Valanda

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    Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    Valanda replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    I used to wear Luv pats under my white scrubs because they showed no lines. but one day I didn't have my lab coat on and a female resident, who was hard of hearing and spoke very loudly, told the lady...
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    Hypochondriac Nurses

    Valanda replied to HillNPStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes i worry that the nurses I work with will think I'm a hypochondriac. I have this problem that everytime I go to the doctor they tell me I have some strange thing I've never heard of before!...
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    Stop #@$%!* Thief!!!

    Valanda replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I worked at a nursing home where money kept being stolen. They caught the thief by placing money where it was good bait, but they put something on the bills that only showed up under...
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    What is the major reason nurses leave?

    Valanda replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

    I did speak with the fire department about the facility once. They assured me that the home had fire doors and a sprinkler system and that patients could be moved from one area to another and that...
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    What is the major reason nurses leave?

    Valanda replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't leave nursing, but I quit a nursing job because the facility was backwards. Management seemed to think I was nuts and refused to listen to me. This facility had 3 floors. The first floor...
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    New To Night Shift

    Valanda replied to XYicuRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working graveyard shifts since 1989 and I love it. I recieved some wonderful advice from a 60 year old night shift nurse who oriented me early in my career. "If you are going to work nights,...
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    Respiratory therapy?

    Valanda replied to westl's topic in General Nursing

    One aspect of the RT profession that hasn't been mentioned here yet is the opportunity to go into DME provider business. Our area has 3 companies that provide ventilators, oxygen, CPAP and other...
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    "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    Valanda replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    In the interest of promoting more care in people's choice of words, I'd like to point out that there are a growing number of Wiccan's and other pagans who take offense at the use of the term "witch"...
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    HH-have you ever been attacked?

    Valanda replied to texas_lvn's topic in Home Health

    I had been caring for a 3-year-old girl on a vent for 2 years on the graveyard shift. One night her father came in the room drunk at 1:30am, closed the door behind him, and asked how his daughter was...