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  1. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    Doing your job, being courteous to patients AND coworkers AND people in general is what we and everyone else on the planet should be doing----we are all members of the human family. *** You nailed it! Humility, kindness, respect, generosity, patience...
  2. Should I leave this racist town?

    ChutneyFries, I'm glad you're leaving that horrible place. Although I'm not African-American, I've worked in some incredibly homophobic hospital environments before - and no, it's not the same thing as being challenged by racism, I know that. But I w...
  3. Should I leave this racist town?

    Chutney, SERIOUSLY, come to Minneapolis-St. Paul. I'm the only White male in an ocean of different shades of Black and Brown. It's different here. We'd welcome you with open arms. - Ryan/Bearscrubs75
  4. Should I leave this racist town?

    Chutney, Come to Minneapolis/St. Paul. The majority of my fellow co-workers are Black (African immigrants) and everyone gets along. While Minneapolis isn't exactly a "Chocolate City" in the vein of Atlanta and New Orleans (love me some NOLA), it's VE...
  5. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    One of the female nurses I work with recently went to answer a call light and came back fuming. "Mr. K" was a frequent flier and usually on the light for a multitude of nonemergent reasons. Anyhow, the nurse came back and said, "He told me he needed ...
  6. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Annie, your children come first. They need their mother. You're right, no one is prepared for this. Let's face it: you wouldn't be given proper PPE for the suspected Ebola patient and you would have to juggle his/her needs in addition to your other 4...
  7. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Here's a scenario for all of you: You work at a large urban hospital, let's say CCC/ICU day shift. You come on and get your report for the day. One of your patients discharges to a step-down unit at 10:00 am. Suddenly, the charge nurse approaches you...
  8. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Girl, probably a cheap mask and gown. You know those tight asses ain't ready to fork over the thousands of dollars necessary to pay for the expensive Hazmat suits and sealed respirators.
  9. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    That is just an excuse to leave us unprotected with cheap flimsy gowns and masks rather than the real deal expensive hazmat suits and respirators we should be wearing! I want this jerk to come and take care of an Ebola patient in this flimsy outfit! ...
  10. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Fellow Nurses, how is this virus managed in a health care setting? Is it droplets or airborne precautions? Airborne would be dried particulate that escapes the nares or mouth and travels through the air, landing on another person and/or inhaled into ...
  11. Here's my line of thinking with this. I'm liberal, homosexual, and pro-choice -- HOWEVER -- I do believe in a pluralistic democracy and generally support the rights of those whose beliefs differ from mine, in fact, those who hate people like me, real...
  12. Can't communicate with the new nurses

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  13. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    esme, sorry about the racist thing i jumped the gun -- thanks for posting the links for me, but i will seriously have an mi if i read about this new "visas" bill. i'll be sick to my stomach and ****** off the rest of the day. i need something light a...
  14. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    Merlee, My maternal grandparents were Quaker Brits, German-Jew and Irish. Their parents were both immigrants here at the turn of the 20th century. My father's mother is Irish (her ancestors probably immigrated here during the nineteenth-century pota...
  15. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    Esme, I'm not racist. This is not about race or ethnicity, I swear. I'd be as irate if the U.S. was bringing in Brits, Germans, and Irish (facets of my own European ancestry) to compete with Americans for jobs. It's about corporate G-R-E-E-D. It's ab...