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  1. Outrageous Complaints

    beekee replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Nursing

    Visitor asked nursing staff to bring his car around. Ummmm....no? Not a complaint, but a pretty outrageous

  2. A nurse with a difficult name??

    beekee replied to Moonkitten's topic in General Nursing

    And I read this awhile ago. Yet "Orange Is The New Black" starlette Uzo Aduba made a conscious decision not to cave to pressure of changing her name to something more convenient for Hollywood. She...

  3. A nurse with a difficult name??

    beekee replied to Moonkitten's topic in General Nursing

    Just pick a nickname and introduce yourself as that. No one cares if it's not your legal name. Last night, I had a patient who went by Bill but his legal name was James. I have coworkers who go by a...

  4. Nurses help me

    beekee replied to milo65's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The choices are (1) surrender your license, (2) volunteer for monitoring and possibly escape with no public record of it or (3) be forced into monitoring and have a public record of it. As you...

  5. PLEASE HELP! Lost on my career path

    beekee replied to lauren9763's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yikes. Prove that teacher wrong. Use the resources available to make sure you succeed, e.g., office hours, open lab, learning center, career center, tutoring services, library, etc. You can do

  6. Called off too many times?

    beekee replied to MS0298's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Reasonable accommodations, disability rights, etc sound nice and all, but be assured that your employer will find a "legal" way to get rid of you if they get wind of a disability. Healthcare employers...

  7. International College of Health Sciences

    beekee replied to mario3692's topic in School, College Programs

    I am certain you can find a closer, accredited school with a better NCLEX pass rate. Florida is notorious for allowing shady fly by night schools. You are really planning on flying from California to...

  8. PLEASE HELP! Lost on my career path

    beekee replied to lauren9763's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you want to be a psych nurse, get a nursing degree. A psych degree won't help much, if at all, and will add significant cost and time to your end

  9. Dropped out of ASN Program. Advice?

    beekee replied to Isa95's topic in School, College Programs

    It takes a lot of courage to drop out after putting so much in. As far as jobs, what do you like?

  10. International College of Health Sciences

    beekee replied to mario3692's topic in School, College Programs

    How do you do clinicals if it's

  11. Career suicide by switching fields?

    beekee replied to Blondekristi's topic in Nursing Career

    Get a PRN job in an ICU to keep your skills up in case you don't like it. Good luck with the new position. It sounds very

  12. New nurse staying way past 9:30 pm on day shift

    beekee replied to connecticut23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have had no word for your manager: agency. That fact that management would prefer to staff unsafely than to pay some extra bucks to bring in some agency nurses tells me all I need to know. The...

  13. New nurse staying way past 9:30 pm on day shift

    beekee replied to connecticut23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    With 9 patients, you are really nothing more than an expensive pill pusher. You aren't going to have time to think - and that's dangerous. This job will kill you physically and emotionally. Unless...

  14. Float staff having a hard time

    beekee replied to nursiee's topic in General Nursing

    Don't believe everything you hear. Your experience on Unit X may be entirely

  15. Texas nurses i need advice

    beekee replied to Goofaroo's topic in General Nursing

    According to the instructions on the website, if you have both licenses, you can renew one or both.

  16. Single RN starting 12 hr shifts (day time) after leaving management.

    beekee replied to Meg11M21's topic in Nursing Career

    What about getting a dog walker to give him a little people contact and structured activity. I've used Wag and Rover to find dog

  17. Unit is Total Chaos

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

    Have you been there at least 1 year? You may qualify for FMLA. Check your contract to see if it says anything about FMLA. Speak with your PCP about your mental health to see if it would be...

  18. First job after LPN licensing & Being treated with disrespect!

    beekee replied to Mary0000's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not there, so maybe your assessment of the situation is correct. However, I recommend you take a good hard look at the situation to see if you have any culpability for the situation. These...

  19. Questionable Behavior: Reports and Write Ups

    beekee replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't write someone about a comment they made, especially not before I spoke to them about it. Perhaps you misinterpreted what they said. Maybe they were having a bad bad and were just venting....

  20. How to Support the Next Nursing Generation: The Z's

    beekee replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    One of my professors, in 1992, called us the "Seasame Street generation" because of our short attention spans. We turned out to be fully functional members of society. I'm sure the Zees will be just...

  21. Failed Accelerated BSN program

    beekee replied to DreamGrl2020's topic in General Students

    Well, then, slowing it down so you can be successful seems like a reasonable solution. You'll be 40 in 2 years whether you go back or

  22. How to address 10 year absence and other ?

    beekee replied to Cricket183's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the answer but remember that women (primarily) enter and leave the workplace frequently due to family issues. It's not unheard of to be out for a decade to raise kids or take care of...

  23. Pin holder

    beekee replied to Gkathryni's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Like this? Pin Buddy Badge for Displaying Pins with Badge Bud |

  24. Choking Hazard

    beekee replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm....what to do about those curos caps. Prevent infection or prevent choking? WHAT DO I

  25. New grad in need of some more advice

    beekee replied to Sheika34's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've been at my job for about 2 years and I still sometimes call the wrong doctor or do other stupid stuff. I did it all the time when I started. I am pretty sure no one expects me to quit over that....