betterlatethennever

betterlatethennever

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  1. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    betterlatethennever replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My thought and prayers are with you

  2. Calling In Sick: Dealing With Mental Illness At Work, Part 3

    betterlatethennever replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you Vivalasviejas for these wonderful posts! They are very insightful to nurses who are dealing with MI and coworkers we may In counter. I worked with a wonderful nurse who dealt with bipolar,...

  3. "A Day In the Life of Nurse Eye Roll'

    betterlatethennever replied to bigsick_littlesick's topic in Nursing Humor

    Love

  4. Is nursing as bad as some say???

    betterlatethennever replied to #scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Very meaningful and powerful I'm the "calling camp" Here and ready too fight for our

  5. Are we tyrants?

    betterlatethennever replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work with adults but I am very territorial over my pts too. I want to know who you are and what you are doing. Iam not rude or anything and iam more then willing to help or answer their questions....

  6. Sorry state of Nursing ...

    betterlatethennever replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you grntea! Iam sick of the whining too. Lets stick together and make change

  7. A Nursing Perspective of "Being Eaten":The "Eater" Nurse to the "Eaten" Nurse

    betterlatethennever replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    I come with no judgements you see For newbie I must break thee The world is not kind And you must come prepared Otherwise it will have you on allnurses.com Saying "why iam leaving the nursing field "...

  8. Dobhoff Tube Insertion

    betterlatethennever replied to infirmiere77's topic in General Nursing

    Every place I've worked RN can insert and X-ray done for placement. I don't see the difference between ngt and dobhoff. Ones smaller and both going to the same

  9. Death Is A Journey

    betterlatethennever replied to jadelpn's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Such a beautiful

  10. Seven down, two to go.

    betterlatethennever replied to vamedic4's topic in Excelsior College

    Hang in there it's almost over. Good

  11. Picc Line Question

    betterlatethennever replied to sophtheorn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with munoRN. 10mls of waste for each lab draw is too much. Picc lines are in the SVC and the blood flow is extremely

  12. Saying no when work calls

    betterlatethennever replied to TerpGal02's topic in General Nursing

    I don't answer. My family is # 1 in my life not my job. I love my job but its only part of my life so if its my day off I have no problem not coming in. You could bust your ass working for hospitals...

  13. Coreg med and no heart rate parameters?

    betterlatethennever replied to amber7591's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Iam sorry this happen too you. Its hard to believe that you were fired for just one incident. The magical number 60 comes from what is a normal heart rate anything less then 60 is considered...

  14. Things You Need To Know To Be A Nurse...

    betterlatethennever replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    It is always your

  15. Was this a fair consequence?

    betterlatethennever replied to danachap1's topic in General Nursing

    Too ask if the consequence is fair, I don't think you have a choice in the consequence only the accountability. Rule #1. TRUST

  16. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    betterlatethennever replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Iam so sorry for your assault. Our job is tough. I injured my back 10 years ago and still have chronic pain issues. When I first injured it my doctor was staight forth and said once you injure your...

  17. Burned out from floor nursing, need advice, please..

    betterlatethennever replied to frazzled2012's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!

  18. Well, I finally made a big medication error.

    betterlatethennever replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    I agree that this post will help other nurses avoid this mistake. Its the reason I opened up this thread because I try to learn from others

  19. Burned out from floor nursing, need advice, please..

    betterlatethennever replied to frazzled2012's topic in General Nursing

    What happen to healing the patient physically,mentally,emotionally and Spiritually? I'd rather have a nurse try to bring God into my life then someone there just for the

  20. Realize I'm lucky, but still struggling with 12 hr day shift

    betterlatethennever replied to MissIt's topic in General Nursing

    Working 12 hours is not healthy for your body. Its just to long of a shift. I work usually 50 miles away from work so I add on 2 hours or more of commute time so the day ends of being 15-16 hours....

  21. when patients go off the floor...

    betterlatethennever replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    IF a person is sick enough to be hospitalized then they should not be allowed to leave the floor. The first hospital I worked at patients were not allowed to leave the floor period. Then I worked at a...

  22. Clocking out ..NO Overtime

    betterlatethennever replied to SNFLPN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked 12 hours and my boss came to me about my 'poor time mangement ' I looked at her and said I signed up for 12 hour shifts not 13-14 hours we need more staffing the acuity is too high. She...

  23. Money for existing RN's (special loan forgiveness. programs etc)

    betterlatethennever replied to Jason15215's topic in General Nursing

    i have to agee with grntea. i don't see anyone paying off the debt for you but i would recommened some debt counseling to see how to get yourself out of this hole. there's plenty of overtime in...

  24. Love the experienced nurses!

    betterlatethennever replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    Well

  25. Finally decided to quit nursing

    betterlatethennever replied to jennjen512's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I love being a nurse so its hard for me too understand other nurses who hate the profession altogether. When I was in nursing school i was very passionate and really enjoyed it. Iam not an insecure...