salsa12

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1. Written up today for something stupid

   salsa12 replied to lylenrn's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not disagreeing with you, but I think you're missing my point.

2. Written up today for something stupid

   salsa12 replied to lylenrn's topic in General Nursing

   D**n! Who has time anymore to check all the orders on everyone, during the 24 hour chart check?? I agree, it is prudent, and may prevent a lot of problems, but, heavens to Pete, if I did this, I wouldn't have a single minute leftover for patient ca...

3. Switching to the ER after 20 yrs of floor nursing.

   salsa12 replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

   Is there any way you can float down there for a few shifts, or volunteer to pick up a few extra, in the ED, just to get a feel for it? That may be the way to go. Lots of ERs are short on staff and willing to take nurses from outside the department ...

4. The positive side of nursing...PLEASE!!!

   salsa12 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Nursing

   Job flexibility. A lot of us are able to choose the days and the hours we work.

5. Feeling So Defeated

   salsa12 replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

   I really admire you for going to the ICU so soon after graduation, but maybe it wasn't such a great idea? You aren't a failure if you go to med-surg for a while, especially as a new grad, and it sounds like you'll be happier and less worried. Maybe ...

6. Very Concerned (please read)

   salsa12 replied to CuriousGreorge7's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, dear-I'm so sorry this is causing you so much grief. If worse comes to worse, find another program, move if you must. You may want to speak frankly with a faculty member that you trust and ask them if this is going to be an issue. Like the pre...

7. One of THOSE nurses.

   salsa12 replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

   Gah! It's people like this who make nurses look like baffoons rather then the professionals they are, and I can't believe management puts up with these people. Behavior like that absolutely kills morale and is ultimately harmful to patients. While...

8. What do you think of this?

   salsa12 replied to honeycakes55's topic in General Nursing

   Good point, thanks.

9. What do you think of this?

   salsa12 replied to honeycakes55's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, it could just be a garden variety sensitivity but you never know for sure. A lot of information regarding chemicals at our work is not readily available. The point of the article was to make the info more accessible.

10. Is it time to go?

    salsa12 replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, your job has run it's course-don't worry, it happens. Time to find greener pastures and good luck-remember the only thing constant in life is change!

11. What do you think of this?

    salsa12 replied to honeycakes55's topic in General Nursing

    Scary-I take it for granted certain chemo drugs are going to be bad, but what really scares me are the everyday chemicals we use without a second thought. The washless hand sanitizer that I use gives me pause-it is causing my skin to be in a constan...

12. Being Sued / Losing License

    salsa12 replied to Meraki's topic in Professionalism

    It tells me something that while some doctors pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for their liability insurance, nurses can get theirs for about $100.00. That said, I'm always thinking about the potential lawsuit, like a lot of other nurses. Wh...

13. Ever take care of a patient for a while to later find out...

    salsa12 replied to wanderingRound's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, it sometimes takes days to get cultures and/or pathology reports back to even be read. So, the nurse doesn't happen to catch it immediately-what is one more day, I guess? I've taken care of more patients than I can remember who sudde...

14. Ever take care of a patient for a while to later find out...

    salsa12 replied to wanderingRound's topic in General Nursing

    Are you thinking of suing?

15. Will it return to a good work environment again?

    salsa12 replied to Nurse_Tricia's topic in Geriatric

    Well done! Bullies need to be smoked out and not tolerated, like they are in so many places because people are too cowed by them. There should be no tolerance of that kind of behavior, especially in nursing and medicine in general, where more than ...