SubSippi

SubSippi

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  1. Advice for a potential second career male nurse?

    SubSippi replied to Iwannabea...?'s topic in Men in Nursing

  2. Inadequate orientation

    SubSippi replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Home Health

    If an organization doesn't want to properly train a nurse who is new to that field, why wouldn't they require more experience from their

  3. unsafe staffing

    SubSippi replied to 0101peanut's topic in General Nursing

    Working hard isn't unsafe, but being "overworked" is unsafe. Someone who has so many patients they can barely get their medications out and dressings changed is going to have a much harder time...

  4. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    SubSippi replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So you don't think there should be health care reform? Do you think it's just fine the way it is? Explain to me how it's more cost effective for someone who is uninsured, who couldn't afford to go to...

  5. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    SubSippi replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wonder how many people who are against Obamacare have family members whose health has been negatively affected by a lack of health insurance. That's not meant to be sarcastic, I'm genuinely curious....

  6. I just wanted to SCREAM

    SubSippi replied to EGVnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry, clicked "post comment" before I finished. What I wanted to say was that you get to go home and will likely never see that man again. But HE has to hang out with himself all day, every day, for...

  7. Sorry state of Nursing ...

    SubSippi replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like to complain...mostly because it puts me in a bad mood. "Venting" doesn't usually make me feel better, it keeps me mad longer. So, in my life, I either try to fix an issue, or I try to get...

  8. I just wanted to SCREAM

    SubSippi replied to EGVnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't worry about it, that guy was a jerk. If he was REALLY concerned that his life was in danger, you know he'd be all up on that call light. Think about it like this...you get to go

  9. Interview Attire

    SubSippi replied to green34's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I wore suits to my interviews. I saw other people going in not wearing suits, but in an interview situation I would 100% rather be overdressed than

  10. Sorry state of Nursing ...

    SubSippi replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

    Get it

  11. Other jobs for RN besides direct patient care?

    SubSippi replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Nursing Career

    At my hospital there are also RNs who have no patient contact, as their job is to educate other nurses at our

  12. Other jobs for RN besides direct patient care?

    SubSippi replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Nursing Career

    What if you just tried working at a different facility? Not every hospital has all the back stabbing, and you might feel less stress in a more supportive

  13. Backing out of NP job - not my style, but...

    SubSippi replied to iudiva's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, I accepted a job initially, then unexpectedly got offered another job I'd rather have. I told the first job that, unfortunately, my circumstances have changed, and I will no longer be able to...

  14. Sorry state of Nursing ...

    SubSippi replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

    But how do you not tolerate it? Do you just refuse to leave and keep doing your work? I don't like getting called off but I don't know anything I can do about it! (In reply to

  15. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    SubSippi replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hey

  16. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    SubSippi replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I do with that it wasn't so complicated that nobody really understood exactly what is going on with

  17. RN License plate

    SubSippi replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    I love Mississippi! People don't give it enough

  18. Saw a nurse yelling at a patient in ICU

    SubSippi replied to inspiredbynavy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Keep in mind that some (not all) patients are in the hospital because they aren't being compliant with their treatments, and nurses tend to see the same patients over and over, and sometimes they just...

  19. Frustrations of an older student

    SubSippi replied to suzilks1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A friend of mine works in admissions at our school, and she saw that problem a good bit...older people wanting to go back to school with bad grades from the past. She has said that when a potential...

  20. RN License plate

    SubSippi replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    In Mississippi, our license plates say "Nurses Touch Lives" at the bottom, and I have one on my car. I've never had anyone bother me in public about it. I HAVE, however, gotten pulled over for...

  21. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    SubSippi replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The really irritating thing to me is not just patients coming to the ED for non-emergencies, but the fact that they are often times ADMITTED. A few weeks I had a patient whose nephew brought her to...

  22. Question about giving Lovenox

    SubSippi replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient Medications

    I wasn't standing in the room when the doctors said that, so I don't know for a fact that's what they said verbatim. The reason it struck me as odd was because I have had several patients telling me...

  23. failed first nursing test

    SubSippi replied to dawnand1son's topic in General Students

    I failed my first test (and even a couple after that) and ended up never making below a B in school, and now I'm a nurse! Don't freak out, almost everyone fails a

  24. Question about giving Lovenox

    SubSippi replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks y'all, very good advice. I became curious about its necessity after the very doctors who ordered it went back and told the patients they didn't really need Lovenox, but then still didn't order...

  25. Easy?

    SubSippi replied to kp1987's topic in General Students

    The first semester will be different, you'll be focusing on more task oriented things and more basic medical conditions. It gets hard when you have to learn how to make judgement calls based on what...