HM-8404

HM-8404 BSN, RN

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  1. Orientation not going well, may be let go?

    HM-8404 replied to littlenurse21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with what SarahLeeRN posted. I do find the part of your post I bolded to be a little concerning. The people you work for and your preceptor feel you are in over your head, but you are trying...

  2. Should Healthcare Be Funded As A Basic Human Right?

    HM-8404 replied to jayp's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If all that is going on around you I suggest you choose to move to a different

  3. Have dress codes changed for clinical prep?

    HM-8404 replied to DoeRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm glad we don't have to do prep the day before clinicals. We were told during nursing school orientation that any clinical site that is within an hours drive of your home is fair game for clinical...

  4. Should Healthcare Be Funded As A Basic Human Right?

    HM-8404 replied to jayp's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's good you are willing to give your money away, just don't try to be so free with

  5. Should Healthcare Be Funded As A Basic Human Right?

    HM-8404 replied to jayp's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would like to know what the difference is, in your opinion, between the taxpayers paying for your ER visit and the taxpayers paying for your health insurance. It seems it's a wash either way, since...

  6. Should Healthcare Be Funded As A Basic Human Right?

    HM-8404 replied to jayp's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When people feel something is a right a large portion of the population tends to take advantage of it. My mother lives in an apartment on Social Security combined with survivor benefits from the...

  7. Should Healthcare Be Funded As A Basic Human Right?

    HM-8404 replied to jayp's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is a myth that keeps getting repeated. In an Aug. 8, 2004, column in the Chicago Sun-Times they criticized Obama for calling himself a professor when, in fact, the University of Chicago faculty...

  8. What classes are you taking in spring

    HM-8404 replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    Second Semester: Med/Surg 8 hrs Mother/Baby 5

  9. Recovering opiate addict: In need of advice

    HM-8404 replied to GA_RN2006's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Actually I do understand the pattern of addiction. Once an addict always an addict. The only difference is one is recovering. The recovery NEVER

  10. I did a dumb thing today and learned a lesson

    HM-8404 replied to DawnCaprice's topic in General Students

    Let's see if we got this right. You do not use tact when you criticize a professor. He does not use tact when he responds. You go crying to his boss. Sounds like someone didn't like getting back what...

  11. Recovering opiate addict: In need of advice

    HM-8404 replied to GA_RN2006's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The first question the OP needs to ask is, will going back into nursing hinder recovery? I say this because nobody would encourage an alcoholic bartender to go back tending bar when they get sober....

  12. Read this email my NM sent to all the nurses.

    HM-8404 replied to GummibearsRN's topic in General Nursing

    The NM has identified a few problems, notified everyone she is aware of the problems, stated how the problems will be handled, and now you want to look for another job due to the NM's plan of action...

  13. Is the first semester really the hardest?

    HM-8404 replied to leekaye's topic in General Students

    I am a non-traditional single parent student, with a home schooled child. Your best friend is organization. Do what is due next first. On Sunday don't worry about Thursday's check off if you have a...

  14. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    HM-8404 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    ...and my grandmother didn't have proof but she was convinced if her nose itched she would have company. With 12 grown kids, 55 grandkids, and countless great-grandkids she was usually right that...

  15. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    HM-8404 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    We did a study on this in my abnormal psych class. It turned out there was no statistical difference in the amount of ED admissions or the reasons for the visits. There was actually no difference in...

  16. are there nurses who ACTUALLY care ?

    HM-8404 replied to seriouslyserious's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nope. You just need to be smart enough to know what to do and how to do it. Do you think a mechanic needs to love cars to get one running again? "Quality" care is competent care, not angelic

  17. How to fail clinical

    HM-8404 replied to cnmbfa's topic in General Students

    Often times instructors and staff nurses forget that students are people. Not some lowlife to be looked down upon or treated like something rented. Students will get frustrated easily due to the...

  18. Wallace State Fall 2012

    HM-8404 replied to southerngal2108's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Five weeks down and holy crap I feel like I am barely treading water. I feel like if I can survive this semester things will calm down somewhat. Class 4-5 days a week is a real hardship. So far the...

  19. So... What if patient says that the wristband is not them?...

    HM-8404 replied to Student2001's topic in General Students

    Replying to a question with a question is actually a pretty good teaching technique. It makes the student think about it. I homeschool my son and at first he would constantly ask me the answer to a...

  20. Discrimination Against Ethnic/Minority Names

    HM-8404 replied to biomimetical's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    ...and sexism is sexism. When I was searching for scholarships the VAST majority I found were for minorities and women. If you were a female minority you had it made. There were more scholarships than...

  21. Discrimination Against Ethnic/Minority Names

    HM-8404 replied to biomimetical's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Ummm... You witnessed someone in HR throw applications in the trash only because they had "African-American" names on them? The person in HR told you, an African-American, that was the reason they...

  22. New Grad applicant walked on a unit today...

    HM-8404 replied to BotoxBaby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    So let's see. Those of us that think what the OP did was wrong are too critical and lack empathy, but those that don't know what the OP may have interrupted and are bashing the NM, are not being too...

  23. New Grad applicant walked on a unit today...

    HM-8404 replied to BotoxBaby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I was going by what was in the OP's opening sentence, "I walked onto a unit". That made me think, who should be walking onto a unit, patient, family, friends, staff, uninvited job applicant. One of...

  24. New Grad applicant walked on a unit today...

    HM-8404 replied to BotoxBaby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This wasn't just anybody. The OP is a new grad nurse who I assume has had clinicals in a hospital. I have not seen a NM office that had an, anyone pop in anytime you feel like it, policy. Most are not...

  25. Why are Nurses so mean to each other?

    HM-8404 replied to Dixon, future NP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Anyone that reads the vast numbers of posts by new grads, and not so new, would come to pretty much the same conclusion. I'm not going to count them but I would bet there are far more posts on...