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  1. leaving job after 5 months

    onconurseRT replied to Goodby5's topic in General Nursing

    You have the experience behind you.. you have survived nursing this long..you know "yourself" and your boundaries... listen to your gut and run like

  2. Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    onconurseRT replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    1. how many beds do you have? 32 on my floor 2. how many nurses play into the total mix? 35 or around there 3. how many different shifts do you have (we have 5) 8s and 12s- days, evening and nights or...

  3. Im sorry, but light stomachs please do not read!

    onconurseRT replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree, however, my son's bottle was not left out or even left somewhere accessible by the kid. The bottle was in a closed back pack in a separate room where the kid was not suppose to be. He...

  4. Im sorry, but light stomachs please do not read!

    onconurseRT posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ladies and Gents! I do apologize in advance. My son came home today and said that he had taken a drink out of his sports bottle and tasted something odd. Evidently a boy at his high school urinated...

  5. Wearing scrubs in public...

    onconurseRT replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  6. How often do you take a break?

    onconurseRT replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh21: :uhoh21: Evidently there is a law out there that says nurses can get a lunch break and a chance to use the restroom but I don't ever see that where I work.:uhoh21: :uhoh21: I have many times...

  7. Im sorry, but light stomachs please do not read!

    onconurseRT replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    Just as an update on this issue... I have taken time to think about this action of this other child. My child was taken to the MD and the MD feels as though a HIV, HEP panel was the start for the...

  8. Nursing- Your health- Burnout- Research ??

    onconurseRT posted a topic in General Nursing

    Need some input for everyone: I have come into a very interesting position at my hospital. I have taken over as the research committee chair and I would like to do a full blown research study at my...

  9. I got written up and it's bringing me down

    onconurseRT replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    This was and is a learning experience for you. The bad news is that the nurse/MD industry is so full of opinions and what one should and should not do, to call or not call and who to call???? This...

  10. Meds you hate to give....

    onconurseRT replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    iv phenergan should be banned! iv cardiac anything makes my knee's a little weak:uhoh3: !!! IM anything scares me to death period!

  11. You can and will take it with you!

    onconurseRT replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2: :lol2: WOW...... see... just when you think you have heard it ALL!! I would like to say this: FIRST of ALL--- PRINT THIS FOR HIM!! THANK-YOU!!! THANK-YOU!!! I appreciate what you do for...

  12. CNA before RN

    onconurseRT replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Students

    YES- Absolutely- Without a doubt and I believe that it should be mandatory! I have seen way toooooo many student nurses that are in their last clinicals and do not know how to change a bed and give a...

  13. Does anyone love their job?

    onconurseRT replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I love nursing... I cherish the profession... I respect those before me... I uphold my strongest nursing values... I give 150% everyday because I am a nurse... When nursing becomes just a "job" that...

  14. what shoes do you wear...

    onconurseRT replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    :imbar Ok.. Im a girl.. but I would suggest some shoes with a good sturdy top to them and not a mesh top. I used to wear my brand of shoe that I use for my running training- NO PROBLEMS... until last...

  15. Patient Death - Have you ever....???

    onconurseRT replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    I have had so many instances of patients "knowing" when they will die that I really do listen! It happens to patients at all ages. I have also had some really strange instances when I get a "strange...

  16. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    onconurseRT replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: I may have posted this at a previous time, but it is just a reminder to me of why I work in oncology. As a nursing student, I started my semester of OB--- 16 full weeks of pregnancy and...

  17. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

    onconurseRT replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    :uhoh21: I have also had some experiences that are related to the "OR event".. I had emerg.surg. in Feb 2001 from a leg bone fx (trauma.) I don't recall 2 weeks of my hospitalization. Since then,...

  18. Percentage of Break Downs?

    onconurseRT replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have the "break down" issue right now even though I am trying to manage it by focusing on the positive. :uhoh21: For me it started in June/July of this year. I started seeing a stress management...

  19. Why are so many of us over weight?

    onconurseRT replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah... Trust me, when you are 5'8" and soaking wet 110lbs you get called everything right to your face and there is an automatic association with one of the disease processes. What I find very...

  20. Why are so many of us over weight?

    onconurseRT replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle This may be entirely off topic and I can only imagine that someone may laugh or role their eyes at this:uhoh3: but, ..... being called a "skinny girl, bones, skele, tooth pick" and all of...

  21. Why are so many of us over weight?

    onconurseRT replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    But secondly- NONE of my job descriptions ever discussed being a good role model. Sorry but that is just a bunch of hooey sold to us in school. I would have to respectfully disagree... I was never...

  22. Why are so many of us over weight?

    onconurseRT replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts are that when you are a student you get many messages about nurses and the profession of nursing and what "text book nursing" is as well. You are being flooded in nursing school with what...

  23. Does anyone else feel like there is too much gossip going on?

    onconurseRT replied to ashley7's topic in General Nursing

    To address the student directly in this-- you are right! It does appear that the "gossip mill" is like you are in highschool. I am also a "newer nurse", 30 years old, but I have 3 children and my...

  24. Did you care for a psych patient today?

    onconurseRT posted a topic in General Nursing

    :stone I am just curious.... and I have to ask this. I recently started at a hospital in which I HONESTLY feel as though I have put a lot into working at this place, but it is getting out of hand. I...

  25. taking students, precepting

    onconurseRT replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    Well....I would like to say something. I saw a quote a long time ago that reminds me of this: In 20 years, I will not remember what one person said, or what one person did, but I will remember how...