nursel56

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    Workplace Cowardice

    nursel56 replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Generally speaking I would agree it's better to try and resolve things face-to-face. I was going to say that in my experience if you do that you can actually gain a workplace ally. Having a really...
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    FLAME ON!

    nursel56 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I really hate when people come here to get their jollies winding us up on some kind of hot button issue. They usually make a lot of simple spelling or word usage mistakes and spell things like...
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

    nursel56 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't think most physicians are wired into this debate nor do they ask you "are you an ADN or BSN? I need to know if I should view you as a professional". Honestly, why would they fuss over...
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    Would you quit over white uniforms?

    nursel56 replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I contemplate the white scrubs mandate I can't help thinking about this guy, no matter what size or gender he or she is. I too wonder how so many nursing myths are still making the rounds. I...
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    Nurses req. to be CNA's before becoming a Nurse?

    nursel56 replied to Phoenix16, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Commuter in that it is helpful but not necessary. What I believe is that when you learn and practice skills called "nursing fundamentals" it should be stressed that these things are part...
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    Medication Error - 53 is this for me

    nursel56 replied to Mindfulone1's topic in Patient Medications

    All the best to you, mindfulone1... you sound great! Whatever happens, I have a feeling you belong in nursing and hope you wouldn't bail out even if this does not turn out with the most desirable...
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    Gender Roles in the Nursing Career.

    nursel56 replied to maddie11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, your question was well-understood. The replies indicate that the question itself is assuming that there are identifiable traits that male nurses have and female nurses don't have and the vice...
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    Would you quit over white uniforms?

    nursel56 replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    No, I wouldn't quit although I agree with No Stars In My Eyes about pantyhose. Never found a brand that didn't either bag or have a waistband so tight it nearly cut me in two by the end of the day....
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    Long hair unrestrained at work

    nursel56 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Then you weren't the person who said there was a risk that the gum-chewing nurse might drool into an open wound? OK I'll stop
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    Long hair unrestrained at work

    nursel56 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I know it's a bit off-topic, but I gotta say it! White scrubs are a horrible idea and always will be. "Whites" were not translucent, baggy jammies. Scrubs were green or blue. When we wore whites,...
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    Long hair unrestrained at work

    nursel56 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have long hair, too. It's always tied back and off my face. I've helped other nurses turn people or clean them and watch a curtain of hair dangling and thinking that would wick up the yucky stuff...
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

    nursel56 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    For me anyway it's all about what is pragmatic and practical. In that downsouthlaff is absolutely right at least for now. I'm so happy to hear that anyone prefers to work with the population in...
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    What was your first post? Do you remember

    nursel56 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I found AN in 2004 as part of a search for re-entering a nursing career after a very long hiatus due to my needing to support my two kids. That is why my years of experience are in the 20s and not...
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

    nursel56 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    How I miss those days. Not to say there was no disagreement, but the belittling and disparaging is like walking through a gauntlet of razor blades now. I was not aware that a doctorate is...
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

    nursel56 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not sure if you are talking to me, downsouthlaff but what I wanted to say was I really loved your article. Finding the right niche in nursing is something that some nurses of many years literally...
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

    nursel56 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Your state Scope of Practice tells you what you can do, not to be confused with either facility policy or politics. We did all our clinicals in acute care hospitals. We had peds, post-partum, L and...
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    Black and Job Hunting

    nursel56 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You don't understand what is meant by that term if you think it's an offensive
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    7 months in and I'm finally feeling good

    nursel56 replied to ER(notso)n00b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Great post! Hoping lots of people who have that very common and very normal feeling "will I ever get this?" will read it and feel more hopeful about themselves. Thanks for writing
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    Working in a Teaching Hospital?

    nursel56 replied to License2Heal's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked at two teaching hospitals. I really enjoy the academic atmosphere. I preferred the residents to the attendings who usually swooped through without realizing anybody else was a living...
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    Black and Job Hunting

    nursel56 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well said. At the very least we can understand this basic concept and refrain from repeatedly attempting to invalidate someone's very right to express herself and ask for feedback from people in...
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    What Topics Would You Like to Know More About???

    nursel56 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    As reminded by the thread "I Have the Time and Other Lies" I'd like to know how nurses feel the Customer Service mentality has impacted how they practice. Does fear of a "bad survey" make nurses more...
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    Black and Job Hunting

    nursel56 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Reason why threads like this are so valuable to me. Commuter and anie I have spent years thinking that Southern California was such a tolerant place, but I guess this is because all of us gather our...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

    nursel56 replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    I think people who started as CNAs and worked their way up make the best nurses. No, not "evidence-based" but then again my idea of who is an outstanding nurse is usually arrived at before I know...
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    Advocating for my pt.

    nursel56 replied to buggybum96's topic in Private Duty

    One thing about private duty nursing I have noticed is an extreme adherence to what I might call "rituals", rather than routines. These are ways of doing things that are not standard of care, have...
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    New way to give shots

    nursel56 replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in two teaching hospitals, the last in mid-eighties before I took time off to be a SAHM. The ventro-gluteal preference gained favor at that time. Another was the using a filter needle when...