Mystery5

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  1. Other Side of Coin---Less than Humble New Grads

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, I can't stand people who toot their own horns... It's so

  2. Other Side of Coin---Less than Humble New Grads

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    I had one new grad that was acting very aggressively to myself and others. Since I'm the type that doesn't like confrontations, I wrote her a note, telling her not to try and take charge of decisions,...

  3. Other Side of Coin---Less than Humble New Grads

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    leopold---You'll do fine, I'm sure. I was pretty intimidated by nursing school myself, and I'm fine now. Just keep asking questions of friendly nurses, and steer clear of the mean

  4. How do you find out the "case law" for what will get your license suspended?

    Mystery5 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    When I was still liscensed in Calif, where I went to school but never practised, they sent out a list of nursing liscense suspensions and their reasons. Basically, most of the reasons were because of...

  5. UNIT SECRETARIES-- the good, and the not so good...

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    These are very entertaining stories. I particularly enjoyed Mandarella's eye opening peek into the life of a Ward Clerk from her POV. I can relate to freezing up when I have to transfer a call!:rotfl:...

  6. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    Mystery5 replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    That's the one thing that I can't really get into, psyche pts. We get them on Med/Surg fairly regularly. They seem so self-absorbed and are usually pretty manipulative. I just could never do that day...

  7. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    Mystery5 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My co-workers are complaining constantly. I'm sick of it. I work at a nice little hospital where we actually get a lot more down time than most places. I've worked another hospital where you busted...

  8. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    Mystery5 replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am also from a crazy

  9. UNIT SECRETARIES-- the good, and the not so good...

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    We have another ward clerk who has a college degree in philosophy or something... She used to retort any critisism of her work by saying that the job was way beneath her, that she had an important...

  10. Mistakes! I feel like an idiot

    Mystery5 replied to Sierralee's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the

  11. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    Mystery5 replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I think this sums it up. In my own words... 1) Get a job anywhere 2) Help people 3) Get a decent wage 4) Flexible hours 5) Always something new 6) Great co-workers What's wrong with making a...

  12. Accused of Racism!

    Mystery5 replied to yaddadoit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dear Shunda, Sorry my post evoked a negative reaction in you. I'm merely relating a personal experience I had where someone engaged in a similar false accusation. As I said, that was one instance...

  13. Accused of Racism!

    Mystery5 replied to yaddadoit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had an experience, in fact in nursing school, where I had a conflict with another student who happened to be African American. Her race was no factor in my mind, but she lied and told...

  14. nursing student baptism by fire

    Mystery5 replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there are specific events or patients that can emotionally overwhelm you as a nurse. A good thing to do is talk about it. Nursing is intense, there's a lot of suffering, and certain cases will...

  15. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    LOL:rotfl:

  16. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    Mystery5 replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Right on, sister Blue

  17. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    Mystery5 replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also, I don't know why nurses in their 40's, 50's and 60's have anything to gloat about. My generation (I was born in 1957), is the baby boomer one. What a bunch of narscissistic, materialistic, cry...

  18. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    Mystery5 replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    why shouldn't nurses get paid what they're worth. i'm 47 and very caring, but i also have a family to feed and house payment to make. i have a heart for my pts, but i don't work for free. my formost...

  19. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    Mystery5 replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, I think this sums up my feelings

  20. Charge Nurses, Team Leaders, and other set ups???

    Mystery5 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We're having a rearrangement at our Med-Surg unit at our small community hospital. We are all currently free agents on Med-Surg, but in order to bring some sort of hierachial order to our free...

  21. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and what's even worse is when two or more are gathered in his (negativity's)

  22. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is good advise, I've been really trying to do just what you describe. It does

  23. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    One of the latest uproars where I work is some nebullous 'Charge Nurse' plan that is being foisted on us. We are a small rural hospital, and don't have charge nurses. It used to be that Med-Surg had...

  24. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    Mystery5 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    The other evening a young nurse I was working with was obsessing at the nurse's station over the new schedule. She just got the day shifts that she had applied for, and was furious at how the schedule...

  25. How to answer the "What is your greatest weakeness" question in a job interview

    Mystery5 replied to NurseNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like hot air to me. Everyone has