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    Help me feel better about this - Full time 8 hour nights

    duskyjewel replied to amyshell's topic in General Nursing

    I used to feel bad that my house isn't as clean as it "should be." Then I took a look at my life, everything I do and am responsible for, and said screw that. There are clean clothes and dishes as...
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    Scottish Referendum & registration/NHS

    duskyjewel replied to babyNP.'s topic in United Kingdom

    I know that London/Westminster has been seen as dominating and out of touch by the Scots, and if they gain home rule from this, hooray for them. But it's humorous to me how it seems to be forgotten...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    duskyjewel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How is the breakroom, a gathering place any employee is welcome to use whenever they get time for a break,
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    Out of nowhere threatened to be fired?

    duskyjewel replied to Toby1225's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do it! If you have that resource to help you defend yourself, use it! Have you worn them before? If so, ask for your data to be pulled for the next meeting. If any of your co-workers are willing to...
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    Care Plan Help!!

    duskyjewel replied to mccn24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd be ordering cherry limeades and chocolate cherry Cokes to go with my meds if that happened! (Sonic drive through style) I'll quit hijacking
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    Help me feel better about this - Full time 8 hour nights

    duskyjewel replied to amyshell's topic in General Nursing

    I know you asked us to help you feel better about it, but I'm another who works NOC 12s and is under no illusions of being able to handle night shift five days a week. The reason I can work nights is...
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    Religion and nursing school

    duskyjewel replied to natmanzo's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    natmanzo, what is the faith tradition you're practicing, and does it have formal requirements for worship at certain times/places? As a practicing member of a faith tradition that does have such...
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    Voluntary Euthanasia

    duskyjewel replied to GARY_FL_NURSE's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow....yeah....that's what we call execution by lethal injection these days. Holy
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    Dizzy during circumcision

    duskyjewel replied to RavensNation's topic in General Students

    Go suanna! Next year will mark the 18th anniversary of the federal law that protects girls from genital mutilation. That means that boys who were circumcised while that law was in place will start...
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    Care Plan Help!!

    duskyjewel replied to mccn24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm sorry, I know it's just a typo, but now I have an image in my head of a whole crowd of people wearing scrubs and roller
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    What to do??...

    duskyjewel replied to RNKX's topic in Nursing Career

    You know that old saying, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush?" I sincerely hope you don't end up regretting this. Hopefully you'll get the hospital job and this will end up being a great...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    duskyjewel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Every year, the number of children born out of wedlock increases. Societal support for marriage is at an all time low, and that's vividly demonstrated by attitudes in this thread. Children of any...
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    Pearson Vue Trick--trick no more

    duskyjewel replied to ms.gin728's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Gotta love California. What everyone else gets in two days takes them three
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    Would you like your job more if you were paid more?

    duskyjewel replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    duskyjewel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow....some people are working really hard to come up with ways to say that quacking, waddling thing over there ain't a
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    How much do you make?

    duskyjewel replied to middleagednurse's topic in Private Duty

    Wow. $18 an hour is LPN money where I
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    duskyjewel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I never said they were having sex in the break room. Someone said what they do in private is their business, and I responded that they were doing it in the breakroom. I added emphasis to the words...
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    Funny - Tech Broken, Use "Old School" Sphygmomanometer

    duskyjewel replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Brilliant. People can't pass, so they dumb down the
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    Employee abuse?

    duskyjewel replied to Cnappy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is just SO crappy! I don't get how people like that sleep. "When it's you getting beat up, screw you. But when it's ME getting beat up, it's a problem!"
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    Got A Bad Performance Evaluation

    duskyjewel replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Nursing Career

    Come to the dark side.....we have cookies! Night shift does have many attractive qualities about
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    duskyjewel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is why society is in collapse. Because people actually think it's wrong to say that a married man shouldn't have sex with someone not his wife, and a woman shouldn't have sex with someone else's...
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    help to understand bp readings

    duskyjewel replied to alecc's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would expect such a question from someone who hasn't yet completed their CNA program, but someone who has should know when BP values are abnormal and need reporting to the nurse. I'm wondering...
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    CAN WE TALK???

    duskyjewel replied to Esme12's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If it were anyone else I would dismiss this idea out of hand. But with Joan Rivers,
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    Work and School...What do you do?

    duskyjewel replied to Asmyth12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My company has an uncommonly large inpatient capacity, and I work mostly in the inpatient units. Most hospice care is done in the home. One of the biggest CNA duties for hospice is bath visits,...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    duskyjewel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And again, making out publicly in the break room is not "what someone does in their off