Axgrinder

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    Seriously?? Small rant.

    Axgrinder replied to DelaneyB's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm … Well, DelaneyB, CNA (butcher, baker, candlestick maker, and psychoanalyst to all of nursing: Matthew 7:1-3King James Version (KJV) 7 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what...
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    Seriously?? Small rant.

    Axgrinder replied to DelaneyB's topic in General Nursing

    It's never as hard when you don't do something yourself. Respecfully, I bet if you worked as a CNA long enough, you would likely be a nurse by osmosis? (I've heard that before, or something similar)....
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    Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Axgrinder replied to ServantLeader's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I was dismayed at how little I earned as a new grad: in 1994 the highest pay in Tucson, AZ was $12.75/hr for a new grad BSN. Many new grads make what I make now, 22 years later. I worked insane...
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    WILTW 7/24: Serving up specials

    Axgrinder replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry for your loss OP. Losing anyone stinks. You are in my thoughts (and prayers, if you are so inclined). I had a less eventful week then you, but you also sound like an awesome coworker to have...
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    I Don't Want to Stick a Patient

    Axgrinder replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    You'll get good at it - then you'll get great. Practice makes perfect. Remember the first time you rode a bike? Drove a car? Wrote a check? Everything takes practice to feel competent. You'd be...
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    WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    Axgrinder replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    He wasn't like this when he was younger (he's 11 now - ancient for a chocolate lab). I think this is learned behavior, because the older he gets the worse it is. His list of feared things are:...
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    WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    Axgrinder replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    How sad that families can be resistant to their loved ones having symptom relief while dying. Many times dying is a lot of work - it doesn't just swoop out of the sky and carry people off to The...
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    WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    Axgrinder replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! I could have wrote this! I care!!! I know how it feels - every last bit of it. I'm sorry you are experiencing it too. So burned out I have turned to ashes and blown away on the wind my
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    WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    Axgrinder replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Southern Arizona. Monsoon season (aka: we get nearly all our rain fall in July & August - biblical proportion rain at times). Dog is not a happy camper. Sorry your dog gets scared
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    WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    Axgrinder replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned I still hate summer in AZ, which is like living in the 7th Circle of Hell. I've learned 110° F feels like 300° F, and the inside of a car may be hot enough to cook a human. I've...
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    How do you deal with a toxic workplace?

    Axgrinder replied to LPN9200's topic in General Nursing

    Leave. There is no fixing
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    hiring pregnant RN

    Axgrinder replied to ap2409's topic in General Nursing

    I was pregnant when I graduated - graduated late December, took the last pencil & paper NCLEX in early February, and delivered late February. I still got hired with the understanding I wouldn't be...
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    It Ain't Like The Movies!

    Axgrinder replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    This is showing my age … but remember Doogie Houser, MD? There was one nurse in high heels that Doogie ran into on every single floor of the hospital - like it was one big unit or something. She...
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    Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

    Axgrinder replied to jk2185's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am definitely an introvert myself. I put in my time in the trenches, and now use that knowledge in a nonclinical setting. I find working telephone triage nursing gives me the buffer I need to...
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    A Day in the Life of a Hospice Nurse

    Axgrinder replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've experienced hospice on the interpersonal end three times - all with family friends, who were more family than friend. All stayed at home, and I saw a huge difference between them and my...
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    Ice machine use in hospitals

    Axgrinder replied to olcroner's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! I snorted so hard laughing I hurt myself! (Scared the cat too) (I honestly haven't had such a good laugh in quite a while … thank you! I so needed that!). :) :)
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    No more rudeness!

    Axgrinder replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree: other professions have their own fair share of interpersonal relationship issues too, therefore nursing is not unique, or even in special in that regard. Do I believe that nursing itself is...
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    What is with this angry nurse?

    Axgrinder replied to itsybitsy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. That was kind of nasty. Sorry OP: you are a human being first and foremost - you deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. Always. Just like everyone else. I've discovered - after having...
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    If you could speak your mind...

    Axgrinder replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've often pondered the serendipity of the fact that my own mother was insightful enough to have actually named me "Mom" too! (((LOL))) in fact, I commented to my son only just last week what an...
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    10 year old died after I performed CPR

    Axgrinder replied to MjHudd's topic in General Nursing

    That's the price of nursing sometimes … after all, we ARE human first. That human nature is first and foremost - everything else … everything else is secondary. I see a human being with a...
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    What do you think? My mother is told she is a drug addict by her primary care physician

    Axgrinder replied to lhome's topic in General Nursing

    Pain management in this country has taken a giant leap backwards, taking on a medieval, draconian mindset. 15-20 years ago there was a movement in the medical community to treat pain as the 5th vital...
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    Falsely accused of med diversion

    Axgrinder replied to kindia's topic in General Nursing

    If you can give a clean urine sample then you are fine. Passing the whizz quiz will exonerate you. But seriously, chalk it up to a lesson learned. Best to wait until a pt actually asks for it from now...
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    Axgrinder replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your view point about the snappy dog is entirely too generous in this case. Many facilities would not have allowed the dog to be present at all - even one that is well trained and obedient - however...
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    Axgrinder replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am shocked by some of the answers here on this thread from what we've collectively endured on the job. Abuse in any capacity should be grounds for removal from the
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    Axgrinder replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Although pale as a ghost, I belong to the same list of people abhorred by those whom bow down to the swastika. I'll save you a seat next to