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  1. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    I am ALWAYS assigned the most difficult patient, the PITA call light jockey with the annoying family members etc. and rarely get a CNA. Mostly I see looks of sympathy on the staffers faces! I am not...
  2. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    I dont know what to say about this one.... I mean, I,am in no way interested in risking my life to get to work... but, on the other hand, I do understand that we have a responsibility, and we work in...
  3. Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

    Just my .02. This is how *I* perceived this comment..... she simply thought that deciding to persue an education in nursing, or "something" would be easier than tapping into the nashville country...
  4. Group One background checks in Texas

    wow. i am truely sorry for you. you know? me and hubby have seriously considered moving to texas, but we had reservations about the state in general, and the nursing situation, with group one, and...
  5. "You can't be a Nurse!" Vent...

    without knowing your or your family, maybe they think you are squeamish???Most people consider nursing to be , well, having to deal with gross things, as sometimes it is, and thats what they are...
  6. Nursing T-shirts!!

    Nurses... call the shots Student Nurses....sharp shooters in
  7. I resigned today...

    Sorry this happened.just curious.... what is it that they wanted you to help out with, since you need those locked up items,and would not be granted access to them ? Did they want your role to change,...
  8. About teenagers....

    hilarious. and frightening. i face this battle several times a day. sincerely. the mom of a 14 year
  9. One of your best moments in Med Surg is...

    You took the words right out of my
  10. Synagis and consent

    I should have gotten all the info before I posted... but ... I think the reason for this is that Synagis is not an actual "vaccine".its another class of immunization... the word escapes me right...
  11. Anyone work at St Francis Hospital on Long Island

    New grads (as of 2 years ago) made 26 per hour... excellent
  12. Do you give up your seat for a doctor?

    I will, if he/she needs it to chart/call/use comp. and I am not doing anything particularly important at the time, but, I would do that for another nurse , as
  13. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    Nursing school, first IM injection. I confidently draw up my injection, give the whole speal to the instructor, who in turn said to me, even though I am nervous, act as though I had done it many times...
  14. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    This scares
  15. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

  16. No way... dont even go near those atr or central lines, heck, dont even go near a peripheral IV!!!!! What state is this? refuse to do it, it seems to me if you do, you could be sued for " nursing...
  17. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    Are you a
  18. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    Because we are talking narcotics here, a whole different scenario than an ordinary "med error" . The facility has state and fed govt to answer
  19. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    She wrote oxyCODONE , as in percocet, not oxyCONTIN. Anyway, it does seem weird that 5 of them would be in a cup, and while all the hysteria seems harsh, they probably wouldnt have done any of it if...
  20. Take your meds, never allow yourself to go off them, you'll be fine. But, dont ever, ever, ever, disclose this info to people at work. Ever. There are lots of nurses with depression, bi polar,...
  21. Any pointers regarding heal pokes?

    The "art" to it is the milking of the heel... getting the blood to flow.... I had a very hard time with this at first, too, so dont worry. I had a hard time grasping the concept of "milking" rather...
  22. doctor with unprofessional personal life

    I am a nurse, but often I eat oreos, along with other un- wholesome food choices, and the other day I layed out in the sun, and didnt use spf 45. On second thought, should I surrender my RN license?...
  23. Give me the down and dirty of being a CNA

    Change diapers...yes flush foleys... never anything needle related.......never ever insert catheters.... never ever will a nurse hate you?.....chances are good.... (but thats not specific to you) be...
  24. Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    Yeah, everybody knows this.And we can all concur that this is the same in all states. However, the way this person wrote her "dilemma" lead me to believe she was actually looking back at glucose...
  25. percoset withdrawal

    Thank you very muchm Tcas.I appreciate