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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. How to deal with mean old men

    xtxrn replied to AMCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's what the extra 0.17/hour is for My first thought every time I see the title to this thread is "Send in a mean old

  2. What is your take on multiple family members in room when they have roommate?

    xtxrn replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    elthia... Ohhhhhhh NO they can't do that. One complaint about the accommodations (pre-emergency) and it's WAY past time to go home. This whole customer service crap is going to kill someone....

  3. Absolutely incompetent...not so sure "it gets better".

    xtxrn replied to opossum's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If any of you new grads (and even for a couple of years, though it decreases) felt like you had it all together, you'd be scary. Nursing school teaches you how not to kill someone on purpose. That's...

  4. The Made Incredibly Easy books

    xtxrn replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

    I have had several as reference books a bazillion years after nursing school

  5. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    xtxrn replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    Nope- same here

  6. Educate a dinosaur :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Students

    AOx1- that makes sense to use them for finding out weak areas. I appreciate everyone's replies :) It seems like they've resorted to all sorts of ways to make things more complicated. IMO- if...

  7. Educate a dinosaur :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Students

    OK. But with a passing rate of 50%, and nursing school requirements (generally) of 75% to be considered "passing", I'm not sure that helps those between 50-75%, who aren't cutting it per the NS...

  8. Educate a dinosaur :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Students

    Are they "for profit"

  9. Does nursing school make you an angry person?

    xtxrn replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

    Paraphrase of Dr. Phil "People wouldn't care about what other people thought of them if they realized how LITTLE they did" Maybe it's not about

  10. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    xtxrn replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    mattrn2013- You hypotheticals are VERY close to what can happen. People come in with so many different diagnoses aside from the admission dx. rocketsurgeon- don't pursue nursing. At least for...

  11. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    xtxrn replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    Find something that feels right- and that is right for you. :) It's always hard to not complete what you want to do- but at the same time, it can be a HUGE benefit in the long run FOR you. I...

  12. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    xtxrn replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    Getting liquid Colace isn't as simple as going to the med cart and getting some- it requires a call to the doc and a new order- then time to process the order, and for pharmacy to send it- takes...

  13. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    xtxrn replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    YOU ARE NOT THE PATIENT. Nursing care applies to patients. You were not abused. Your ego was hurt. You did not list evidence of being "good at what you did". You can be incredibly book smart, and...

  14. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    xtxrn replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    Good luck with "getting the faculty together for a meeting"- you're a student. They have experience, and you work under their license while in school. The BON has nothing to do with students. It's...

  15. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    xtxrn replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    That makes no sense. The BON doesn't have anything to do with

  16. How to deal with mean old men

    xtxrn replied to AMCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Can I call the supervisor for you?

  17. Stress related near breakdown

    xtxrn replied to inthesouthrn's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I also didn't read through all the posts- and apologize if this is redundant or irrelevant If the meds aren't helping, have they checked various labs for hormonal, vitamin, or chemical...

  18. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    xtxrn replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    No, but I can arrange for public intoxication

  19. What is something I can give to my doctor to thank her?

    xtxrn replied to starrys's topic in General Nursing

  20. If I see one more post titled....

    xtxrn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

  21. Just when you thought you'd heard it all

    xtxrn replied to mizfradd's topic in General Nursing

    Used to be called common

  22. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    xtxrn replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    Security ASAP..... the cooking in an unchecked appliance is a code violation; the booze is just plain stupid. I'd give them a chance to pack up and go, or be escorted out. If that didn't work, then...

  23. Needy, needy, needy... vent please.

    xtxrn replied to rksgray13's topic in General Nursing

    had a frequent flyer (med-surg floor) who called ems if she didn't poop q3days. she would insist that the ed put in an ng, and con the docs to admit her. the 3 med-surg charge nurses (me, one of...

  24. sneaking meds in food

    xtxrn replied to playforever's topic in General Nursing

    Precisely. And, another good reason for EVERYONE to have advanced directives with a

  25. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    xtxrn replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    Take the linen. Remove all but one chair; there doesn't need to be a crowd there at night. Customer service still needs some common sense (yeah-I know- we're talking about humans here...). Wanna...