ANnot4me

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  1. A Day Without Nurses

    ANnot4me posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am sure this has been done before, but yesterday after my third 12-hour night shift it occurred to me that I work in a profession that is indispensible. It is summer holiday weekend here and our...

  2. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    ANnot4me replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    The original poster was being honest and I appreciate that. I entered nursing to become a psych nurse and thought I would endure al the gross stuff (I found it all horriying too) to reach my goal....

  3. Question about foreign nurses practicing in the US

    ANnot4me replied to jiabaoyu's topic in General Nursing

    Hello-- For your friend to be able to practice nursing in the US, she will need a recognized nursing degree. A degree in medicine will not allow one to practice as a nurse as they are two different...

  4. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    ANnot4me replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    When people try the "But you don't have kids" routine with me, I remind them that I was neither present when their children were conceived nor given a vote as to whether or not they should have...

  5. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    ANnot4me replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had an epiphany the other day and it wasn't good. Basically, I have been in a very unhealthy relationship and haven't left because I keep waiting for things to change. It hasn't changed in 10 years...

  6. help re 'pentecostal beliefs'

    ANnot4me replied to nickismith72's topic in General Nursing

    Othodox Jews and New Zealand Maori people believe that one must be buried with all body parts. I am sure there are

  7. Think I could get fired for this.....

    ANnot4me replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should refuse the assignment as a CNA. I believe if you were to call your board of nursing that you would find that no matter what your function, you are still held to the same standard...

  8. Nurses Being brought in from another country

    ANnot4me replied to KTYRN's topic in General Nursing

    I moved from the US to New Zealand and I was there a couple of weeks and was doing a neuro assessment on a man who was less than 24-hours post a severe stroke (they thought he was going to die). He...

  9. 1 year ICU schools

    ANnot4me replied to mammothsnw's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Wow! another bitter nurse looking for the chance to attack and feel justified. Why am I not surprised? The question by the OP was specific and did not ask for abuse. Crabs in a

  10. 1 year ICU schools

    ANnot4me replied to mammothsnw's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Wow! another bitter nurse looking for the chance to attack and feel justified. Why am I not surprised? The question by the OP was specific and did not ask for opinion or advice. Crabs in a...

  11. Wearing scrubs home??

    ANnot4me replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    I wear my scrubs home. I wear them to the grocery strore too. When I get home my shoes go under the bed. I read this thread and it seems silly to me. I live in a city where people use the streets...

  12. 3rd Week of Orientation - now planning of quitting the job...

    ANnot4me replied to firefox828's topic in General Nursing

    I am really sorry that you are yet another victim of the nursing profession. People will make light of it and make all kinds of excuses for it: my favorite is when they call it "trial by fire."...

  13. Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

    ANnot4me replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a nurse and I am male. I have no desire to work in LD, but if I did, I don't see why my gender should be taken into consideration at all. Being male does not make me a sexual preditor. I am...

  14. Telling the public "what nurses do"

    ANnot4me replied to C. Rosella's topic in General Nursing

    This is a great point and one that I feel is terribly important because it is a major problem with nursing. It is very difficult to explain and I find that when I try to explain it to people, they...

  15. Drug Testing At Hospitals

    ANnot4me replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

    I have had to take many drug tests and have always passed. But maybe that doesn't go far enough. Nurses should be subjected to credit checks, blood tests to determine alcohol use, psychological...

  16. Why SHOULDN'T one smoke in Amsterdam?

    ANnot4me replied to Busy20yo's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I've been there and done that. You only live once and it is legal. It was so weird to sit in a public cafe and smoke. I don't mcuh like the stuff myself, but it was an experience I will never...

  17. Errors at Work

    ANnot4me posted a topic in General Nursing

    There is something I would like to talk about that seems to be a taboo among nurses: errors at work. I have make them. In the last 7 years, I have made many of them; most were minor and basically...

  18. Just returned to nursing

    ANnot4me replied to rnparrot's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, welcome back. What you describe sounds like how I feel everyday. I am always afraid of making a mistake or not being able to think clearly in an emergent situation. I feel like the day that I...

  19. Pleasing the "customer"

    ANnot4me replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It gets so out of control sometimes. Soon the unit will be like a brothel and patients will sit in a little drawing room while all the nurses available for that shift line up for inspection. The...

  20. Andrea Yates R.N.

    ANnot4me replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    "Beloved" is a book by Toni Morrison and it is the story of an escaped slave who is haunted by the memory of her child. The main character believes that she and her child are going to be captured....

  21. Andrea Yates R.N.

    ANnot4me replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I have read this entire thread and some of the attitudes expressed by some posters were shocking. Has anyone ever read "Beloved?" Who knows what kind of world this woman believed she lived in? Even...

  22. Admissions at end of shift

    ANnot4me replied to DeLynn's topic in General Nursing

    It is really helpful in these cases if the unit has a policy about this. Many have policies that an admission in the last 30-60 minutes gets v/s and settled and the next shift does the paperwork....

  23. Interested in Australia

    ANnot4me replied to Cali83's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I am a US nurse and was in Australia for 17-weeks. Australia is huge and most of it is uninhabitated desert. Perth is a long way from anywhere. I repeat, it is a long way from anywhere. Sydney is...

  24. US RN with questions about travelling to AUS

    ANnot4me replied to SarRn's topic in International Nursing

    Hey, The first thing is to get registered in the state in which you would like to work. Sydney is in NSW. You can not get a job or visa without registration. I am in the US, but registered in NSW...

  25. Getting Along- The Union Debate

    ANnot4me replied to mobilsurgrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have worked in Illinois and California. My job in Illinois was "at will" and I was fired for writing up the wrong person for a serious error. In Illinois, I also worked for low wages, frequently...