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    Complaints only, please!

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just spent an hour trying to respond well to a poster that might have been trolling, but I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt. COMPLETE WASTE OF MY TIME. It's kitten punching
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    Complaints only, please!

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Feels good, doesn't it! Hopefully it remains the bonding moment it is intended to be. Last time we had one of these, it went down hill. But, so far it's been decent and lacked harsh comments about...
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    Complaints only, please!

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ours show up with donuts. How about you bring another nurse instead? OR!!!! You could bring your own scrubs and join us on the dark
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    Complaints only, please!

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel your pain deeply on the lack of supports in a rural
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    Complaints only, please!

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG!!!!!!!!
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    New Grad Resume, Cover Letter, 4 Offers

    ixchel replied to 2mint's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Are you serious?! THIS is your response?! Why am I always the last idiot in the room when everyone else's instincts send them running away from the
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    New Grad Resume, Cover Letter, 4 Offers

    ixchel replied to 2mint's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Now, mint chocolate chipped iced cream with m&ms, you've stated that it's inappropriate for employed people to respond. I disagree completely. Those of us who are employed with successful resumes...
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    New Grad Resume, Cover Letter, 4 Offers

    ixchel replied to 2mint's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Resume: Your info at the top, formatted in a more unique way than a list formatted to the left. Personal Statement, Profile, whatever you want to call it I am the most amazing person on the planet (be...
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    New Grad Resume, Cover Letter, 4 Offers

    ixchel replied to 2mint's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The letter obviously needs a header. I'm not going to even try to format it right here. I have a template that allows for including a centered tiny photo at the very top. I LOVE to use this template....
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    New Grad Resume, Cover Letter, 4 Offers

    ixchel replied to 2mint's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My little minty delight, allow me to provide some feedback. I'm able to figure out your Xs, *s, and #s, so I assure you, I am understanding properly as I type this. My belief here is that you are...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

    ixchel replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nah, if he has shifts like the docs at my hospital do, it's a struggle fitting in sleep. He popped in again yesterday I think. (He?
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    ixchel replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Oh, boy, I got to hear some stories tonight. My son and husband bonded over injuries. My husband has had ADHD and his parents were against medical intervention. They instead filled every second of his...
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    2/20: what I learned this week: people do not understand TB

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    AGREED! I had a delay in palliative and GIP orders once when a bipap dependent, one foot on each side of the grave, who had a DNR/I order but still had an AICD turned on. Honestly... How close can you...
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    ixchel replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Cattz, as a mom of an ADHD boy, thank you for advocating for this child. By your description, you do a great
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    ixchel replied to Cattz's topic in School

    We have one parent who drops off four boys for school in her police cruiser. I joke that you'd have to be packing heat to handle four boys. [emoji23] Man, your poor daughter. (I'm not trying to...
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    ixchel replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I thought that was WK?
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    ixchel replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I give credit to
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    ixchel replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I was stubborn for a little while. My husband still resists it sometimes (and he has ADHD). I'm all in. Treat all the kids! My poor son was terrified of talking to adults because he was afraid he'd...
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    ixchel replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I would question the timing, maybe instruct mom that the first needs to be given at home if the spacing is too close per the MD. I understand there are some psychosocial concerns with mom. It's...
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    Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

    ixchel replied to Gogol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Allow me to reintroduce Pixie.RN, author of the quoted above post, which contains BRUTAL
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    2/20: what I learned this week: people do not understand TB

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    What's crazy to me about this is if you are a really crappy fighter who actually makes yourself more vulnerable by trying, you've just put yourself in way more danger. This was bad
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    2/20: what I learned this week: people do not understand TB

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Holy crap!!! This is why I always try to "forget" to get the tele off when patients go comfort or hospice. I want to know when it actually
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    Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

    ixchel replied to Gogol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I actually AM concurring with my WILTW posts. That's what makes it an engaging and thoughtful thread to be part of, personally and professionally. You should go troll that thread instead. It's a bit...
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    Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

    ixchel replied to Gogol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wish you to be saying I can have a pony. And my graduate plus post graduate education will be free. Plus I can have an additional stipend so I can drop down to 50% at work while I finish said...
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    2/20: what I learned this week: people do not understand TB

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Your school advocated