hawaiicarl BSN, RN

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    How do you handle touchy/feely coworkers?

    hawaiicarl replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Sort of a weird reverse here, I am uncomfortable being touchy feely, but often situations seem to warrant it. Like where I tell a family their loved one has died they reach up and hug me. Totally...
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    Should I divorce my husband

    hawaiicarl replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    Even though you might want to cut him as he shuffles around the house he sounds like quite the
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    Is it necessary to call report before transferring care of a patient?

    hawaiicarl replied to C.diff Aint Sexy's topic in General Nursing

    I mostly agree with Muno here, generally if I know an admission is coming I have already looked them up. Half the time the nurse rolling the patient up didn't even take care of them so they are...
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    Denver Weatherman Loses Job over Twitter Remarks about Nurses:

    hawaiicarl replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    I think his problem was generalizing the behaviors. Who among us hasn't seen all these millennials attached to their phones like it was un umbilical cord? Cheers (pssssst see what I did there? I...
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    Stupid hurts.

    hawaiicarl replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey doc my chest hurts whenever I smoke
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    Family Behavior during a code

    hawaiicarl replied to cm8816's topic in General Nursing

    Is it possible the son administered pillow therapy?
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    Please Help!!

    hawaiicarl replied to gravy94's topic in General Nursing

    Computer games. Definitely, try World of Warcraft, or league of legends. Cheers After reading your follow up post avoid League of Legends it can be very toxic and they will eat snowflakes like you....
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    PLEASE HELP!!

    hawaiicarl replied to jazij14's topic in General Nursing

    I would pick the smaller hospital closer to home, you'll learn more. Bigger hospitals you tend to have specialty floors where your patients are very specific. An example is the neuro floor, if you...
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    Man erroneously circumcised after paperwork mixup

    hawaiicarl replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I'll pack the
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    Man erroneously circumcised after paperwork mixup

    hawaiicarl replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Their safety standards left the patient a little
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    Are all for-profit hospitals soul-sucking despots that truly only care about the bottom line

    hawaiicarl replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry soul sucking is not in the budget, we would have to charge an extra co-pay for that.
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    S & M Nurses

    hawaiicarl replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    My initial thought was isn't being a masochist like a nursing pre-requisite? Then I remembered this I guess there are some sadists in the field as well.
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    S & M Nurses

    hawaiicarl replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Haha I used to work at West Edmonton Mall back in the
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    "ASKholes"

    hawaiicarl replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is a great question! Hmmm, Answerholes? Enablers? Dr. Phil? The Wizard of OZ? #PeopleWhoAreTooPCToTellThemTheyAreFingIdiots? We should do a survey on this one.
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    Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    hawaiicarl replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    My initial reaction was similar to dream'n, but after reading the post the OP wasn't particularly whiny, was just looking for options to meet his limitations. No "woe is me, the world is unfair" to...
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    "ASKholes"

    hawaiicarl replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    I tell my wife I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body. She says that explains a lot.
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    Imposter syndrome?

    hawaiicarl replied to Sara-no-H's topic in General Students

    I came out of a four year degree program absolutely clueless. I could tell you about Orem, Pavlov, Mazlow, and a bunch of other useless crap (nursing management, and nursing research fall under this...
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    Older nurses...chasing that carrot

    hawaiicarl replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Wow OP I was starting to wonder if we are soul twins, I am in the EXACT same spot. One of my buddies retires in April and I am SOOOOOOOOO jelly. Like you I have another 13 years of wiping *** to...
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    When you hear the word "nurse," do you think male or female?

    hawaiicarl replied to OldDude's topic in Men in Nursing

    Haha Oldude I love it. I wonder if they thought you "identified" as a man and didn't want to offend you?!?!?! I have to admit to getting a little irritated when people find out what I do and they go...
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    A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

    hawaiicarl replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Davey want some popcorn? Looks like the show is about to
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    Desperate and need advice

    hawaiicarl replied to injured1's topic in General Students

    Stick with it, sounds like you are a natural for night shift! You wouldn't by chance be going to Chaminade on Oahu would you? Sketchy program at best.
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    Is it just me or is nursing school not as difficult as everyone makes it sound?

    hawaiicarl replied to Nicolecn's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is a whole different animal now than it was back in the day. School was 40 hours of classroom/clinical time a week, researching your patients for clinicals was all done on your own...
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    Seriously?!?

    hawaiicarl replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Did your nursing friend tell you this?!?!?!?
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    Insulting pay raise

    hawaiicarl replied to shakeytails's topic in General Nursing

    One time we got a 75 cent pay raise, while they cut our night diff by 2 dollars, that was a slap in the face.
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    GoFundMe

    hawaiicarl posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    So I have a question. Since yuppie scammers can team up forces with homeless addicts and make hundreds of thousands of dollars off of GoFundMe, why can't we do something legitimate? Like...