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  1. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

    GuEsT78 replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Standing up for yourself can take different forms. Do the one that's wisest in the circumstances. Sometimes, when attacked that way it's best to say nothing, while taking careful note of exactly...

  2. Feeding tube holds

    GuEsT78 replied to cxe008's topic in Gastroenterology

    I don't blame him. If I eat closer to bedtime than about three hours, I have trouble sleeping. I can understand why he doesn't like his stomach filling in the middle of the night. Some can sleep...

  3. Navy Nurse

    GuEsT78 replied to kbow's topic in Nursing Career

    You might want to check out the topics at All Nurses' Nursing Specialities/Government/Military Nursing: https://allnurses.com/government-military-nursing/ Especially the Navy nurse recruiting...

  4. Florence Nightingale's Birthday: World's Most Famous Nurse

    GuEsT78 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    There's an oft-quoted remark by Florence Nightingale: "How very little can be done under a spirit of fear" It was so relevant to much of what I say in a recent book, Senior Nurse Mentor: Curing What...

  5. To get endorsement or not?

    GuEsT78 replied to SwampCat's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    One suggestion, and hopefully one that will involve no out-of-pocket expense. With all those job applications, you've put a lot of bait in the water, but you're not even getting nibbles. That means...

  6. First time in a children's ward! excited but nervous. Can anyone help me out?

    GuEsT78 replied to S00147954's topic in Pediatric

    Pediatrics can be great fun. I worked as a guy nurse tech at a major children's hospital, spending 16 months on a Hem-Onc unit (mostly) that had kids from birth to their 10th birthday and another 10...

  7. Driving from Chicago to Seattle

    GuEsT78 replied to Lnr567's topic in Travel

    Sheltered by mountains and surrounded by water, Seattle isn't the real hitch. It snows there only about once a winter and that only lasts a day or two. Heavy snow is rare enough the city doesn't know...

  8. Travel Issue

    GuEsT78 replied to jaelfarn's topic in Travel

    Experience can be a painful teacher. Don't expect too much from these staffing agencies. They have little invested in you and in many cases will suffer little if you get ticked off and take your labor...

  9. Night shift blues

    GuEsT78 replied to Dramruch's topic in General Nursing

    As you note, those commute and parking issues make sleep hard. You might consider moving to within walking distance of work. That'd end those stresses. You might even keep your regular place but add...

  10. Scripting sounds patronizing

    GuEsT78 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agreed. Scripted responses in any context can be infuriating. It's like they're not listening to us or that we are being treated like a little child. When I call the help line for a major company or...

  11. Staten Island University Hospital Nurses Plan Strike For July 8

    GuEsT78 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I wish them all the best. It's hard for nurses to strike without creating a backlash in the media and "patient dies on gurney in the hall" type headlines.. At least, this one day strike will limit...

  12. IV's/Blood draws as FNP

    GuEsT78 replied to mka0141's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your question is sensible. You've got a problem and you're facing it in a straight-forward fashion. If you want to become a FNP, go for it. Just add a condition. Promise yourself that you will only...

  13. DON took advantage of me

    GuEsT78 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Nurse Beth is right. Our courts are overloaded. When you sign a contract that's not illegal (as in below the minimum wage), just unfavorable to you, they don't want to get involved. What you agreed to...

  14. Visiting Hours: Barriers to effective nursing care

    GuEsT78 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, were I were sick, I'd be delighted to have so many visitors that my nurse has trouble getting into the room. That said, I also know that I'm in the hospital for the nursing care and don't want...

  15. Tracing Lines Each Time

    GuEsT78 replied to mgturtle's topic in General Nursing

    I was a nurse tech on a pediatric Hem-Onc unit, where our patients typically had complex, multi-pump, multi-bag IVs. Whenever possible, I checked every detail of the IV from the bag to the patient at...

  16. Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT)

    GuEsT78 replied to joseyjo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How true! One of the most brilliant cartoons ever in New Yorker magazine, home of many brilliant cartoons, was one with a dog at a keyboard. The dog is telling another dog, "On the Internet nobody...

  17. Not cut out for NICU

    GuEsT78 replied to navyblueRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can understand how you might get "stressed and rattled" in an NICU. I occasionally floated to a unit where I was sometimes given the care of post-NICU babies being fattened up before discharge. Even...

  18. Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT)

    GuEsT78 replied to joseyjo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd certainly feel squeamish, but I once heard a pediatric surgeon explain that maggots have exquisite taste in human flesh. They do something that it's hard for a surgeon to do, remove (yes eat) the...

  19. Desperate to leave the bedside, possibly even nursing entirely

    GuEsT78 replied to GenericUnicorn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear about your bad experiences. You're smart to know you need a change. It'd be far worse to be in denial and taking your anger and frustration out on others. There's an option you might...

  20. How long should I stay at this job before I become undesirable to hospitals?

    GuEsT78 replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not an RN, but I was a nurse tech on the medical, Hem-Onc, and adolescent units of a major pediatric hospital. Except for the phone triage and perhaps the vaccinations, what you're doing now...

  21. Clinitron bed in burns.

    GuEsT78 replied to ECMO's topic in Burn

    Try asking the learned but often erratic Dr. Google: clinitron bed burn patient You'll get some useful search results. This article address a concern I had—that all that air flow could bring an...

  22. Pot, teenagers, and the psych ward

    GuEsT78 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it was a PBS (U.S.) documentary I saw that suggested that any drug that shapes how our minds work could be risky when used on children and teens. It may have been this one or one the related...

  23. Are these things still taught in nursing school?

    GuEsT78 replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    Schools differ. You might want to see if what you believe is missing is a significant part of the NCLEX. I suspect that some nursing schools are doing with the NCLEX what many public schools are doing...

  24. Stethoscopes

    GuEsT78 replied to Stacy127_11's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The previous poster is right, before you spend, find out what the practice at that particular PICU is. Just out of school, you probably don't have a lot of money to spend, so don't get carried away....

  25. Is it true that you have to take your half hour lunch break/dinner breaks

    GuEsT78 replied to mcclot1993's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That meal break and two fifteen-minute coffee breaks are typically mandated by state laws. In most situations, they're good ideas. In some cases they're not. Since their enforcement depends totally on...