AutumnApple

M/S, Pulmonary, Travel, Homecare, Psych.

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    How do I deal with this nurse?

    AutumnApple replied to John4134's topic in United Kingdom

    "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach that man to fish, you feed him for life." When I did hospital nursing, I was often in a position where I had to mediate problems just as this one. I...
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    Am I right to be angry?

    AutumnApple replied to Knytstar's topic in General Nursing

    Hmph, I think you fell victim to a phenomenon that I've talked about before. We don't know the variables and details of everything that goes on around us. We just see the end result. Then, we assume...
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    Taking a Position as a Float Nurse as a New Grad

    AutumnApple replied to ColleenT's topic in General Nursing

    Hmph...........I love hospital based nursing programs. I did well in my community college program and wouldn't change having gone there. If I had to pick another school to attend, it would be the...
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    Glasses(?)

    AutumnApple replied to heather717's topic in General Nursing

    I have progressive lenses as well and absolutely love them. Now, if only I could get my boss to believe my story that I need a seeing eye cat to function at work.............. I had so many patients...
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    No more rudeness!

    AutumnApple replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can perhaps explain it. You have to remember, while people are on forums such as this, people are constantly 'reading between the lines.' If our suspicion is that a post may be less than honest,...
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    Taking a Position as a Float Nurse as a New Grad

    AutumnApple replied to ColleenT's topic in General Nursing

    From someone who doesn't mind floating and often did so because other nurses on the unit dreaded it so much: It's doable, and has some advantages actually, but the disadvantages are the type that...
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    Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    AutumnApple replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    With the exception of when I was a travel nurse, I never had the feeling that I was making enough expendable income to purchase 'luxury' items. Even then, my impulse spending got me a vase and a very...
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    Should I retake college courses for higher gpa to get in nursing program?

    AutumnApple replied to kareebear1's topic in General Nursing

    Want to point out too: Most schools won't let you retake courses. They want to avoid people doing exactly what you're talking about.......retaking the course for GPA reasons alone. This, of course,...
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    No more rudeness!

    AutumnApple replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I did my fair share of stints as a waitress when I was younger. I've said it before, I'll say it again: If anyone can claim to have a monopoly on 'rudeness' or 'devouring our own' it is the...
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    AutumnApple replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    The 'No more rudeness'
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    AutumnApple replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my. I am getting threads mixed up. That was another thread someone said we were all obnoxious lol Nevermind. Good survey scores all
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    Dealing with Guilt

    AutumnApple replied to JA89's topic in General Nursing

    Write the patient a letter. Tell him everything you have to say about this situation. Seal it. Put it away. Wait a month. Open it, read it, see if you feel the same. Keep repeating until you feel...
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    AutumnApple replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Fine. I will go up North, do some overtime and have your fee paid. But I'm giving you poor scores on the survey. Cause y'all are
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    AutumnApple replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmph. My school, the ADN one, mandated attending the pinning. And you can only imagine the rules and procedures. Ugh This thread has been a big "Don't take your experiences to be everyone else's...
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    How do you handle co-workers who are extremely dramatic and are easily stressed?

    AutumnApple replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG lol. As much as I thought her odd in the workstudy setting, I do believe she probably became a good nurse if she found the right setting. Which, if I had to bet, she probably did. See, Betty was...
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    No more rudeness!

    AutumnApple replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I want to propose, and maybe this came up already (I apologize if it did) but: OP, is it possible that usually this girls opinion would not have even made you bat an eye but you were oversensitive...
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    AutumnApple replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    lol, omg. You didn't go to my school. Not that I thought you did anyway. Next people are going to be saying attending graduation wasn't
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    AutumnApple replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people are saying they didn't take an oath. I thought all nursing programs did that at graduation, with the lighting of the candles. You learn something new
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    AutumnApple replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dealing with people who are, as you put it, "Mad at you for providing care" is a reality in nursing. We, being the professionals in the story, have to learn to manage the problem or, we become bitter...
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    To The Girl Thinking of Becoming a Nurse (a note to myself at 17)

    AutumnApple replied to BobiJo's topic in General Nursing

    "You understand you are human and your best is good enough." An understanding that we unfortunately can't teach in class before people enter the profession. This knowledge can save
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    AutumnApple replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad this hasn't turned into a 'for the calling nurses vs. for the money nurses' debate. Ugh. I could never see the wisdom in slamming someone for wanting to do better financially. There is no...
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    How do you handle co-workers who are extremely dramatic and are easily stressed?

    AutumnApple replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She did go to nursing school. She was in her first semester while I was in my final one. That's not even the worst of it. My school took teaching nursing leadership VERY seriously. It wasn't enough...
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    AutumnApple replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To answer your question: All the comments (not just from men believe it or not) that were implying I was going to get by life on my looks. There were many different varieties of these comments, but...
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    Difference between nursing skills and tasks?

    AutumnApple replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I liked your analogy and definitions. I'd just like to add (supported by the parts I highlighted): For me, to keep things simple, it all boils down to critical thinking. Tasks involve minimal or no...
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    Early Morning Nurses (and Nursing Students)

    AutumnApple replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    Cats help. Seriously. I give my cat moist food every morning, and he has dry food all day available too. He loves his moist food though. Ugh, some mornings he is just such a brat. Walking on me,...