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  1. Trouble with lung sounds

    Mom2boysRN replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    Use google there are sites out there where you can listen to lung

  2. 2nd day in nursing home and I want to quit

    Mom2boysRN replied to Msviv17RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I graduated in Dec. 2010, so I'm still a new grad too. I had gotten my PN half way through my RN program and used that to get my first job in an AL at the beginning of December. I am now in skilled...

  3. Anxiety....I hate it.

    Mom2boysRN replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also a newish grad, graduated in Dec 2010. I definately have SOME anxiety in unfamiliar situations, but it does sound like you are possibly experiencing over the top anxiety. Definately see your...

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

    Mom2boysRN replied to starrys's topic in General Nursing

    Definately a heart felt note. I did that for a dr once and I happened to see him later on (we were done with follow-ups) and he told me how much it meant to

  5. ? To Hosp Managers

    Mom2boysRN replied to M&M Rn's topic in General Nursing

    No advice but I understand your feelings. I graduated in December 2010 and I started in AL. At a job fair at a hospital I was advised to go to a snf because staying in AL wouldn't help to get me in...

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

    Mom2boysRN replied to mizfradd's topic in General Nursing

    Yum, a pre licked lolli!!!! Mmmmm Back in the day if one of my mom's friend's kids got chicken pox we were wisked over to their house to play with them. My older brother and I didn't get chicken pox...

  7. How honest are you?

    Mom2boysRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Years ago when going to the er, pre nursing days, I would feel annoyed at how long I had to wait. I never complained but would think I knew there were people sicker than me or my child but still...

  8. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Mom2boysRN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes I am a new nurse and yes I forgot to do something that in hindsite was stupid to forget. BUT if you must wake me up and early in the morning when you know I worked late into the night 1. Don't be...

  9. PICU without wearing a gown?

    Mom2boysRN replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    My son was in the PICU a few years ago and nobody ever wore a

  10. DC'd narcotics

    Mom2boysRN replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    We can't send narcs back so we destroy

  11. PLEASE buy malpractice insurance!!

    Mom2boysRN replied to Athena2's topic in General Nursing

    I've been meaning to get malpractice insurance since december when I got my first nursing job. I just got it, thank you for the kick in the rear that I needed. I do hope that your world is put right...

  12. Seriously? What are they telling you in school?

    Mom2boysRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I find that frightening.... thinking from now on I just might start asking people what their credentials

  13. The weekly addition to the workload...

    Mom2boysRN replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and it's Tuesday which means our weekly nurses meeting, that delays starting our shift by at least 30 minutes. So we will be told everything we are doing wrong, what they are adding to our...

  14. is it just me?

    Mom2boysRN replied to UpinawayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes don't allow yourself to even think you're going to be out on time, jinxes me every time!

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

    Mom2boysRN replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm amazed at all the people posting that want the members here to do their homework for them! I graduated nursing school my doing my OWN work, thank you, you should consider doing the

  16. Narcotic diversion, but not to self

    Mom2boysRN replied to LowPaidNurse21's topic in General Nursing

    I won't borrow narcotics, but no this isn't diversion. Everyone got what was prescribed to

  17. Do I need to quit?

    Mom2boysRN replied to TriniMa's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in LTC and this is not how they all are. I would keep your job and do what you know is right for your residents. Continue looking for another job though. 1:20 is busy but doable, just...

  18. Does this make me an "RN snob"?

    Mom2boysRN replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not okay with that and I don't think it makes you (or me for that matter) a snob. At my last nursing job my boss said as far as she was concerned even the aides (not all of them were even cnas)...

  19. Nurse working for technical director Bias or jealousy?

    Mom2boysRN replied to cardiomanager's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on my 2nd nursing job and this is my 2nd one where my direct supervisor is not a nurse. I don't like it. They don't know what exactly we are doing and it seems they expect that you move heaven...

  20. Patients on different floors ????

    Mom2boysRN replied to JamesLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a snf and if they have someone call off on nights they will commonly pull the nurse from the dementia unit to work on one of the other floors and a nurse from another unit is supposed to...

  21. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Mom2boysRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Not nursing related... My youngest son was just a baby and it was the middle of the night, I was going across the hall to his room to nurse him. I saw a little boy standing at the other end of the...

  22. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Mom2boysRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Still not done reading, but decided to post another story... This isn't a ghost story, but more of a mothery intuition story similar to one I just read... Three year ago my son was in the PICU. he...

  23. 3p-11p shift...need a little pick-me-up!

    Mom2boysRN replied to stephie_love's topic in Nursing Career

    I work that shift too and I'm a mom. There are time that it's hard, but it also has it's advantages... Most of the time it works well for me. I get to take my kids to school every day, in the am we...

  24. Top 3 worst halloween costume to wear at work.

    Mom2boysRN replied to nola1202's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ob nurse .... Hooker Psych nurse hannabal

  25. Top 3 worst halloween costume to wear at work.

    Mom2boysRN replied to nola1202's topic in Nursing Humor

    I do LTC.... I'm thinking grim reaper...