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  1. That RN to patient ratio is frightening. Do you have the ability to put in a "work-load grievance?" We do that soon as we feel that the RN to patient ratio on our med floor (acute medecine, with ventillators) is unsafe. If we have one unstable pat...
  2. March 31 and there are snow flurries.

    Hi, here in Ontario, I am about 3hrs north of the NY border, We had a touch of flurries yesterday. I was so very depressed!! It has been wonderfully warm, to the point of me wearing my spring jacket!! -9C today. They "predict" (don't you love th...
  3. Rewards of nursing

    Cudos to you!! Celebrate that call!! Too often we are caught up in the negitivity of our work, pts complaining, DR's frustrations. We may forget our reasons for choosing our profession. I am often asked "why are you a nurse." My respose has not...
  4. I'm back...

    Your support has been over-welming. Thank you. My grandmother used to say.."there is always someone worse off than you." Sometimes it's hard to remember that. I have found only nurses understand the feelings of other nurses. It's so nice to have...
  5. I'm back...

    Thank you Lois. Your caring insightful words brought a smile. And I too am glad I'm back!!! Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :)
  6. what a crappy day....

    I feel for you. It's so stressful being a student, and having staff nurses looking over your shoulders doesn't help. Where was yoru instructor while you were in the process of discharging your patient? Secondly, the floor nurse is still responsib...
  7. I'm back...

    I was totally addicted to this forum. Then..work/life became overwelming and for the first time ever I wanted to forget I was a nurse. I put all my journals aside, stopped logging on. Things are getting better. How do I know? I'm back!! I sure mi...
  8. How do I get my caring back?

    All I can think about..is that maybe the ER is not the place for you. I was sent to a neuro-rehab floor when I injured my back. This was quite an adjustment from the acute medicine floor where I was used to working. I found myself quite lethargic,...
  9. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    rude..hmmmmmmm i was a floor nurse, now i am in er. so i can finally speak from both sides. you will surely (spel) hear that floor nurses are rude, but you'll also hear that er nurses are equally rude. i have come to the conclusion that the big is...
  10. Self Scheduling

    self scheduling!!! in our er and icu we have self scheduling. do any of you have this, and if so, how do you like it? for those of you unfamiliar with it, you self schedule your shifts for a 6 week period. you are obligated to do so many nite shif...
  11. Midnight Nurse VS Dayshift Nurse

    Ok, here's my two cents worth. When I worked the floors, there were less nurses on nites, so essentially you had more patients, but you didn't have to worry about am care, dressing etc. I never really noticed an "attitude" between dayers and niters...
  12. Nursing is a big part of who I am

    People repeatedly ask me how I manage the stress/sorrow/work load of nursing. My reply remains constant. Where else can you work, leave at the end of the shift and count the positives? Each shift is a learning experience, something positive always...
  13. An opinion please?

    Everyone doing clinicals has their favs and their not so favs. For me my stressor was OR. I would do just about ANYTHING to get out of an OR. The instructor knew this too! Each am she'd annouce the surgeries in the corresponding OR's. You'd sign...
  14. triage to fill beds or not

    Save beds?? We are lucky to find beds!!!! We have 3 ressusitation beds off our observation area. Our obs has 11 monitored beds. Those who don't require monitoring go thru corridor, or cubicles. We also have an evaluation area for pts that we nee...
  15. Why you love/hate ER

    Wow, so much has been said, what can I add? My biggest surprise in going to the ER from the floor was seeing the pts first hand, not "prettied up" as they were when they usually got to me upstairs. I love not knowing what/who is going to come in ne...