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  1. Question?? Tender hearted

    grinnurse replied to MsKris24's topic in General Nursing

    I too am extremely tender hearted and wondered if I could disassociate that with my career and nursing and with all honesty I have to say that at times I can and at others I can't. The hardest deaths...

  2. Absurd Things That Managers Do

    grinnurse replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I am all for a dress code. What really grosses me out, and this not only goes for nurses who do this but anyone in general are the ones who wear the hip hugger pants (that really shouldn't) and then...

  3. Protecting my license/patients now paranoid.........

    grinnurse replied to grinnurse's topic in General Nursing

    keeping staff at this facility is not the problem either as a majority of the nurses have been with the facility for 15+ years. i did get nearly 6 weeks of orientation on the floor from several great...

  4. Co-workers on allnurses...

    grinnurse replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I too do not say anything on here that I would not say to a person in real life if asked so I don't worry too much about who sees the posts that I make. I have recomended the sight to several at work...

  5. Spring '05 grads-1 year in-how many new nurses you started w/ are still there?

    grinnurse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well 100% at the facility that I work at of course I was the only new nurse that started when I did LOL........couldn't resist this. Of all the nurses that I am still in contact with only 2 have...

  6. Let's call Oprah

    grinnurse replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    hi kim- i agree with your post and your take on how to get our message out to the public. you have referred to a "petition" site and i don't know what you are talking about and was hoping that you...

  7. Let's call Oprah

    grinnurse replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!! I personally respect Oprah and most of her causes. She has helped change alot of people's thinking on different issues and even though alot of people don't consider her a "serious...

  8. Ok, lets flip this coin!

    grinnurse replied to twinmommy+2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks OP-we needed a good thread like this!! I am in now for 10 months on Med/Surg, love my co-workers, have great docs to work with and have learned so much!! Even though it has it's moments of...

  9. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

    grinnurse replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds to me like the charge nurse butted in to the conversation and maybe should have had the manners to keep her mouth shut instead. People like that always make me want to tell them that they need...

  10. Getting organized and getting through the gauntlet

    grinnurse replied to TallNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry that you are having a hard time with the nurses and shame on them for their back biting!! Have you told them before that you are open to constructive criticism (sp) and would appreciate...

  11. Adjustment to ED nursing from med/surg?

    grinnurse replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    Wow-what a timely post for me as well. I began orienting to the ER this past Wednesday. I also did my last clinical rotatation through ER in NS and ended up loving it but took a Med/Surg job to get...

  12. What De-Stress technique works for you?

    grinnurse replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Ob ny way home from work it will either be total quiet except the sound of the road under my wheels or 70's music off XM. If really bad, as soon as I get home I go into my room and just chill on the...

  13. First year = depression?

    grinnurse replied to Serenyd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have suffered with depression off and on now for about 5 years. It really started towards the end of my prereqs for nursing school and the War in Iraq. Doc put me on meds for about 6 months and it...

  14. april 2 is daylight saving time...love or hate

    grinnurse replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that DST was brought about in the 70's during the gas shortage to help w/ energy consumption. My personal thought though that it is really for the golf players of the...

  15. Doctors comments about not trusting his Nurses

    grinnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am absolutely livid this morning about comments that a Doctor made to one of my pts families yesterday while he was performing his assessment on a new patient. Pt was admitted to the floor with...

  16. I stood up for myself........kinda long....

    grinnurse replied to FreshRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :yeahthat:

  17. Two questions

    grinnurse replied to paulamac's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know that we have a specific P&P for holding B/P meds. I have always been told it is a nursing judgement. Here's what I do though-if the initial B/P is low like 110/60 or below and it...

  18. burn out

    grinnurse replied to janetrette's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OMG, you had 10 pts, a direct admit with blood to transfuse, and Charge!!!! Are they crazy? GET OUT!!!! I #1 could not imagine being charge after 9 mos (which is where I am at as well) and I dern...

  19. Do you see a problem with this?

    grinnurse replied to DallasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I see a problem with it. I have been done this way several times to our SNU unit and although it is not as intense as ED it is still different from my MS floor. I am looking forward to my...

  20. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    grinnurse replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that stated several times but know it's not the truth. Alot of student nurses were saying that the last semester until they did a rotation through our local MHR facility. Or local state...

  21. Dreading work, feeling like a fake

    grinnurse replied to bjroberts's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I relate the nursing profession to building a house like this: Prereqs are like getting the ground leveled, concrete poured, and putting all the things in the ground like the pipes and all the wood...

  22. allnurses.com tshirt ideas?

    grinnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Wow-I am impressed with all the suggestions that I have seen. I think having more than one anniversary t-shirt would be great. I agree with the poster who said "quality" b/c I really like t-shirts...

  23. allnurses.com tshirt ideas?

    grinnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to have a T-shirt with Code Brown on it! I think that is soooo funny!! Definately be a conversation starter!! It could be put on the back and have on top a Large Brown stool (like you...

  24. allnurses.com tshirt ideas?

    grinnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

  25. Float policy?

    grinnurse replied to natsfanrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't you just hate it when they do that to ya? I know I do. I sometimes get floated to the SNU/SNIF when they need someone and I never have a good day when they do that!! They wanted me to go and...