BostonTerrierLover BSN, RN

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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    BostonTerrierLover replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    *Vegimite is that canned stuff that aussies love to eat on bread as a spread. I think it is Yeast based, but not sure. playing devil's advocate, since the cute little lulliby bells play hospital wide...
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    How Much Do You Remember???

    BostonTerrierLover replied to USANursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Instructor!!!(with hand raised waving) . . .Can I go home, my brain is full. Nursing practice is like a zipped folder in a computer, you never know when something you learned will be pulled, and...
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    BostonTerrierLover replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Who locked the patient advocate in the linen room this time?!!! . . .Sigh . .
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    In need of a serious butt whoopin I am.

    BostonTerrierLover replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOO RIGHT! It starts in school, we are sooooooo confident, then we talk to someone, and our whole thought process. . . Down like a deck of cards. BANG ON W/Advice
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    Have ya'll forgot me out here?

    BostonTerrierLover replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Emergency

    I AM STILL AMAZED THEY WAIT, but one of the nurses there did tell me I would be surprised. That out of the waiting, most just wanted a roof for the night, and it gave them a chance to get a refill,...
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    Boston College Nursing

    BostonTerrierLover replied to lenac1122's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    . . . I just wanted to say, . . YOU LUCKY DOG!!!!!!! I Would have given a kidney to go to Boston College or Boston
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    Shouldn't Nurses Have the Power to Isolate Patients?

    BostonTerrierLover replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I thought this would be an interesting Update, AND it validates my concerns. Even though I did get the patient into contact isolation, as I said, it was scantly enforced. As far as the "intimate"...
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    Pt refusals

    BostonTerrierLover replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    SHURN, Am I reading what he said correctly,. .
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    BostonTerrierLover replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wal*Mart Check-Out Associate: How are you doing today? Me after bad ER shift: Turn On Your Light. Hey, Its Cheaper than
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    Am I wrong?

    BostonTerrierLover replied to mickeypat's topic in General Nursing

    BANG ON I have worked with some real winners, but you will always have one in every facility that by some chance when all the planets and stars were in allignment, they got through school and passed...
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    Who Here "Floats" to Other Units

    BostonTerrierLover replied to Ted's topic in General Nursing

    I alway's agree to float! At the facility I worked at as a staff RN I was always the first to float (even though we were supposed to take turns.) I loved to work my way through the Hospital, and it...
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    Refused to float without orientation ...Terminated

    BostonTerrierLover replied to SFnrs's topic in Travel

    CAN YOU THROW US AN UPDATE OP? :no:just worried about how it's going now Hope everything is going
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    Health care a right or privilege

    BostonTerrierLover replied to jcasablanca's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I guess kudos for
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    Written up for false documentation...

    BostonTerrierLover replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was so deeply moved by your plot that I read your prior posts. I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS GOING ON, AND I DON'T THINK IT IS YOUR FAULT. I DON'T THINK IT IS YOUR FAULT! I DON'T THINK IT IS YOUR FAULT....
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    Written up for false documentation...

    BostonTerrierLover replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I read my first post again, and think it's too harsh to convey what I wanted to say. I AM SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO YOU. I AM SORRY THERE ARE PLACES LIKE THIS, AND ANYONE CAN END UP IN A PLACE LIKE THIS,...
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    "Have no fear, we're savin' lives up in here"

    BostonTerrierLover replied to Esme12's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, but I'm gonna try the high road, Not going to turn Esme's Thread into a Jerry Springer Show:argue: Me and the Dog have too much
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    Written up for false documentation...

    BostonTerrierLover replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My God, You have got to find a safer environment, not only for your licensure, but for your mental health. Know that when and if you stand before the BON, they don't care how many patients you had,...
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    You know its a seeker when . . .

    BostonTerrierLover replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Emergency

    Wuh, I would never call anyone with a kidney stone a seeker, been there done that, hauled xxx to ER. I WOULD RATHER DIE SUDDENLY THAN GO THROUGH IT
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    Refused to float without orientation ...Terminated

    BostonTerrierLover replied to SFnrs's topic in Travel

    If I had one dollar for everytime my contract hospital's assignment looked like the contract I signed, I would have: $1. THAT SAID, I LOVE TRAVEL NURSING, AND I HAVE LEARNED A TON ABOUT NEGOTIATION...
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    How would you feel?

    BostonTerrierLover replied to stashiaj's topic in General Nursing

    Me and my wife work different shifts, . . . It sucks, but we did it because we both got the positions we wanted. IT ALL BOILs DOWN TO WHAT YOUR WILLING TO LIVE WITH, TRADE OFF, COMPROMISE, and...
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    You know its a seeker when . . .

    BostonTerrierLover replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Emergency

    @GHGoonettem, its been a little while since I laughed that hard, I appreciate your
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    1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    BostonTerrierLover replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well, I know you must be ready to throw your hands up, but the perfect job is out there waiting on you, and while I know my approach might be percieved as desperate, DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE...
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    "Have no fear, we're savin' lives up in here"

    BostonTerrierLover replied to Esme12's topic in Emergency

    He's not the prettiest dog in the world, God Bless Him!, but he's gorgeous inside, lol, he barks at music (not pretty either), but he liked the video as well, AN won't let him "like" posts, but we...
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    failed drug test by First Lab

    BostonTerrierLover replied to brownimr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just needed to add that if you are diabetic, the sugar in your urine can produce alcohol through fermintation if they were too slow running your lab. It can happen for non-dm reasons if you are...
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    Just put an end my misery if...

    BostonTerrierLover replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    I have the worst fear of being in the Nursing Home with a dirty, sticky, and itchy butt, . . .in a catatonic