gr8greens

gr8greens

cardiac, med-surg, some critical care

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gr8greens specializes in cardiac, med-surg, some critical care.


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  1. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    Geeez, that's scarey........H5N1 sx that only include a fever w/o respiratory sx? . Thanks so much for keeping us informed, Indigo.
  2. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    Agreed. I think Indigo girl is doing a fantastic job keeping us informed on an almost daily basis. Now only if more of our profession would open there eyes and read! A very curious thing is happening at my facility........maintainance has hung hard...
  3. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    Good post, Cactus! I lurk alot......but I read more. The doubters of this topic should take a little time and search the Flu sites. Prove to themselves whether or not a pandemic is worth worrying over. I for one.....know that my hospital does NOT ha...
  4. Showing up to work SICK

    In my facility, we are allowed 6 call-ins in a certain period of time.....a year. We are treated like little children. If we dare to be sick that 7th time in a year....we start w/ one verbal warning......the 8th time we get a written warning and G-d ...
  5. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    Thanks for your continued reporting on AI. Seems even the MSM isn't quite aware of how it's spreading around the world. But let's not stop reporting the saga of Anna Nicole...or Brittany's new hair style.
  6. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    PPE's are a BIG component of whether or not a majority of HCW will stay on the job. I like to believe most will stay on the job until those masks, gloves and gowns are gone. Then, personally, I'll take my chances on losing that job and go home to car...
  7. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    I've been reading these Pandemic flu threads for a while........Indigogirl has done an excellent job of posting relevant links. Some of the best info on the flu....avian and/or pandemic.....can be found on other forums for one's own education...........
  8. 6 Alabama kids were on life support with flu

    I was thinking the same thing. We are all aware of HIPPA and the limits it places on people.....and as I was told in another forum....the local health dep't was handling the necessary contacts. That doesn't comfort me much. The child probably was in ...
  9. 6 Alabama kids were on life support with flu

    Indigo, thanks again for all you do here. And as for the "retraction" by ommission by the media re: the original statements made by the doctor. All one can say is hmmmmmmmmm. What aren't they telling us. Ohmygosh, please keep us posted as you seem to...
  10. Are you getting holiday pay?

    We get time and a half for working a holiday. But you cannot call in sick either the day before or after.
  11. "blown" IV's

    We actually have an "IV team", a few RN's whose job is to just start IV's! They will sometimes bruise upon insertion too......but the line is still patent. They just add "bruised on insertion" to their charting. Seems as though your co-workers had pa...
  12. My facility has used Philipino nurses for the last 2-3 yrs. and we are glad to have the help! That being said, unless you are coming to the USA to do community/ public health nursing, why do it back home? Use your time at home to do some bedside nurs...
  13. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    dbl post, sorry.
  14. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    NEVER GIVE UP! We narrowly missed a strike here in NY last month. I thought most of us were fired-up and ready to walk......but DAMMIT...apparently the "majority" voted to accept our pi$$-poor contract. I thought we were so ready to go......seems lik...
  15. How do you do it?

    We have two admit/ dc nurses for the whole house at the present time. It works out very well....when they are on. They're only part-time, and the days they're not here really stink! I work a 32 bed, very busy tele unit....high turnover every day. We'...