ms_orion

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  1. I desperately need some advice

    Are you working at a VA Hospital? I have never met so-o many physicians that accuse nurses of "diagnosing" as I have at the VA. Yes....the post above..."respectfully ask for a written plan of improvement". Geeze! I have had better learning oppor...
  2. Urgent Care Clinic

    Personally...My Hospital experience sucked! BUT..it was at a VA Hospital, substandard care and disrespect!!! More skills are learned in a physicians office....except the use of lifts and all the back-breaking stuff.
  3. Nurses with depression

    Renee ... RELAX! If a medication is prescribed for you by your physician and you do not experience any side-effects that may compromise your or a patients safety...THERE IS NO PROBLEM. NO. You do not give this information to Human Resources (or anybo...
  4. Average pay for office RN

    You have WSU in your post...assuming Washington State? I made $26.00/hr...it depends on your experience and the clinic.
  5. Urgent Care Clinic

    The usual advice in school - - Med-Surg - - I started out as a float nurse in a Primary care clinic (which I despised in nursing school, because "they weren't real nurses") HA. I loved it, also did urgent care. Since I have re-located... I'm working ...
  6. New NP

    I am not a NP but...you are correct..."How do you really, really see a patient in 15 minutes"? It is a disgrace that healthcare has become an 'assembly' line. How often do you get checked out in a grocery store in 15 minutes? I have worked mainly in ...
  7. Am I expecting to much from my nurse??

    Where do YOU work? 5-star? I thought I was at a n excellent place as well..until I worked there for awhile....substandard care and people showing up just to get paid. Whatever happened to this "caring" profession....Caring?
  8. Am I expecting to much from my nurse??

    No, It is not too much to ask. We are all in this together, or are supposed to be anyway. I don't know the answer to how to get people to help. It isn't any wonder why people get so burned out.
  9. How can nurses avoid burnout?

    I cherish my time alone as well .
  10. Unhappy and Depressed

    Welcome to Nursing! I graduated in 1993...took a positionin a family practice clinic until I could obtain a hospital position. Well, I ended up staying with family practice until I moved to another state (family) in 2006. WOW, Im working in a hospi...
  11. Office nurses ARE real nurses!!

    I worked as a "clinic"nurse for years and always felt "less than" a "real" nurse. We moved out of state and I applied at a hospital. I have been there 3 years now. Oh, yeah..I have learned skills I hadnt done before. Truthfully? I learned and di...
  12. So many ways to mess up!

    It ain't NEVER going to end... if you do one thing well .. you will get reamed for doing another thing poorly -- and the thing that you did well -- you will get no credit for that. LTC... sucks! Not because of the patients, but because of the lack...
  13. amazing: a man who had never ever been sick, never been to a physician or hospital...had a stroke. difficult to understand him when he spoke...as he recovered and was able to speak "better"...he reached for my hand. i held his hand and listened......
  14. Is my supervisor trying to get me to quit?

    hmmm....did I write this? LOL....**** happens everywhere I guess!
  15. Infection control guidelines or book?

    Thank you so much for this information!