nursel56

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    When being a patient...

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

    I don't ever say anything but it seems like I give myself away describing symptoms as I slip into medical jargon without quite realizing it. It gets the point across so very much more efficiently!...
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    ANA petitions Feds (educ. funding) for 1.1 million more RN's within 8 yrs.

    nursel56 replied to Guttercat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The ANA/union issue is really murky now mostly over the issue of nurse-patient ratios. The ANA is against ratios for reasons I never really understood. A number of state affiliates have broken away...
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    rainbows and unicorns

    nursel56 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    One of my private duty (vent-dependent) adult patients had married and moved out of her parents house. I had last worked a Friday evening shift and arrived on a Sunday morning to find her dressed in...
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    ANA petitions Feds (educ. funding) for 1.1 million more RN's within 8 yrs.

    nursel56 replied to Guttercat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That new grads are facing difficulties being hired isn't disputed. The most the AACN could do about this report by Annalyn Kurtz of CNNMoney . . . For nursing jobs, new grads need not apply . . .was...
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    ANA petitions Feds (educ. funding) for 1.1 million more RN's within 8 yrs.

    nursel56 replied to Guttercat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is a point that you will never see out in the open because the ANA/AACN lobbyists do their level best to snow politicians and journalists. They are quite successful at it overall. Not only do...
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    Anxiety

    nursel56 replied to ItsJustMe78's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Lots of nurses have anxiety to one degree or another. It can range from mild butterflies to crippling anxiety that prevents a person from performing their duties at work. Simply "having anxiety" is...
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    Mine too! Although as I get older the constant :hdvwl: involved in trying to explain why "I couldn't care less" is the correct way to say it is taking a greater toll as the years roll by so I...
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    Nooooooooooooo! If someone uses d lower-case d to say "the" n the lower-case n to say "and" and dat for that I will make sure the ghost of my 7th grade English teacher Miss Webster will haunt you for...
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    Starting to find some aspects degrading

    nursel56 replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have never felt degraded by nursing but I do think that tying patient satisfaction scores to reimbursements is a can of worms that has lots of potential for bad stuff to happen. I'm not an expert...
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    The nurse you dread working after

    nursel56 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    nekozuki - great post - I agree with every
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    nursel56 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    It does happen. It seems to happen no matter what someone writes. Sometimes I'm truly surprised at how much pretzel-twisting someone would have to do to see something negative in certain posts, but...
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    I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

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

    OK, I just have to ask.... what are we supposed to
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    Calling it quits after 17 years....

    nursel56 replied to NCRN97's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Prayers for all. I have a lot of familiarity due to close family members dealing with recovery and dual diagnosis issues. :redpinkhe: and
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    bully

    nursel56 replied to gonzo1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Being an avid reader of Emergency Department Doc Blogs, I sure know the hijinks and hilarity that goes on in some environments, lol. A doctor posted a tutorial on different methods of making...
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    nursel56 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Sallyrnrrt and RNIBCLC - we've always been a self-designated member group. So far nobody has erred in their decision . . .and nobody has been kicked out for not being crusty enough. Welcome! We...
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    bully

    nursel56 replied to gonzo1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think we'd have to know a little more about the suspect (if you have any ideas in that regard). Sometimes a juvenile prank can be called bullying as it was in a case here in my state involving...
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    I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

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

    I've been a nurse since before the Bicentennial (but not too much before :-)), before C. Everett Koop was Surgeon General and before Captain Eo arrived at
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    Think Twice Before Becoming a "NURSE"

    nursel56 replied to mcrutRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can't resist either. If only the nurse lobbyists in Washington DC were there for the good of the profession as a whole. They are not. The change they want to see happening is gathering power to...
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    nursel56 replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    Let's have some context, shall we? The comment was taken from the middle of a post in response to a woman who chose not to have male caregivers basically because she feared what she believed to...
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    I miss my armpits

    nursel56 replied to JBudd's topic in General Nursing

    I sure wish I had the answer to your question, because that is one of the best thread titles ever! Gentle hugs and best wishes for full recovery and ummmm.......armpit
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    Random Funny

    nursel56 replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    Exactly what I was going to
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    nursel56 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Take a breather. I'd say most of us have done this for one reason or another. The perspective change is healthy. I for one hope you don't lock the door and throw away the
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    Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

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

    This is one of those questions for which I've never found an answer, and I have tried! Many times we'll have parallel threads, one like this and one from someone who worked as a CNA while in nursing...
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    nursel56 replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    I usually score pretty high on reading comprehension exams but I guess I met my match with your original post. You have have now cleared up the difference between a literary device and a quote with...
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    nursel56 replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    I did a search last night. These two below bracketed with quotes are not quotes. This is why we ask people to provide links when they first begin to discuss what third parties have said on the...