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    Differences in HR application processes

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Like "A logical conclusion is that a company with a difficult application process might be difficult in other ways"
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    Please share your "calling"

    Emergent replied to Krzysztof's topic in General Nursing

    I entered nursing in order to support myself and my children with a decent wage. I knew I was at least as intelligent as others in the field, which bolstered my confidence. I applied myself to my...
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    Destroyed by previous experience. Should I try nursing again?

    Emergent replied to albedo's topic in Nursing Career

    It sounds like you have performance anxiety. I can relate to that, I have it too. I do much better building skills without an audience. Yet, I made it through nursing school and have managed to slowly...
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    Joint Commission is a Joke...

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Whoops, I meant saline flushes. I think it's too late to
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    Joint Commission is a Joke...

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The surveyors are the foot soldiers. I'm referring to the people who develop rules like no saline flushes in pockets. That edict totally lacks commonsense. It causes inconvenience for the nurse, and...
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    Have you had to be swabbed/cultured?

    Emergent replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    My first reaction is that management is getting high handed where you work. Maybe drink something hot and have them take your temp so you can skip wearing a mask all
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    Difficult Co-Workers

    Emergent replied to mphilomena's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The best thing it to handle it in real time, right then and there. Sample conversation: You: Where are the blood consent forms? Crankypants: Big Sigh... Why don't you remember that, can't you remember...
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    And this is why I hate floating to stepdown...

    Emergent replied to calivianya's topic in Critical Care

    I think that particular unit has a problem. I've worked a lot of tele and the monitor techs are on top of things. Perhaps documenting these occurrences such as you describe, and passing it on to the...
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    Bullying - What is it?

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

    I see a lot of threads here debating the subject of bullying. I'm starting to think "bullying" is too loaded a term. What we really need to address is creating a positive culture that fosters clear...
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    States with no income tax?

    Emergent replied to JNursee's topic in General Nursing

    No income tax in WA but sales tax up the yin-yang. The trick is to live near the OR border where there is the opposite -no sales tax but income tax up the wazoo. Then you can live in WA and shop in...
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    Nurses selling at work?

    Emergent posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What do you think of nursing soliciting at work for things like Mary Kay, and other businesses like that? Is it appropriate to do so during work time? We have a per diem nurse in our department. Her...
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    Nurses Share Your Empowering Scriptures :)

    Emergent replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    John 11:43-44. " Now when He had said these things,He cried with a loud voice,"Lazarus,come forth!" And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes,and his face was wrapped with a...
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    Emergent posted a topic in Emergency

    I see a lot of untalented actors in the ER. They walk to their rooms telling their sad stories that sound like poorly written scripts. Then they plop down onto the gurney, starting what sounds like...
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    Caring for broken nurses

    Emergent posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It happened again recently. I took care of a patient, homeless, with a substance abuse problem. She mentioned while I was starting her IV and we were conversing, that she was a nurse. That was after I...
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    Too tired to do anything on days off

    Emergent replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you should get a health check up, with labs done? Make sure they check your thyroid. Also, look at your dietary habits. A lot of nurses get in the bad habit of snacking on sugary junk all the...
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    "Dear Nurses: Please Forgive Me" : A Response

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

    As someone who has cared for the dying and has lost a husband to cancer in a hospital setting, plus my mother's brain aneurysm rupture and eventual demise, I tend to err on the side of forgiveness and...
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    Caring for broken nurses

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

    I feel like, but for the Grace of God go I. I'm so thankful that I've been able to cling to a decent lifestyle, survive in the workplace despite my personality flaws, and never be tempted by the drugs...
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    Who is eyeing the job boards, frustrated with your job?

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    A lot of folk at my place of employment are actively seeking other employment after a couple of years of belt tightening and increasingly unsafe and joyless working conditions that drain us dry. On...
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    Nurses selling at work?

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

    I found out today that the nurse has been soliciting patients and families as Mary Kay customers. A trusted tech overheard a transaction. What do you
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    Is cheating a double standard?

    Emergent replied to 28studentsfailed's topic in General Students

    Grading on a curve is not an objective method of gauging student learning, especially in nursing, which has standardized type questions in tests. If a school has to do that, it means that they are...
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    Is cheating a double standard?

    Emergent replied to 28studentsfailed's topic in General Students

    Ultimately, everyone still has to pass NCLEX though. That's the whole point of nursing school,
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    Iron Lung Wards

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was watching PBS tonight, about the New York Cily Ballerina Tanaquil Le Clearq, who was struck down with Polio in 1956 at the height of her illustrious career. She ended up in an iron lung in...
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    Iron Lung Wards

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Here are some more interesting accounts... The iron lung â€" a polio patient's story Martha Mason (writer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dianne Odell - Wikipedia, the free
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    Iron Lung Wards

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a fascinating story about one such person, perhaps the same to whom you refer. 60 years in an iron lung: US polio survivor worries about new global threat - NBC
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    ABC TV:NY Med shows ER nurse fired due to social media post

    Emergent replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    I saw the show and enjoyed it. Yes, I was shocked at the firing, on National TV, then the hypocrisy of them allowing the offending photo to be shown. And the drama of having security escort her out?...