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    No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    good on you, Suanniam!!! I bet you felt LESS stressed for doing the little extra things, and kinda good:) Kinda peaceful and happy inside, i bet. Well, that's how i feel when i do little extra...
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    Scared of dealing with violent patients

    THIS really was hilarious, you might have had to BE there, to see this extremely tiny old old woman, and the nurse laid out onto the floor, but, we laffed about it all shift.... also---the cunning...
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    No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    true, maybe it wasn't OP who sounded exasperated or annoyed, but, maybe remarks like //" People need to stop thinking of Nurses as personal servants/waitresses."// seemed to have a tone of annoyance,...
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    Scared of dealing with violent patients

    I have encountered a few violent patients in hospital settings. I've worked in many many settings, and i personally have only encountered violent patients in hospitals. The bulk of this small group i...
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    No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    The only part of this story i question, is why so annoyed over this very small child asking for help? Or, if you are annoyed at the teacher, who knows, the teacher might have thought the child's ear...
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    Obamacare

    Tewdles, i DID fully grasp your point, i immediately understood your point. my reply was not clear, sorry. speaking of unclear posts by me, i made a mistake here, in reply #22, too //"by having our...
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    Assessment in different languages

    the overwhelming majority DO. However, say you learned french, doing your medical care, or your banking, or buying a home, while conversing in another language, in a foreign country, can be a...
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    Whats your favorite montra or saying?

    OH, another one, i like, goes something like, "we rarely succeed at things we don't have fun doing." okay, maybe not so applicable to nursing, but, pursuing fun matters
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    Whats your favorite montra or saying?

    wow, i just now stopped and read all the others, WHAT A GREAT THREAD!! Thank you to the OP for starting this one!!
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    Whats your favorite montra or saying?

    If that is too small to read, one of my favorite mantras is "ATTITUDE IS 90% of EVERYTHING!!" Others favorites include great quotes about perservance. http://www.quotegarden.com/perseverance.html...
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    Assessment in different languages

    We had one of these, for spainish speaking patients, can't recall who made it, it was a small, coil-bound bunch of cards, divided up by areas. It asked "yes" and "no" questions. We didn't have to...
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    Obamacare

    nOW, Tewdles, usually i much admire how your brain works, but, on this, come on, think about it, instead of creating the possibility of increased need for healthcare jobs, wouldn't it be better to...
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    Obamacare

    yes, most people do see Obamacare (or the PPACA) will increase business, will increase the patient census with more who actually are having their bills covered (as opposed to having their bills just...
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    Obamacare

    //"You mean like insurance companies increasing their rates and hospitals piling on more for nurses to do, with fewer of them. Those are just two ways off the top of my head that I can think in...
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    Obamacare

    great post! and no, most people don't realize the bulk of Obamacare, or the ACA hasn't gone fully into effect
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    Hair follicle testing??

    I have participated in 100s of "chain of custody" urine tests, as i worked ER, and most all companies order any employee who is hurt on the job, to submit to a urine test. I have also collected urine...
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    Hair follicle testing??

    but, i think we both can agree, (be stunned if anyone DISagreed) that anyone who is court-ordered to pass a drug free urine test, or anyone who wants to quit smoking pot, for whatever reason, should...
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    Hair follicle testing??

    i am all for people recovering. all the way. I've had some pals who were struggling against alcoholism, or various other addictions, very painful to watch, and i stand humbly in awe of those who do...
  19. also, Esme, so far as i know, a Jehovah Witness IS a christian, but that branch has recognized and rejected the pagan origins of the christian holiday celebrations. The JWs are actually right on...
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    I am so sick of racing the clock

    Yes, in ICU, or in CCU, or open-heart recovery, i usually felt i got to know my patients, and their families, pretty darn well, as i only about 2 patients. Some nurses who work LTC say they know...
  21. Yes, Esme, i can not recall any time i witnessed a nurse trying to convert a patient, especially not to the point of arguing, whether the nurse was a theist, or a deist, or an atheist, or an agnostic,...
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    Hair follicle testing??

    He does not work in healthcare, nor does he have a problem. I really believe it is the laws against pot smoking that are wrong, not the smoking of pot. Some people use a martini to have fun on a...
  23. but yeah, i know some people who have had a discectomy, and had impressive improvements, and others who had same surgery, and had little improvement at all. this is also true of various pain-relieving...
  24. Lol, i am surprised this thread isn't jammed with tons of stories from all the nurses with bad backs out there! I had a bad back for a while, no surgery, just lived with it, and it was during that...
  25. aw geez, that has to be real tough, i have nothing to add to the posts above, which seem like good ideas to me, but, just wanted to say, i hope you are doing well, and hope your appt went well with...