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  1. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    tencat replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    Out of the mouths of

  2. RN's vs. Students @ clinicals

    tencat replied to NJNursing's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry to hear people are having bad experiences with clinicals. I wonder what makes nursing staff more accepting of students.....The nurses at the hospital I was at clinical for this semester...

  3. Depressed and worn out

    tencat replied to giada23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm so glad you got up the courage to put her out. Good for you! Just because she's your mother doesn't mean you owe her ANYTHING if she won't give in return. Your family will try to keep you down...

  4. Scary Incident Happened to Me Yesterday

    tencat replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    If you have to go into the rooms, at least take a buddy with you, preferably a scary looking co-worker. I would be really careful of getting caught up in thinking "It was just a childish prank"....

  5. Fired AGAIN!! HELP!!

    tencat replied to kwagner_51's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello...Who on EARTH can do a good job with 28 patients?????? Holy Cow. I would be looking for places that don't have that kind of patient load and that have a thorough orientation

  6. How can I set myself apart from other BSN applicants ?

    tencat replied to elizabetta's topic in General Students

    Howdy Elizabeth! Are you trying for UNM or NMSU? Or out of state? I'm in UNM's program. Do you already have a degree in another field? I highly recommend learning Spanish. At the hospital where...

  7. I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    tencat replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    There are those who enjoy studying theory. Let them. But don't ram it down the throats of those who choose to practice in a different way. It is good to be aware that there is a base of theory out...

  8. Group Mentality or Shining Star? (Vent)

    tencat replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think I missed something here because I'm not sure what exactly you were venting

  9. Nursing not for me?

    tencat replied to NathanDH's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can deal with everyone else's crises (Puking, cuts, etc.) but I'm USELESS with my own child. My husband thinks it's pretty funny that I'm the one who is going to be a nurse, yet I always call him...

  10. Visitors Code of Conduct

    tencat replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Treat staff (secretaries, nurses, aides) in a respectful manner. Abuse of any staff should not be

  11. Evil OB

    tencat replied to Dayray's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This might be off topic, but I was wondering if as a nurse you have the right to refuse to work with someone who is practicing unsafe medicine? That creep should be held accountable, but what if the...

  12. Depressed and worn out

    tencat replied to giada23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Are you still with us? I had a mother who was an alcoholic. I spent a lot of time trying to help her, but I found out that you really can't help someone who doesn't want to do the work necessary to...

  13. Group Mentality or Shining Star? (Vent)

    tencat replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    At 36 I'm not so old that I don't remember what I was like at 20. I think that's the key to getting along with those at the edge of adulthood. I remember getting married, taking neat trips, going...

  14. I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    tencat replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Ok, I just want to pause a moment and say that I thoroughly enjoy the debate going on here! Let's keep it

  15. I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    tencat replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree with you there that theory should be there to guide practice, but if the theory has been proven to be irrelevant or not useful to practice, why continue hanging on to it? Theory should be...

  16. I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    tencat replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The field of Education has theory.....and the vast majority of it is a lot of crap that is TOTALLY useless in the classroom ( I taught for 12 years ). So nursing ought to embrace theory in the same...

  17. I was totally dissed last night

    tencat replied to Law of Fives's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Then it sounds like you are in the right program for you and you probably have the skills you need. I agree that learners all learn differently, and not every education program is suited for every...

  18. I was totally dissed last night

    tencat replied to Law of Fives's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Law of Fives, if you have a lot of hands-on experience with the specific skills of nursing, then a program like EC is good, I think. It is a waste of time to jump through hoops that you already are...

  19. Hospice work difficult during holidays

    tencat replied to mlynn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm not a nurse yet, but I KNOW that I can't ever do what you folks do. God bless you for the work you

  20. Age when you had your first child?

    tencat replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    33 Had first, and probably last child because of Pre-Ecclampsia (not doing that again!) I'm glad I waited because my husband and I got the chance to travel a lot to so many places. It was hard...

  21. Zoloft???

    tencat replied to grannypatches's topic in General Nursing

    Zoloft saved my life when I was 22. Keep taking it. Your son needs a kick in the pants......what a nasty, unfeeling thing to say. :angryfire You don't have to tell anybody that you take...

  22. Looking for opportunities in Chile

    tencat replied to kwerickson's topic in International Nursing

    Hmmm....I spent a year in Chile, but not in nursing. I taught 6th grade. You might try looking at one of the national newspapers called El Mercurio, if you speak Spanish, that is, and see if they...

  23. abusive relationship/advice

    tencat replied to OURN83's topic in General Nursing

    You need to get out. Now. If you can't do it for yourself, at least do if for your kids. Divorce is ugly, yes, but much better than letting your kids be emotionally damaged every day by this creep....

  24. Who else has to work Thanksgiving?

    tencat replied to jenrninmi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A nurse I talked to yesterday works Thanksgiving yearly, and she and her husband have a "Bring Over Your Leftovers" day on the Friday after. She invites friends and family to bring their Thanksgiving...

  25. Please tell me how this is right?!?!

    tencat replied to L&DRNJenn's topic in General Nursing

    My question is, what criteria makes one a 'low' performer? Is one a low performer if you don't run to get coffee for the family of a patient when you have five other patients who need care? Are you...