE times I woke up, jumped out of bed, and immediately fell over as my right side refused to function. I had such severe...
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    Need some comic relief from all this Ebola-ness?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to 1KoolRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    The whole ebola thing unraveling reminds me more and more of an episode from The Twilight Zone, or a Robin Cook
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Esme! Welcome back! (Much relieved
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    Need some comic relief from all this Ebola-ness?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to 1KoolRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That video was great!
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Esme, I hope by now you are out of the ICU! We are saving you a spot at our table, so mend up 'all beddah' , and come back to the feast when you feel up to it. Love and
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    Need some comic relief from all this Ebola-ness?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to 1KoolRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    In the picture above, the guitarist's hands appear blue.....and I thought, "How on earth can he play wearing
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    NETY - Not A Myth

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to emtb2rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Eeushie! New grads are why I became vegetarian; it's that combination of fear, sweat and adrenaline....it taints the
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    Need some comic relief from all this Ebola-ness?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to 1KoolRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you knew someone who worked with someone whose sister-in-law did the hair of the lady whose husband's step-nephew worked at the Texas airport where he watched from a great distance the unloading of...
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    Need some comic relief from all this Ebola-ness?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to 1KoolRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Excellent, 1KoolRN ! I've been toying with Ethel Merman singing something about ebola to the tune of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", but I can't make the words fit the meter of the song!
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    "Two-yearitis"

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

    .....And besides which......Not everyone is salivating to climb the ladder or advance to another position. I am philosophically serenely sanguine; in other words, I am perfectly content to be a
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    Need some comic relief from all this Ebola-ness?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to 1KoolRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, thank you so much for starting this thread! I was feeling like all of the TV news, and newspapers and magazines are "ALL EBOLA, ALL THE TIME! Keep your dial set here for ALL the latest updates and...
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    Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

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

    One place I worked briefly, I kinda threw a wrench in the scheduling process by WANTING to work all weekends and holidays. They we beside themselves; everybody always rotated every-other-weekend! What...
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    Miss Manners for Nurses

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

    Though not infirm enough for the walker, I do have a goodly amount of folded paper-towels in my purse. And on the way home tonight I was singing loudly with a cranked-UP Talking Heads' "Burnin' Down...
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    What's the nicest thing anyone has ever said or done for you?

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

    What great, heart-warming stories here. So many good things have been said to me, nice things done for me over the years of my career; I just can't pick which one might be the nicest. I will just use...
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    Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

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

    When 8 hr shifts were the norm, I chose to work straight 3-11's AND every holiday and all week-ends. Always assured of having a job, no matter where I went! But then, I had no family where I lived,...
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    Miss Manners for Nurses

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

    It's not so awful once you get used to it, but I can't stand it when the 20 y.o's call me 'Baby-girl'. It's just a bit much! That borders on disrespect when there is no friendship or affection between...
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    What most nurses actually do.

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

    Don't forget: Supply Officer, when the shift before you has not restocked after they decimated the supplies cart. Nun, when you are expected to display exemplary serene, angelic and forgiving...
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    LPN

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

    What about it? Lack a certain amount of information
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    The intraprofessional struggle for recognition by nurses (Case of Cameroonian)

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Saint mf's topic in General World

    Sorry I have nothing to contribute for your dilemma. I just wanted to say WOW! I know dealing with bureaucracy can be frustrating, but this is really beyond the pale! Best wishes and prayers for you...