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  1. 6 months on night, my beauty suffers

    bethin replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I don't break ever break out (please don't hate) but I have noticed the dark circles and my skin is extremely dry. I even resorted going to SAKS and buying outrageously expensive lotion to no avail....

  2. Nurses showing up late for work.

    bethin replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse, but I travel over 50 miles one way to work. I live in a city, work in a small town and have to battle rush hour traffic to get to work. Often I'm in traffic for 30 mins or so before...

  3. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    bethin replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Ironically, I'm an aide and pt's and their families think I'm their

  4. Nasty and mean patients

    bethin replied to niali's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've noticed it some, but I have many more problems with family members. Last week a pt was witchin' about her roommate's IV pump going off. I mean, really going off to the point we had to move the...

  5. How Do You Manage Graveyard Shift & Family?

    bethin replied to Dottie78's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, and I thought it was just me. I do 6:30p-6:30a and while I absolutely love working nights, I haven't went out in months. I am cured of my OCD - I was anal about cleaning but now barely muster...

  6. Does your hospital contact you thru Facebook?

    bethin replied to clvjackson's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital does after they claimed they couldn't get ahold of me while I was in class. Um, yeah, I had my cell turned off. So I set up an email account just for them. I got reamed by HR and my...

  7. Night shift woes

    bethin replied to MamaT's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, never mind. Glad you got everything figured out!

  8. Night shift woes

    bethin replied to MamaT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm only 28, but I can relate to your anxiety attacks and migraines. I never had one until I started working nights. Dr prescribed me xanax in a very small dose so it won't make me sleepy. Knock on...

  9. FAFSA Question

    bethin replied to InMySoul's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Depending on your tuition and your finances, Ivy Tech allows you to divide your tuition into three payments. This is what I usually do. This year my tuition was around $1100 and I'll make 3...

  10. FAFSA Question

    bethin replied to InMySoul's topic in Indiana Nursing

    No, you can still go to Ivy Tech, you'll just have to find an alternative payment. I wasn't eligible last year and just took out a Sallie Mae loan, although now it's tougher to get school loans from...

  11. Calling out sick

    bethin replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    Some of it may be contributed to mental health days, and some (like me) who have a chronic disease that requires hospitalizations and when not hospitalized, I'm home in bed high on phenergan and...

  12. Rushville, IN Helicopter Crash

    bethin replied to sjt9721's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    http://www.theindychannel.com/news/17353706/detail.html What makes this even worse for me is that I knew these people and it happened in my

  13. Indy Star article..

    bethin replied to obicurn's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Working as an aide for over 6 years and most of those years were spent taking pre-reqs for nursing. After 3 years as an aide and witnessing abuse by dr's, management's disregard for nurses, high pt...

  14. What is your most memorable interaction with a Doctor

    bethin replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    Feel free to start your own thread regarding the good deeds of pharmacists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, chaplains, dieticians, social workers, housekeepers, secretaries, occupational...

  15. Peace Corps

    bethin posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have wanted to join the Peace Corps since I was a kid. I've looked into it but I would love to hear some stories of nurses, OR techs, etc who have worked with the Peace Corps. My biggest worry is...

  16. Artificial Fingernails and Direct Care Staff

    bethin replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It states in our handbook that we cannot have artificial nails nor nail color because it chips off. It's not enforced and I cringe when I see those claws. I was taught to keep my nails short enough...

  17. What is your most memorable interaction with a Doctor

    bethin replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    Most of our doctors (save one or two) are very very good, both with patients and employees. I was working the floor by myself with 27 patients, it was my first week, and I had 7 orthos to take care...

  18. Preparing for the TEAS

    bethin replied to cantwait2banurs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's been a few years since I took the TEAS, but the math on my test was very basic. Nothing more advanced than pre-algebra, such as 5+x=12. I am horrible at math and did better on it than the...

  19. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    bethin replied to sicushells's topic in General Nursing

    Can't beat Marla's story, but I had just started my new job as a fresh CNA. I was helping the nurse admit a pt. She wanted to take off her underwear. Ok, no problem. She had hundred dollar bills...

  20. Does this sound like "a little much" to you??

    bethin replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    And that would be me. But like I tell patients, no one comes to the hospital for a

  21. Does this sound like "a little much" to you??

    bethin replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm all for checking on patients but coming from the other side, if someone walked into my room every hour when I was in the hospital, I'm afraid I might shoot them. I'm awake as soon as someone's...

  22. Anyone ever have to do CPR outside of their job?

    bethin replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did the heimlich on my 2 year old niece last year. It was her baby sisters(twins) baptism, and I remember I was so sick that I told my family I wouldn't be there. At the last minute I arrived at...

  23. Best Spanish at home Program

    bethin replied to Aradien's topic in General Nursing

    If you can, have your employer pay for you to go to a class for medical professionals. I tried Rosetta and another CD but the actual class is what helped me. Community centers and local colleges...

  24. Patients son who is a MD violating HIPPA & is just a jerk!

    bethin replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    I had something like this happen to me recently. We had an elderly pt whose son was on the hospital board and worked as a pharmacist (but not at the hospital). I was sitting at the desk one day...

  25. Where would you move?

    bethin replied to Nurse__Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Astoria, Oregon? On the Columbia River and not too far from the Pacific. It's on my list of places to visit. Last I read, in 2007, population was around 10,000 and median household income was...