run.for.the.roses

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1. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

   run.for.the.roses replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Is this not a reasonable discussion because some answers were not supportive of your concerns? Are you thanking God for ativan for yourself or your patients? Do you have a right to refuse meds...

2. New Grad: How can I get experience if nobody will give me a chance?

   run.for.the.roses replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   Your wife is

3. What would you do if you knew someone was actively using

   run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in Nurses Recovery

   NashvilleJeanne, I am so very sorry about the loss of your son...there are no words. We have lost some very good friends and family to this awful awful disease, most during times of relapse after...

4. Will I become a bad nurse? How should I change?

   run.for.the.roses replied to blueus's topic in General Nursing

   Also, I was trying to be funny, and really hope you do not take offense! I really was a jerk, a jerk with a big heart, haha. Putting myself in other's shoes, as cliché as it sounds, has helped me...

5. What would you do if you knew someone was actively using

   run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Thank you... This is one of my oldest and dearest friends. I am not drawing any conclusions about any other nurses with abuse issues, let's just say I know, we are very close and have been for a very...

6. Will I become a bad nurse? How should I change?

   run.for.the.roses replied to blueus's topic in General Nursing

   I would start with please don't take offense to this, but I'll save it because what I am about to say is offensive...You are not a "type A personality", what you may possibly be is an a**hole. The...

7. What would you do if you knew someone was actively using

   run.for.the.roses posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   Hypothetically speaking of course...I have two friends who are also RNs and work together. One friend is using, we both know this, and are at a loss as to what to do about it. I brought her a coffee...

8. Can I only ever work with children?

   run.for.the.roses replied to mapajasa's topic in General Nursing

   I considered nursing for labor and delivery, fell in love with the idea of peds heme/oncology, graduated thinking wow, the possibilities are endless! And I love so many specialties, I can't wait to...

9. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

   run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

   In reality I am, on here I turned into a defensive little brat for a minute, but that's not me, really. Guess I had a "poor me" moment or two, but while I am still annoyed with the preceptor's...

10. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Haha haha

11. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks :) It became bad timing between accepting the position, and starting. I think there was a five week window. Things happen, you think you've got it, it will work itself out, I mean it always...

12. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    The sick kiddo part is only about location. Would have been nice to be here just in case, instead of over an hour away, but that's more a luxury "just in case there ever is a real emergency". I...

13. Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    run.for.the.roses replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I had a confused elderly woman, incontinent, no family, we were ruling out cdiff, and she's losing loose stool at the rate of approx. 10gal/min, give or take. Now she wasn't so hairy that at...

14. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I would probably throw a similar response out there. Yes, I got defensive, while trying to argue every rebuttal, apparently I came off as "spoiled and entitled", and certainly didn't mean...

15. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    run.for.the.roses replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    I was only 17 minutes late when the axle broke in my car landing me in a ditch. I called and let them know. Things do happen that are out of our control