KJStarling

KJStarling

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  1. Freaking Out... not really about nursing...

    KJStarling posted a topic in International Nursing

    I have been planning to relocate to AUS for a while. I'm 10 months from moving. My kids dad is backing out of letting me take my them. My SO is starting to waffle. I don't care. I want to move. It...

  2. Any Psych Nurses...

    KJStarling posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    diagnosed Charlie Sheen? Just

  3. Unethical? Illegal?

    KJStarling replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Mine too, Sister! Mine too! take care, thanks for the chuckle!

  4. Unethical? Illegal?

    KJStarling replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    ppfffttt.... Stay out of it, if this neighbor is as obnoxious as she sounds anything you say to her will either fall on deaf ears, or encourage her to embellish her story more, maybe with you as a...

  5. Wearing trousers instead of scrub pants

    KJStarling posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am shopping for new uniforms, and pretty frustrated. I really hate the way I look in scrub pants. I need more stucture, more tailoring, I just don't look nice in shapeless, baggy scrub pants. What...

  6. Nurses who come from abusive/addicted families

    KJStarling replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read any studies, but it's true in my life... My parents have both struggled with addiction. Currently they are sober, unless you count the hoarding... which I do. I don't really believe...

  7. Am so upset.

    KJStarling replied to carolmaccas66's topic in International Nursing

    I'm sorry. This is really just wrong. We all value your words of wisdom, encouragement, and humor, and I am mad that your mother didn't. I know you lost a treasure. It sucks. You know what doesn't...

  8. Best way to lift a sagging breast for apical pulse

    KJStarling replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    We actually did this in a unit I worked on, when the sternal rub didn't elicit a response... Imagine my surprise when the patient (male) started giggling! Anyway, I use the back of the hand trick

  9. Management Pay

    KJStarling replied to QTNurseBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I am leaving a salaried postition to go back to the bedside, and hourly pay. My salary looks awesome on paper, the benefits are great, until you factor in 60 + hour work weeks and 24/7...

  10. New Grads, Bitterness, and Maybe A Real "Nursing Shortage."

    KJStarling replied to Trinitas2010RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Our census is sky high, and they still can't hire more nurses, because they have a hiring freeze due to the losses the hospital system took when the economy and stockmarket

  11. Is hospital work like an abusive relationship?

    KJStarling replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to point out that bad work relationships happen in all fields... It's not just in nusing. I had a boss who was like an alcoholic parent... Never knew what I was walking into... Giddy,...

  12. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    KJStarling replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG!!! I was teaching a class on Computerized Order Entry and someone asked how to order a "follow up." I stood up infront of the whole class and said very enthusiastically:"F U, I'd just enter F U!"...

  13. Asking for Opinion/Advice from TEXAS

    KJStarling replied to JUDERN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry that's awful, I agree you should go up the chain, but maybe you could enlist the help of some of the medical staff who agree and are sympathetic? This happened on a unit I worked on. We were...

  14. "I'm A Good Nurse" Syndrome

    KJStarling replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I think that would be great, because honestly my boss has no idea what I do! My boss manages several teams, and I know the only thing she focuses on are crisis! My peers know how it roles and how I...

  15. Telling The Truth: A Nurse Who Stutters

    KJStarling replied to RN0310's topic in General Nursing

    RN0310 I think you're golden, but seriously if the DON seems that scary, maybe you should put some feelers out for a new gig... I mean firing someone because of the way they speak is really awful!...

  16. Telling The Truth: A Nurse Who Stutters

    KJStarling replied to RN0310's topic in General Nursing

    If you gave me report, and said hang on a second, my stammer is acting up, I wouldn't care. We all have something that makes us different. I have had nurses say "I need a minute... I have a headache,...

  17. If we are supposed to be promoting gender equality in nursing

    KJStarling replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I was hoping to read about gender quality!!! Good men are sooooo hard to find! Just

  18. Families and Healthcare: What Do You Think?

    KJStarling replied to DREAMSDOCOMETRUE0610's topic in General Nursing

    i agree, the monitors, numbers, machines tend to freak people out, and encouraging them to really visit and support the patient is great

  19. "I'm A Good Nurse" Syndrome

    KJStarling replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    ROTFL! This makes me want to take up cross stiching... Thanks, I needed

  20. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    KJStarling replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    TIC TAC STAT!!! Yes, those scrubs DO make you look fat... I don't understand why you are still married to this guy who won't work, won't care for your kids while you're at work, and makes you cry at...

  21. Do nurses get fired often?

    KJStarling replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dear Jesus... Please never let me be addicted to anything bad enough to CHEW SOMETHING THAT WAS ONCE STUCK ON ANYOTHER PERSON! Amen :barf01: PS The whole political thing/mean girls/sucking up is why...

  22. Any Psych Nurses...

    KJStarling replied to KJStarling's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL! Point well

  23. Georgia Regional Hospital of ATL

    KJStarling replied to Lillylyle's topic in Georgia Nursing

    That's the honest truth! Good

  24. Start singing this to yourself to help work go by faster

    KJStarling replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, when my day is dragging or just not great I hum the theme from Indiana Jones! "da da da daaaaa... da da daaaa..." makes everything seem better! I'll have to switch it

  25. Dead body vs. Live patient

    KJStarling replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I never felt this doing post mortem care, but after I attended organ procurement the line between life and death got a lot wider and vaguer... I mean the Person wasn't there anymore, but some of those...