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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    I hate the pile on threads. Some hapless soul says something awkward, or their comments are misinterpreted. Then, someone starts picking them apart, and everyone else follows suit. It goes on for...
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    How do you deal with workplace discrimination?

    America has a brash culture. It is often over the top. I think this might be a culture-clash. In this part of the world extraversion is overvalued. If someone is more reticent and introverted,...
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    The general nursing forum is probably the only one allnurses actually needs. Otherwise, I've always felt it is too cluttered with sub forums. For example, I tried being active on the ER section,...
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    Trying to get into the ICU but no luck as a new grad

    If you can't get a job immediately into an ICU, your way into an ICU is to accept one of these two jobs and prove your worth, then eventually transfer into the
  5. I'm disinterested in doing the
  6. The diploma programs of yesteryear were excellent apprenticeship type systems that truly did utilize the hard work of nursing students. They built character in the young women, and took no-nonsense...
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    Centinela Hospital ER so scary

    Our healthcare system is becoming unsustainable. We are all being held hostage by unrealistic standards and expectations. We have a population that is unhealthy, beset with chronic ailments that...
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    Should I quit my program?

    That's the
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    Should I quit my program?

    I'm fairly old school, and in my day if you were not physically able to do a job you were not given special treatment. Maybe the instructors that you feel have prejudged you are in that school of...
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    Should I quit my program?

    I don't think you're getting my point, it doesn't matter what your intent was, what matters is the perception of the instructor. I'll bet anything you are coming across the wrong way. I speak from...
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    Should I quit my program?

    It's very difficult to judge all this from an internet post. I will say, many others have had experiences like this in nursing school. I had an instructor question whether I could ever be a nurse...
  12. Sorry, I don't believe you. Have a blessed
  13. I suspect that you just wanted to bring up the issue of the existence of God, and so framed it as patient-related in your opening comments. I think it would be better if you were more...
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    I hope this is not true about colleague violence

    I think the era of blaming everything on low self-esteem has passed. It's such a pitiful part of psychobabble
  15. I've been a nurse since 1993. In that time not one patient has asked me if God
  16. If you are happy where you are working, don't do it. If you want to see something else after the traveling is done, go ahead. They won't take kindly to the fact that you might create a staffing...
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    new to agency nursing and having troubles

    First of all, your license will not be on the line because of the things you mention. Remember, you are a guest in the facility where you are an agency nurse. You are not there to fix all their...
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    Did anyone start as a new grad in home care?

    I did home care a little bit as a stopgap after my husband died. I had kids at home, two of which were one and three and only wanted to work one or two days a week. Both of the cases I had were...
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    Now that I've gotten it....

    Thanks. Feeling fine
  20. This is happening more because America has been on a moral decline for many years. Permissive child rearing practices coupled with materialism and excess are destroying us. Our nation is in
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    RN coworker discouraged me

    Not a businessman from New York who has the maturity of a 2 year
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    Now that I've gotten it....

    I am currently on a 14-day quarantine after a known exposure at work. I'm only on day 3 now. I'm not worried about myself at all, I've known many people who have gotten it and haven't had a...
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    RN coworker discouraged me

    I'm curious about the possibility of the vaccine triggering type 1 diabetes. Because this happened in your family, you should not take this vaccine? There viruses everywhere, I'm interested in how...
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    "CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

    It is just another variation in the English language. There are many regional differences. Language is fluid, it's always changing. It is what people use, and what is understood by others. There is no...
  25. I've been a nurse almost 30 years and I'm still inept in working all the doodads and attachments on a standard wheelchair. And, transferring a phone call or paging overhead? That causes extreme...