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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    CPAs aren't expected to care about people- just the numbers In oncology, don't you think that caring about what you do is critical to being able to keep doing it? The 6 weeks I spent as an inpatient...

  2. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    OK- I think I understand what you're saying much better :) And yes- striving for excellence in any job is great ! (I have a great deal of appreciation for the folks who bag my groceries and don't...

  3. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't my intent to be condescending at all.. I apologize for that. :) And OK - if it sounded judgmental, fine- it's just very obvious when dealing with nurses who don't care about patients-...

  4. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly !! You want to deal with people also-- not just a means to an end.... I see a big difference between that and just being there for a check. Of course people need to make a living :) I...

  5. Ridiculous V/S...are you out of your mind?

    xtxrn replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    Falsifying information, deceit re: skills actually known, not even a good fake, ignorant of BASIC skills.... why is she still there? Education is all well and good, but this isn't someone who came...

  6. Coached on carrying Narcotics in my pocket...

    xtxrn replied to royaso's topic in General Nursing

    Your supervisor is absolutely right. Basic med administration rules. Never carry any med around with you- ESPECIALLY narcs... great way to find yourself unemployed, or reported to the

  7. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that "IMHO" is usually preceeded by one or several arrogant, chesty comments??!!!??! Humble oppinion my foot!! Why are the comments "chesty" (would that be "cheesy"??? )- simply because...

  8. Feel like part of my identity is gone

    xtxrn replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes wanting a better life comes in stages :) Don't lose hope- something will work out. Not a sob story- it's your life right now and it's hard. Hang in- the phrase is "this too shall pass"...

  9. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, "pleasure" isn't always the word I'd use to describe the stuff nurses do- LOL But you also have a desire to be a nurse- not just have a job that pays fairly well... nurses take a lot of crap...

  10. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    Wait until you're moving 300 lb patients around....those bottles might start to look pretty good again :) LOL Nursing is an extremely physical job!! And there is life after 30.....for most of us...

  11. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    Agree- LOL- free is pushing it :) But to do it only for money, with no concern for why nurses even exist- only looking at money, and focusing on that alone is a recipe for hating the job. Who...

  12. You Might Be An "old" School Nurse

    xtxrn replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Yep ! and glass syringes for paraldehyde... dying tube feedings blue to help distinguish between coughing up phlegm or feeds and possibly aspirating.... glass thermometers being issued with the admit...

  13. Please interpret this med order

    xtxrn replied to Jennabugs's topic in Patient Medications

    With an order like that, I'd give the appropriate dose (based on patient rating of pain, vs, etc) and that be what they get for the 3 hours. I'd want a clarification order of "may repeat balance of...

  14. You Might Be An "old" School Nurse

    xtxrn replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN, sister !! I'll have to think about more things..... I'm exhausted from defending my views that going into nursing ('even if hates it") for money is really nuts !! JMHO after being an RN...

  15. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    Small citrus fruit with an edible skin and bitter pulp....the name? No

  16. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you'd rather be rich and miserable :lol2::loll:... you may just get what you settle for!! If you don't define quality by possessions, you never 'settle'...you're always ahead ! You sound...

  17. Oh, the Q is silent...

    xtxrn replied to SeeTheMoon's topic in Nursing Humor

    Up there with bilateral salpingo oophorectomy.... we used to do a little jig with it.... Bi- lat-er-al sal- ping-go- OO - OO-phor EC-toe-mee Had to get the OO - OO in there loud and clear I...

  18. Oh, the Q is silent...

    xtxrn replied to SeeTheMoon's topic in Nursing Humor

    I thought it was pros-THEE-sis Have I been screwing up screw-on parts all these

  19. Nurses with Sickle Cell Disease

    xtxrn replied to chasemelony's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    No experience personally w/SCD, but remember a patient in 1988 who was on the floor where I worked- young 20s...and the pain that poor young woman was in- I felt for her. You're in my prayers :)...

  20. Narcotic count (why it is off, how to fix it, how do you do it?)

    xtxrn replied to SneakySnake's topic in General Nursing

    We had loose leaf notebooks, but the pharmacy provided the sheets w/patient name, and basic rx info on a sticker placed on the sheet (you couldn't remove one of those things without destroying the...

  21. How in the freaking world are you a nurse???

    xtxrn replied to Daisy_08's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe because of close physical contact with other humans???

  22. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    This is just a weird thread- LOL....:) Comparing nursing/healthcare to anything else is apples to oranges, grapes, kumquats, or

  23. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    OY... so interest in people and/or medicine, getting satisfaction from being of use to someone else, interest in science and health- that was less important than get out of school and bring home a...

  24. Narcotic count (why it is off, how to fix it, how do you do it?)

    xtxrn replied to SneakySnake's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes.... just reading this I got lost :) It sounds overly complicated. And discrepancies that are routine are federal issues- you do not want the feds in the building from what I hear- it's beyond...

  25. money

    xtxrn replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think "easier" is the right word. I understand (I think) what you're saying. Nursing is a relatively "quicker" way to start making an above average salary....but it's no where near "easy"....