Dewman

Dewman

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  1. Are We Truly That Gullible?

    And God help you if you switch creamy peanut butter for chunky. Not only will they take away your license, they will probably chop off your
  2. Congrats on your job offers! Around where I live (Indiana) the "nursing shortage" is a cruel myth. Yet the nursing schools keep taking that tuition, and pumping out more and more new
  3. Keep the Sabbath

    I'm confused. What is "free
  4. "Taking a dump" is "normal biology" too, but I would rather residents didn't do it on my nurse's
  5. Out of control visitors

    Boy, isn't THAT the
  6. Yes, apparently so. Perhaps they would have no problem with residents getting it on right on the nurse's station
  7. Maybe that would be a GOOD
  8. What IS your frikkin'
  9. WAKE UP!!!!

    In a previous job in LTC, I was the sole 2nd-shift nurse on my hall of 35 residents, some of whom received a veritable pharmacy's worth of routine meds. The eMAR forced you to accomplish that within...
  10. It's Wrong! (A night shift perspective)

    Amen!
  11. It's Wrong! (A night shift perspective)

    Whoa! If you can cath somebody and not even wake them up, you're a better nurse than I am, Gunga Din! Actually, you probably ARE a better nurse than I am. I just don't see how even FLO could cath...
  12. It's Wrong! (A night shift perspective)

    Wow! I work nights in LTC, and this stuff resonates with me. Waking up an elderly resident with dementia at 0300 to shove a tube up her urethra, because she might have a UTI?? BULL EXCREMENT!!! I...
  13. While I earned my ASN, I worked as a PRN CNA - IOW, only part-time. I am now working as a full-time RN, and have been accepted into an RN-to-BSN program which amounts to full-time school for 3...
  14. Robin Williams RIP: Coping Mechanism?

    In the words of Smokey Robinson: "Now there's some sad things known to man But ain't too much sadder than The tears of a clown When there's no one around..." RIP,
  15. RN to BSN full time + working full time

    Thanks for your reply. I'm starting to think that way, too. The other option - if I want to get my BSN - is to go slower by taking a course at a time online. I think that might be more
  16. RN to BSN full time + working full time

    Twelve credits per
  17. Tired of the Media's Portrayal of Nurses?

    What???? You mean "Nurse Jackie" isn't
  18. Strike nursing

    I did not mean that the MEANINGS of the two terms were comparable. I meant that the USE of both terms by those to whom the terms don't apply, is comparable. In both cases, the respective term is a...
  19. Strike nursing

    Oh? Ho
  20. Male Nurse Hair Styles

    I go with what could be called your basic military crew. No fuss, no muss - dries in a couple
  21. Strike nursing

    The fact that SOME strike-breakers refer to themselves as "scabs" does not change the fact that it is considered a pejorative when used by a striker to refer to a strike-breaker. It is not dissimilar...
  22. The Agony of Da-Feet

    Perhaps this topic has been done to death before, and I just missed it. I'm a big guy, with wide feet. In your experience, what shoes are the best for easing the pounding we all give our feet every...
  23. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?

    Perhaps. But as an increasing amount of primary care is transferred to NPs, they will begin to experience the same kind of problems that lead to physicians' refusing to accept Obamacare -...
  24. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?

    Pmabraham: Did you ever notice how some people are so deep in the tank, that sunlight cannot penetrate to