NOADLS

NOADLS

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  1. Lab Values

    NOADLS replied to nurseainsc's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a book in my office with all of that information on a

  2. About paying off student loans

    NOADLS replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Got ridiculous student loans? Move somewhere where there are no reciprocal agreements with where you are currently and don't pay

  3. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    NOADLS replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    At least he made the effort to sort of

  4. Nurses and Financial Freedom

    NOADLS replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    Make $100K a year by grinding out extra shifts and live like you make $15K a

  5. Shift Work vs Monday to Friday - Which would you prefer?

    NOADLS replied to MaleNurseYH's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to work daytime hours Mon-Fri, enjoy the traffic, management and other irritable people that are confined to that schedule. At least on shift work, you get time away from those issues on a...

  6. I Love Night Shift

    NOADLS replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    Get paid more to do less. If you really want to work during the day, please go right ahead my

  7. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    NOADLS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If that ever happened (which it won't because I am invincible) and a nurse tried to help me with that, I'd respectfully tell them that they are above that and they should be getting a CNA to do that....

  8. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    NOADLS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That's the CNA's job. Definitely below me or any other nurse to be doing

  9. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    NOADLS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am actually very helpful to the nurses working on the floor. They get to give medications uninterrupted when I am present. I tell them that during their med passes that if any assessments or any...

  10. Charge nurse/ years of experience

    NOADLS replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Nurse Management

    Over 2 years. Some exceptions have been made where above satisfactory performance is the main

  11. Drug seekers

    NOADLS replied to SierraBravo's topic in Patient Medications

    Caving in to this patients unreasonable demands is not the solution. Documented education regarding risks of the patient's requests and documented instances of behaviors will be the precursor to this...

  12. Nursing makes me hate fat people

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

    Prior to getting into nursing, I used to despise fat people. However, I received the best nursing advice from a "fat person." Do as little as possible and get paid as much as possible. Now every time...

  13. 4 Point Restraints in the ER. Is that Abuse?

    NOADLS replied to Vickymay's topic in Emergency

    This is one reason I would be enticed to work in the acute / ER. If my patients are being difficult, they get restrained. I'll [probably] never have that benefit in LTC. Restraints are not abuse....

  14. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    NOADLS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    LTC - charge nurse Even if I am paid marginally less than what my acute care counterparts are getting paid, I can guarantee that I am doing a lot less

  15. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    NOADLS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And whoever misses the first post of mine in the thread and counts my second one as my first has to do some "butt wiping or other yucky stuff" on their next

  16. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    NOADLS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    But it is so much more gratifying once you've tracked down that

  17. How to keep awake at night-Coffee

    NOADLS replied to nursenyiva's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Candy crush is free... and you don't have to move anything other than your hands and

  18. How to NOT Aid a Cheater?

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

    I am all for cheating when it comes to writing papers. Waste of time and most of the time will completely unrelated to the job you land. Just ask for money in exchange for service. Even something...

  19. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    NOADLS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I caught whiff of it and I've delegated a CNA to clean up the

  20. social media problem

    NOADLS replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am a controversial **** stirrer on facebook, but I'll never get called on it. Hint: don't use your real name on facebook. Keeps work and family lengths away from you where neither need to

  21. Nursing Specialties with a Slower Pace and Less Patient/Family Interaction

    NOADLS replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    Work

  22. Nurses forced to work as aides

    NOADLS replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Having to work beneath your license on a frequent basis is bad for professional development. Just the thought of that would give me severe diarrhea if I were thrown into that

  23. blood pressure

    NOADLS replied to HHH's topic in General Nursing

    Probably a joke by someone who pulls numbers out of their... um... whenever they're too lazy to actually take the

  24. Pt threw a bedpan...

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

    Get an order to have them in restraints whenever they want to do #1 or #2. That'll show

  25. The HARD Truth for most nurses

    NOADLS replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Some jobs don't require us to wipe bums. Some jobs allow us to delegate