mom22

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1. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

   mom22 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

   On Monday, we had makeovers and manicures. Some vendors came and you could get free Avon and other samples. Tuesday is vendor day for shopping. Wednesday is cultural diversity day, with employees...

2. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

   mom22 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital has something planned for every business day of the week. I forgot what all they had planned, but one was a shopping day with vendors coming in, one was an ice cream party, and I think I...

3. Interested in the field of women's health, but not so interested in labor/OB

   mom22 replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

   This is my area, also. I've enjoyed the regular clinic setting, a few years in a fertility clinic (we didn't follow the pregnant patient), and am now in antepartum. In antepartum, a baby is born...

4. Divorce And Affairs????

   mom22 replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

   I think some women go to nursing school planning to get independent of a crummy spouse (my sister did this) , and I think others realize after graduation that they no longer need to keep a crappy...

5. intestinal virus...

   mom22 replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   We called it "Two exits, no

6. Houston nurses (relocation questions)?

   mom22 replied to kcasey's topic in General Nursing

   The Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research- a very prestigeous brain and spinal cord specialty hospital. Very progressive. They don't like to be pronounced 'tear', and prefer

7. Houston nurses (relocation questions)?

   mom22 replied to kcasey's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think you'll have any problems finding employment in the Houston area. We have tons of hospitals all over the city and all the ancillary stuff that goes with that. Why not go to one of the...

8. Forced to float?

   mom22 replied to rn500's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm in the APU. I float to L&D (for APU patients. Some APU nurses take laboring patients, but I don't feel qualified and so am not required to do so), PPU and occasionally Med/Surg. I don't mind...

9. refusing mandatory O.T.

   mom22 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   Whenever I see messages like this, I just wonder what the heck your union is doing for you. I had a long polite discussion with a union nurse on another board. It just amazes me that a union- which is...

10. Funny things patients say !

    mom22 replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'll always remember a patient who came to the fertility clinic to have her 'fert-ability' checked. It just made so much

11. holiday bonus anyone?

    mom22 replied to alyciaboo's topic in General Nursing

    We got a $25.00 grocery coupon and a notice that next year we will recieve a dollar an hour extra for holiday pay... notice that our current time-and-a-half is now missing. My husband got $300.00. He...