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  1. Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

    porridge replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My simple answer to the OP's question: Because they worked hard to get

  2. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    porridge replied to mcgocara31's topic in Nursing Career

    You are a lawyer so you already have a valuable degree. If you really wish to enter the health care field I would suggest something in the medico-legal sphere; administrative rather than floor...

  3. To those who want to leave nursing

    porridge replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I wish I was still young enough to know

  4. Are new grads...

    porridge replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Physician's Assistant. If I was 20 years younger that's the way I'd be

  5. the nursing identity

    porridge replied to violin9's topic in General Nursing

    I would think seriously about changing direction and pursuing graduate studies so that you can build on the excellent education you already possess and have a career that engages you and challenges...

  6. fired... where can a bad nurse go to find a job?

    porridge replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt that you're stupid, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten through nursing school. For some reason you have problems with getting organized and perhaps with remembering everything you have to do...

  7. feeling frustrated by AN posts and second guessing myself

    porridge replied to jlpsu's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't going to post a second time but I feel compelled to do so, if only to tell you not to regret your thread. If anything, you should take it as a very useful piece of pre-nursing world...

  8. feeling frustrated by AN posts and second guessing myself

    porridge replied to jlpsu's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I've ever seen anyone on here advising those who want to be a nurse, or even just want to work, that they are idiots. There is a lot of honesty on these boards, and it's a good thing...

  9. No nursing shortage: roll call!

    porridge replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    Northern Virginia. Glut, glut, glut. Schools everywhere, pouring out new grads for the unemployment line.

  10. Should I retest a patient with a positive PPD history?

    porridge replied to Thomas RN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with one of the country's best infectious disease specialists for a couple of years and he would always re-test a pt who reported a previous positive PPD, and if that was negative he'd order...

  11. Your Most Challenging Experience?

    porridge replied to septvirgo03's topic in General Nursing

    400lb stroke pt. choking on a huge food bolus (her family would keep bringing her junk food). I managed to get her sitting up in bed, leaning forward, and I was kneeling behind her trying to apply the...

  12. Time to call a duck a duck?

    porridge replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I thought it was common knowledge that nursing is not a profession. Legally it is defined as a "professional endeavour". Like it or not, facts are

  13. When "The Calling" wears off?

    porridge replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    It's kind of hard to hear the calling any more when you're working under several tons of

  14. What was/is the hardest part of your undergraduate nursing education

    porridge replied to Weber's topic in General Nursing

    Community nursing project.

  15. What are your credentials and what's your IQ?

    porridge replied to Weber's topic in General Nursing

    "People who boast about their IQs are losers" ~ Stephen

  16. Why does anyone go into nursing?

    porridge replied to guineapiglover2011's topic in General Students

    I wanted to be a nurse from a young age. I was a very sick child and the only thing that made long hospital stays bearable were the kindness of various nurses. Of course that was a long, long time ago...

  17. What to do after being fired.

    porridge replied to lynkay's topic in General Nursing

    You've received some excellent advice already, so I just want to add that I'm sorry this happened to you and don't let it ruin your self-esteem. With the nursing glut it is now all too easy for...

  18. Sick of all of the bullying.

    porridge replied to ANH_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It can be really awful, and some workplaces are so toxic that they can leave you questioning your abilities, intelligence, and worthiness as a human being let alone an employee. There's an inordinate...

  19. Would you suggest nursing as a career to someone considering it?

    porridge replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    In all honesty, no. I say that because if I was able to go back and choose again I would not choose nursing. Don't get me wrong, I always wanted to be a nurse and I have loved aspects of the job....

  20. Concern: Age Discrimination for a New 58 RN

    porridge replied to Cyns's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is age discrimination in nursing, as in all fields of employment. That's not to say it's impossible to get a job as an older nurse, as long as you are physically able to handle the demands of...

  21. What is nursing coming to?

    porridge replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the hardest thing to come to terms with in nursing today is acceptance of the fact that nurses are - with a few exceptions - glorified waitstaff. And I use the term "glorified" very loosely,...

  22. How are some nurses nurses?!

    porridge replied to kellyjo's topic in General Nursing

    There is a very valid point being made in this thread, and it is that jumping quickly to denigrate another nurse's professional worth because of a mistake is one of the more unpleasant symptoms of the...

  23. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    porridge replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Get off that cell phone and have the common courtesy to LISTEN to me when I'm talking to you and/or assessing

  24. Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

    porridge replied to ToughLover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Keep a journal. Document everything in a casual but factual manner. Journals are permissible legal evidence should you require it. Smile, be reserved but professional on the job, and keep your powder...

  25. One Lesson

    porridge replied to futurenurse913's topic in General Nursing

    Don't ever get caught up in the bs of nursing life. Where there is gossip and backbiting, smile and walk away. Remember to tell yourself that the day you become perfect is the day you can join in the...