peck13

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1. Does your medical facility have mandatory overtime for nurses?

   peck13 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   NO MO YET @ MY HOSPITAL. 14 YEARS AGO, THEY TRIED THAT DURING OUR LAST SHORTAGE. THEY LOST THE ENTIRE NOC SHIFT AND SEVERAL DAY AND EVES. MY UNITS TRY TO BRIBE THE STAFF WITH BONUSES. WORKED WELL FOR A MONTH, THEN EVERYONE WAS BURT OUT. NOW WE J...

2. How long did you stay on your first nursing job?

   peck13 replied to Linda J's topic in General Nursing

   14 years nest month and counting!!! i am part time there and work at another hospital for a change of pace, but like the unit.

3. meditech

   peck13 replied to peck13's topic in General Nursing

   there was education, but i found out that i was recieving it after working the previous night. i also work prn, so only use it rarely. the hospital was already using it when i arrived. there are lots of complaints, but no solutions (the head nurse...

4. meditech

   peck13 posted a topic in General Nursing

   i work at two hospitals in central in. both use computer charting. at the smaller, more rural hospital, we use meditech. i like that it is more "all encompasing". all orders, assessments, results, etc. go into the same system. once you learn how...

5. Questions about nursing??????

   peck13 replied to fireman's topic in General Nursing

   Erbn, i have to support nrsen's comment that you need to have fun to keep your sanity. we are always doing wild things to keep the job from overwhelming us. as long as we are doing it away from the patients, what is the harm? if your unit is so ...

6. Questions about nursing??????

   peck13 replied to fireman's topic in General Nursing

   i think that the average is 4% of nurses are male. i am one of 6 on my unit(3 rn 3 lpn). i have never had any problems with the women i work with, although they think of me as "one of the girls" now. I work in a telemetry unit, and feel that any n...

7. customer service versus patient care

   peck13 replied to Norma's topic in Safety

   my hospital has had a customer focus for a while (we have "patient focused medicne" sa our advertising slogun). in my town (indy), there are multiple hospitals to choose from, and the hospitals are now all focusing on the "warm, fuzzy" aspects of b...

8. customer service versus patient care

   peck13 replied to Norma's topic in Safety

   my hospital has had a customer focus for a while (we have "patient focused medicne" sa our advertising slogun). in my town (indy), there are multiple hospitals to choose from, and the hospitals are now all focusing on the "warm, fuzzy" aspects of b...

9. canadian nurses strike

   peck13 replied to CHUBBY's topic in Canada

   i suppose it depends on what caused the strike in the first place. i have been very fortunate that i have never felt that conditions were so unsafe that i needed to leave. i also tend to put the needs of the patient pretty high, so that might impac...

10. canadian nurses strike

    peck13 replied to CHUBBY's topic in Canada

    i suppose it depends on what caused the strike in the first place. i have been very fortunate that i have never felt that conditions were so unsafe that i needed to leave. i also tend to put the needs of the patient pretty high, so that might impac...

11. canadian nurses strike

    peck13 replied to CHUBBY's topic in Canada

    i suppose it depends on what caused the strike in the first place. i have been very fortunate that i have never felt that conditions were so unsafe that i needed to leave. i also tend to put the needs of the patient pretty high, so that might impac...

12. Restricted nursing license

    peck13 replied to DC's topic in Recovery

    my mother (an LPN)was caught and went through treatment. she was fortunate to have leadership, coworkers, and family who supported her. she continued to work in the same area, first as a nurses' aid, then as an LPN with restrictions after her licen...

13. Restricted nursing license

    peck13 replied to DC's topic in Recovery

    my mother (an LPN)was caught and went through treatment. she was fortunate to have leadership, coworkers, and family who supported her. she continued to work in the same area, first as a nurses' aid, then as an LPN with restrictions after her licen...

14. Computer Charting

    peck13 replied to nurseyperson's topic in General Nursing

    i work at 2 different hospitals. both have diffeent systems, and one is much more difficult to work with. it just depends on the system. i still prefer to computer chart over paper. good luck!

15. Computer Charting

    peck13 replied to nurseyperson's topic in General Nursing

    i work at 2 different hospitals. both have diffeent systems, and one is much more difficult to work with. it just depends on the system. i still prefer to computer chart over paper. good luck!