debmac

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1. Is it any better any place else, or worse?

   debmac replied to kitkat24's topic in General Nursing

   UNFORTUNATELY MOST PLACES I HAVE WORKED SEEM TO STAFF BY NUMBERS ALONE WITHOUT REGARD TO ACUITY OR NURSING HOURS REQUIRED TO CARE FOR ONE VERY SICK PATIENT...ALBEIT MEDICINE IS AN UNPREDICATBLE PROFESSION AND EVEN A SEEMINGLY STABLE PATIENT CAN CHAN...

2. Night Shift And Cancer

   debmac replied to Talino's topic in General Nursing

   WELL I'M RIGHT IN THERE WITH MOST OF YOU!! I HAVE WORKED NIGHT SHIFT FOR NINE YEARS THIS TIME AROUND OUT OF FINANCIAL NECESSITY.. I DO LOVE THE HOSPITAL AT NIGHT HOWEVER AND THE LACK OF DISTRACTIONS. BUT IT HAS TAKEN A HEALTH TOLL ON ME..I AM NOT A...

3. IABP removal

   debmac replied to kscrnfa's topic in CCU

   WHERE I WORK, ONLY MD PULL IABP AND SHEATHS..BUT THEY ARE NEW TO OUR HOSPITAL..NOT SURE WHAT MARYLAND NPA STATES REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

4. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   debmac replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   when you learn to identify different and various bodily conditions just by the smell when you start to use types of food to describe various bodily fluids and exudates when you've learned to put oil of peppermint or eucalyptus on a mask before enteri...

5. Student Nurses in ICU for clinical

   debmac replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU

   totally unacceptable! i wouldn't be risking my license or my patient's welfare in such a set up. there have to be prearranged rules, guidlines and plan of care...the instructor has to be accessible and has to be accountable. i would have to question...