*LA*

Ok, well, here goes. m new here. I actually found this site when I was looking for "white nurses clogs". I googled that phrase and a journal from this site came up. ( Im going back to work soon, after being home for 4 yrs and am nervous about it, so ...

Hi Everybody. Im LA. Im an RN (since 1990) and Ive been home for about 4 years. (parents were sick, stayed hom to care for them, they died and, Ive been hme since) ANyway, I am going back to work soon, part time and I a teensy bit anxious ( Ok, a ...

I totally agree hey, thanks for sharing that

I totally agree hey, thanks for sharing that

thats EXACTLY how it went ! the talking, then the pauses.... I really hadnt heard of this before (but they dont talk about this stuff in the OR) Im glad to know that there are others it was just, and thats the perfect word, "surreal" you know what t...

I didnt realize that others had had this happen also. it was strange though, she just seemed more lucid than she had been ina week. it was just a very bizarre epxerience. ps thanks for replying, appreciate it

I graduated from a diploma program in 1990 and the amount of clinical experience was invaluable. you can always go back and get your BSN after you graduate (which is what many of my friends have done) either way, I wish you all the best ~~~~~~~~~~...

thank you thank you thank you soo much Ive been visiting ( my urologist is in the same buildling so I would visit the OR, when I'd go to see him) I applied and they said they be happy to have me back, will start in May.(knees knocing here...lol) i...

I dont have anything to add but this stuff is FUNNY ! now anyway ,lol

I saw this once on a chart under "social history" for a new admission "patient lives with wife but works part time in a whorehouse" (the resident was learning English. he meant "warehouse")

LOL, yes ! and people stared ..lol

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tap tap tap Is this mic on ? anyone out there ??? tap tap tap

Again, Im sorry of this doesnt fit. I am an RN but I work in the OR and Ive rarely seen death there. This is another personal experience but it relates to how the nurse dealt with "us", my father had alzheimers and my mother had been dead for almost...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** this probably doesnt fit here, since its a personal experience, but I left it here anyway*** ( I can probably delete it if needed) Ok, well, here goes. m new here. ...

Im so sorry that I didnt see this thread. I just now wrote something that I think would fit. I'll see if I can cut/paste it and put it in here in this thread

sorry about all the typo's. I excel at them :)

Thank you very very much Leslie. I appreciate it and Im very sorry about your mom. I think that it almost seems harder when youre the "nurse" of the family. I dont know, people just seem to expect more. both deaths were difficult, but for differant r...

that was a good post Leslie. Im sure that youve helped a lot of people.

same here ! lol

I was at a high school football game when one of the players was injured and down on the field ( he was OK) I was quietly complaining (out loud) that he was nice and pink and moving everything so why were they taking so long to get this kid off the f...

Once I went out to dinner with friends and one of them dropped a knife on the floor, so I did what came naturally, I quickly kicked it away from the table They all looked at me like I had two heads and then I remembered that I wasnt AT work........ ...

Hi george, its nice to meet you. Im new here, Im "LA". Anwya, Ive been home for a few yrs ( 4), been an RN since 90. Next month, Im going back to work, I took a pool position at the local suburban hospital where I worked a few yrs ago. (Im on the eas...

HI ! you should go and read my post ( Im new, meet me, aka the chicken) In fact, I saw youre post and though, "gee, that would make a great title for MY post" ......lol Anyway, Im an OR RN and Im going back to work. Im nervous too. (been home for a ...

Hi, Im new. LA here. ANyway, I really like the Dansko brand but theyre very exoensive so Ive been looking at them on EBAY. They have them brand new in the box and theyre usually usually about a third to helf off of what they are in the store. I bough...

Thank you. My mother was at home, and had had one visit from the hospice nurse , before she died. My father had been at home prior to his hospital admission and died unexpectedly, after one week in the hospital. The hospice nurse was great even t...