GingerSue

GingerSue

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  1. How do You deal with Man-Hating Female Nurses?

    GingerSue replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've seen it happen to male staff because of female staff, and I've experienced it from male staff towards female staff. Either way it's

  2. Male Nurse In Trouble Need Advice

    GingerSue replied to mnwifehelp's topic in Men in Nursing

    Do you know where he stayed? Has he been in contact with you since he left? Did he say the marriage is ended? Do you have supports around? Does he have supports? Is there counseling available for...

  3. Horrible CNAs! Need to vent

    GingerSue replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    - is this going to be

  4. I HATE nursing! (long)

    GingerSue replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    - pharmaceutical companies or other medical suppliers - home care

  5. Horrible CNAs! Need to vent

    GingerSue replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    drug addict working in health

  6. My first job interview for a RN position....any advice?

    GingerSue replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    maybe speak about your present goals, and five years into the future. maybe anticipate some of the questions they might have re: you and your infant if there's any illness, etc - what arrangements...

  7. Starting my Own Business

    GingerSue replied to phoenix24rn's topic in General Nursing

    do you really need an mba? [color=#4b0082]could you go to an accountant and get the necessary information? [color=#4b0082]i have a business (no mba), and a person has to be registered with your city,...

  8. And what is with the wacky interview questions?

    GingerSue replied to princess99's topic in General Nursing

    Just another meaning of flow (and cl05 was probably more on track than me), and this comes from psychotherapy - flow - to refer to one's experience of being absorbed in activity that is of great...

  9. Starting my Own Business

    GingerSue replied to phoenix24rn's topic in General Nursing

    what kind of

  10. what is meant by a diamond-shaped murmur?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks - you could be right. I was a bit unsure of the explanation given in the textbook - it says the pattern of intensity of a murmur can be crescendo, decrescendo, or crescendo-decrescendo, or...

  11. what is meant by a diamond-shaped murmur?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is meant by a murmur pattern that is "diamond-shaped?"

  12. how do you feel about RN covering for LPN on the floor?

    GingerSue replied to GN1974's topic in General Nursing

    I spent my second week of orientation following an LPN around who did a 5 second assessment (checking pedal pulses through socks, listening to lungs over bones, not examining the skin completely, or...

  13. I passed--I am not losing it anymore

    GingerSue replied to RnAngl's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap: :yeah:congratulations

  14. need help for severe depression

    GingerSue replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    Be patient with yourself and as soon as you can, please consider spending time sketching, making pottery or whatever you have always wanted but never had time to do. Best wishes. Hi Rhonda, I was...

  15. how to avoid " throwing in the towel"?at work ....

    GingerSue replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hats off to all of you LTC workers! And so I read many of the posts here, and wanted to say that I have so much good to say about the CNAs and aides with whom I worked in long-term care. These were...

  16. summer classes

    GingerSue replied to brandyl123's topic in General Nursing

    taking 2 summer classes can be done, just make them your priority, work at them all the time and you can do

  17. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    GingerSue replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was just reading today an article (through Google) titled "Drug Reactions harm, even kill, elderly: Study" in which the author wants improvements from doctors and nurses, in terms of knowing about...

  18. I Passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    GingerSue replied to danfif's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    :yelclap: :yelclap: :yelclap: :flowersfo :flowersfo :yeah: congratulations! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

  19. Horrible Coworkers

    GingerSue replied to PDCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    just because this individual has had personal problems, does not mean that she has the privilege of taking things out on to the other people who are present. Is there any way that you can start...

  20. Signs

    GingerSue replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

  21. Horrible Coworkers

    GingerSue replied to PDCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    could you just develop a crust of your own - just be your respectful self, no matter what, and view this other individual as a form of daily soap opera live entertainment? are you sure that you want...

  22. Do you carry a clipboard

    GingerSue replied to luvdancink's topic in General Nursing

    When working in hospital, yes I always used a clipboard with sheet to keep very organized. In community - instead of a clipboard, I used a

  23. migraines and nursing

    GingerSue replied to Jen,SN's topic in General Nursing

    . -Avoid Aspartame -Avoid high protein diet -Avoid conventional drugs. -Avoid processed food -Test for Food Allergies -Check for Magnesium level (because One of magnesium's key functions is to...

  24. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    GingerSue replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    one male patient referred to his as "crown

  25. migraines and nursing

    GingerSue replied to Jen,SN's topic in General Nursing

    is there anything that does help you when you have the headaches? can you arrange a different schedule, or explain to your employer the difficulty that you are having in order to arrange