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  1. Hope

    Lad345 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've lurked on this board for about a year now, pretty much since I got caught diverting and fired from my job at a hospital. I just wanted to post my story for anyone that might be searching for...

  2. I am a real nurse

    Lad345 replied to annienurse86's topic in Psychiatric

    Any nurse/person that spends their time talking down about another specialty and how they're "not real nurses" can kick rocks. Honestly, get a hobby. This sort of thing, the "nurses eat their young"...

  3. Feeling really bad!

    Lad345 replied to Rehabnurse45's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I know right now it feels terrible, but just know the onus is not on you entirely. I don't know your specific policies, but where I am the lab draws are done at 0400, so that they are available for MD...

  4. Piggy back off "Irrational Patients"

    Lad345 replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I use a few different things, depending on the severity of the belligerence. If I'm delayed by something serious and the floor is too busy for a coworker to help me out, I'll go in quickly, apologize...

  5. Nurses are truly underpaid

    Lad345 replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What you're experiencing does happen often, to a lot of nurses. Don't give up on nursing if you really want this, over one job. I think it's a bit unfair to write you off and say you don't belong, or...

  6. Open confrontation with unit attending-advice?

    Lad345 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You should have probably told him to hold that thought, went to wherever your supplies were, and came back with a fresh blanket, some warm milk, and a few Graham crackers. Then sit him down and ask...

  7. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    Lad345 replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you do not like nurses, why are you on a website called AllNurses? We coordinate all interdisciplinary care and advocate for pts. We have to put out fires and make sure people are doing their part...

  8. The sloppy image of nurses today

    Lad345 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A place where the people taking care of you appear greater than human, larger than life, infallible figures Have to stop you right there. That would not only be a blatant lie but a dangerous, creepy...

  9. Lack of Professionalism in PACU

    Lad345 replied to MamaJean, RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't know, I think allowing staff to treat the station as a reprieve as well as a central area to chart and monitor is something that depends on the floor. There's a culture of hyper-connectedness...

  10. Bad preceptors and the demotivated state of nursing.

    Lad345 replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    Goodness, it sounds like you have a very specific chip on your shoulder. It's a bit dramatic to expand your individual experiences to make statements about the field of nursing as a whole. I know...

  11. Sending res to hospital- did I make the right call?

    Lad345 replied to suzw's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Considering the assessment and the patient load you described, I would have done the same as you. I've worked in LTC also, and I've felt the conflict between doing things that are patient-centered and...

  12. Words You Hate

    Lad345 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Islet. It's not that the word disgusts me or anything, it's just that I cannot, for the life of me, say it correctly with any consistency. I -know- how to say it just fine; it's not even that it's...

  13. Successful Orientees Vs Unsuccessful Orientees

    Lad345 replied to purplegal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. Personality is definitely a big factor. I'm not a schmoozer myself, and I'm rather introverted by nature, but I can be pleasant and conversational. That's really the minimum I feel, just develop a...

  14. Refusing to give nursing pin to student!

    Lad345 replied to Haleiwa's topic in General Students

    No, this is very different. She received the goods for the currency she spent in your scenario. The school isn't going to take her books from her because she failed. She had the ability to be in...

  15. Refusing to give nursing pin to student!

    Lad345 replied to Haleiwa's topic in General Students

    This just doesn't sound kosher to me. The fact that a donation of her pin is possible hints that buying one wasn't mandatory. I cannot imagine it's legal to withhold the property she bought, if no...

  16. When a pt "gets" to you

    Lad345 replied to mmc51264's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I really want to hug you. I've been there, a few times. I've seen my family in my patients several times. It's good that you are cognizant of that though, we're only human. It's denial about it...

  17. Being Treated Poorly by an RN

    Lad345 replied to msnikki05's topic in General Students

    It reads like it was clarification that you're staff not family. Don't ever say something like "excuse me" to a coworker like an indignant child. That's rude and unprofessional. Maybe he or she was...

  18. SHould I leave my r job after just 4 month?

    Lad345 replied to donia_sadaf's topic in Nursing Career

    If you've had a good employment there and you are forthright with your employer, no, I don't think you'll look bad. If it truly worries you, once you begin interviewing , you could speak with your...

  19. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Lad345 replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    Something I've also noticed is inadequate maintenance. Get more things involved earlier. Take advantage of synergists and adjuvants in the realm of pain; we've got more options than just opioids....

  20. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Lad345 replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live, I feel OK with my meds. My pts are specialized sx: Whipples, Islet auto transplants, fem-pops, flaps, liver lobectomies, some pancs/choles, stepdown level s/p CABGSs, aneurysm repairs,...

  21. Verbally threatened for the first time today

    Lad345 replied to Jdgrn13's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Im curious how that arm got broken. Such bizarre, creepy behavior. This man sounds like he is a domestic abuser, with a sick propensity for targeting women. He bro's it up with security one minute,...

  22. Relationship advice. What are your thoughts? Devastated...

    Lad345 replied to 757RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    No, you're right, her situation is far from hopeless. She's got everything before her. With or without that guy. There's something emotionally-defeating having partner that basically meets your...

  23. Is nursing really stressful?

    Lad345 replied to Mshrader's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Honestly? Ask me after I get report for a shift. Hahaha. Some days are insane, some just crawl by. It's up to my patients' conditions, honestly. But even a single patient can surprise you. I MET'd a...

  24. SHould I leave my r job after just 4 month?

    Lad345 replied to donia_sadaf's topic in Nursing Career

    If it were me, I think I'd apply left and right to nursing jobs out there and schedule myself for interviews, so that I could go out to visit him a few times first before moving and also check out...

  25. How to handle being humiliated and blamed as a new nurse

    Lad345 replied to Kcv19's topic in Nursing Career

    In no circumstance should anyone be screaming at you, I don't care if he or she had six extra letters after MD, nor should other nurses be pushing you aside from your own patients. My first job out...