RNgonewild replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements
We have stuff going on for a week. Today was an ice cream social, tomorrow free breakfast or lunch. And there is Nurse of the Year stuff next week. And we will probably get a pretty little pin to put on our badges. Happy Nurses Day to all!
RNgonewild replied to DolceVita's topic in Disabilities
Why don't you put something permanently on her record. Go to administration at the school and file a formal complaint for harassment. Also file a complaint with the security dept. at your school. I totally hate it when someone uses handicapped parkin...
Put off getting married if it affects your financial aid. Who wants to start a marriage with large loans? So depending on whether you're under your parents financial aid package, your own or will have the mix of you and your new husband, figure out w...
Tell her you are going on a long vacation and you will call her when you get back. Then don't call her. And don't answer her calls. I would say quit, but I'm just not understanding your unemployment thing, if you're working how are you collecting une...
I'm going to have to agree with some of the above nurses: Get out while the going is good. And don't whine or tell others about your plan. Just start interveiwing and sending out resumes. You have almost a year of ICU experience and that should count...
RNgonewild replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing
What is it I missed? It seems to me your Charge Nurse put the knife in your back when she told him she told you to start the induction earlier, that is after she told you to tell him to start it at 0800. Besides, why would you be surprised at a docto...
RNgonewild replied to rebean's topic in California
Wow what a crock. A win-win for both the schools and the hospitals. I can't believe Kaiser nurses, who are unionized would go for this. And what about student loans starting up 6 months after graduation? Are those payments able to be delayed? What is...
In my hospital we have just instituted a system called CareMobile, which seems very much like the above MAK system with the barcodes. According to the powers that be, it has already cut down on "near misses" or med errors by 50%. I think this is also...
RNgonewild replied to AngelsWings09's topic in General Nursing
When you walk in and the night nurse before you says " God bless you because nobody else will!" Then you see one of the other nurses being carried off on a stretcher.