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    Rate your nurse? Check out this can of worms...

    nursel56 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    It looks like a confusing concept at least so far. The pictures are your typical smiley advertising-type nurses typically used in the marketing of a product but the motivation behind it is clearly...
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    And then the MD said.....

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

    I just want to say on the "doctors aren't God" thing that I recall a doctor writing an entire blog entry about making it to work on a bad weather day and being stunned that the guy shoveling snow off...
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    "Just" an LPN...

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

    I think I would most likely put this in a category of her venting her frustration about something else, or just the diffuse stress of day after day dealing with disabilities. It stings for sure, but...
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    CNA to RN - HR asking for notice, they're ones who told me I can't work

    nursel56 replied to kaytoni's topic in Nursing Career

    Yep, sounds like they don't want to pay for unemployment which is usually defined as losing your job through no fault of your own. They may say you can't work because you are overqualified for their...
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    Any Cali LVN's take RN pre reqs through ISP?

    nursel56 replied to Elleveein's topic in LPN to RN

    My best guess will be Integrated Science Program so we'll see if that is correct . .
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    And then the MD said.....

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

    Yes, and Lord knows we have enough "awful doctor" stories on this forum. I'd imagine they have a list of things nurses could do or did do to demonstrate awareness and generosity regarding their
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    Officially Excepted!!!

    nursel56 replied to Kmonte's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Congrats to everyone who was accepted and hoping for the best for you kmonte
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    Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    nursel56 replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    I've seen that happen with adult clients who were verbal and even been offered a bed to sleep on but I never sleep anyway. If you fall asleep and don't hear an alarm or a call from the patient the...
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    And then the MD said.....

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

    One of the our FP docs at a walk-in clinic stopped the receptionist from sending away a mom and screaming toddler for arriving a couple of minutes after closing for a chief complaint of constipation...
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    Baby nurses?!?!?!?

    nursel56 replied to LandD_RN_chica's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak for the OP but I think the issue of the title with the word nurse in it gives these stories more significance due to heightened awareness of the protection of the title in recent
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    Baby nurses?!?!?!?

    nursel56 replied to LandD_RN_chica's topic in General Nursing

    I went in another direction. . .perhaps as a result of that I buried my nose in all sorts of alternative parenting books as I carried my babies in slings and nursed on demand . . .I think they call...
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    "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

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

    Why not? She didn't say why she wasn't hired or what she answered when the question was asked but she did tell us in her opening post that she cared enough to go to another unit for chocolate pudding...
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    Death Cafes should nurses be a part of them?

    nursel56 replied to PrayeRNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hopefully it's just another avenue that fills a need in some people. I didn't really see it as so much different than any other support group, albeit an unusual one for our country (as the article...
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    Inactive or Unemployed RN,Is it ok to apply medicaid?

    nursel56 replied to charr-RN's topic in Retired Nurses

    Best wishes to you
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    Baby nurses?!?!?!?

    nursel56 replied to LandD_RN_chica's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a child I remember my great-aunt Nellie would move in with any of our relatives and was always called a "baby nurse". I think she worked for other families as well, though. She always...
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    Death Cafes should nurses be a part of them?

    nursel56 replied to PrayeRNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My experience and most of the reading I've done indicates that it is actually more true that people are reluctant to talk about their death with people close to them because they don't want to upset...
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    "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

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

    Just like the other "what they are really asking is . . ." and/or "what 'wowing' someone is. . ." replies - it is a matter of interpretation. Any one of us can make up an interpretation and answer...
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    Death Cafes should nurses be a part of them?

    nursel56 replied to PrayeRNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The topic of death is certainly personal, but that notion of personal doesn't exclude a desire to get together with other people to discuss it, and has nothing to do with nihilism. It's only intimate...
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    RN Struggling After Neonatal Death

    nursel56 replied to jndavis21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All I can offer is some virtual hugs to you - not in OB but infants/children 0-18 months I know how some deaths can rip you apart. It's good to acknowledge the grief and vent it with people who...
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    Do potential employers owe you an explaination?

    nursel56 replied to Marshall1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I do, too. I agree with everyone who says it is courteous for them to let you know and that even a form-letter style email is better than nothing at all from a professional or etiquette standpoint....
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    nursel56 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think she's probably already a skilled and competent nurse - she was able to compensate for the inevitable nursing school poop by teaming with others to get the task done. I don't think one can get...
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    nursel56 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    The argument isn't over whether or not being bothered by something equals you shouldn't do that. We have entire threads with hundreds of replies with names like "what grosses you out the most?"...
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    Prevalence of Christians in the field of nursing

    nursel56 replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    So do you initiate discussions on the topic with your patients at work that you determine are
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    nursel56 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    There are lots of icky things in Family Practice. I've seen the doctors "get it" in lots of ways but luckily none of them shunned
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    June 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    nursel56 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    When the DON said she signed us all up as extras on the set of "Honey I Shrunk the Nurses" I thought she was