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  1. For pete's sake, how do I stay well?

    laughing weasel replied to zilla704's topic in General Nursing

    Rest,vitamin c and sunlight. All three of them work

  2. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    laughing weasel replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    It is only abandonment after you take report. If the ratio is unsafe you have the right to refuse if the hospital doesn't want to call agency for help they do NOT consider your position necessary so...

  3. "Easy" LPN jobs

    laughing weasel replied to remrimsgems's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am a night shift home health care nurse. I work a t least 60 hours a week one vent peds patient. plenty of time to study. I made more than my sister made at the

  4. Getting called to work an extra day because of short staffing...

    laughing weasel replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    DO NOT CALL BACK. They are under a lot of pressure so they will ask why you wont and lay the most horrific guilt trips on you. You are responsible for taking care of yourself for you and those who...

  5. Need tips for working with student RNs!

    laughing weasel replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    Not to dis your experience but I thought that it was a required for an instructor to have 5 years experience. It is wonderful that you are trying to do it all but instructors are paid and have extra...

  6. First and Last Year in Nursing

    laughing weasel replied to K98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am LVN and work home health care. The pay is a little better and the hours are better also. Before you waste your education try that. Try to find someone who actually works for the agency that...

  7. Fitted Scrubs?

    laughing weasel replied to Nutmeg5575's topic in General Nursing

    As a tall thin male, I feel your pain. Who is going to complain unless you go overboard. one size does not fit all. only do on set at a time until you are sure that you have it

  8. Would like some experienced RN/LPN career advice

    laughing weasel replied to Renee73's topic in General Nursing

    I was 35 when I went back to school and I was not the oldest person in class. I was the second oldest. The class after me had 5 students that were older than I

  9. Would like some experienced RN/LPN career advice

    laughing weasel replied to Renee73's topic in General Nursing

    I just saw in the paper the other day that the average nurses age is 41 and will be 45 by 2010. you are never too old. Rn's get paid better for doing a lot of the same things and if you are going to...

  10. From a Graduate RN to CNA/UAP

    laughing weasel replied to mye614's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you have not failed before then you have never risked anything. We have all even the RN's where you work failed at some point and each of us has feared failing the big test weather it was for LVN...

  11. Please say a prayer for me

    laughing weasel replied to sbed85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It was hard enough waiting for the results once but you must have the fortitude of an ox to be able to wait for the results thrice. Good (belated) luck. Do not give up its not how often you fall its...

  12. This is sick

    laughing weasel replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Some people are not able to give themselves the medicines that would ease their passage. I agree that there is the potential for abuse and that euthanasia must be carefully monitored both for the...

  13. Quit or be fired?

    laughing weasel replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    What are you risking job vs. kids. The job is placing you in this situation, which shows quality of support and commitment to you. You are questioning weather or not you should risk your kids' safety...

  14. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    laughing weasel replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it is a military thing but I think that t-shirts project a more professional image. I think that women should wear them also because when some of them bend over there are no surprises left at...

  15. More Things I Have Learned Over The Years

    laughing weasel replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you think that you are too old, too uneducated or that you have too little time remember that it was a thirty-year-old Jewish carpenter that founded Christianity. He did it in three

  16. Right to die

    laughing weasel replied to webblarsk's topic in General Nursing

    I am solidly in favor of having the freedom to choose to have professional help to assist you if you decide to control the time of your death. The best argument against assisted suicide that I have...

  17. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    laughing weasel replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    I do not wish for a three-time loser alcoholic to get my liver. If you make the donation process friendlier and more in accordance with my values then perhaps I would consider it. I am aware of the...

  18. Hello - What state are you from?

    laughing weasel replied to KimRN41514's topic in Rural

    I live in dallas,Texas and will practice here or

  19. Mnemonic for cranial nerves

    laughing weasel replied to KR's topic in General Students

    oh oh oh to touch and feel very good velvet a h. thats the way that we learned

  20. LPN vs RN

    laughing weasel replied to HannahRN24's topic in Nursing Career

    My sister and I both decided to go the lpn/LVN to RN route because it was easier to be accepted to the programs than RN programs. She will be going to a 4-year RN program as soon as she can probably...

  21. Why aren't we unionized?

    laughing weasel replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

    As long as there is no incentive for large companies to spend money to reduce pt ratios and pay nurses more, to adequately staff so that there is not a need for mandatory overtime then they will not....

  22. Not feeling to good about a co-worker

    laughing weasel replied to susanna's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a human resources person? (The person who is in charge of payroll if no one else). If you do then talk to them first and have a witness when you talk to the boss have you been keeping a...

  23. Poor America doles our substandard social policy

    laughing weasel replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

    my grandfather on my mothers side was a drunken Indian and in three generations we have risen from poor half breed trash to productive citizens we did not do this by accident and any of the programs...

  24. Trying to Bust a Strike

    laughing weasel replied to Town & Country's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You do not know these nurses and they are probably bad people any way if they are going on strike. They probably are just being greedy and do not realize that all nurses should be happy with whatever...

  25. Poor America doles our substandard social policy

    laughing weasel replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

    My mother had five kids and adopted two more. She raised all seven of us from the time I was eleven on one teacher's salary. We have all had the opportunity to go to college (some of us have even...