Bama_Jypsy1

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1. Have you ever cheated?

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

   Nope! I wouldn't cheat even if I knew I wouldn't get caught. I enjoy a good challenge. Besides, I was always afraid the person I would choose to cheat from would not know as much as I did. lol

2. Pregnancy Denial-- a real psychological disorder?

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have had several friends that have had babies and never knew they were pregnant!!! It's crazy, I know but it does happen. What really gets me is that they all had been pregnant and had children before. One of them found out she was pregnant...

3. Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men

   I have worked with many male nurses over the years and love it. Most of the ones I have worked with got their work done on time and didn't mind pitching in and helping their coworkers when needed. I work LTC and have found that often their brawn is n...

4. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   I started a new job last May and was working on my second wk there. There was a man there with this HUGE tumor that started in the corner of his eye. The tumor had grown so big that it covered everything but his left eye. Picture, if you will, the ...

5. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   The earwax story was definitely gross! While still doing clinicals during my 2nd quarter in school, we were working in a local nursing home. It was the end of the day and we were all coasting until time to leave for the day, when all of a sudden, I ...

6. Why a C-Section?

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

   As a nurse and a mother of five, I had my first child at 17 with an epidural. After 6 yrs passed, I finally got up enough nerve to attempt childbirth again with my first daughter, this time totally natural and only 50 minutes of labor. (I remembered ...

7. Nurse Mobbing/bullying

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to LuciGirl's topic in Relations

   Then there are some places where the new hires get the best schedules and even better pay...if the manager can get away with it, while the older nurses are abused and even run off. It sounds as if this is their answer to cleaning house and replacing...

8. Overbearing pt family

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to nursestacy73's topic in Safety

   I've never chanced across a family member that is this disturbed and hope I never do! This is abuse plain and simple. If the pt. happens to be a cardiac pt, you might expain to the family member the dangers of checking for fecal impactions on these p...

9. Nurse Mobbing/bullying

   Bama_Jypsy1 replied to LuciGirl's topic in Relations

   I have found that bullying and in general, just plain bad and rude behaviors are blatent in most of the places I've worked. I was straight out of LPN school and went to work at a LTC facility with 2 other nursing buddies. I was given 1.5 wks of orie...