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    never been screamed at like this before :(

    nursel56 replied to mmc51264's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You mean they didn't throw you under the bus? It gives me a little hope for the future because most of the time when I read accounts of incidents like this lately admin takes the side of the patient....
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    never been screamed at like this before :(

    nursel56 replied to mmc51264's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My first thought when I read your post, mmc was that it is a prime example of the absurdity (speaking generally) of having the nurse tell the patient that "I have the time", when you don't have the...
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    Advice needed! I think I am being phased out...

    nursel56 replied to gigglestarsRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Absolutely. ^^ So glad things are working out for you! Thanks for the
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    Tired of being treated like we are less than a nurse because we are not RNs!!

    nursel56 replied to misscutiecute2010's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I left nursing for a while and came back. I've noticed a few fundamental changes that have occurred during that time and one of them is that nursing care has turned into a stratified thing, sort of...
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    Tired of being treated like we are less than a nurse because we are not RNs!!

    nursel56 replied to misscutiecute2010's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Tell them they are so lame they can't even get the put-down right. It's just childish. I've discovered that there is a pecking order no matter what you do in life. Some people will always want to...
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    Professionals or "workers"

    nursel56 replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Thanks for the reply. The tone -- well the remark about Rio Linda toward the readership here was somewhat snarky, and the content sounded sort of libertarian, but at least now I don't have to post...
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    Professionals or "workers"

    nursel56 replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It sounds like you believe unions shouldn't exist at all. Is that
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    patient privacy

    nursel56 replied to naftali216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    All of this makes me appreciate the fact that every time an observer appeared I was asked if it was OK for them to be there. I do wonder about ORs and weird comments, though. As my OB was sewing up...
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    nursel56 replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    My Siamese cat would hide all the throwrugs in the house if we left her alone for too long. She also chewed up all of the wool sweaters she could get to. You could actually see the holes in the...
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    nursel56 replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    White scrubs! My position has always been that they should be banned. Yeah they are like translucent jammies. At least the traditional whites were fitted and had such things as belts, buttons, and...
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    nursel56 replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    You must've worked in a very different environment than I did, because most of the white nursing uniforms of my first decades of nursing were that godawful '70s spongy polyester you could probably use...
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    Professionals or "workers"

    nursel56 replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I think it's even more touchy with nurses because historically, nurses deal with martyr archetype. How dare the angel of mercy want more pay and benefits? She is on the picket line and leaving her...
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    Dear British "Hoaxed" Nurse:

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

    Beautiful tribute, BTL. I pray that her family is granted a measure of peace and understanding that is above and beyond what we imperfect humans are able to confer, even with the best
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    nursel56 replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    Sounds like a lot of people are saying that anytime there is a separate dress code for men and women it's discrimination. What if some of the women didn't want to wear scrub pants with their cap, or...
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    nursel56 replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    Many of the schools take a hands-off approach with regard to the details of the ceremony and the financing of it, so I'm not sure this would apply under those circumstances. The time to nip it in the...
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    Professionals or "workers"

    nursel56 replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The issue is that for the most part, hospitals, state governments and the general public have not felt any type of urgency in the last 47 years to either separate RNs by scope, change the licensing...
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    New Here-just got accepted into LVN program!

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

    to allnurses! Best wishes in nursing school. Your age shouldn't hold you back. I say that as one who graduated when I was 19.
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    nursel56 replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    They want you to wear scrubs and a cap? That bothers me. It isn't just the cap that's traditional, it's the "whites", including the dress, stockings and shoes. I'm surprised your instructors signed...
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    Professionals or "workers"

    nursel56 replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    A new nurse's union was born out of that ratio fight in California, here is a link in case anyone's interested. National Nurses
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    Do you like your long commute?

    nursel56 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    The last long commute job I had I actually added some time to it (10-15 min) by avoiding the hell of freeway traffic and taking a winding canyon road with flowers to smell and pretty trees to look at....
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    Moving on.....

    nursel56 replied to TorsadesRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The very best to you in your journey to a new life.
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    What is the difference between medical assistants and Lpn's?

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

    Usually a Medical Assistant is not licensed by the state and an LPN/LVN is. What an LPN can and cannot do is up to each state to decide and codified in each state's scope of practice. There are...
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    Nurses stopping for an accident scene - topic revisit

    nursel56 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in General Nursing

    What an awful scare! So glad your boy will be OK! As far as the stopping at the scene thing, I don't think I could just drive by injured people without stopping if only to check for bleeding,...
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    BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    nursel56 replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I believe she interpreted this answer as personal to her rather than the greater question of "if an RN sees poop should she just go ahead and deal with it herself or wait for the CNA" which I guess is...
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    BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    nursel56 replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Because the nurse power groups don't believe we have too many nurses and nursing schools. They continue to speculate that there will be a gigantic exodus of nurses who've delayed retirement, a huge...