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  1. I love you boss ... BUT!!...

    It happens in Non-for Profit facilities too. Admin never cares or can care if we accept extra shifts, stay beyond our scheduled shift, they know full well we are dedicated to our patients, and manage to take full advantage of that, Kudo's to you for ...
  2. IV pain meds standards??????

    Not sure if you're a nurse or a patient with a grudge and a need to vent because your pain isn't adequately controlled. Nurses sometimes need to vent talk to each other because yep your right we don't have a clue if you are a drug addict or someone ...
  3. So sorry to hear this from a new grads! Thought it was only old me! When I graduated 25 years ago I had job offers coming out of my ears it was hard to choose, I chose a med/surg unit in a local 75 bed hospital and gained a tremendous amount of exp...
  4. Been there done that...... sounds all too familiar!! Who knows what the facilities want, the profession wants?? For most of us becoming a Nurse was more than a "job", it satisfied some inate need, want, or desire, to help others, to leave something...
  5. IV pain meds standards??????

    Sadly I don't know if there is a "perfect" solution for the frequent flyers, the non compliant, the "drug" seekers. Pain is subjctive, and everyone's tolerance is different. And of course is it the old adage of which came first the chicken or the e...
  6. Going Backwards

    It's breaking my heart to hear so many wonderful nurses struggling in our profession. I lost a position at a VA clinic 7 years ago, used my skills and abilities to work for a Naturopath for almost 5 years and found out the hard way she was involved...
  7. What would you say to this shocking patient statement?

    Hard to reply but I'll try, judgement comes in all shapes and colors as does patients(obviously) Personally I think you may have engaged her way too much by even asking why she left another facility. We're all nurses here so the main reason was pro...