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  1. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...when I started at one hospital we had a DON who believe a nurse, is a nurse and we floated from the NICU to L&D (until they refused to have anyone from NICU until they had been cross...

  2. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    This has been a fun thread, talk about a walk down memory lane!! It is amazing how far we have come in just the 42 years I have been a nurse. So many things that were experimental now standard or...

  3. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    My diploma school, which was hospital based, (graduated 1974) had a white school uniform with the school name on pocket. Our caps were how people were able to tell year. Vertical stripe blue, first...

  4. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm retired now, but graduated in 1974 so definitely COB! I remember so many of these. Loved my cap (symbol of HARD work), but hated wearing it. Remember knocking it off my head on traction bar and...

  5. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    tinyonern replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Working in the NICU and washing isolettes every three days. Mercury, glass thermometer that got broken frequently (like several a shift) and then chasing down the mercury with paper and bare hands....

  6. Perfume at work?

    tinyonern replied to fawnmarie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had to leave work several times with migraines and severe wheezing because a co-worker worn perfume. I mentioned it to her, and she blew me off. Finally, had to go to supervisor (couldn't afford...

  7. Mid-forties : Looking for a Specialty to Grow Old In

    tinyonern replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Be very, very careful if you go the insurance company route. It isn't physically taxing, but mentally it can be so stressful!! There were quotas, time constraints and an overall horrible work...

  8. How do you leave it at work?

    tinyonern replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Canigraduate, I can't begin to tell you how angry your post made me. Really?? It would have been fine had you just written "I think we would all appreciate..." Why was it necessary to be snarky?? I...

  9. Incivility: Beyond the Nurse

    tinyonern replied to Jkaiservi's topic in Nurses Rock

    Excellent, well-written article. I do find it ironic however, since I feel this same verbal behavior existed on one of the threads recently. Several of the "older" established posters were...

  10. How do you leave it at work?

    tinyonern replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a bit different response to the OP. Obviously, it is important to leave work at work; but I believe part of the reason it is hard to leave this incident behind is thinking about WHY what you...

  11. Doctors want Dr. Oz off Columbia medical faculty

    tinyonern replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When I was working with seniors, I was horrified at the number of them that said they had stopped taking their meds because Dr.Oz said "...." When questioned whether he who had never seen or spoken...

  12. Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    tinyonern replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I stayed in the NICU, in the same hospital for over 20 years. Technology was always changing and there was never any lack of things to learn. That being said, we also were the last generation to get...

  13. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    tinyonern replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I HAVE had patients try to kill me when I was caring for them! We had a HIV patient in psych who would try and bite you or spit in your face. Or the patient who had treatment resistant TB who...

  14. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    tinyonern replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It is a specialized team who have trained to to care for this type of pt. No one will care for these pts except members of the

  15. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    tinyonern replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is a response to designer-mommy. Take a deep breath, and realize you wouldn't have been hired if they didn't think YOU could do the job. Working in psych requires people skills, (well, all of...

  16. What do they know about nurses?

    tinyonern replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I thought I was the only person who detests House! One of the worst medical shows ever. St. Elsewhere was not bad, ER also not bad. One of the least realistic nursing representation...Dr....

  17. I Miss Nursing

    tinyonern replied to Cricket183's topic in Retired Nurses

    Esme12 - I too have MS. I had left hospital nursing even though I loved it, but it got too dangerous (worked acute adult psych). I didn't know then I had MS. I started working an insurance...

  18. Smokers need not apply?

    tinyonern replied to RainMom's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    So refusing to hire a smoker is ok because cig smoke clings to clothes and bothers others. What about perfume? I have had asthma attacks triggered by perfume, never by the scent of smoke!! And what...

  19. Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    tinyonern replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    Rudy - and when my hospital started a pilot, we were given a choice to work 8 or 12. None of those who stayed on 8 begged to go to 12, and in fact when we were forced to because it was more cost...

  20. Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    tinyonern replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    I fail to see any huge inacurrent generalizations, or for that matter hyperbole. I don't know what part of the country you work in, but where I live it is hard to find a hospital that offers any but...

  21. Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    tinyonern replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked both, and I have to say that I also HATED 12s. 12 hr nocs especially sucked, I never felt rested. I once even fell asleep standing up taking a temp (leaning on an isolette)! 12 hr...

  22. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    tinyonern replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The BSN only is almost an urban myth...when I graduated in 1974 from a diploma program, it was being said that within a few years one would need a BSN to be able to work. At that time the few BSN...

  23. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    tinyonern replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Anyone remember when Cher and Sonny named their child Chasity? People snickered but after some of the celebrity names I remember it is mild...Apple, River, George (not bad until you get siblings...

  24. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    tinyonern replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Strawberry Rose, Omega Maranatha Christan, UCI (actually we talked the parents out of this, to

  25. Case Study: Solve A Neurologic Mystery

    tinyonern replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

    Very interesting case. My first reaction was bladder infection caused mild confusion, which led to mis-taking meds, which led to NMS or serotonin syndrome, which led to... I never worked with adults...