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  1. So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    macawake replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    That is battery. The criminal act of battery can be a part of a bullying, but battery or physical violence isn't required to label behaviour as bullying. The worst cases of bullying I've...

  2. So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    macawake replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not convinced that you've understood my reply to you correctly. I was discussing the effect of terrorism and the effect of an inept new graduate's mistake and how the two differ. You're the one...

  3. So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    macawake replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    That would be rather difficult since I'm a 6'1'' blonde female. I don't think that you can compare the effects of an inept recent graduate, or the ineptitude of an experienced nurse either for that...

  4. So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    macawake replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not young and in a couple of months I've been a nurse for eight years. The "NETY" threads don't bother me now and I very much doubt that they'll start annoying me ten or twenty years from now. SO...

  5. So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    macawake replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    There have been quite a few threads on this topic. To be honest I don't understand the highly emotional response I see from some nurses whenever someone mentions "nurses eat their young" or bullying....

  6. The grumpy aide ... And how to stop us vs. them

    macawake replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've worked with some wonderful CNA's and some really annoying ones. There's one CNA in particular that I'll always remember. When I was a brand new nurse I worked on a med-surg/intermediary/step-down...

  7. IV start: no blood when withdrawing but still usable?

    macawake replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

    It's definitely not standard in my neck of the woods. After getting flashback when placing the iv catheter, I use a saline flush to test the patency of my peripheral iv catheter (saline going in), I...

  8. Am I in violation of code of ethics?

    macawake replied to Nursey916's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have to wonder if you aren't pulling our collective leg... April Fools' and all :) No one has accused you of being a scammer. You were simply being provided an answer as to what kind of trouble...

  9. Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    macawake replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly don't feel like I've been lied to. How I interpret the message of using correct body mechanics when lifting is that if you lift weights with straight legs and a bent back you are absolutely...

  10. Of your patient load..

    macawake replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Your question actually made me reflect on why I chose nursing as a second career. The truth is that I didn't go to school for any particular kind of patients at all. My primary motivator was that it...

  11. Nurses forced to work as aides

    macawake replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    10^3 likes :) I wish that more people would see this. This attitude that some hold, that those nurses who don't embrace ADL's as their number one work responsibility and derive copious amounts of...

  12. Don't Want To Touch Patients!

    macawake replied to ThinBabe's topic in General Nursing

    Hypochondrium (pl. hypochondria) (Latin) or hupokhondrion (I think is the correct Greek spelling) is an anatomical location, the upper lateral abdominal region overlying the coastal cartilages. In...

  13. Nurses forced to work as aides

    macawake replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I consider being a physician (I assume that's the kind of doctor you're referring to?) a respectable way to make a living. It's a hard and demanding job in its own right and I would have been proud...

  14. Nurses forced to work as aides

    macawake replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    While this may not be true for OP, luckily enough for me my employer is the author of "the little list", not me. I haven't worked med-surg for years but when I did there was an official job...

  15. Nurses forced to work as aides

    macawake replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The following reflection isn't just a response to the quoted post but a response in general to many other similar post I've previously read on this topic. I get the feeling that some nurses think that...

  16. To tell or not to tell!

    macawake replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am actually a bit saddened and dismayed by some of the responses in this thread. The consensus seems to be; keep a low profile, don't rock the boat and choose your battles wisely. While I agree...

  17. what is CDL

    macawake replied to spring00's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Swedish nurse and I haven't got a clue what it means but I googled "CDL medical abbreviation" and got: closed duodenal loop choledocholithiasis complement dependent lysis Cornelia de Lange...

  18. I feel uncomfortable doing this

    macawake replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It shouldn't be a hard situation. You've met this person ONCE, ten years ago. You don't know her. How could you possibly provide a reference? Make stuff up as you go along? Ask others what think of...

  19. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    macawake replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand if this job isn't something you'd personally want to do and that's fine. I'm just not comfortable with the "even if another nurse made a mistake or failed to rescue, I would not point...

  20. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    macawake replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I respectfully disagree. To me this sounds like "the White Wall of Silence". If a nurse makes a mistake or fails to rescue and this results in a patient being harmed or killed the nurse in my opinion...

  21. Dear Doctor

    macawake replied to lilirishblesing's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with previous posters. Most of the things done by nurses described in this letter is called "doing your darn job". Yes, a skilled nurse is very valuble to a physician/provider and it's my...

  22. About the "do not crush" medications

    macawake replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    I can easily see how you'd feel overwhelmed with 48 patients to care for. I would too, and I'm not a new grad. Personally I wouldn't trust the word of another nurse about crushing a "do not crush...

  23. About the "do not crush" medications

    macawake replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    Whether or not the State people are watching or not isn't the important factor. What's important is that the medication is administered in a safe manner and that it's absorbed correctly. Pills can be...

  24. Evolution and Nursing

    macawake replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I really wish that was the case. Brandon, you've responded to this poster before (Feb 24th) when s/he posted under a different username. This is a quote from one of my favorite vloggers and it's aimed...

  25. I am the wife of a male student nurse and having trouble coping.

    macawake replied to Theotherone's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Forgive me, but I can't make heads or tails of the story you're telling. Your husband thinks that you'll get jealous but he chooses to tell you a lot of females ask for his phone number? Not class...