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    US nurse wanting to work in a different country

    Emergent replied to katinthehatter's topic in International Nursing

    Not happy with the election results
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    Scared of teach retaliation

    Emergent replied to FutureNurseInfo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow! What a nasty, nasty
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Emergent replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone old enough when patients weren't texting a blow by blow account of their health care experience to their friends? No looking to their phones instead of listening to patient teaching? No panic...
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    Veterinary Nurse

    Emergent replied to enc123's topic in General Nursing

    Times have changed, Karen. Our attitudes have shifted in regards to our pets. About half of dog owners sleep with their fur babies. Dogs and cats have become like humans to many of us. I like to...
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    Veterinary Nurse

    Emergent replied to enc123's topic in General Nursing

    I hate it when people try to jazz up their posts with fancy fonts and colors, mess it up, then don't fix it. That's more annoying than the term 'vet
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    Veterinary Nurse

    Emergent replied to enc123's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's OK. It's the term I use because they start IVs, monitor their patient, give meds, give teaching, but for animals. It's fine with me. What the ANA thinks is irrelevant to me. They are...
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    Colleagues who hate patients

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For the record, I'm not a Pollyanna, by any means. I find the ER an entertaining department because of the colorful and, sometimes dysfunctional people, it draws through its hallowed doors. I'm...
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    Need Career Advice - Switch from Mother/Baby to Med-Surg

    Emergent replied to New.RN2016's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The tone of your post reflects well on you. You sound like someone I'd like to work with. In nursing, changing specialties is common. For now, concentrate on learning Moms and Babes. In a year or so,...
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    Colleagues who hate patients

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This thread isn't about hatred of non-Caucasian people, nor sexual minorities. It's about working with negative
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    No Water at Lunch?!

    Emergent replied to shark_nurse14's topic in School

    I think the school should instruct the kids in string tricks. It says here that Jacob's Ladder originated with the Navajos. I didn't know that. Many Stars Another great thing we did back in the day...
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    Pain medicine to drug addict?

    Emergent replied to MrBlueSky's topic in Patient Medications

    This attitude bugs me. We are not there as moral crusaders. We are there to care for patients and give meds as ordered. This poor girl has deep-seated problems that some high and mighty, self...
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    No Water at Lunch?!

    Emergent replied to shark_nurse14's topic in School

    After they banned the strings, a new fad arose, Click Clacks. They were quite annoying to adults, and were also eventually banned. They should have tolerated the string games....
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    No Water at Lunch?!

    Emergent replied to shark_nurse14's topic in School

    I remember, way back when, string tricks were the rage. Cat's cradle, Jacob's ladder, Indian door. I loved them and became very skilled. We would get string from the teachers for a while. Then...
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    Union gave away random drug testing

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This makes sense, considering the general philosophy of this corporation. The union scale is rather steep, and they are clearly a profiteering company, first and foremost. I sure would like to see a...
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    Assigned to a filthy home?

    Emergent replied to nursestace28's topic in Private Duty

    It sound like you need to exercise your duty to contact child services. This sounds like child neglect and unsafe living
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Emergent replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    IVs connected with needles instead of claves. IVP meds were given via syringe with needle into a hub. Needleless systems unknown. Potassium kept concentrated in the units. Continuing Ed consisted...
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    Finally got my RN on my 3rd try...job interview with my previous unit in TWO days?

    Emergent replied to abbieshere's topic in General Nursing

    You've got the job. They want you. The manager pursued you because she knows, likes, and believes in you.
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    HELP

    Emergent replied to thedukestar's topic in General Nursing

    Your daughter needs to look at her budget and get financial advice. If she has equity in her home, maybe she should sell the home to finance school, if she really can't afford it. In any case, she is...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Emergent replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I found the All in the Family Episode, Pepper. The CPR scene is about 2 minutes into the video. All in the Family S7 E11 Mr Edith Bunker -
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    Barcode scanning in ED?

    Emergent posted a topic in Emergency

    The larger hospital where I work has had bedside med scanning for many years, but not in the ED. I'd been told that the fast paced environment of the ED is not compatible. I also work in a tiny ED...
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    Terminated after giving resignation notice

    Emergent replied to rn0817's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People are so weird. What a nasty woman. She should run for president, or star on a reality show where she gets to fire
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    Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    Emergent replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen cheating, except in stupid ones like annual HIPAA renewal, disaster preparedness, how to suck up to patients and their families, all the online, repetitive crap we get over and over...
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    Is this bad customer service?

    Emergent replied to emmafrancis's topic in General Nursing

    Why should people snack all day? I would never buy snacks for patients. Most Americans eat too many calories anyways. In fact, too many snacks is the cause for many of our First World diseases. I'm...
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    Frequent Flyers in Healthcare Settings - Let's share!

    Emergent replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pt apparently fell in love with getting a pelvic exam by a certain ER doc. Would first call to try and ascertain if said doc was on before coming in with her female complaint. Eventually legally...
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    Documenting conversations with patients

    Emergent replied to Dorali's topic in General Nursing

    These are great! One of my favorite pleasures of the job is quoting the profanity of patients. It's