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  1. Divorce And Affairs????

    babs_rn replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

    well, for the record, Nursing is not the reason for my divorce 8 years ago...but it IS the reason my kids don't live with me. I know of a number of other nurses in the same boat. Hospital nursing is...

  2. Divorce And Affairs????

    babs_rn replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

    ...meanwhile, I continue to struggle for some "normal" working hours that will allow me to go to my kids' recitals and games, not only have the visitation weekends off work but also to be worth...

  3. Divorce And Affairs????

    babs_rn replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

    Divorced for 8 years and...thanks to the shifts...a noncustodial mom. Sucks, doesn't it? In a relationship now, but having to work every other weekend and having the kids every other weekend leaves...

  4. Funny Names for Nurses

    babs_rn replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    had an ER patient one time whose name was Early Graves. What was his mother thinking??

  5. Pain scale (Rated R)!!!

    babs_rn replied to nurseyperson's topic in Nursing Humor

    For women I use the pain of childbirth to compare to a 10. For older men, it's kidney stone pain. Otherwise I often go for the little "face chart" scale. If they're walking about, laughing and joking,...

  6. How do I choose a stethoscope? Please help!

    babs_rn replied to laurasjj's topic in General Nursing

    I bought a sprague rappaport and one day the head just fell off. So I bought another one and the same thing happened. I decided that if I was going to spend X amount of $ every time I turned around I...

  7. Where have all the nurses gone?

    babs_rn replied to steve brock's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...this veteran nurse is in school now because I just can't see doing this at 50 years of age - I don't think my mind and body could stand up to it that long. The other night it was time for the...

  8. Should I change majors and goals to Nursing?

    babs_rn replied to HeatherC's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there... Sure, if you want to forfeit having a normal life and schedule, put your health and life at risk (not to mention your license), work like a dog and get little respect for it, go into...

  9. To LPN or RN?

    babs_rn replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is very demanding and time consuming and will pull a student far away from his/her family. Everyone married classmate I had (and there were quite a few) was on the brink of divorce by...

  10. STRESSED OUT nursing student

    babs_rn replied to NurseKrissy's topic in General Nursing

    The difference between nursing school and the reality of the working world as a nurse is the fact that you no longer have homework (well, sometimes you do) and you have a massively increased...

  11. Contemplating a career in nursing

    babs_rn replied to ajw's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious to know why you would want out of Exercise Physiology to go into Nursing, of all things? I'm actively in the process of gaining the education I need to leave nursing and Sports Med was...

  12. To stay or not to stay in Nursing

    babs_rn replied to Redeye's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted out of it after only 8 months, myself. I was in med-surg at the time...12 years later, I am still here mainly because of financial commitments that I am trying to eliminate so I can go to...

  13. Dress Code

    babs_rn replied to prmenrs's topic in General Nursing

    I think there's something about moving into a new facility that makes administrators go crazy with changes. I have been unfortunate enough to have worked in two such facilities...in one, the ED went...

  14. Dress Code

    babs_rn replied to prmenrs's topic in General Nursing

    I had a DON tell me one time in an interview (years ago) that caps were not allowed in that facility because of infection control concerns. I had never thought of that before but it seems valid...

  15. Nursing student needs help please

    babs_rn replied to jillbaum's topic in General Nursing

    Violence in the ED,

  16. Postpartum position as a new grad's first job?

    babs_rn replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

    Forget med-surg - if you don't like it, don't start your nursing career out on the wrong foot by doing that rotation - you might wind up dropping out altogether. There are too many areas in nursing to...

  17. weight loss

    babs_rn replied to allevi's topic in General Nursing

    Take your meals to work with you and stay away from the vending machines. Graze. Keeps your blood sugar levels more stable. MAKE the time to exercise. That's a must. Seems appetites grow on nights and...

  18. For Profit Healthcare - Is it working?

    babs_rn replied to reg06's topic in General Nursing

    When for-profit healthcare companies start putting quotas on admissions,like it's a manufacturing company or something, then something has just got to give. That is as blatant a profit mindset as I've...

  19. new grad seeks advice

    babs_rn replied to GLW's topic in General Nursing

    How about a med/psych floor?

  20. READ THIS

    babs_rn replied to Speedy1RN's topic in General Nursing

    ok, I read it. I like the part about patients with "no history of psychological problems" not getting addicted to pain meds. How many patients coming to the ER DON'T exhibit signs of "psychological...

  21. rude doctors

    babs_rn replied to nursesrthebest's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite: I once worked in a facility that had a "code pink" on the books - never saw it used but I liked that it existed: Code Pink there was if a doc was throwing charts or otherwise being an ass...

  22. Medical school

    babs_rn replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

    I started nursing school in lieu of the pre-med program when I was 18 because I didn't want to commit that many years of school to a field I knew nothing about. One thing I learned in nursing school...

  23. Should he or shouldn't he?

    babs_rn replied to Sismom's topic in General Nursing

    You'll be accepted fine, but every area of nursing consumes its members and every area of nursing has the potential to cause severe burnout. Home care and hospice, as mentioned above, require call...

  24. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS???

    babs_rn replied to NurseLinda's topic in General Nursing

    ummm.....

  25. Let's play I Remember When.....

    babs_rn replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    I remember cutdowns and caps, and backrubs for management of the back pain that inevitably accompanied having to lie in those uncomfortable hospital beds! I remember MOM and merthiolate mixed and...