Wet Noodle

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  1. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

    Wet Noodle replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Men in pink polo shirts began in the preppy days of the late 70's. Men in pink dress shirts began a bit before that, I think, during or just after the wide tie days. Pink scrubs on men is news to be,...

  2. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

    Wet Noodle replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    And yet the customary dress for RNs now is surgical pajamas. It's all a matter of what we are used to. Think about what people of stature in other cultures

  3. How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    Wet Noodle replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...except for the 12 hours of your shift. ...as long as what you do is within your scope of practice. ...as long as what you say keeps up the Press Ganey

  4. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

    Wet Noodle replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    There also used to be these things called "orderlies"-"attendant in a hospital responsible for the non-medical care of patients and the maintenance of order and cleanliness." Yes, they maintained...

  5. Not sure what to do. Licensed RN working as tech.

    Wet Noodle replied to Spikey9001's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Are you saying that, with their encouragement, you worked beyond the scope of your job description as a tech? (This is completely separate from your scope of practice as an

  6. 8 or 12hr shifts?

    Wet Noodle replied to ashleyr34's topic in General Nursing

    Three-day-week shifts are great for nurses, but not so great for patients' continuty of care, where they might not see, for four more days, the nurse who's been taking care of them for three days in a...

  7. Name Badges Worn Backwards

    Wet Noodle replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    That's a creepy story. He already knew where she worked, so the horse was already out of the barn at that point. I don't know what the answer is for badge holders (stable and unobtrusive, but annoying...

  8. How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    Wet Noodle replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My, my, my. Yes, but you see, I'm not robbing parking meters. I'm just kidding around. If your posts are any indication, you sound like an excellent

  9. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

    Wet Noodle replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Even male nurses? What did male nurses wear in the days of caps, starched white dresses, hose, and white grandma shoes? (Presumably, not

  10. Anyone starting at Keiser university may 2012 in ft Laud??

    Wet Noodle replied to LivingInDreams's topic in Florida Nursing

    What percentage of people who start at Keiser end up passing their exit exam? For instance, if a school were to weed out all but one student, and that student passed the NCLEX after graduation, then...

  11. You know you spend too much time at allnurses when...

    Wet Noodle replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    There's always something new to learn about urinary catheters. It makes me think about General Mills, General Motors, General Westmoreland, General Hospital, and general

  12. Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    Wet Noodle replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not only that, but one of Obama's campaign promises was to reform healthcare. He won by a mandate-worthy margin. People who say the President is violating the will of the voters who elected him are...

  13. Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    Wet Noodle replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This pdf file from the Kaiser Family Foundation is also a good summary of the ACA: www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8061.pdf Understood. It sounds like you were dealt a lousy hand. I hope you find a...

  14. Good idea to keep job in hospital while in RN school?

    Wet Noodle replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Nursing

    True. but I'd think that would still put you ahead of all the new RN grads with no clinical experience, most other things being equal. But I could be wrong. (Shouldn't there be a smiley with...

  15. How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    Wet Noodle replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay. My boss? Oops. Oops. If it were her company.... Oops. Oops. Oops. And was the girl an adult? I just thought I'd throw that in there. Oops. Oops. Oops....

  16. How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    Wet Noodle replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How then should I refer to my boss and my girlfriend? "The boss" sounds like an affectation, and "the ball and chain" sounds just plain wrong. Threebrats46, there are sixty posts between the first...

  17. I'm tired of looking like a zombie

    Wet Noodle replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    The uninterpreted (by BB) BB codes usually get carried over when you're copy/pasting from a Web page. You can simply edit them out, like this: They're not in angle brackets, so they're not actually...

  18. I'm tired of looking like a zombie

    Wet Noodle replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    A friend of mine said I should try concealer after I complained about my hereditary under-eye rings. Does that stuff really

  19. What constitutes "professional appearance" these days?

    Wet Noodle replied to moma8gma1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Walomom, I don't disagree with the importance of maintaining a professional appearance, but you ought to look more carefully at the web sites you link. av11611.org is a hideous piece of work. In fact,...

  20. When a patient states "something isnt right..."

    Wet Noodle replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is spooky, because it was precisely my mother's scenario. She was in a nursing home under hospice care and asked if she could borrow someone's cell phone to call me-in Boston. The staff seemed to...

  21. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    Wet Noodle replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In order to get an ADN at a community college, you need to take at least two semesters of prerequisites (including humanities and sciences), and four semesters of nursing classes. That is easily...

  22. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

    Wet Noodle replied to DYLANB's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In some very understaffed med/surg wards, it's not safe (much less, comfortable) for a patient to be on her own. I spent weeks in two different hospitals in Boston, I was fine on my own, though I had...

  23. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

    Wet Noodle replied to DYLANB's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It may be (or may not be) rough on the nurse, but it takes a heavy toll on the roomate if the room's semi-private. If the room is private and the family's not bothering anyone, demanding of the staff,...

  24. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    Wet Noodle replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    What would happen if all the diploma and ADN nurses were to suddenly disappear, leaving behind only the BSN and APRN nurses? As far as I know, that is correct. The famous...

  25. Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    Wet Noodle replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    High sales tax. You pay it no matter how poor you are. Not much culture. Not much of an art scene or music scene anywhere in the state. In South Florida, for most jobs, your Spanish had better be...