diva rn

diva rn BSN, RN

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  1. I can so relate...growing up, we put the fun in dysFUNction:rolleyes: (I guess that's where I get my rather macabre sense of humor as well, which sometimes others fail to
  2. Conflict of interest? Family member? Please help!!

    I really think you need to do a bit of damage control and speak to the facility asap. I can't imagine a good enough reason for "why it never came up"...that should have been the first words out of...
  3. What do you see?

    de nada,
  4. Nurses,if it ok to be scared of the hospital ER?

    I think the more important point to this post would be that while it is ok to be afraid of the ER...it is not OK to be taking another person's medications...they were not prescribed for you by a...
  5. What do you see?

    Viva-this one's for you, It might be because of your screen name, I don't know why, 'cause I love your posts and find them full of wisdom and fun. Yet you can de-escalate with the best of them But I...
  6. Let's say it's a compliment and leave it at that and I always do my own hair....and some secrets must remain such... in the words of the CIA, I could tell you but then I'd have to kill
  7. How to get WA RN license

    Go to the Washington BON website...just Google it. I have been to it several times and there are instructions on how to obtain licenses from other states as well as out of the
  8. Erik..you are such a putz*...:) (she said sweetly) and does anyone know what he DSM IV dx is for nymphomaniac? or is it in it's own catagory? * I'm from NYC and that is not really a bad word, in case...
  9. Pre-employment exams (medication / med-surg)

    This has been pretty common. For every clinical job I have applied to at an acute care hospital I have had to take a medication/math exam. Some have been easy, some have been rather challenging. This...
  10. What do you see?

    Tok, I had you pegged as a little shorter with longer auburn hair...got the Eddie Bauer part right,tho.;)and very energetic!..all those kids!( hope to meet you when I'm in PNW) Erik-I see him sitting...
  11. Well, that's only 2 strikes after all...doesn't he get like 3!!!... I mean anyone can make a few mistakes, just ask his
  12. Oh, but the schizos, major depressives, polysubstance abusers and all the other DSM IVs are OK?.....just not the
  13. Sometimes it's only the keys....(I've worked psych,
  14. ohhhh that's my favorite
  15. But fluffy is special (like me) he has no dander, he is one of those new danderless cats...and I'm not insensitive, I'm really very very sensitive, at least that's what eveyone at work keeps telling...
  16. Hey!!!! What about my cat? What have you got against cats? You left them out. I would think that you would have more of an open mind on a nursing forum like this...I am just going to have to cancel my...
  17. Thoughts about Organ Donors?

    I am absolutely an organ donor as are my 2 adult children. We have been for years. I have a friend who will celebrate her 5 year birthday with her new heart next wednesday (she is 40)...she had some...
  18. AH, But Doodle, you actually reinforce the point we "old grouchy mean sarcastic nurses who eat our young" have been trying to make here.....because YOU don't post ANY of those silly repetitive...
  19. yep, i sure did notice that rubes...and i sort of responded to it in kind...was that so wrong????
  20. OOOOhhhhhh I remember those days....when we weren't rolling the bandages, we were sharpening the ends of the needles on soap stones. Nothing was disposable then...and we LIKED IT THAT WAY. And come...
  21. By all means wait...the dream hospital just hasn't heard that you are available yet..as soon as word gets out, they will be knocking on your door. I am sure you will be able to choose your unit....
  22. THey are going to train you right? THis is something you should JUMP on...it will open a lot of doors for you. THe training is pretty intense, it's not just like learning to start an IV, at least in...
  23. It's in the NURSE'S CREED!!!! * (you may have to hunt it down on another current