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  1. ANA, State, and Specialty Associations

    guest64485 replied to Melissa0181's topic in General Nursing

    I'd urge you to not just randomly join any organization but to take the time to investigate the differences between organizations, for example, the ANA vs. CNA/NNOC Just as many doctors feel the AMA...

  2. Never Good Enough

    guest64485 replied to nursemartin00's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if you are saying this as a figure of speech or being serious about this, but please do see your doctor regarding this. This is not something to take

  3. Does this get better?? :-(

    guest64485 replied to Cls62011's topic in General Nursing

    These are the two key points. As long as you have these, everything else can be worked on. It takes a long time to transition from new grad to nurse. Over time you will learn some things to help...

  4. average age of a nurse?

    guest64485 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    Here you go! The average age of the Registered Nurse is climbing. With the average age of RNs projected to 44.5 years by 2012, nurses in their 50s are expected to become the largest segment of...

  5. Do nurses make the worst patients?

    guest64485 replied to Esme12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've had multiple nurses (and doctors) as patients, and have been a patient myself. I've talked with many of them openly about being a nurse as a patient and how they would like the care to go, and...

  6. To insure or not to insure??

    guest64485 replied to kdbuckley1's topic in General Nursing

    Never trust your employer to have your back. Having your own insurance is a good investment. Would recommend Professional Liability Insurance for nurses, nursing medical

  7. Wrong side/omitted procedure

    guest64485 replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

    All the other posters here have nailed it and I thank them all. The post by goats'r'us shows that this is a policy at some places and not just a 'new nurse' thing, so I will be calling the hospital...

  8. Wrong side/omitted procedure

    guest64485 replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

    In addition, to clarify this: the nurse didn't state I could not ever speak with the surgeon, but that I had to be moved to the next holding room/anesthesia room before I could be able to speak with...

  9. Wrong side/omitted procedure

    guest64485 replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

    I am a 7 YEAR member of allnurses and a 5 YEAR RN; I don't appreciate the insults and insinuations. I see you have been a member of allnurses for less than 1 month OrNurrse03. I don't know why you...

  10. Please Help - I have no where else to turn

    guest64485 replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Have a little compassion. While screaming back was not the ideal response (which the OP recognizes), the OP did not do physical violence like the patient did - you are going too far by saying she was...

  11. A job I love or pay the bills

    guest64485 replied to lilbeans's topic in Nursing Career

    If there is low turnover that is a good sign that you've got a quality job. Jobs like that can be hard to come by. I worry that even though this other job pays better that it may not be worth it for...

  12. Code Blue Announcement

    guest64485 replied to airborneinf82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is an issue that greatly bothers me. As many people have already stated, overhead code announcements have allowed us to help neighboring units with their codes, know which units not to bother...

  13. RN tried to talk me out of Nursing school...

    guest64485 replied to NYCHikerRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    [quote=>JustBreathe Long story short, only you can decide if nursing is for you. a 2 hour movie is very different than devoting years and possibly tens of thousands of dollars of debt to something....

  14. Stupid things that nurses say

    guest64485 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was explaining to a patient why women were so much more susceptible to getting UTIs. So I told my attentive male patient that with women the urethra is almost 2 cm long opposed to 8 inches in men....

  15. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    guest64485 replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    20% of qualified nursing school applicants were accepted into my program, and of those, only 23% graduated. I felt the school did not do its part to assist the students to graduate - my family was...

  16. Sad...

    guest64485 replied to LindseyRN86's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely ask why they didn't choose you if that is the outcome. It may be something you hadn't realized was an issue, and can be changed for the next

  17. Just put an end my misery if...

    guest64485 replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    I am a firm believer that there are some things that are worse than

  18. ABANDONED

    guest64485 replied to GitanoRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is a BIG difference between a child "abandoning" their parent, and a parent abandoning their child. When you say teenager, do you mean less than 18? If so it seems like legally they can not...

  19. How can I stop being so scared and shy?

    guest64485 replied to leogirl8's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have trouble with speaking to groups as well - I overthink/overanalyze/over-worry. What I've found helps for me is to get it done and over with asap - request to be the first presentation as much...

  20. Do you tell patients you might be related?

    guest64485 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I had a patient the other day, sweet old man, who, by his unusual last name, likely was related to me (not an immediate relative, but semi-removed). I saw his name on the paperwork before I went...

  21. do you make sure your pts

    guest64485 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, wooh, you nailed it

  22. Long distance trials patient?

    guest64485 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a patient here in the US who has tried multiple medications for her condition without success. She is running out of options and her condition is deteriorating. There is another drug which,...

  23. Is med/surg really that bad?

    guest64485 replied to clearblue3's topic in Medical-Surgical

    There's a lot of factors that go into it. I'm of the mindset that safe staffing can offset the majority of nursing's problems, and there are a lot of places with borderline or unsafe staffing. There...

  24. OA vs Rheumatoid arthritis

    guest64485 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not entirely sure what you mean, there's multiple types of arthritis but fibromyalgia is not rheumatoid arthritis. You would not give immunosuppressants to someone with

  25. OA vs Rheumatoid arthritis

    guest64485 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    As others have said, you can think of OA as "wear and tear" but RA is autoimmune and varies in how quickly it progresses. RA can "turn on" in childhood, or after serious illness or even pregnancy --...