Nursing in the 70's/80's. Wow. White shoes and the beginning of wearing pant suits. Paperwork was on paper with different colors of ink for each of the 3 shifts. Getting to know your patients and actually care for them. 8 hour shifts! In those early ...
I, too, have been in similar shoes. In my view, an important consideration is how many nights those 28 hours make up. I would talk with the manager about working primarily on Friday and Saturdays (assuming your school doesn't do a lot of Saturday cli...
Very good article. I have had a few 'Janes' (I work Women's Services) who fit this description to a "T". My problem is with the Pharmacy. The doc knows his patient and adjusts his/her order plan to allow for a little more and/or on a more frequent ba...
Our Postpartum/Women's Service area has 5 nurses over the age of 50, both shifts, 15 total nurses. One (me) will retire next year and pass off my part time slot to a current same age full timer. Another is part time also. So we are still here, workin...
Bizyfe0415 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations
Back in the days of paper charts, an order was written periodically "Add progress notes to chart". The same doc was known to also write at the very bottom of the order sheet "Add order page to chart". All he had to do was ask!