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  1. bbb

    richardgecko posted a topic in General Nursing

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  2. What's your part time job?

    richardgecko posted a topic in General Nursing

    For those of you who have a second job, what is it and why did you choose

  3. A Nursing Student with Epilepsy?

    richardgecko replied to GlitterFaerie's topic in General Nursing

    Me. I have this weird thing where my tongue and lips go numb from taking it

  4. JUST a nurse

    richardgecko replied to Knights Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I said the exact same thing about being regularly mistaken for unlicensed personnel and my non minority coworkers sorta dismissed

  5. New Nurse, what did I get myself into...

    richardgecko replied to ColorfulStethoscope's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I understand that but tbh the hand holding period is over. Like Subsippi said, you gotta get a thicker skin and try to be a step ahead of

  6. New Nurse, what did I get myself into...

    richardgecko replied to ColorfulStethoscope's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So you hadn't ever taken a pt on your own prior to getting your first job? Like in your final clinical

  7. JUST a nurse

    richardgecko replied to Knights Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Never had anyone ask me this but it crosses my mind because I was pre med before I went to nursing

  8. Why nurses eat their young?

    richardgecko replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree but he's not exactly the most tasteful about it. He's called out a few coworkers in front of patients and was sorta mean about

  9. Why nurses eat their young?

    richardgecko replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had it happen once with a highly unprofessional clinical instructor. Never again. I've met a baby nurse eater at my newest job but I've picked up on his shtick. He asks obscure questions to test...

  10. Do you think nursing programs can benefit from more rigorous prerequisites?

    richardgecko posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That is, more sciences/maths in addition to the microbiology/college algebra that is required of us to take to enter most nursing programs? I find that nursing tends to be very easy to get into in...

  11. What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    richardgecko replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    Because its an extraordinarily introverted personality type. I don't think it's beneficial to have that many people who don't thrive on social

  12. Kodak Moments - Just When You Think You've Seen it All

    richardgecko replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    OB nurse cleaning lochia off a 1 hr postpartum mom with no gloves on Granted she was very old school and extremely knowlegeable (one of those nurses that you almost cower in fear of their all knowing...

  13. If you could go back and choose....

    richardgecko replied to Ndnrnbsn's topic in General Nursing

    something in

  14. What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    richardgecko replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    INTJ. The rarest of them

  15. AT&T Will Keep Your Grandma Out of the Nursing Home

    richardgecko replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    No, a crafty hacker can use this opportunity to stalk my parents and rob them. NO. I don't like those away from home security systems either. Just seems

  16. Remaining cordial with coworkers you dislike

    richardgecko posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...for a legit reason of course. I've never had a good poker face. If I don't like someone or I'm unhappy with a situation, I tend to wear my frustration on my face. This is a problem now that I'm...

  17. Can an RN work at a legal pot farm?

    richardgecko replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Soooo can NPs prescribe weed in legal

  18. Remaining cordial with coworkers you dislike

    richardgecko replied to richardgecko's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is pretty much what's the problem. She's a liar and her laziness puts pts at risk, but she'll lie and weasel her way out of it. It makes me angry and its a pattern of behavior. She's been...

  19. Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    richardgecko replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I live in the South, so yes, I hear it all the time. I just chuckle silently and let them

  20. museum for psych rotation

    richardgecko replied to OnlinePersona's topic in Psychiatric

    Play

  21. museum for psych rotation

    richardgecko replied to OnlinePersona's topic in Psychiatric

    I shouldnt be laughing, but this is what you get when you take the easy way out. As one commenter on the video said, there are community colleges that cost far less in the area that these ladies could...

  22. Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    richardgecko replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You sound more jealous than

  23. first nursing job offer but no benefits?

    richardgecko replied to loveteenamarie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    CAREER!! sorry for yelling at you. I heard my 18 year old self in that

  24. Too much stuff behind ID badge!!

    richardgecko replied to NurseEric81's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes. I recently added a clip on pen light and now the lanyard won't stay in the reel. Dah well. It does come in handy. Recently we had a code freeze called over the intercom and we were all like...

  25. Before I enter Nursing School....

    richardgecko replied to DagnyT's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're scared of the overabundance of nurses, be open to moving and taking jobs that you may not necessarily want. I find that nurses who have a hard time finding work fresh out of school live in...