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  1. NOW does the public understand?

    weirdRN replied to FroggysMom's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, John Q. Public is oblivious. Even after this happens. Docs are just people too. They cry, whine, hunger, thirst, urinate, defecate and hemorrahage just like the rest of us. I will never...

  2. Calling in Sick

    weirdRN replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I don't complain loudly, I grumble under my breathe and frown alot. It doesn't do any good to complain anyway. We are so short that the staff that call off consistently are never done anything...

  3. Calling in Sick

    weirdRN replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    See, I feel bad when I call off. I complain loudly when other people call off and we have to work short, esp on weekends when call offs seem to go through the roof. I have been at the same job for...

  4. The very, very old and sick who are full code

    weirdRN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have the info on the video, I will ask my social worker the next time I am at work. I do have the info on the pamphlets. They Are: Caring for a Loved One With a Terminal Illnes CopyRighted...

  5. Wearing white

    weirdRN replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    Retired RN, I got three of those hats that have like six little buttons you can undo for laundering. As for the starch, that won't be difficult I don't think. StayFlow liquad was my favorite when I...

  6. Wearing white

    weirdRN replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    I wore white last night and I wore my cap last night too. I got several looks from the staff, and one person made snide comments but the rest of my co-workers were very receptive. I got a lot of...

  7. Just quit my first nursing job.

    weirdRN replied to rsmn17's topic in General Nursing

    You could go back for RadTech. It would open up a lot of other options for you. Special procedures ect. You could become an UltraSonographer. Before you go and do all of that though... Consider what...

  8. Wearing white

    weirdRN replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to try an experiment. See how the residents react to white and Nurse's Cap. I figured out how to get the cap to stay and I am wearing mine for the first time this afternoon. And I am...

  9. Update- job from h*!!

    weirdRN replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    My Nursing Instructors told us at Graduation that If we were unhappy at a job, that we should move on. That there are jobs around every corner. They said that some day you will find you niche. That...

  10. Chewing gum after colectomies

    weirdRN replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't it stand to reason that if the mouth is the beginning of the digestive tract that that is where peristalsis would

  11. Wearing white

    weirdRN replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    I am considering between solid colors and white. I love the print tops and the scrubs, but I think they leave a less than professional impression. So, I will be wearing at the least a solid color...

  12. The very, very old and sick who are full code

    weirdRN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a Nursing Home. When we have a resident that is a full code, we require the family members and the resident to sit through a thirty minute video on what it means to be a full code. Then...

  13. "Abandonment"

    weirdRN replied to erkantarik's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to you Nursing Director first then go over her head, then over their heads. Then go get a lawyer. along the way, make sure you document everything down to farting while on the toilet. This sounds...

  14. How narrow is the path?

    weirdRN replied to zaggar's topic in General Nursing

    I had all A's until I got to real core nursing classes. A&P, Micro, Chem, Algebra, All A's. First semester nursing school , I missed my A by three points. Second semester, same story, third...

  15. If you could change on aspect of nursing.

    weirdRN replied to AMBERRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I think respect and image improve with the attitude. I think better staffing improves attitude. I also think better staffing gives the families an opportunity to see that you really do know what you...

  16. If you could change on aspect of nursing.

    weirdRN replied to AMBERRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Better staffing. I would even settle for less pay if I had better staffing. Better staffing = more time to care for the patients the way we are taught to care for them in school. Better staffing =...

  17. Oddest things found in a patient!

    weirdRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    :roll :roll :roll I heard from a nursing supervisor yesterday that there was a man who came to the Er claiming that he was painting naked and he fell onto a lamp, and the light bulb went right up his...

  18. Chest tubes

    weirdRN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse who said the best way to get rid of a chest tube was to let it go to

  19. Staff eating with residents

    weirdRN replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay, Maybe I have started to change my mind. I have recently been exposed to a different kind of nursing home through a job interview. I called and asked for a tour and more information about the...

  20. Chest tubes

    weirdRN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    A chest tube is an extension of the pleural space. Chest tubes are usually used for draining air or fluid from between the visceral and parietal pleura of the lungs to allow for maximum lung...

  21. ultram

    weirdRN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, look that up in your drug book and on medline plus. This drug is a synthetic narcotic, fewer negative side effects, good pain relief. I have a number of patients on Ultram and Tramadol and...

  22. Staff eating with residents

    weirdRN replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There is absolutely no reason to be nasty or disrespectful just because I disagree with what you and another poster had to say, and find eating my meal with the residents distasteful. It is hard to...

  23. Staff eating with residents

    weirdRN replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I respectfully disagree. I do not believe the "home" atmosphrere is appropriate for all levels of long term care. I think you must have either a much stronger stomach than I, or you have not worked...

  24. Job Searches: When you have a past. question

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I called the Human Resource Director myself to find out what the scoop was. So far, no word. She said she would call me back in a day or two. I will give until Wednesday to get back with me before I...

  25. Job Searches: When you have a past. question

    weirdRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay, I will be a new grad in two weeks. I decided a few months ago that I was going to work for this one hospital in my area. I love the environment and the poeple there. Since preceptorship...