Aquamarine

Aquamarine

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  1. Worst nursing experience

    Aquamarine replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    MY CNA, or we call them PCA's don't do much and it is hard. I am new, if I complian will they ever do anything for my patients. It is really bad and sad. They are all chit chatting at the...

  2. Worst nursing experience

    Aquamarine replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad, although I am an older nurse. I worked as a nutritionist at one of the roughest hospitals for 15yrs. Common sense...I hae it. These nurses that I am working with make me feel like an...

  3. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

    Aquamarine replied to ICRN2008's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am now an RN but worked as a health care professional in a different field for many yrs. at a medical center. I will tell you of a few instances. One pt. said something very dirty to a RN as she was...

  4. We need a Nursing TV show

    Aquamarine replied to jbeck817's topic in General Nursing

    Does "daily trials" include backstabbing your coworkers while taking care of patients? I just wondered If we want the public to know the real truth.Or trying to look good at anyone's expense? That...

  5. Worst nursing experience

    Aquamarine replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    I feel guilty also complaining also..... but I am a new RN (GN)graduate although I worked for 18yrs. in the medical field in another capacity and I may add with an excellent record and reputation. I...

  6. About to give up on being a nurse

    Aquamarine replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    Two and a half years ago I realized my husband was self destructive with the finacial matters and his race car hobby, that as a hobby I also loved. However, his maturity level was in the toilet...

  7. About to give up on being a nurse

    Aquamarine replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Leo, I feel like I am not being as nurturing as I should but I don't like "but this", "but that" kind of statements. I know how confusing making a decision can be for some woman that are made to...

  8. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    Aquamarine replied to Heymickey's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly empathize with you, I am on my 4th day on a telemetry floor. I asked for med surg but did not get that job. I feel the same way. I knew however school would not prepare me for the real...

  9. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    Aquamarine replied to Heymickey's topic in General Nursing

  10. About to give up on being a nurse

    Aquamarine replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean with your advice to Laurel. I am a really nice and flexible person. However, people have misunderstood that for me being a doormat, only to get their foot bit off when they go to...

  11. Weeding out of nursing students

    Aquamarine replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    But if only a few show up for the review and you are one of them, that gives you an edge. I love when that happens. On line classes have rules just like any other...you don't do the work, you don't...

  12. Weeding out of nursing students

    Aquamarine replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    The State education dept. should zone in on some of these facts/comments from students. These militant radical instructors need to be

  13. Weeding out of nursing students

    Aquamarine replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Hey now there is a thought.....Or are the ones graduating the crazed instructors favorites and that is the quality we are getting??? I wonder. There is a school here that entered 84 and graduated...

  14. About to give up on being a nurse

    Aquamarine replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    Faeriewand, you are awesome. I guess some of that moxy comes with age or with getting fed up with people going against your desire to reach your goals. I married my best friend a few years ago. We...

  15. Weeding out of nursing students

    Aquamarine replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    A student would not be able to complete course work if her homework is not handed back within a reasonalbe amount of time to know what she is doing wrong. If a student has 7 days to hand in a care...

  16. Weeding out of nursing students

    Aquamarine replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I agree with you whole heartedly. And I will not recommend my school. We are there to learn, not to be ridiculed or made to feel bad because we don't know something. Some instructors do treat student...

  17. New nurse blues

    Aquamarine replied to Pleaides's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in my first week of orientation, I feel like I may be where you are now in a month. I can feel the fear. If I were you I would say stick it out at least 6 months, just keep pointed in the right...

  18. Be Careful What You Say...

    Aquamarine replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    I hear where you are coming from. I think work is for work and personal comments are for your personal friends out of work. Also, watch and observe for awhile before you trust saying things on your...

  19. Patients who steal from the ER

    Aquamarine replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    Before I was working as an RN I worked in a busy ER in a major medical center at night. I loved it. I just came back from vacation and had been using an insulated bag that I use for my lunch as my...

  20. About to give up on being a nurse

    Aquamarine replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    laurel, i think you are very confused. first of all is there another school you can try to get into? second of all how are you presnting yourself to the school. are you dressed for success, do you...

  21. Weeding out of nursing students

    Aquamarine replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I just graduated from the nursing curriculum from a small community college in a rural area, which I am not from. It was the closest to a palce I was living at, then I moved and decided to commute. I...

  22. Compazine for a Migraine??

    Aquamarine replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you, write the letters, demand to know what action was taken. Go in and getting it verbally, or in writing to let them know you wont be pacified. Send a copy to the state health dept. and...

  23. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    Aquamarine replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I agree that a lot of people are not cut out to work with people, yet providing some kind of care and encouragement. I was in an RN program at a Community College in NYS. Most all of the students...

  24. Compazine for a Migraine??

    Aquamarine replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I have to remember what you said about educating and also remember not to take someones lack of compassion and knowledge personally. I guess I am always trying to stick up for the underdog and...

  25. Compazine for a Migraine??

    Aquamarine replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I get Migraines. I cannot predict but they are really bad. I just graduated from RN school, and I was a nutritionists for 15 yr also, for 1 year, worked in a ER of a major medical center. I walked...