Guttercat ASN, RN

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    What is that weird smell?

    Guttercat replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Well, lucky you because I ate the last of my peanut butter yesterday but have two bags of chocolate chips in my freezer.
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    Why do you like being a nurse?

    Guttercat replied to Kendel.G's topic in General Nursing

    Like!!!
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    What is that weird smell?

    Guttercat replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Yahoooo!!! That's the disorder I was trying to recall. You just saved me a google search. I owe you a cookie. Do you prefer chocolate chip or peanut
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    Why do you like being a nurse?

    Guttercat replied to Kendel.G's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. The response to this thread is underwhelming (surprise! :)). Are we all here at AN grumbling malcontents or what? wink wink elbow jab to all my "been there done that" battle-weary compradres....
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    What is that weird smell?

    Guttercat replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding? Lol! People are weird, and we in the medical profession are privvy to their weirdness in ways the lay person will never have the pleasure of experiencing.
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    What is that weird smell?

    Guttercat replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Aside from the usuasl suspects... the bells are going off in my head trying to recall some (genetic, I think) malady that causes horrendous BO no matter how clean the person is. Has something to do...
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    severe skin flaking...anyone seen this?

    Guttercat replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

    Norwegian scabies??? Never heard of that before, and it struck me funny. Had a visualization of little nordic mites scurrying around going "Jooorda hoornga ja sure ja betcha hinga
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    Is it bad that I accidently contaminated pt. urine?

    Guttercat replied to Spring235's topic in General Students

    Bet you won't do that again. :) Relax! You're learning, and, it's a valuable lesson in the "stop and think" department. Even we veterans have to smack ourselves upside the head from time to
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    DaVita diversifies its reach

    Guttercat posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Not just dialysis anymore.
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    Do your RN's work as techs?

    Guttercat replied to madwife2002's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    This post embodies why I cannot fathom working for a Big Two dialysis chain. Some of those new(er) to the profession know nothing else but this dysfunction as being "normal." These stories are...
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    DaVita diversifies its reach

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    trauma and madwife... not sure you read the entire article. this is about "redi-care" medical clinics in anticipation of aco's/the aca. it is indeed far outside of the scope of renal. the dialysis...
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    Finding it hard to be positive

    Guttercat replied to ICAN!'s topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Oh gawd. Do I have this right? You were hired as an RN but now are working as a PCT? "Be thankful you have a job" ... ah yes, the spoon-fed mantra of plutocracy that you have swallowed hook, line and...
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    How quickly can a blood clot travel?

    Guttercat replied to SN22RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Unlikely. ...you wouldn't believe the shite the IR guys push through when declotting a peripheral
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    I Just Quit the Worst Hospital in Canada and It Feels Great!

    Guttercat replied to giveface's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What
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    What motivates you to go to work every day?

    Guttercat replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Dualing alarm clocks. Each one is set so that there is never more than 3 minutes of snooze-time between smacking the damn things. A half hour of that nonsense and I'm usually out of
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    What motivates you to go to work every day?

    Guttercat replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Trade
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    affect of nursing shortage on nursing leadership and management, help!

    Guttercat replied to purpletouch's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yup. Happening here in the layoffs/firings/restructuring. I keep seeing people mysteriously disappearing...they find a way to get you gone. Lots of shiny, new (and cheaper) faces keep popping up...
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    OB nursing...I just don't get it.

    Guttercat replied to i<3u's topic in General Students

    During clinical, just before baby crowned, and just as the OBGYN doing the episiotomy turned around paused and then said, "you don't look so good" I passed out. That's all I remember. I still hate...
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    affect of nursing shortage on nursing leadership and management, help!

    Guttercat replied to purpletouch's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Capitalization would be nice
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    affect of nursing shortage on nursing leadership and management, help!

    Guttercat replied to purpletouch's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The OP could write a bang-up paper regarding the nursing glut and Nurse Mills (lottery, anyone?) and how this glut in the context of current and changing health care policy, decreased reimbursement,...
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    affect of nursing shortage on nursing leadership and management, help!

    Guttercat replied to purpletouch's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    >Derp Nursing
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    Do your RN's work as techs?

    Guttercat replied to madwife2002's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am apalled. Patients are not burgers to be flipped. Or they are, if one's business is meeting shareholder expectations, and wooing/buying/lobbying/entertaining... elected officials. Much discussion...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    Guttercat replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had some visiting doc walking down the hallway going commando some years ago. I had to turn away. My
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    Why Do Nurses Do This

    Guttercat replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Nursing

    This thread delivers.
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    Why Do Nurses Do This

    Guttercat replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Nursing

    She forgot to cater the event and arrange for a barbershop