seenitallERnurse

seenitallERnurse has 30 years experience and specializes in med-surg,pedi,ortho,one-day,rehab,ER.

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1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   seenitallERnurse replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   I could have written this letter !!!! All areas are true. Intimidation about job security, staff reduction, liability for the entire unit if one patient falls...................jobs are restructured and re-aligned (it's cost-effective). After 30 y...

2. Do you accept tips?

   seenitallERnurse replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

   did have a gentleman try to "tip" me $5.00 (but yet he couldn't pay his own cab fare and i had to provide a cab voucher:confused:.) i firmly and gently declined the offer but suggested he could write my name (and others) on the follow-up pt survey he...

3. General Questions

   seenitallERnurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   wow, this info is really helpful. my hubby is a teacher and i've considered year to year walking away from hospital nsg to start school nsg. the hr info is great but i have some other questions re: experiences as a school nurse. 1) are you confr...

4. Intensity of different floors

   seenitallERnurse replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

   popular thought used to be work at least one year on a med-surg floor -- provides for a variety of educational experiences. might consider a single-focus area though--you'd have fewer protocols, etc. to have to keep up on. you might learn less skill...

5. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

   seenitallERnurse replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

6. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

   seenitallERnurse replied to Chico David's topic in Relations

   originally posted by "lucretiamott i had a hard time paring down my list but to summarize: i was asked to do the following as an nurse practitioner under managed care planning: {# 1 - 8 }" wow, shaking my head in disbelief.

7. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

   seenitallERnurse replied to Chico David's topic in Relations

   nurse4years; "i have seen these scripted sayings posted in the staff restroom- directly across from the toilet. talk about a new spin on subliminal messages." lol :yeah:

8. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

   seenitallERnurse replied to Chico David's topic in Relations

   omg ! i just had this meeting yesterday at my employer. yup, had to come in on a pleasant summer afternoon for an hour, watch a suit make three attempts to start a pre-taped video, endure audio out of sync w/ the video, and then be told there will b...

9. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

   seenitallERnurse replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

   point made !

10. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    seenitallERnurse replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    "i just don't understand how this can be proven-unless you are under quarantine influenza can be brought in by visitors and vendors,not just direct care staff...." you have echoed my thoughts. the infxn control staffer said " i know of a ca...

11. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    seenitallERnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    i just heard this last week and want to know what anyone else has heard. the infection control person at my employer let us know that we will be expected to accept the flu vaccine for the upcoming 08-09 flu season. i don't plan to accept the vaccin...

12. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    seenitallERnurse replied to emmycRN's topic in Headlines

    I saw this guy dithering to Robin Givens on the morning news show. Had a lot of trouble following him. However, I think someone 1) overmedicated and 2) erred in allowing him to go home, if in fact he didn't stay overnight the night of surgery. ...

13. How Long Before You Felt Expert as a Nurse?

    seenitallERnurse replied to Pachinko's topic in General Nursing

    great question! i feel for the newbies out there but you gotta keep plugging away. in er, i actually do learn something new everyday--and i love it! i'm so tired of "floor nsg" simply because i think nurses have so much responsibility, little help, ...

14. New nurse cracking under pressure

    seenitallERnurse replied to hollyjolly's topic in New Nurse

    hey, not-so-jolly holly, don't give up on the profession. after i graduated, i interviewed for a busy med-surg unit. the interviewer assured me that it would be very busy (3-11 shift--lots of post-ops coming back after am surgeries). she scared m...

15. Nursing theory-Do you use it at work?

    seenitallERnurse replied to grdstdnt's topic in New Nurse

    Really enjoyed Timothy's comments re: Ivory Tower. Consider this. In my experience, all the information I needed was taught in two years and I received an ADN--qualified to deliver nursing care. When any ADN returns/continues on for BSN--what can the...