gzussu

gzussu has 3 years experience.

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1. Please don't get the wrong impression

   gzussu posted a topic in General Students

   In nursing school, I remember being appalled by the way staff treated patients on a psych unit. I remember when I got my first job on a psych unit, I was appalled by the way staff spoke to patients. I...

2. Help? I regret this career choice?

   gzussu replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

   You're going to be a nurse. Not a nun. Many young nurses live it up and enjoy their night life to the fullest. Their social life isn't affected in any way. It's not that

3. Displaying credentials

   gzussu replied to jetMA96's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I'm soon to start the RN-MSN informatics program. No BS. No pun intended (joke ya'll. No harm or offense intended). Yeah, its online. Is this order misplacement of credentials so bothersome that you...

4. Is it normal to feel like you suck?

   gzussu replied to tiny_nurse's topic in General Students

   When I was in school, I always felt this way. I felt I was terrible in clinicals. I always got tongue-tied and would freeze up when my clinical instructor asked me a question. I felt like I always...

5. January 2015 Top 8 Captions - Help Select $100 Winner

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

   My entry would have been.. "You looking in here doesn't help me. Get your ahole in here and help

6. When did it become OK to treat your nurse like poo?

   gzussu replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency

   Psych nurse here. I have a borderline patient who has been with us for about a year but has used our services frequently previously. A sitcom could be based on her. Very demanding. She has gotten...

7. Homeless working the system, multiple admissions

   gzussu replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Psychiatric

   "What sort of entitlement? The sense of entitlement that health care should be a basic right as opposed to something a person only can get if they have the right health coverage?" Lol. Sorry. That is...

8. Advice from psych nurses

   gzussu replied to FlyOR's topic in Psychiatric

   The way I see it.....at work I need to apply nursing care unconditionally. Even if a cluster B is driving me to wanna strangle them....I still gotta do my job as a nurse.... However when it comes to...

9. Homeless working the system, multiple admissions

   gzussu replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Psychiatric

   By the way, I work with a certain type of population that for some reason believes they are so special...I've worked in a prison with bona fide criminals who weren't as bad as the people I serve now....

10. Homeless working the system, multiple admissions

    gzussu replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm so sick of the homeless that come in with this outrageous sense of entitlement. I mean ffs, you were out on the streets hungry and laying on concrete but you wanna come here a gripe about every...

11. Inpatient Psych - Ever call the police on a patient?

    gzussu replied to imapsychrn's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm bringing it back

12. Inpatient Psych - Ever call the police on a patient?

    gzussu replied to imapsychrn's topic in Psychiatric

    We have our own police unit on campus. We call them for simple walk throughs if the malingerers start acting up or seem to be scheming. We call them if we need to give an IM whether it's a dec shot...

13. NICU new grad

    gzussu replied to NICU Guy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sorry.....or

14. NICU new grad

    gzussu replied to NICU Guy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Because the universe finally said, "OK, she is good to go."

15. Are all nurses perpetually exhausted?

    gzussu replied to yellow_crayon's topic in Health, Stress Management

    ALL jobs are exhausting. Working people from all professions, whether they are nurses, cashiers, doctors, servers, physical therapists, construction workers/home improvement people, telemarketers,...