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  1. Bipolar nursing instructors

    AMARTIN1 replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

    This lady sounds crazy and shouldn't be teaching!!! She doesn't know if your cut out to be a nurse or not. She is not GOD and shouldn't be bringing the bible up as a reason to fail you!! Don't get...

  2. Newby to Forum!

    AMARTIN1 replied to AngeliaLpn's topic in General Nursing

    WELCOME!!! This is a wonderful website to gain insight on issues or just vent. I agree with you on the issue. I would feel alot better getting direction and policy from someone who "has the knowledge...

  3. Good Stethoscope??

    AMARTIN1 replied to witchypu13's topic in General Nursing

    I received a Littman as a gift and I have to agree they are worth the money and they last a long time. You can get them cheap if you look around on the Internet or eBAY. I have the Master Cardiology...

  4. Nurses: Delighted or Annoyed by Nursing Students?

    AMARTIN1 replied to AthensICURN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!! I now understand, as a new RN in a very busy stepdown unit, why nurses can sometimes be short with students and may come off as rude. I think it's wonderful to be able to teach someone new...

  5. Worst information given in shift report!!!

    AMARTIN1 replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the feedback. As a new nurse I am trying to tweak my report giving skills a bit and it's good to know what everyone is doing outside my hospital system. We all pretty much are asking...

  6. Post-Its from the edge

    AMARTIN1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well put!!! That irks me also :)! or how about the terminally sick employee who shows up to work sick and after getting report, decides an hour later that she HAS to go home and leaves the rest of us...

  7. I made a big mistake on night shift i need to vent (LONG) sorry

    AMARTIN1 replied to NurseNicoleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well put!!!!:) I felt the same way after I made my mistakes but it was forgotten as quickly as it happened. As new nurses I think we tend to be hard on ourselves but thats how we learn to become...

  8. Areas for a new RN??

    AMARTIN1 replied to megan mahal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree!! I also work on an intermediate stepdown unit where we get four patients. We are primary nursing with no aides, so it is very challenging to balance all aspects of pt care. We get both...

  9. I made a big mistake on night shift i need to vent (LONG) sorry

    AMARTIN1 replied to NurseNicoleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've just finished my orientation (Friday) and I can't tell you how many little things I've done wrong. I gave my pt the wrong insulin and had to call the doctor (yikes!!) but that turned out okay. I...

  10. Studying... How did you do it?

    AMARTIN1 replied to pasand's topic in General Nursing

    As most of the posts stated, using the NCLEX study guides and discs do work. I also took advantage of the discs in our study books for school and found most of the exams in school came from our books....

  11. Post-Its from the edge

    AMARTIN1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle !!! I love this site!!! keep em comin'

  12. How do you decompress after work?

    AMARTIN1 replied to QuilterLPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A hot shower, nice cold bottle of beer and some fun with my husband (wink).

  13. Post-Its from the edge

    AMARTIN1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Family, The last time I checked, my name had RN in it and not waitress. I am here to get you better and make you comfortable, not wait on your every need and whim. I do have other patients. I...

  14. Change of shift funtime!

    AMARTIN1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't witnessed anything that seroius before but I do often wonder why patients had chest pain when it's time to be d/c home and you make calls to the cardiologist, electrophysiologist and...

  15. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    AMARTIN1 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely can not stand to see empty cups, containers or trash lying around at home!!! If its empty, it better be in the sink!!! I also have an obsession with cleaning all my patient's trash out of...

  16. Worst Night of My Entire Career

    AMARTIN1 replied to HillNPStudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think we all agree that there are those days when the whole shift goes to hell and sitting under a desk, while sucking your thumb and rocking back and forth seems like a great idea :chuckle but you...

  17. Kudos to all nurses out there....

    AMARTIN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have had the craziest day!!! I can say that after only three months on a med/surg stepdown unit I have arrived!!!! i now know what an exhilirating feeling it is to run...not walk to my car, blast...

  18. Nurses, Would you go into nursing if you had to do it all over again?

    AMARTIN1 replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Anniversary MJLRN97!!!

  19. "Just" a nurse? You can do so much better!

    AMARTIN1 replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    So true!!

  20. I don't understand this profession..

    AMARTIN1 replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    Very well put!! I've caught myself doing the

  21. your very own personal crusade

    AMARTIN1 replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    That's so ridiculous!!! Baths can't always be done during the day, especially if you work on a primary nursing intermediate/tele floor. It should be done within a 24 hour shift by any RN,LVN or CNA. I...

  22. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    AMARTIN1 replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    That is so true it's creepy. I sometimes catch myself at the grocery store in line, trying to do mini head to toe assessments on people.

  23. Does anyone here love their job?

    AMARTIN1 replied to elainebenes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Couldn't have said it better myself!!! I had one of those great days today :balloons:

  24. New nurse scared to talk to doctors!!

    AMARTIN1 replied to cparrish's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh how right you are!!!

  25. New nurse scared to talk to doctors!!

    AMARTIN1 replied to cparrish's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Very true!!! I actually called a physician once and told him "sorry to bother you" and he stopped me and said not to ever tell a physician that, they get paid to be bothered :). It also does help to...