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eieiyo

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  1. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    eieiyo replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Now that I'm 63 I'm doing one on one care with a little boy who is total care. I work night shift and i snack all night and watch tv. I've done everything else in nursing. Old and tired. But I...

  2. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    eieiyo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Why are we making this an issue? Aren't we judged enough? Now we need the fat police on us? We don't get breaks, no bathroom brakes. We run our entire shift. Let's be kinder to each other and not...

  3. How old is too old to become a new RN?

    eieiyo replied to CathyH's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school there was a student that graduated at 59. I thought that was really old at the time Now I'm going on 63 this year, been a nurse for almost 30 years. I wanted to be a nurse...

  4. Are You Where You Thought You'd Be?

    eieiyo replied to Fancychicken's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school I wanted to be a travel nurse. I did, went to several states, even got to work at Johns Hopkins. I've done everything in nursing I ever wanted to do. I was well suited...

  5. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    eieiyo replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There is always going to be a need for LPNs and ADNs. This fight has been going on for the almost 30 years I've been a nurse. Next

  6. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    eieiyo replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I get really upset when I hear a mother speak of her newborn or very young child as "stud" or "sexy". Where does this come from, thinking the child is

  7. Lied to in Interview

    eieiyo replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? You've been a nurse for 25 years and are just now going thru this? I dealt with this on my very first nursing job 28 years ago. They either lie to your face, or lie by

  8. Male student nurse interviewing for Postpartum..

    eieiyo replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have felt in all types of nursing that it's not your sex that is important. If you are doing your job and acting appropriate nobody cares what your sex is. Women have been giving men per I care for...

  9. Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    eieiyo replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    don't they give kayexalate per rectum anymore? Works like a charm. Especially when there are no

  10. Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    eieiyo replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    don't they give kayexalate per rectum anymore? Works like a charm. Especially when there are no

  11. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    eieiyo replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    My sister and I are both RNs. She has a BSN and I have an ADN. When we graduated I trained her in our first job. I was hired first. She didn't know how to do an admission assessment for starters. She...

  12. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    eieiyo replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are lucky! I was the sole RN with a med aid and 3-4cnas for 50

  13. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    eieiyo replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I too recently binge watched nurse jackie. I was mesmerized by her, sorta looked up to her. On the surface she is a great nurse, her co workers do not know about the drugs. But as the show goes on,...

  14. Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    eieiyo replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Also, I was the nurse for three different schools in my district. It was busy and every second was

  15. Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    eieiyo replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I was a school nurse for awhile. The kids took a dose before coming to school. Then we gave the noon dose, parents gave the third dose. Sounds like the parents aren't coping well. Maybe the kids need...

  16. Co-workers mad that you're going to school

    eieiyo replied to futurearmynurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wanted to work as an LPN and take a year off between LPN and RN. I worked at the VA and told them I was a student and had clinical certain days. They scheduled me for those days! And I wanted to...

  17. Do nurses get fired often?

    eieiyo replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my 27years as a nurse I have been fired a few times. Maybe 5-6. It is not a career ender. Most of the time it was a job I hated. Stupid reasons. Last time was a couple of months ago where my boss...

  18. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    eieiyo replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to work in the recovery room and we had hooks that held our ivs. I had blood running on a patient and pulled the bag too hard. You guessed it! The tubing came loose and a unit of blood went...

  19. Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    eieiyo replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Not looking for romance at work!but when I first became a nurse ignorant people would think I was gonna meet some hot guy that was my patient. How dumb. We take care of people at their most...

  20. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    eieiyo replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are lucky to be so well staffed! I worked long term care in a local nursing home where I was the sole nurse with a med aid and 3-4 cnas for up to 50 residents. We started out two nurses but went...

  21. Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

    eieiyo replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. Saw bad stuff happening at a nursing home. Staffing really bad, no authority over cnas. Got fired. I was unemployed for a month, by in the long run best thing to happen to

  22. could get fired!

    eieiyo replied to RNmoms's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The nursing home I worked at for awhile paid a med aid to take the online continuing ed classes for other nurses so every body was up to date. How illegal is

  23. How much trouble am I in?

    eieiyo replied to Tropicalsun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a small town hospital that my whole family, i.e. mother, step dad, brother would be treated at. The care was so bad when My daughter went in for an open chole she called me crying. They were...

  24. Moved mom out of house: The story continues

    eieiyo replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I do get it. I fought a love hate relationship with my abusive mother all my life. It never goes away. Good

  25. Never wanna take students again.

    eieiyo replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    New grads can be just as bad. And they work boxnightift. I had a new nurse who decided to change a very brittle diabetics insulin doses. I knew because he told me. I immediately told the doctor and...