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  1. night shift depression

    banditrn replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    Pierce - I had a son who woke me in the middle of my nite - his wife wanted to know if she could use my vehicle. They knew full well that I was sleeping!:angryfire The next nite, while I was at work...

  2. night shift depression

    banditrn replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with nurseSarah - I HATE working days. Don't mind evenings at all, but then I never get to see DH - so nights works fine. I think there are a number of us out there that are like this - must be...

  3. Full Code Help Please

    banditrn replied to jenplpn05's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in ICU, I took care of a few people who had been resusitated after a lengthy down time - it was very often not a good outcome. I doubt this woman could have been resusitated at

  4. Sexual Harrassment?

    banditrn replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    You guys are right - situations like that need to be dealt with immediately or it will continue or escalate. I have told a couple of them that I wasn't impressed & to put it away, but the guy I...

  5. Well...I started the new job and have successfully managed to make my former boss MAD

    banditrn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    There's no way he could carry out his threat - he was just trying to intimidate her! Had that happen one time - the doc on call refused to do anything, and hung up. My supervisor called the medical...

  6. All 3rd shifters

    banditrn replied to URO-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Positively, but that's how it's done in our LTC

  7. Morgellon's Disease

    banditrn replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

    Indigo - after looking at your second link, I seem to remember seeing a show on TV about skin lesions with some kind of fibers in them - wish I'd paid more

  8. RN LTC 3rd shift payrate

    banditrn replied to adrn03's topic in General Nursing

    That's so true. But nights is the only shift I'll work - in our LTC facility, I truly do think our day nurse gets dumped on big time. Anything that the DON doesn't want to do, she dumps on her. At...

  9. Killer Nurses

    banditrn replied to Jupiter Crash's topic in General Nursing

    It's always been my contention that nurses should be allowed to carry

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

    banditrn replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    :yelclap: :yelclap: Your dept. manager must be a saint!! Good for her! It's one thing when the patient is demented, but when they're perfectly aware, and still do that crap they deserve to be...

  11. Make up...?

    banditrn replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    What a sexist bunch!! Do the guys have to wear makeup? At my very first nursing job, the administrator wanted the nurses to wear hats - I told him I would, if the male nurses would. In a very short...

  12. Falsely Accused of a HIPAA Violation

    banditrn replied to Mantibob's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Tom, at least you can make jokes about it!! Good luck to you - hey, do you need us to come up there with sticks and break some

  13. Fired for refusing to draw blood without an order.

    banditrn replied to deanzgurll's topic in General Nursing

    That doc belongs in jail!:angryfire That's called identity theft. If he was so concerned about giving his patients free drugs, why didn't HE pay for

  14. Med Errors

    banditrn replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Wolfe - I've seen MOM given instead of Maalox!! It was on nights, and the room was dark, and the nurse was putting it thru an NG tube - patient was a GI bleed, and the doc had ordered Maalox 30cc's...

  15. Fired for refusing to draw blood without an order.

    banditrn replied to deanzgurll's topic in General Nursing

    deanzgirl - you bet you're right!! Talk to a lawyer. Who regulates places like that, anyhow? Does the state have to approve them? I HATE bullies - and I would have refused, too - tell HER to do

  16. RN vs Ancillary Staff

    banditrn replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Where I worked, it was a nursing judgement. Of course, if this was a new thing with a patient, I might call the doc to tell him that the patient was having a problem. Can you imagine a doc's response...

  17. future nurse with epilepsy, please help me...

    banditrn replied to chopin06's topic in General Nursing

    Trying to use the ADA is mostly a joke! While they may have to accomodate you, they can make life miserable for you. Been there, done

  18. Date MD's??

    banditrn replied to mindyk04's topic in General Nursing

    I can attest that it's not just the men. I used to be horrified about all the 'extra-curricular' activities that went on between the docs and the nurses! My husband never made the bucks that the...

  19. Negativity????!!!!!!!

    banditrn replied to Hospice4me's topic in General Nursing

    Whimsie - I'm the same way, up to a point. That's the way I was taught to be while working in the ICU - and to this day, I'd rather work with men, or night nurses! They're just a different

  20. Paramedics who 'put down' nurses

    banditrn replied to NurseguyFL's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I worked employed their own paramedics, and they were great people. When I worked in ICU, they would come up occasionally to help with certain things. My first nursing instructor...

  21. Noonans Syndrome ?

    banditrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Saw this brought up in another thread - I've never heard of it, but, then, I've never worked in a pediatric setting. Exactly what is it? And who does it affect?

  22. will somone enlighten me?

    banditrn replied to sweetface18's topic in General Nursing

    I love that screen name

  23. Took NCLEX-RN this am-stopped at 198-Im freaking out!

    banditrn replied to Tiffado's topic in General Nursing

    I took it back in the old days - and had to wait 6 weeks to get the

  24. Noonans Syndrome ?

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in General Nursing

    I did research on Noonans last nite, because it sounded so familiar to me - it correlates with Turners syndrome in girls, which I am familiar with. Thanks for the info, I just hate it when I come...

  25. Noonans Syndrome ?

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, thanks - the first link didn't work, but the second did. That is a very interesting syndrome - I believe I have seen that, but didn't know what it was