Stargazer

Stargazer

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  1. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    Stargazer replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    See, now, I would think that was hilarious if a candidate said that to me, but then, like I said, I wouldn't be asking that question in the first place!You guys are giving me some great ideas on how...

  2. ER Nurse is Being a JERK to EMS...

    Stargazer replied to flashpoint's topic in Emergency

    The paramedics and nurses who are being directly impacted by her vicious remarks and make-work orders need to start writing up these incidents and submitting them to, yes, their supervisors, but with...

  3. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    Stargazer replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    Well, personally, I don't ask those kinds of questions, because I don't feel the answers tell me what I need to know. I think interviews are mainly for getting a general sense of someone--assessing...

  4. RNs demand union action against their own "homegrown" scabs

    Stargazer replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Excellent posts, as usual, fergus. (Is there any point in telling Tom that -jt is a woman? Nah, probably

  5. Massage Therapy Question

    Stargazer replied to VickyRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    O/T: Hey, how come I had to learn the origin and insertion points in MY nursing A & P

  6. Is Microbiology really that scary

    Stargazer replied to bet0326's topic in General Students

    Exactly. We had quizzes every Friday, and my prof would always give us scenarios that we hadn't covered in class, so we would have to extrapolate from what we did know in order to reason it out. It...

  7. Is Microbiology really that scary

    Stargazer replied to bet0326's topic in General Students

    I'm sure it's different for everybody. Personally I loved micro. Don't get me wrong, it was HARD, but it was so interesting that I didn't mind. I got really bored with pre-req classes like chemistry...

  8. Strike Nurses?

    Stargazer replied to Rudegal2020's topic in General Nursing

    Just thought this bore

  9. Strike Nurses?

    Stargazer replied to Rudegal2020's topic in General Nursing

    Teachers have unions, too. Aren't they professionals? I sort of understand what you're trying to say, but the fact is that nursing as a group simply doesn't wield the clout and power that we should...

  10. Strike Nurses?

    Stargazer replied to Rudegal2020's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, and where does the money come from that supports the state legislature? Would that be from, I don't know, taxes? What am I missing

  11. Strike Nurses?

    Stargazer replied to Rudegal2020's topic in General Nursing

    Paging

  12. Stripes

    Stargazer replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

    The symbolism, and significance, probably varied from school to school-- just as the hats did--but the stripes were also used, at least in some cases, to denote seniority. I remember reading a...

  13. How do you stay cheerful and bubbly during work?

    Stargazer replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    iadoregon, I don't think anyone here is saying that there's something wrong with being cheerful or in a good mood at work. I frequently am! What we're saying is that it should not be considered a...

  14. Are you MAN enough to be a Nurse?

    Stargazer replied to Cascadians's topic in General Nursing

    That is just awesome.

  15. Twas the Night before JCAHO...

    Stargazer replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Brilliant.

  16. How are you supposed to answer the phone?

    Stargazer replied to MRed94's topic in General Nursing

    Insincere, annoying, and a time-waster. If I had to listen to that every single time I called to check on Grandma, I'd be goin' postal in no

  17. How do you stay cheerful and bubbly during work?

    Stargazer replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    I dunno. The title of this thread made me picture some weird, robotically cheerful Stepford Nurse, regurgitating those awful customer service "scripts" that hospital admin keeps coming up with for the...

  18. NURSING SCHOOL: Your Biggest Challenge!

    Stargazer replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Check out the thread on the AZ shooting and the one on "Would you switch to psych nursing?" to see my probs with horrible nursing instructors and, well, my psych rotation, respectively. My biggest...

  19. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Stargazer replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    canoehead said I believe that the difference between experienced and new nurses has less to do with physical tasks, and more to do with gaining an understanding of how caretaking interventions and...

  20. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Stargazer replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    WHOA. Does anyone else find this completely

  21. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Stargazer replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I just found these concepts so powerful I wanted to separate them out and look at them again. And as the sister of a cop and a firefighter, I think you make an excellent point: members of these...

  22. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Stargazer replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Oh, fer cryin' out loud. People who read this board regularly know Susy is an experienced L&D nurse and clinic

  23. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Stargazer replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Well, you put it more elegantly than I did, but that's essentially what I was trying to say a few pages back. Excellent post, Helen, thank you. llg, I understand what you're saying about the...

  24. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Stargazer replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    O/T: So, Helen--do you have to fluff your aura manually, like a pillow, or can you just throw it in the dryer with a sheet of fabric softener so it smells springtime-fresh

  25. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Stargazer replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Originally posted by Susy K Okay, but these are present in medicine as well; and somehow medicine doesn't seem to be having the kind of identity crisis that nursing is. I think it's because...