Sage611

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1. School verses Real World

   Sage611 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just started nursing school and it is overwhelming! I anticipated the rigors of a new program, but I go home with heart palpitations. I can't sleep. My mind has a running schedule of deadlines and...

2. Being called an idiot

   Sage611 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Blows my theory out of the water! Ashamed of myself for being

3. Being called an idiot

   Sage611 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I worked for a dentist who got mad when patients did not get numb...and directed that anger at inanimate objects. Temper tantrum. I always saw that behavior as childish and undeserving of patient...

4. Being called an idiot

   Sage611 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I do think stress is manifested as condescension in these cases...and displaced anger. It's too uncomfortable to blame oneself. Even so, the offending physician should be promptly put in his/her...

5. Being called an idiot

   Sage611 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Ughhh....testosterone. Curious if women doctors are as

6. Being called an idiot

   Sage611 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   What the bleep is wrong with those people?

7. Im begging for someone's opinion here. Too tired to enjoy my job... Too tired to DO my job

   Sage611 replied to Rlandreth's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Those hours are a disaster waiting to happen. Is that even legal? Please go to your supervisor and tell them you are concerned about making a critical mistake or compromise a resident's safety due to...

8. Being called an idiot

   Sage611 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Yeah, seriously. Unwarranted name-calling gets my blood boiling. I would have probably said something to the effect of, "Only an idiot would assume that nurses are mind readers and that patients...

9. Student nurse - depression/panic attacks

   Sage611 replied to asrn2017's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   I used to have debilitating anxiety and took SSRIs for years. I didn't get nauseated, but I would blush, which in turn embarrassed me, making me blush. I got so that the fear of anxiety initiated a...

10. RN hopeful...Maybe

    Sage611 replied to briannakyle124's topic in General Nursing

    There are also hygienists who work on commission. I was never one of those hygienists. But I believe commission should never be in a healthcare setting. Just my

11. RN hopeful...Maybe

    Sage611 replied to briannakyle124's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I see your point. I have actually worked for honest dentists. You would not know you're being sold to. Case in point: dentists get referral fees from specialists. I had patients who were referred...

12. Do women find male nurses attractive?

    Sage611 replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have to agree with you. Having read several responses from that poster, I could never be friends with that type of person, who seems to relish putting others down and hurting people. I don't care...

13. Do women find male nurses attractive?

    Sage611 replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Reminds me of Greg Focker . He was straight, fiction or no. Don't worry about how you come across. Preconceived ideas reflect on them...not

14. How do you pass time on your "weeknight?"

    Sage611 replied to nURse_dEZi's topic in General Nursing

    I love to knit and crochet too. I need to go to Yarn Addicts

15. RN hopeful...Maybe

    Sage611 replied to briannakyle124's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I'd chime in, since I'm a dental hygienist going to nursing school. One thing about dentistry that disillusioned me is that there is a lot of pressure for production (selling whitening...