No Stars In My Eyes

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    One of our pet peeves

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

    Lacking my magic wand, there's always the velvet
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    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

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

    Add me to that list,
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    whats so good about working in a hospital?

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

    I started out in hospitals and loved it. But that was long ago and things are very different now. The LTC I worked most recently was the most hectic, overloaded, disgusting job I've ever had. A while...
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

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

    OP never said she 'confronted' anybody. It's not like the old Hollywood saw where some cop or john asks a prostitute how she happened to decide to become a whore. The only confronting I see here is...
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

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

    Personally I did not see judgementalism or 'motive' being questioned, or looking down on people, in OP's post. I think most all of us have run into the nurse who hates the job with a purple passion...
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    Doctor or Dockworker?

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

    Well, the knowledge of the audience is key. Having a rough around the edges biker as a patient to whom the f-word is liberally sprinkled in his conversation, kind of like an adjective;and not unlike...
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

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

    Well, my very first JOB-job was in a nursing home. There was one very bitter LPN about 50 y.o. who was raging about , I dunno,......the admin.????....something!.....I was only 19 and pretty innocent...
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    Doctor or Dockworker?

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

    Yes, Sharpeimom, I too once dropped the f-bomb and a few other choice words in front of my mother; I was driving her around Nashville, TN, and had signaled and was moving toward a highway exit when a...
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    Doctor or Dockworker?

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

    Me, new to the CICU step-down unit. Rude and egotistical doctor, but brilliant cadiologist, comes into the nurses station where I am charting, left hand holding up my head and blocking out the glare...
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    Doctor or Dockworker?

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

    Yup, there are somewhat coded references to patients and circumstances/conditions, though at the moment I am at a loss. All I remember is
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    Ugghhh, another new nurse...

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

    Back in the day (when we walked to work barefoot in two feet of snow and had to count IV drips by holding our watch next to the drip port...) there was no such thing as a preceptor. My education was,...
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    Doctor or Dockworker?

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

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    Answering the dreaded questions-So what is it like to be a nurse?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to RN19's topic in General Nursing

    RN19, You are cogent, incisive and eloquent! Those are some of the best 'explanations' I have ever read. Thank you for that! I have been known to say something like......."Oh, I just float around in a...
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

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

    If I was young again and going into the medical field for the $$$$, I'd become an Endodontist! And I hate saliva! Root canals all day long, but not without an upfront payment! Don't know that I could...
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    Doctor or Dockworker?

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

    I've told this one before on another thread, but.... My first job out of nsg. school was on a fresh-spinalcord-injury unit in a BIG City Hospital. There were a couple of ex-marines I worked with whose...
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    Just letting you know ...

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

    Guess Maroon 5 is 'celebrating' Domestic Violence Awareness Month with their new Stalker video.
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    Now I get it....

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nurselou04's topic in Nurses Rock

    A nursing career can definitely be a crazy dance you love doing. As many people on AN gripe, that's also as many who get into a groove and love their work. Glad you had such a good example of the art...
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    Ebola in Texas

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

    Good questions,
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    What superhero are you?

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

    Thank you, CuriousJim.
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    Me... Me... Me: A Sense of Entitlement

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

    By jinkies, I believe you're
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    Well, I didn't expect THAT answer...

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

    Had a friend once who was in an accident and lost consciousness and remained that way for several days. When she finally came to, she grabbed a nurse's hand and blurted out, "I'm allergic to...
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    Ebola in Texas

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

    Seems there are two responses in America both stemming from ignorance: Denial or Panic. In the WEEK magazine there is always a segment titled "Health Scare of the Week". Sometimes it's real, sometimes...
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    Has being a nurse changed your outlook on...

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

    AMEN times a
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    my story...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to lil0401's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sending my email adress in your
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    Finally had the inevitable

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

    This would make me feel a pretty good amount of trepidation about returning to work! Are you going to be okay with that? Never underestimate the power of emotional impact. Find someone to help you...