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  1. Hello my name is.......and I am OBESE

    tencat replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting to see how passionate people are about the issue of weight. No one can argue that being a healthy weight, eating right, and exercising are all good for us. I think overweight people...

  2. Suicide

    tencat replied to tewdles's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've never had a patient, that I know of, commit suicide. I have had them say they were going to...but they never did. Actually, I'm surprised more of them DON'T commit suicide...not that I think...

  3. Suicide

    tencat replied to tewdles's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Must be the same huge mega-hospice corporation I work for.......we had an employee commit suicide and everyone was expected to carry on like nothing

  4. Hello my name is.......and I am OBESE

    tencat replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    John20 obviously you are a fortunate person who has not had to deal with crappy metabolism and weight issues. Good for you. I do not think obese people need to be pitied at all, but compassion and...

  5. New Grad Ethical Difficulties

    tencat replied to theycallmeking's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't take that job, if it were me, but not because of the pills in the dining room thing....it's not safe or fair to you to only offer two shifts of orientation. NOT a good situation. As to...

  6. Hello my name is.......and I am OBESE

    tencat replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    No doubt about it: Excessive weight leads to a lot of health issues. I am probably going to end up type 2 diabetic myself, but am trying hard to stay healthy. I could lose the extra weight if I...

  7. Vent about work

    tencat replied to JB2007's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry for you. I like the suggestion from one of the others about using a Fentanyl patch on those at the end of life (if they have any fat on them, that is). What about hospice? In some...

  8. Anyone familiar with Lemierre's?

    tencat replied to sadie252's topic in General Nursing

    Supposedly really, really, rare, but scary nonetheless.....amazing we can survive as a species, isn't

  9. Why so much competition between nurses?

    tencat replied to MrsCrypes's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes the more letters behind the name and the more personal horn- tooting, the more inferior the nurse....I've known several like that. I really don't care how many letters you have behind your...

  10. Question about getting certified in case management.

    tencat replied to homenurse321's topic in Nursing Career

    To do case management I think you need some nursing experience first so you know how the system works and what resources are available to patients in your area. Case management is not something you...

  11. Vacation time for M-F people-how much time?

    tencat replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    Sheesh. I get 6 holidays, and three weeks of PTO. I usually have to take more and end up taking vacation without pay. Three weeks doesn't cut

  12. case manager turnover

    tencat replied to mimiv123's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hospice is a calling and management takes advantage of that. If you don't say no, they will walk all over you and claim it's all 'for the patients'. I don't say no very well sometimes, and I pay the...

  13. Interested in the VA

    tencat replied to SAHMStudent's topic in Government, Military

    Hi all. Hey, I have been applying for jobs with the VA, but have had no luck even getting a call back. I think I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what. I've tried talking to human...

  14. Adventures in the McDonald's drive-through...

    tencat replied to Bumashes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You make me proud to be a nurse! Thank

  15. The "risk my license" game

    tencat replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    There are some lazy employees out there for sure......but if you've sat them down, written out a plan of improvement, given them the proper training and guidance, then why can't you send their sorry...

  16. Seeing loved ones before death?

    tencat replied to Keila's topic in General Nursing

    If it is 'just hallucinations,' how come no matter what culture, or spiritual background, pretty much everyone who goes through the process of dying slowly has the same hallucinations of loved ones...

  17. Nurse's: Find your own replacement when ill

    tencat replied to Leelee2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My job does that too, and it is annoying as all get out. I agree, I'm not a staffer, I'm an RN, and YOUR lack of planning, boss person, is NOT my problem. Just another tactic to get us to work...

  18. Highly disturbed today at Clinical...

    tencat replied to cookiesandcream22's topic in General Students

    You did the right thing. The CNAs are totally over-burdened with patients, but that's not an excuse to not try to do something as simple as covering up a modest patient. Wow. It's so sad that...

  19. Am I Being Unreasonable?

    tencat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I got a new job working with an agency that provides in home nursing care for clients. I have gone to part-time with a hospice job as I felt I was burning out. This new agency is part time also....

  20. Am I Being Unreasonable?

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I sent a resignation statement to the staffer and the human resources person after getting a nasty e-mail about how I was overreacting about the patient in question and if I didn't accept him, I...

  21. Am I Being Unreasonable?

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, he's a genuine keeper! He's not being unreasonable about it at all, he's just 'suggesting' that I don't burn bridges as it's a small town and there are not tons of nursing opportunities, but I...

  22. BSN to take Nclex LVN

    tencat replied to jackpot0618's topic in LPN to RN

    Uh....why don't you want to take the NCLEX RN test? Just

  23. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    tencat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Wow. The company I work for used to be really good about treating nurses well during nurse's week. One year they hired a massage therapist to give 15 minute chair massages. Then one year they...

  24. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't need stuff....but a thank you would be nice every once in a while and an acknowledgement that gee, maybe it is tough watching people die day in and day out. The only time I hear from my...

  25. hospice and personal struggle

    tencat replied to akRN68's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    akRN, you are not alone! My mother died in 2001, and looking back on the events leading up to her death, I never noticed the end of life signs, either. I look at pictures of her now taken within the...