Red Kryptonite

The more doctors I meet, the more I hate them. Honestly. The few decent ones stick out like sore thumbs.

Go to a Catholic university and then complain it's too Catholic? I just can't even...... You chose to be there. You knew it was religious. Either pull up the big boy/girl pants and deal, or transfer. And as to prestigious.....when it comes to nursing Joe Six Pack from State U. has just as good a chance as you at basically every job once you both have your BSN.

Sorry. Prayers/good vibes/well wishes for your time of grieving.

My daughter, who will be leaving for college in a couple weeks to study aerospace engineering and physics, is actively looking for stable hand jobs. The area of her university is fairly rural and the town boasts the oldest continuously running rodeo in the world, as well as trail rides for tourists, so there are lots of horses around. She actually really enjoys mucking out stalls and grooming horses, and if she gets to ride them for exercise now and then, she'll consider it a top level perq. I told her I think that's awesome because her focus is going to be so cerebral and high-level that something physical and down to earth like that will be a nice change of pace. Having a side job you like and that relieves a little stress sounds like a great idea.

Fly by night 3 week (okay 6 weekends) crash course graduate checking in. I'm an excellent CNA and just finished my first semester of LPN school. What was that you were saying?

Just because something might sometimes be happening does not mean it always has to be happening. I don't hold any strong position on the supernatural, but I think some things are possible. "There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio."

What a sandbag! Follow P&P and end up written up?! For any nurse managers reading this, that kind of crap is what makes your floor staff hate and you and see you as completely unsupportive and out of touch.

Boy do I think the folks over at mortuary would be irritated if we tried that! And no, KY doesn't always work, unfortunately. Some of them dead eyelids are just stubborn.

Amen. I have a friend whose baby recently got her first MMR. She was posting all over Facebook asking for prayers about the baby's "terrible reaction" to the MMR. Baby cut four teeth together the same week and had a fever of 103, and was fussy. *facepalm* What really lit my fuse was one of her other friends posting, "You know I'm here for you. This is what I do, heal vaccine injury!" It took everything I had not to call them both blithering idiots. I saw baby Sunday....she's perfectly fine. Mom told me about how her older twin sons reacted to the MMR as well, because they complained their legs hurt and laid on the couch for two days after getting it. I don't know how someone who's been a mother for almost 8 years doesn't realize the probability that they were playing on her fear and anxiety (they were preemies) and milking it for all it's worth. She's nice but she drives me a little nuts sometimes.

What the? Dear Lord, that little piece of work needs an attitude tune up. I can't imagine any workplace that supports behavior like that. If yours does, I'm truly sorry for you. I refused to speak like that to a nurse even when a wussy charge nurse told me to. All I could think was, "Honey....that's why they pay YOU the big bucks. I live in the bottom of the valley and I know where crap rolls." Have you talked to anyone in authority about this? She should not be allowed to continue that behavior.

Arizona allows CNAs to be trained as med techs too, in certain kinds of facilities. But a CNA who does not have such training is violating scope by being responsible for medications in any way except assistance with self administration, like reminders or help opening difficult packages for a client who then takes the med themselves. OP did not describe him/herself as a med tech, only a CNA.

No way in hell would I allow my employer to make me responsible for medications I can't even legally touch. I actually had to do battle with my boss about a similar issue regarding scope. When your butt ends up in a sling with the BON these people WILL NOT be there to defend you! I think you need to find another job. This place sounds like a disaster waiting happen in about ten different ways.

Where do people get this idea that you have to achieve everything before 35 or you're a failure? I mean....what do we do after 35? Decline, shrivel, and die?

Mine too.

Some people really can't handle being there for the actual death. Usually when we see that, the family's been through a LONG HAUL with years of disease process, or several weeks or days of a sudden onset and decline, usually with ICU stays and ER trips, and they just have nothing left.

I just keep thinking about my grandfather, who became severely disabled after serving in both WW2 and Korea, sent home and medically retired directly from the battlefield. And then went out in the Arizona sun and harvested cotton and whatever other crops were available to support his family because his retirement wasn't enough to house and feed four growing kids. He was a very intelligent man but had no formal education and there isn't any artillery to work on in the civilian world. Young, single, childless, able-bodied people feeling entitled to government aid is how Greece got where it is. As to pie, I prefer French silk or a nice double cherry.

*sigh* Have you read the thread? I'm making no assumptions. I'm addressing the stated reason of one person here for taking government aid.

How is taking government assistance because they don't feel like dealing with the stress of working while in school, different from just not wanting to work?

What's that you say?

I know it seems cruel to restrict calls, but I remember one lady we had who would call over and over all night. Her son and his wife couldn't get any sleep. We ended up having to take her phone away during the night. One of the things she did remember was his phone number.

Hurts to get smacked with your own club, huh?

Where is this magical job where CNAs get to read books or socialize on the clock? I do clearly remember nurses at my hospital job who ignored call lights and had Sandals resorts or high end handbag websites open on their desktops.....so that knife can cut both ways.

For someone who decries others for being judgemental, you sure are comfortable with judging other people.

Because it's basically unskilled labor. That never pays well.

You've been accepted into four programs? Uh, yeah, checking out of this thread before I say something that will get me banned.