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  1. working on Christmas?

    nurse_clown replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    on our unit, we cut our 12 hour shifts down to eight hours on christmas and newyears. eight hours is certainly better than

  2. working on Christmas?

    nurse_clown replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    i must be slow too. i have kids but i've never had a problem over christmas and new years. ideally, we all want to be with the family, but sometimes "duty

  3. working on Christmas?

    nurse_clown replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    i find that a lot of the "childless" rn's are half expected to cover for holidays for the more senior nurses who have kids. i know i'm working on christmas eve, christmas night and new years eve. i...

  4. working on Christmas?

    nurse_clown replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    i have two young kids too. i'm working christmas eve, christmas night and new years eve. i can't really explain why so that we both understand but that's just the way it is!! understandably, you...

  5. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    nurse_clown replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    did you ask your manager why she didn't take the vitals of the family member? managers are funny that way. we have one that likes to bend over backwards for the families and winds up having to do...

  6. Percentage of Break Downs?

    nurse_clown replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    i've seen a lot of my coworkers "burn out". one of my friends took a "medical leave of absence". another keeps arguing with everyone at work. no one really wants to work with her. i myself went...

  7. What is your favorite part of oncology nursing?

    nurse_clown replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Oncology

    i happened to get into oncolocy nursing by sheer coincidence. i quit my job in child welfare and moved back to my home town. i didn't know what to do for the first while and there weren't any...

  8. dumb questions

    nurse_clown replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh21: i've been working in a hospital for three years. i think i'm still asking dumb questions. i also think i've been asking the same questions three

  9. Does anyone else feel like there is too much gossip going on?

    nurse_clown replied to ashley7's topic in General Nursing

    i have to reply to this again. i think this whole gossiping thing is outrageous. for the last month, i've been feeling "picked on" by a senior nurse. i've been really cool about it by not letting...

  10. Best shift for a Mom

    nurse_clown replied to splunking's topic in General Nursing

    [color=mediumturquoise]well, one of my friends works for a community agency. she can make up her schedule and she does stuff like palliative care, tube feeds, dressings, injections, clinics etc.etc....

  11. Does anyone else feel like there is too much gossip going on?

    nurse_clown replied to ashley7's topic in General Nursing

    i think it happens everywhere. i hate to admit that it happens at my work too. but i always walk away when it starts. i've seen when things get blown out of proportion and feelings get hurt. it's...

  12. Your Worst Mistake

    nurse_clown replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    i like that one. you handled yourself well. i'm going through something similar that's getting more frustrating. reading your story has

  13. Handling stress concerns

    nurse_clown replied to rre714's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes i leave work feeling stunned. i'm walking down the hallway on my way to the car, my hair is in disarray, my uniform dishevelled... i'm worried about my patients and coworkers (our hospital...

  14. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    nurse_clown replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    i take issue with a lot of your post. it's the exact problem that i have with people who are religious. why can't someone who isn't religious have an opinion without some religious person shooting it...

  15. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    nurse_clown replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    in nursing, i don't think you have to serve god. some nurses do and some nurses don't. for me personally, i've come across a lot of people who claim they are religious and think that everyone else...

  16. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    nurse_clown replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    yes, i believe the instructor is taking some liberties with the topic. i am not a religious person myself. but to my patients, i respect their choices and values. and i do that because the patient...

  17. Terminated from LTC!

    nurse_clown replied to Serenity USVI's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    sorry about your job loss. i just finished my first year at a ltc facility. most of the time, i'm pretty outspoken mostly about everything. i mean if they need to hear the truth, they might as well...

  18. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    nurse_clown replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    i have two kids, a husband and a dog. i'd love to have christmas and new years off. i worked thanksgiving. i don't mind working christmas but i'd rather have new years off. just because i have...

  19. unprofessional behavior in RN community

    nurse_clown replied to miphillli's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    yep! you gotta watch out for those backstabbers!!! they're kind of irritating. i've been backstabbed myself. they're so nice to your face, then whammo!!! you're sitting across the desk from the...

  20. Normal orientation length?

    nurse_clown replied to PhoenixGirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :balloons: well, normally around here a good orientation is about two weeks. in a perfect world, that's what we expect. but it doesn't always happen that way. when i applied at the ltc setting, i...

  21. A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    nurse_clown replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not considered one of the "older" nurses. But, some of my colleagues have left other jobs to pursue a nursing career. I ask them a lot of questions about thier previous jobs and experiences and...

  22. violence

    nurse_clown posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work the night shift. 1900 - 0700. My patient was in for pain control issues. He had too much Hydromorph Contin and he was too drowsy. There was also some weird orders which I clarified with the...

  23. unprofessional behavior in RN community

    nurse_clown replied to miphillli's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I had an interesting talk with my charge nurse once about a totally different topic. I had a rough shift and I wondered why. I didn't want to fill out a workload greivance with the union without...

  24. Performance Evaluations

    nurse_clown replied to lewwilann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    funny you should ask that. i've been waiting for mine for the last two weeks. i work part time in a ltc setting. i'm not sure what my evaluation is going to be like. i had to fill out a...

  25. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    nurse_clown replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    some people are real selfish. i was trying to ask around my unit to see if anyone could take my saturday night shift. i wanted to go to a party with my hubby. but as it turned out, no one could...