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  1. Any takers? Supressed sexual frustrations of husbands of Nurses...

    cargal replied to Chellyse's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa--Look out! The sequel to this book will be on the shelves soon. The title is "Sexually suppressed nurses and why they eat their young." J/K of course. BTW, whats with "the pretty young...

  2. Any ideas about pros and cons of Hospitals vs. assisted living?

    cargal replied to NurseHolly's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, worked in a beautiful assisted living facility; it even had a whirlpool. Unfortunately the same staffing problems of other health care institutions plague this industry also. The whirlpool,...

  3. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    cargal replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I was diagnosed with IBS shortly after I began my first nursing job on a skilled unit in the hospital. I personally think it is bacterial- look at how long gastric ulcers were thought to be caused by...

  4. AllnursesWAR.com

    cargal replied to StudentSarah's topic in General Nursing

    Don't dispair, Sarah. I think part of the problem is that people can hide behind a monitor and strike a key and send their message off without thinking. Also, the internet reaches the entire wired...

  5. Eating our young-it has a name-Bullying

    cargal posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please see post Literally eating the "Hell" out of our young nurses. I include "New" nurses in this! Its called bullying. Great role model for our children, wouldn't you

  6. LITERALLY EATING THE "HELL" OUT OF YOUR YOUNGS

    cargal replied to angelnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is for you RAY. See Doc's great post with links. They are

  7. Workplace Bullying

    cargal replied to Ray's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have just witnessed this destructive phenomenon again, the last shift I worked, with a nursing assistant in tears because of staff abuse. See the post "Literally eating the "Hell" out of your...

  8. Eating our young-it has a name-Bullying

    cargal replied to cargal's topic in General Nursing

    "The purpose of bullying is to hide inadequacy.....anyone who chooses to bully is admitting their inadequacy." Their inadequacy may be highlighted by a new nurses fresh knowledge base or popularity...

  9. Eating our young-it has a name-Bullying

    cargal replied to cargal's topic in General Nursing

    "The purpose of bullying is to hide inadequacy.....anyone who chooses to bully is admitting their inadequacy." Their inadequacy may be highlighted by a new nurses fresh knowledge base or popularity...

  10. Eating our young-it has a name-Bullying

    cargal replied to cargal's topic in General Nursing

    Please see post Literally eating the "Hell" out of our young nurses. I include "New" nurses in this! Its called bullying. Great role model for our children, wouldn't you

  11. LITERALLY EATING THE "HELL" OUT OF YOUR YOUNGS

    cargal replied to angelnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It has a name- BULLYING!!! "What is bullying? Bullying is persistent unwelcome,behavior, mostly using unwarranted or invalid criticism, nit-picking, fault-finding, also excludion, isolation, being...

  12. How Much Longer.......

    cargal replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

    SLS, I know how you feel. You have my sympathy. It is always ssssoooo hard to be a nurse with little experience, as I am, at age 45. My suggestion- peruse the help wanted ads every Sunday, etc and...

  13. NBC nightly news

    cargal replied to teamrn's topic in General Nursing

    This segment can be seen in its entirety at www.msnbc.com/news click on the health section to view this video. Not a complete expose into the problem, but a

  14. Beyond Help?

    cargal replied to natalie's topic in General Nursing

    Let's bring this topic back to the top-this article is

  15. low back pain and anxiety in 85yo female resident-HELP!

    cargal posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In our personal care/assisted living , I have an 85 yo ambulatory female with short term memory loss and acute anxiety. When she came around 4-5 months ago, she suffered from mild anxiety related to...

  16. Nursing & Hypoglycemia

    cargal replied to lauralauranurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi , I too suffer from hypoglycemia and no MD would help me. My first jobs and nursing school was very difficult. (5y ago) Then about two years ago, I asked the MD to retest my TSH and low and...

  17. Nursing Shortage Makes the Prime Time News!

    cargal replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    There is no doubt in my mind that we need for profit health care. First, our ecomomy is based on capitalism and that is one thing ( not the only thing) that makes America prosper. We also have a...

  18. Is it just me or all nurses??

    cargal replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Your doctor is out of line. My friend went to her doctor two times with the diagnosis of the flu , still felt ill and went to the ER, they were going to send her home , and when she started to cry the...