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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. Do nurses get holidays off?

    I worked 12 hour nights, and felt the exact opposite- I could adjust when I slept for a day here and there- no biggie. I had the DAY off
  2. Do nurses get holidays off?

    Unless you work at a bank or govt job, you will more than likely work holidays- even McD's is open on Thanksgiving and New Years. Are you planning on working the 24 hours before and after the holiday,...
  3. crap...am I in huge trouble???

    Yep....anything with MVI reeks. Baby vitamins on steroids
  4. I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    I don't know if I'm just an old goat, or fully crustified bat I did have a patient compare me to a bat one time- re: being up all night and looking for blood in the
  5. I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    I do believe bats come in both genders, or there would have only been one lone female crustoid bat Kum-ba-yah, brother
  6. If you were management and a position had to be cut, and you KNEW that someone had told a past 'let go' employee know what was up before hand, who do you think is next on the chopping block? Back...
  7. Would you have called?

    Where I've worked, we've kept both orders, in case the IV poops out during the night- we can still get the dose in without waking the doc... The order for the route used is on the MAR, but there is a...
  8. Would you have called?

    If the order says "If no IV, give po- what is to clarify?" What is there actual gripe? I don't get it.... with the order as you have it, I would not have
  9. This is a FWIW thing.... Abusers are opportunists. You (personally) are irrelevant- you're just there....Yes- you get a great deal of effect from what they do- but it's not YOU....THEY are the...
  10. Just quit a job (LTC) after a few weeks and have a ?

    Don't count on a "religious" connection to make a better facility. They are often physically nice places, but the LTC stuff is same old-same old. JME. I hope it goes well for you- if you haven't...
  11. How far is too far?

    No accreditation, no monitoring, no validation of information...... If it's JUST a personal record of their experiences but people have to be careful, and there should be some disclaimer that none...
  12. You are being treated like dung. The remarks about the heavy footsteps are discriminatory. Leave. :hug: Being human isn't a weakness- if you EVER lose that - become a
  13. crap...am I in huge trouble???

    That is priceless !! I had a dietary employee come up to me one night when I was decorating for Christmas (off the clock- jeans- tennis shoes) asking for a nurse- the CN happened to be coming down...
  14. crap...am I in huge trouble???

    Ain't that the truth.... woe be it to the incontinent patients. Bulk order a gross of corks,
  15. crap...am I in huge trouble???

    that's it! csi coulda determined location of the 'crime' from the splatter
  16. ? on drawing PT/INR

    Hospice policy says?????
  17. HELP please!!!!

    My guess is that you know yourself better than a bunch of strangers :) You've obviously thought about the requirements of interacting with people....unless you REALLY want it, don't. And a 5 y/o's...
  18. Does it matter where you got your BSN from?

    Employers check to see if your license is valid. Where you went to school isn't included in the verification.
  19. Do they not want the truth in exit interviews?

    They want to know if you're going to rag on them anytime soon. Otherwise, I can't imagine any exit interview I've ever done was worth the powder to blow up a
  20. And it's a whole lot more pleasant than
  21. Do you want someone taking care of your kid who didn't pass the tests by KNOWING anything? There's your
  22. I got the same answer in 1985- discharge starts with the admission
  23. Hypothetical question

    You didn't marry anyone- no til death do us part.....do what you need to do. It's a job. Not
  24. Asking a patient if they're mentally retarded?

    On the NURSING portion of admissions I've done, there's a section that asks how a patient learns the best- visual, verbal, or written- this could be added in here- but for the nurse to dump this on...
  25. Nurses eat their Young

    It's the dry