tewdles RN

PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice

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About tewdles

tewdles has 31 years experience as a RN and specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.


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  1. I wish I could help you... have you asked the staff at the MD office for some insight? good luck to you...!
  2. Politician of any ilk want a trifecta in elections. That agenda is evident in EVERYTHING they do and in the amount of time they spend being concerned with elections vs. any other productive activity. I am not sure that it is reasonable to blame this ...
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    Hospitals / Corporations replacing nurses with...

    The robots should replace the administrators...that would be easy...cheaper too. No big bonuses, long vacations, big salaries...the robot can do the figurin at low cost, works 24/7, doesn't need a bonus, and the $$ can be used for bedside care.
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    legal ramifications?

    I said I would dump it on the floor and call the cno. It will quickly get cleaned if it is on the floor.
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    Is health care a "right"

    You are already paying for the cost of the uninsured...you are just doing it in the most expensive way possible. We have had government out of our health care, it has been run by capitalists. As a result we have the worst health outcomes at the hig...
  6. We still have republicans in Congress wasting time trying to repeal ACA... how many times have they voted on that now? and how many times have they voted on a jobs bill, or other helpful legislation...?
  7. Every single esoph Ca patient that I have cared for in hospice with a GT regretted having it place...every one.
  8. I disagree with you and so I, and those who think like me are "what's wrong with America" and an insult to our military??? Really? Cuz, see it is not people like me who want to make it more difficult or possibly impossible for the poor and working c...
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    Hospitals / Corporations replacing nurses with...

    Our corporate citizens don't care about the health of the American people...those citizens care about the capitalist laws and regulations that affect their ability to make profit. Our legislators pass laws to make the few corporate citizens happy bec...
  10. Have you read it? Are you afraid of it? The insurance lobbyists were very busy first campaigning against and then for parts of the ACA. I wouldn't depend upon them for any factual summation of the benefits to citizens.
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    And what other questions do you have?

    Depends on where I am interviewing... I may ask why the position is open, or what the best parts of the workplace are, I may ask about the management style of the "boss"... I may ask about patient mix, or insurance mix, or caseload, etc dependent upo...
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    top 10 reasons against unions: 1) unions interfere with management's ability to treat staff in their preferred fashion 2) unions generate contracts which hold both sides to the agreed upon language 3) unions are designed to protect the workers withou...
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    Hospital policies

    If you were supposed to work that shift and sent home for low census, then yes. No, they don't have to pay you for the "oncall".
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    Hospital policies

    Soon it will be legal for all of us to have the "flexibility" to work for our employers without the burden of OT, if some conservative legislators get their way...just sayin.
  15. New patient or new stroke? How long has the GT been in? Has the family discussed the goals of care relative to that tube and the artificial nutrition?