NOADLS

NOADLS

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  1. Late for work excuses

    NOADLS replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I was only really 12 minutes late, but I spent another 12 minutes deciding which excuse to use for being late. After spending another 2 minutes realizing I don't have a believable excuse because I've...

  2. Day shift vs. night shift

    NOADLS replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you work. That's where most nurses get dinged for working at a hospital. Some of us are smart enough to choose an easy setting. Others are determined to work in a specific "specialty"...

  3. Day shift vs. night shift

    NOADLS replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

    Day shift: get paid less to do more Night shift: get paid more to do

  4. A smoking patient

    NOADLS replied to Emily456's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The power of delegation - use it. Maybe look at getting them on a

  5. The two worst places to be a nurse

    NOADLS replied to RNforhire's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    If you can't beat them, join them! Getting paid more to do less. Win/win Worst possible nursing jobs are ones where you can't delegate away wiping butts and answering call

  6. Recliner Entrapment!

    NOADLS replied to AZ Ogre's topic in General Nursing

    Typically this is a nice trap for dementia patients who wander or are at a greater risk for falling. Other applications of this may have been inadvertently

  7. Calling yourself an RN

    NOADLS replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most guys that go to the bar are gynecologists. Should be common sense. Why else would they go to the

  8. Help! I have to precept a new grad who already knows it all....but not really.

    NOADLS replied to GOMER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Explain to your manager that this new nurse seems to know it all and probably doesn't need your oversight. You're quite fortunate to have the privilege of working with someone who naturally picks...

  9. bon

    NOADLS replied to butterfly1983's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thank you for acknowledging that I come off as charming; however, you missed two important details that I require in order for us to recover my long lost fortune. I need your full name and address in...

  10. Annual Physical - Does Your Job Require This?

    NOADLS replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Nursing

    They forgot to ask your skin color, age, marital status and annual

  11. Torn between job I love and going back to school

    NOADLS replied to allisonr12's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    For every cushy LPN/LVN position, there are probably about a dozen for RN's. And the good part is most RN's don't want those cushy positions because they actually want to work. This should be an easy...

  12. Do patients know a "good nurse"?

    NOADLS replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A lot of patients couldn't tell the difference between a CNA and a nurse. Patient thinks the nurse is helping them to the toilet. Little did they know the nurse is hiding around the corner playing...

  13. Charge Nurses and Shift Report

    NOADLS replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work (LTC), only the major stuff is covered at shift report (palliative, new infection, significant decline). We get report from the floor nurses sometime during the last hour of the shift. If...

  14. Know a Nurse with 2 jobs (or more)?

    NOADLS replied to JustCheckin''s topic in General Nursing

    The majority of nurses I know have 2

  15. Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    NOADLS replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not only am I rude, but I eat the young [nurses]. Do I, or any other nurses need a reason? Not

  16. Need help with graduation gift idea for new RN grad

    NOADLS replied to Windynurse's topic in General Nursing

    An inflatable

  17. What do you do to protect yourself on floor?

    NOADLS replied to juana15's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to following proper precautions, I avoid patient contact as much as possible. For when I do have patient contact, I use a hazmat suit. Remember the 3 D's of nursing. Delegate! Delegate!...

  18. DON salary

    NOADLS replied to Lovanur's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I work the ADON tells me that the RN's on full rotations make more than her while the DON makes a hefty chunk

  19. Need help getting out of LTC

    NOADLS replied to KDuncan890's topic in General Nursing

    If this is the case, leave LTC off the resume and market yourself as a new

  20. I thought we learned that in nursing school!

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

    That's my point though. We're paid the same either way. A mannequin is easier to deal with than a patient. Easier

  21. I thought we learned that in nursing school!

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

    They're paying you good money to play with a mannequin rather than having to deal with potential troublemakers. Don't

  22. Why are preceptors negative towards nurses they are teaching?

    NOADLS replied to nursy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lot of things irk me about new grads that come into this with a sense of entitlement so high. 1) Can't handle your patient load while the rest of your colleagues can? 2) Making repetitive medication...

  23. Becoming a nurse is ruining food!

    NOADLS replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'll drop off a bag of half melted hershey's

  24. Holding Hands at Work

    NOADLS replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    "You don't want to know where this hand has

  25. What is your nursing "joy?"

    NOADLS replied to jamisaurus's topic in Nurses Rock

    $$$ Pay day $$$ Nothing more satisfying than raking in the