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  1. Did You Get A Sign On Bonus?

    NoCrumping replied to TLC RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have every reason to be, kiddo!!!! Good for you, and for your

  2. Can they do this??

    NoCrumping replied to RN4ustat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Are you sure? Because I thought , as long as it was not a personal gift to anyone, it could be given, provided it can be used AT the facility, such as mini blinds and

  3. What's you're favorite skill?

    NoCrumping replied to jenrninmi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    IV push meds, starting IV's, and, hands downn favorite: Suctioning ETT's with in line suction catheters....very

  4. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

    NoCrumping replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    when I was precepting in NICU.... I had an experienced veteran of 28 yrs to precept me... she told me how back in the day all the nurses would moisturize their hands with vernix!!!! she said it was...

  5. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    NoCrumping replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Just an FYI.... when your new, there shouldnt be any "common knowledge". Were you taught in nsg school to always look up a med before giving it, until you know it like the back of your hand and had...

  6. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    NoCrumping replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of laugh and get a lil bit irritated when people say "sugar diabetes", instead of, just 'diabetes". Why do they feel the need to say

  7. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    NoCrumping replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Your really not thinking that however many years of "Customer Service" has prepared you for nursing and all that entails,are you? And, maybe you cant understand all the griping, because, well....

  8. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    NoCrumping replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Funny story from my CNA days.... working nights on a skilled ltc floor.... I finish rounds, go to the break room to eat, the break room is on another floor, ...anyway... I get a call from the nurse,...

  9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    NoCrumping replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I know..... everybody I know, it seems, thinks that? Why is

  10. 75 questions, is it good or bad?

    NoCrumping replied to IntegRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes. The mimimum number of questions is 75.. So try to remember if you had trouble or ease with most of the questions.....You would have had to really not have had a clue of anything to fail at...

  11. Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    NoCrumping replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just do your own job, and unless you see something done in front of you, keep your mouth shut. Are results downloaded ? If so, it will catch up with her. My advice is always "dont be a rat"..but,...

  12. My mom does not want me to become a nurse

    NoCrumping replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is this........Please, Please, Please LISTEN to your mom. She knows what she is talking about, and I can only assume she knows what you may or may not like for a career, since she raised...

  13. Puuuuuuulese!!

    NoCrumping replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Heres one I heard........ "I am going on a vacation for 3 weeks, and I need another script, or I will run out while I am

  14. Hospital policy about absenteeism.

    NoCrumping replied to NYNURSE8000's topic in First Year After Licensure

    someone has to be bedridden to be sick 4 times in 6-7 months???????? I'm sorry, but I do not think this is excessive. Yes, we are professionals, and we are counted on, yada yada yada.... but ya...

  15. percoset withdrawal

    NoCrumping replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    Ok, you guys... since we are talking about percocet, I have some questions, too......I have been on them for post op pain from bil carpal tunnel surgery. I find I need 2 a day, no more. Is this...

  16. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    NoCrumping replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of nursing school, first year, in the "nursing arts lab". It was bedmaking 101, and were all talking and making our beds, and then we came to the pillow cases. There had to be a...

  17. Yelled at by NA for shaving pt.

    NoCrumping replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oh yeah, I agree totally.... I was so hung up on the other parts of the post, I forgot to mention this aspect....and I didnt realize it was loud and in ear shot of patients...... an even more of a...

  18. Yelled at by NA for shaving pt.

    NoCrumping replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think the NA is just one of those know it all people who thrive on correcting wrongs. I think you should have just explained to her, that you know the risks of bleeding while on anticioagulants and...

  19. Patients who steal from the ER

    NoCrumping replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    The police were called for a bag of linens? You do realize that they are, literally, bought for pennies each? And, oh yeah, the money doesnt even come out of your pocket????? Dont get me wrong, I...

  20. Taking the test for the 6th time next week and have a question?

    NoCrumping replied to nursy2b's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You save the least critical first, because they have the best chance at a safe exit. This is true for the fire in hospital and all other internal disaster questions. One of the ONLY kinds of...

  21. Is it a good idea, when interviewing...

    NoCrumping replied to JennyRN2B's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    [ I'm not saying anything is wrong with wanting to go for the NNP, but it's just that we see so many new grads who come in with big plans who then realize that the NICU is nothing like they...

  22. cadiva question

    NoCrumping replied to jennk's topic in General Nursing

    wow... im jealous.... lol... My a&p class only offered measly cats, and a pig heart. I got jipped..... I honestly thought only med students got to learn on

  23. Poor ICU Nursing Care

    NoCrumping replied to nursesbca's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I agree, and further more..there were 2 of them for 3

  24. What do patients say that irks you?

    NoCrumping replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I actually was induced for my second child, due to the fact that my first child was born within an hour of me being admitted to the hospital, I virtually had no labor,and I pushed 2 times, no time for...

  25. What type of Automobiles do you drive as a nurse.

    NoCrumping replied to malenursetobe@21's topic in Men in Nursing

    RN, 2004 Nissan Maxima, and 2005 Chevy