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    Not learning from my preceptor?

    Nonyvole replied to Student2017555's topic in General Nursing

    If you feel, completely and totally, that you are not able to learn from this preceptor, go to your manager and unit educator. Don't blame anybody, because that's the fastest way to misery. Just say...
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    "You're too smart to be a nurse. Be a doctor"

    Nonyvole replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    "Nah. I like the challenge of nursing." "Why? Because 80-hour work weeks aren't really my thing." "...do I look psychotic to you?" I've a bunch of one liners, depending on the
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    Would outpatient be a good fit for me?

    Nonyvole replied to awilliamsesu's topic in General Nursing

    ER background, but I haven't found it to be a hard transition. It also will depend on what you go into - I was a little surprised at the sheer number of different options out there. I'm a floater,...
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    Fellow student=back stabbed?

    Nonyvole replied to esrun77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, Lisa is an acquaintance at best, not a friend. And I'd treat her as such. This is where you get to be the bigger person. She starts making passive-aggressive digs at you? Let her. My personal...
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    Amber Does the Unthinkable

    Nonyvole replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I'd do exactly what Amber did. It's all about patient safety. And staff safety, too, really. On top of that, I would also be making enough noise so that the right people had to listen. Of course,...
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    How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days

    Nonyvole replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    Cutting carbs? Hah! Between my MDD, GAD, ADHD, and chronic pain, I live on
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    Interviewing an R.N.

    Nonyvole replied to DACMEDINA's topic in General Nursing

    OP, the point of projects like this is to have an in-person meeting, not post on an anonymous message board. You don't know if the people responding are truly nurses, or just play one on
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    Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    Nonyvole replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    OP, try differentiating between your tech job and your student job. As a tech, you have a level of trust with your coworkers. As a student shadowing a nurse for one day, you don't. There's a sort of...
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    Doubts

    Nonyvole replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We're nurses. We call it like it is, give you support when you need it, but will point out fallacies and alternative opinions when it's needed, too. Sometimes very loudly. (And as a veteran ER...
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    Doubts

    Nonyvole replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't. Things that happen in the street can feel very intense, especially if you've never dealt with it before. Very few people don't get the shakes around their first trauma situation... And...
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    Transgender Patients

    Nonyvole replied to sherri64's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had a patient, born male, identified female. Couldn't afford to transition. We treated him as a female, even though all the paperwork said male. If she had to be admitted, that was part of the report....
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    Nurse with ADD :(

    Nonyvole replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    All the mental illnesses and learning disabilities fall under that umbrella of "something doesn't meet what is considered 'normal.'" Just like diabetes, HTN, seizures, the list goes on, science has...
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    5/29 This week, I have learned... One year later!!!

    Nonyvole replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    When you're in your final week before leaving a job, you will get sick. And calling out means no PTO
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    5/7 (on 5/9) WILTW: ixchel is a cornflake girl

    Nonyvole replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If you think that somebody might be sabotaging you...there is a very good chance that they are. This makes three jobs that have gone from verbal offers to "sorry..." after they've contacted my...
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    Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    Nonyvole replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd twist around, look confused, and say that I can't be a monkey since I don't have a tail. And then I'd tell him to stop being so
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    Doctors answering services

    Nonyvole replied to menot's topic in General Nursing

    I love answering services...I say the patient's name, location, my name, call back number. For the service I tend to call the most (oncology), that is all they want to know and I'm getting a call back...
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    Would you ever consider being a correctional nurse/np?

    Nonyvole replied to floatingribs's topic in General Nursing

    After *cough* years in emergency nursing and medicine...I'm not only considering it, but I'm applying for a position at the local jail. And prison. Why? Because the attitudes that I started out...
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    Workplace Cowardice

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

    I'm very firmly in the camp of going to the person before management. Personal story. I've got an odd personality for a place where I used to live, and it was rubbing people wrong where I used to...
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    My thoughts. Literally. Catheter. Psych Pt. ED

    Nonyvole replied to Ronda89's topic in Emergency

    So, we're usually pretty good in getting people to undress - the key is in how one approaches the patient. My tricks include pinning the blame on my bosses - "hospital rules. Yeah, it sucks. But...
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    My thoughts. Literally. Catheter. Psych Pt. ED

    Nonyvole replied to Ronda89's topic in Emergency

    Dany - we've had patients who have come in of their own volition, verbally agreed to not harm themselves or others, and were very cooperative suddenly do a runner, get out a locked door behind...
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    Preceptorship guidance

    Nonyvole replied to melopanda's topic in General Nursing

    Remember, too, that you aren't going to be thrown to the wolves. If your preceptor does that, go to your professor. But, if you're thinking about working with babies, why not a pediatric med-surg...
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

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

    Oh yeah - "that's not my patient" is an incomplete sentence. "That's not my patient, but how can I help?" is. Your coworkers will thank you, especially if they're busy and you aren't. And if somebody...
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

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

    And don't show up and expect people to change to suit you. I swear, I've had to bite my tongue so many times with this latest hire that I'm surprised I still have one left. (Yes, I know that a few of...
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    Weird/ Dumb Nursing School Rules

    Nonyvole replied to Randy RN ASN's topic in General Students

    Two things. One, ****** follows some very strict rules about what students can wear to class. It's all part of the Honor Code. Since *** is a private school, they can set more restrictive rules, and...
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    UGHHHHH Need a change

    Nonyvole replied to hbarlow's topic in General Nursing

    Apply for those ER jobs! What's the worst they can