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  1. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    psalm replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Working as an aide on an OB floor, I came to work one evening and faced some stony nurses. A patient's husband had sent a single rose to me and to another aide. The nurses were saying how...

  2. Rude remarks by doc with his own kids

    psalm replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    ...so I assume none of the pts. the doc rounded on were in isolation? What about HIPAA? And no way I will watch someone's child while he/she rounds, I am there for the

  3. How to respond to these type of nurses!?

    psalm replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    ...when I was a student in clinicals, the first day in report one of the RNs talked on and on about Dr. X's affair with 2 nurses, and how the wife knew, etc, etc, etc. I didn't say anything to anyone...

  4. To Scarf or not to Scarf

    psalm replied to 2bNurse Smart's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Is this a full covering of the hair or a small lace-type doiley? I am not trying to be facetious, but I don't recall what it is called. Some Mennonite ladies and even some Baptists wear a small...

  5. Crazy Tampon Commercial

    psalm replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    Doesn't this remind you of the "Growing Up and Liking It" and "Very Personally Yours" menstuation booklets of the 1950s-1970s from Modess and Kotex? Brainwashing girls into thinking it was going to be...

  6. Crazy Tampon Commercial

    psalm replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...YES!! Why can't they? Or don't they? It would be the tax write-off...and they would get good press. But on the other hand, what American female wouldn't be excited to have her very own shirt to...

  7. Crazy Tampon Commercial

    psalm replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    Are the condom companies going to provide free condoms and education to males if we buy their brand of condom? After all, a man can be good for

  8. Why shift diff nights when days are so busy?

    psalm replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    Our night shift AND day shift sleepers get

  9. Why shift diff nights when days are so busy?

    psalm replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    What part of the country are you in, getting $3-5/hour differential? We get less than $1.50 on 11-7, 3-11 gets $.90/hour. I am in SW

  10. Any Veterans in nursing here?

    psalm replied to NiteQwill's topic in General Nursing

    About a thousand years ago I was a medic in the Army, worked on a maternity floor, and was discharged with a 91B20, and specialist E-5. 28 years later I got my ADN...been nursing for 5

  11. Not enough attention to BMs in nursing today!

    psalm replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    ...yeah, we have it on our shift assessment under GI system. I will write in date of last BM. If it has been more than 2 days and the pt. is eating and BS present and/or passing gas, I will check...

  12. Tired of impaired nurses

    psalm replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Loved Ones, I hope this gives you all a little laugh, I was scrolling down allnurses and when I came to this thread I thought it was "Tired of Impacted Nurses". Must need a

  13. Families from Hell

    psalm replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    Here's an idea...we count the family members on our assignments at pts. After all, we are nursing the whole family, right? So on the floor if you usually get 6 admitted pts. you will get 2 admitted...

  14. Unpaid overtime...

    psalm replied to regularRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would tell them well, Mrs. B had an unscheduled code brown to clean up and Mr. S had some unscheduled SOB right after we stablized Mrs. A after her fall....and that took so much time to chart that...

  15. Unpaid overtime...

    psalm replied to regularRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If more nurses would chart on the clock at X 1.5 pay maybe TPTB would staff more appropriately...nah, probably

  16. I was asked to "work as a team" with a new RN...(m)

    psalm replied to pink2blue1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When you say "organizational skills" do you mean getting assignments done, prioritizing, staying focused? I can get very "scattered" if I don't have my cheat sheet set up properly and certain things...

  17. It's easy: Tamper with things and EXTEND your STAY!

    psalm replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    But we weren't talking about pain here. We were talking about pts. who won't do for themselves when they are capable...and "using" the nursing staff as personal valets. Pts. who enjoy the "sick...

  18. Navy Wife with a few questions

    psalm replied to waterlily252's topic in Government, Military

    If you can't get hired at the military facility, volunteer there to keep your skills up...maybe they will decide they need you more if you volunteer an occasional 4-8 hour shift. Or you just may have...

  19. It's easy: Tamper with things and EXTEND your STAY!

    psalm replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it is a matter of "catering" to them...but enabling them to stay in the sick role, which contributes to them draining the life out of the staff and taking away from others who are more...

  20. Ellis SCCC ASN?

    psalm replied to KatieM123's topic in New York Nursing

    My step-mom was a cardiac pt. at Ellis and was very pleased with the care she had.She did say the nurses were stretched thin, 12/1 but that might have been a team of 12 pts. to one

  21. Songs to play in the Waiting Room

    psalm replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

    Here's some: "comfortably numb" by Pink Floyd "we gotta get outta this place" by Eric Burdon & The Animals "The Red Telephone" by Love (on the Love Story album) with Arthur Lee...

  22. If For One More Day.......

    psalm replied to military girl's topic in General Nursing

    This may sound stupid but this is what I would do...I would want to spend the day with my dearly departed feline. She spoke in sentences,she could say "Mama", she got me thru nursing school, she gave...

  23. I talking to yourself a prerequisite to nursing?!?!

    psalm replied to newtelenurse's topic in General Nursing

    If a patient is concerned about my talking to myself, I will tell them it keeps the nurse focused on the treatment she/he is giving. Ifit is someone I can joke with I will tell the pt. I am off my...

  24. Most RN's first borns?

    psalm replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Fourth born, only daughter, 2 brothers between me and my oldest brother, and he is 4 years, 1 month older than I. And I was NOT the princess of the family; workhorse more like it.

  25. Families from Hell

    psalm replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    talk about neglect and emotional abuse by the son!! call social services and see what can be done. god bless the nurses who are lending a hand, but we shouldn't enable this son to neglect his mom in...