NursePoboy

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1. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

   NursePoboy replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   They lived in

2. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

   NursePoboy replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Having just recently lost both of my parents I can say that $20,000 is extravagant. My family decided to cash in my parents plots and have them cremated (parent wishes) and place their ashes in a...

3. Being Managed By Someone Younger

   NursePoboy replied to Apple-Core's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The way I look at it, I'm younger in experience when it comes to nursing. I'm 39, 13 months experience RN, sometimes I have a 24yr old charge nurse with 3 yrs experience. I have life experience, (not...

4. Is 35 too old to start from Scratch?

   NursePoboy replied to BellaGrl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I was 34 when I left the movie biz, I packed up my bags and left Hollywood, came back home and started prerequisites right away. I graduated in 2015 at 37, just finished my first year in my new career...

5. Calling report to the floor.

   NursePoboy replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   It really adds a whole other level of stress, when you have to give report to Icu and they decide to question you on everything, including doctor's orders. I understand you have to know everything...

6. New nurse: I get no respect

   NursePoboy replied to Nurse326's topic in Emergency

   I get why some would throw in a cliche "respect is earned", but, does that mean no one gets respect unless it's earned? So you walk around disrespecting people who God forbid haven't earned your...

7. 6 months, ED NURSE

   NursePoboy posted a topic in General Nursing

   This is my first job as an RN, off orientation for almost 3 months. I'm still getting the hang of it to put it mildly. I'm not as fast as I'd like to be, I get about half of my IVs, dialysis and older...

8. The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

   NursePoboy replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Not the rudest, but the latest. "How long have you been a nurse?". I respond 6 months. "It shows". Same pt was upset bc her ice melted when I brought her

9. What do you hate most about your job?

   NursePoboy replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

   Silly thing that others me, I work in the ED, when women want to be so modest and tie their gown so that I practically have to rip it open to put the ekg monitors on. Or when they get up to go to the...