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  1. What do you do at your workplace to still feel the spirit of Christmas?

    ponymom replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    My now retired coworker and I, along with most of the CNAs, decorated for Christmas. We wrapped room doorways up like presents, hung special Christmas themed artwork, helped residents decorate rooms,...

  2. Working Nights is Making me Sick

    ponymom replied to futurenurse16's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yes gotta suck it up. Good healthy food, no junk, no coffee, no cigarettes. I disliked nights, but the time went by eventually. How long have you been working? Are you young enough that you're working...

  3. Has working in a nursing home changed your views on nursing?

    ponymom replied to jwolansk's topic in Nursing Career

    The only thing (the only thing) that has turned me away from nursing in ltc (once again, the only thing) is the chronic understaffing. Not the families, not the patients/residents, not the coworkers,...

  4. DON Harassment feel trapped

    ponymom replied to ptcwhit's topic in General Nursing

    BSNbeDONE I do see your point, being agency. I've no experience in that regard. Thank

  5. DON Harassment feel trapped

    ponymom replied to ptcwhit's topic in General Nursing

    Yes contact your agency. Also, ask this pig just why she feels the need to be this way. Stand up for yourself. Don't feel worthless or afraid, get just a little bit pissed... Not all teary. Do you...

  6. I think I don't want to be a Nurse anymore.

    ponymom replied to guest723's topic in General Nursing

    School is the easiest and most stress-free part of this whole nursing thing. Right now you are only responsible for your grades, that's it. Give yourself a bit lighter workload next semester. School...

  7. Nursing and Horses

    ponymom replied to ElisabethF's topic in Canada

    I'm not in Canada but do live somewhat kinda sorta near you. Unless you travel alot why would you have to give up your horses? I had up to eight horses at one time, including a stallion. I also kept...

  8. Bullying at work

    ponymom replied to LDRN1893's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ask her why she acts like this. And really, any physical abuse call the cops. Don't bother withfacility

  9. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    ponymom replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    No, you missed the point. It was part of my compounding distaste and disgust with ltc. I was shedding it before I left the nh and leaving it all at work, where it belonged. I'm not particularly...

  10. CRNA Abusive, disruptive HELP!

    ponymom replied to Dani T's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Well if you're not all ready to verbally *****-slap the pig right across the face I guess you're all going to continue to be her little band of doormats. She has all of you very well trained. Start...

  11. Asked to Teach Clinical but Won't Train Me First

    ponymom replied to heartsgal's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Good God, my plant (factory job) gives the new supervisors 6 to 9 months of orientation so they can train new factory workers (among other

  12. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    ponymom replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Ha ha yeah I know!!! Crazy that a factory takes better care of it's staff and building than an nh. But that was me and like I said it was because the nh were just never staffed appropriately and...

  13. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    ponymom replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Never more than 10 minutes

  14. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    ponymom replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Hey hi. As usual I'm a little late to the party, but I never, ever, evernever, left my nursing job without changing into street clothes. Hell, I never even left clinicals without changing into street...

  15. Very Condescending Tech?

    ponymom replied to lapizius's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Don't keep walking away from her. Confront her (which can certainly be done in a polite but nonetheless firm tone) and teach her how to talk to you. She's probably trying to intimidate you, turn it...

  16. What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

    ponymom replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Whatever you want.... it's your day off. If you want to work, go in to work. If you don't want to work, don't go into work. Why do people make this such a big

  17. Called in on days off...what to do?!?

    ponymom replied to Kalypso22's topic in General Nursing

    Well then maybe management should also "think of the team" and hire some more staff to join "the

  18. How to deal with a DON who is DEMEANING, aka Destructive Critisism

    ponymom replied to Nursekrn7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just ask her why she is like

  19. Nurses Complaining About Assignments

    ponymom replied to knurse10's topic in General Nursing

    Just tell them to "knock it off and grow up, and if y'all don't like it there's the

  20. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    ponymom replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I put a mouse trap inside an open bag of doritos once. I sure heard about it the next day but boy was it funny. Theiving stopped

  21. Was this workplace violence? What should I do?

    ponymom replied to Irving's topic in General Nursing

    Hell that, if the same situation had happened to me, I would have just called the cops. Bypass the whole chain-of-non-command and done this after telling (no, ordering) the pig to grow up and knock...

  22. Help! UTIs in LTC

    ponymom replied to RNAndi's topic in General Nursing

    All directly related to proper staffing which, in Ltc, just isn't likely to happen any time

  23. Should you bring a paper with questions to interview?

    ponymom replied to wonderwoman92's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Absolutely. I've always interviewed the

  24. LTC do I bribe with cookies or do I growl

    ponymom replied to rudecat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Adequate staffing helps. But good luck with

  25. Carpool to work

    ponymom replied to Not Your Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi what happens if one gets mandated? If they are the driver or a