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  1. I find that the ear piece is the biggest problem. Only very small ones allow me to hear well. The nice cushhy rubber ones block my ears. As for length if you go with a less expensive dual tube (Sprague-Rapport) type you should be able to get bette...
  2. About 10 years ago, I learned just how much patients do appreciate humor and smiles. I was taking care of a lady I had never met before and I introduced myself to her as her nurse of the day. She smiled and said that she needed me to do something ...
  3. Professional Attire for Nurses

    This year the dress code went to any color scrubs. The 90's nurses were teal/white .The 80's were all white and before that you got to wear the cap too with the all white. I find the scrubs of the last few years to be extremely comfortable. Most of...
  4. Reading all these posts reveals one thing about the people in this profession. It is truely a thinking group! I have also been concerned about the low enrollment into nursing schools. Speaking with friends of my children who are currently in colle...
  5. New Grad Stupids

    dear bbqchick.. does a nurse since '68 still do dummies? sure hopefully no one noticed that I just posted a blank reply. I'm just learning this stuff. Just last week I had a pt who was on a trach and non-verbal. I was new to her and I talked to her...
  6. New Grad Stupids

  7. I've been an RN since '68 and I am most discouraged now. The only reason I can go to work these days is because I am a float pool nurse at the hospital where I work. It is a suburban 220 bed hospital and what keeps me afloat is the fact that I can p...
  8. MICU Wages

    I work at a 200 bed hospital where you get a raise for 5 years and then you are top of pay scale and then a yearly cost of living raise is decided on each year and in the past 11 years there were two years when the hospital did not give a raise becau...
  9. mandated New years

    yes at a june staff meeting it was annouced that all managers would be in house till 0200 if all was normal. at an oct. meeting it was announced that all 3-11 personel would be required to stay till 0030 if all was well.