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  1. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    NessaNurse replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I voted for no because I would hate it to HAVE to wear 2 shirts I get hot enough as it is. And usually its only me and the dudes c/o it being too hot. So trim if it looks like something is going to...

  2. Reality Bites - Not for the weak of hearts

    NessaNurse replied to mytaipan's topic in General Nursing

    Cats, rats and roaches!:uhoh21: I can't even imagine, and a mother seeing her child die because she cant afford meds for him. How horrible. Sometimes I think life over in the US has problems and that...

  3. Greatest code brown stories!

    NessaNurse replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

    I had one kiddo around 7 years old. Lil guy. Night before he was completely restless, s/p hypospadias repar, so being restless and messing w. f/c are BAD. Kids mom was not usefull and so when I...

  4. Do you get sick more often in peds?

    NessaNurse replied to ER1010's topic in Pediatric

    I usually get my bugs in the 1st few minutes w the kid and I get coughed in the face. If I even suspect sickness I wear a mask. If they have a trach I wear googles (learned that one the hard way,...

  5. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    NessaNurse replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    One of the technical schools in my area advertises thier MA programs as, "the doctor's office nurse". Nice. I also dislike it when people tell, "oh I used to be nurse", after asking a few more...

  6. What is the complaint with nursing salaries?

    NessaNurse replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an

  7. Do you get sick more often in peds?

    NessaNurse replied to ER1010's topic in Pediatric

    I'm a new peds nurse and I am sick ALL the time. I'v eheard from other nurses its very common to be sick pretty frequently for your 1st 1-2 years of peds. Oh joy. I never got sick from workin w pts...

  8. Meds you hate to give....

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

    PO meds to kids in the 1-5 age group. Usually just about impossible to get down em if they dont want it. Lots og begging, juice briberyu, stickers and parent involvemnt whew. Eye drops on PEds, oh...

  9. ER the most physically demanding?

    NessaNurse replied to dm22's topic in Emergency

    Ahh the screaming in peds, thats why nights are much nicer. On my peds floor we get some nuero kids too, and neuro adoscents can be heavy, but probably not as much as adults. You would be surpised...

  10. Moving To Santa Clarita, Need Help

    NessaNurse replied to paula77720's topic in California Nursing

    I did my last semester of clinical rotations at Henry MAyo. I t didnt seem too bad. But I've heard thier are some problems thier from nurses at where I currently work in LA. Most of the ICU thier...

  11. Background Checks For CNAs

    NessaNurse replied to JamesfromMaine's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure juvenile records are sealed. If you ask the adult people to get a transcript for it you wont ever find it. But for me I notified the BRN and attached a paper from the juvie office...

  12. Do you know guys, we ARE an action figure!

    NessaNurse replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    I want a girl

  13. vancomycin iv over 1 hour

    NessaNurse replied to endlesssummer1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I see some nurses do IV vanco only over 1 hour. Ass in never over more. Sheesh. I work Peds though. 1500 looks like HUGE dose to me, but then again I'm used to much smaller pts. If PIV I always...

  14. LPN depressed and feeling lost.

    NessaNurse replied to newflgrad's topic in Pediatric

    NO advice here, but I certainly can feel your pain. I'm an RN in acute care at a peds teaching hospital. BEcause of my grandmothers health me and hubby are moving in w her. Out hwere she lives...

  15. vancomycin iv over 1 hour

    NessaNurse replied to endlesssummer1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    i would dilute it to 300 ml. Vanco should be diluted to 5mg/ml strength. Always. I would give it over 1.5 hrs myself. Of coure it all depends on the pt. If theyve been getting it over 1 hr for...

  16. Good Antelope Valley Hospitals to work at?

    NessaNurse posted a topic in California Nursing

    To better help my gramdma after breaking her back, hubby and I are going to move in w/her. We currently in life in the San Fernando Valley. I work off of Sunset. My question is what are some good...

  17. Nursery Nurses?

    NessaNurse replied to iheartbabies's topic in General Nursing

    I oculd be wrong here but the "nursery" nurse with the healthy babies is probably a post partum nurse. For the sicker new babies thier are NICU nurses. And if the babies are a bit older then they go...

  18. America's view of the nursing profession

    NessaNurse replied to elatty's topic in General Nursing

    This is sorta an off topic remark to the trailer trash thing..but hey here in so cal you can buy yourself a double wide for a million bucks> sheesh.so I guess its not trash. Whats wrong with blue...

  19. dextrose and dilantin

    NessaNurse replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    wow! This reminds me of when I was a student. I had an RB on the floor who would do something to the effect of mixing dilantin with D5 or piggyback it rhough D5. She aksed me to give it like this...

  20. HOw wierd! Arnold Shwarnenegger came to my husbands school

    NessaNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    my hubby goes to Pasadena City College. He came to their auto tech garage and shook all thier hands. Campaigning early? Funny I wonder if he went to the nursing classes? :rotfl: Anyhow I thought...

  21. hi

    NessaNurse replied to marie heywood's topic in International Nursing

    I don't know about being anRN in the UK. But as a new grad ADN I was able to start out in PEds at a large chlidren s hospital. So the jobs are out thier. Just tryt o get a childrens hospital, or a...

  22. horizontal abuse,in-figting among our peers

    NessaNurse replied to James Garrity's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree with you, sometimes its like junior high all over again. Men tend to just say thier peace, get mad and then blow it off. With us girls I swaer it can go on forever, and if your not a perfect...

  23. Double Standard with Sexual Harassment

    NessaNurse replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    At my floor we all had to take a special harrssment class by lawyers because of a complaint. I personally never heard anything bad but whatever. The class emntioned that we arent even supposed to...

  24. Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

    NessaNurse replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men in Nursing

    This isn't the most serious post but IMHO I like working with dudes because they don't get all caught up in woman drma (ie cattiness) this may sound all stereotypical and bad but oh well I swaer its...

  25. Best area to start nursing carreer?

    NessaNurse replied to Bicycleboy's topic in General Nursing

    I;m new and in a very busy peds med-surg