logachelle

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1. Patient's "right" to abuse nurses...I need your opinion

   logachelle replied to MsNewbee's topic in General Nursing

   Daaaaang, I am a Nursing Supervisor... please tell me she was joking...

2. My Reasons For Avoiding The Acute Care Hospital

   logachelle replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

   I am struggling myself after having moved from California back to the south where there are no staffing ratios. It is important to me to be an awesome nurse. I've been doing this for over 16 years and thus far I have never uttered the words "I'm too ...

3. Death- your experiences

   logachelle replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

   Morbid humor is a coping mechanism that is very common in those on the front lines and see a lot of death. I have worked acute care and I have worked hospice. I feel blessed to be able to provide comfort and symptom management to the dying and is a r...

4. When patients hit close to home

   logachelle replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Nursing

   I live in California and my parents are in Arkansas. My father had an MI and was in ICU, he was doing ok, fairly stable, and I was able to talk to him but I remained very emotional and worried since I wasn't in a position to go home. That night at wo...

5. Best MD note

   logachelle replied to beckster_01's topic in Humor

   In surgical report on pt who had to have whole apple removed from rectum..."Instructed pt in proper intake of fiber."I kid you not. Hee Hee!

6. Am I being offered a fair pay?

   logachelle replied to AussiRN's topic in ADN/BSN

   To the Hospice Nurse in SA.... Where do you work and do you like it, if you don't mind me asking. I loved the time I worked in Hospice back in Arkansas. I would love to get closer to home (Northwest Arkansas) but I can not afford to take the pay cut....

7. Need advice with problem with travel company

   logachelle posted a topic in Travel

   I am hoping someone can give me advice. I started working for a travel company in February of 2008. After I completed my first 3 month assignment I was asked to renew. I tried to negotiate a higher pay rate with the company but the recruiter stated t...