mmeow

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1. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

   mmeow replied to pebbles's topic in Safety

   Thanks for that. 28 years old here and very dedicated to my job, but that's just it isn't it......just a job....nursing is not a life mission it's a job. I love to have fun at work with my co-wokers during breaks and away from patients, most people i...

2. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

   mmeow replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting post......don't know if I agree though.....have you thought about this, how would you discriminate between LPN's and RN's would you have them wearing different uniforms from each other? Have you thought about differing work area such as P...

3. Anyone hate their first job?

   mmeow replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

   I really didn't like my job when I first started nursing.....almost quit every day for the first six months hahaha. Now I have been there a little over a year, and I have good days, and bad days. Crusty patients who expect five star treatment still p...

4. Anyone hate their first job?

   mmeow replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

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5. Wearing scrubs in public...

   mmeow replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   I can understand the idea of not wearing scrubs home that you have worked in all day but I do not understand why people have problems with nurses working on general duty floors wearing clean scrubs to work. No different than relatives or friends from...

6. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

   mmeow replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

   name tags and personal introductions are a great way to identify nurses. hats are a disease petri dish depending on where you work. i clean my name tag, and stethoscope after each shift, how many people will dry clean their hats after every shift? N...

7. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   mmeow replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   1. Anyone who thinks that nurses are super humans or angelic creatures who don't and should never get pissed off at their work or their patients! Heaven forbid a nurse not get along with or dislike one of his/her patients.... 2. Anyone who thinks t...

8. Union

   mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

   all I know is this, i haven't worked in a traditional hospital setting where unions don't exist, although there are career opportunities without unions for RN's where I live if they want to be entrepeneurs but regardless our contract is up. Because o...

9. Union

   mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

   Define civil and adult? I believe the above post started our little tango.... i was adding humor shall i define that for you?

10. Union

    mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

    opinions are like noses....everybodies got one, some are just longer than others hahaha

11. Union

    mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

    Utilitarianism within unions not the world! if you want to get into a philosphical discussion concerning theories and world views e-mail me sometime but lets keep focused here we are discussing unions remember!!!! Greatist good for the greatist numb...

12. Union

    mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

    Highlighting autonomy could easily be mistaken for selfishness, thread carefully!

13. Union

    mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

    If you want to make personal comments on these threads i suggest you get to know the person first otherwise everything else is heresay.

14. Union

    mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

    it's all in my previous posts so i'm not going to reapeat myself! Utilitarianism ROCKS!!!!

15. Union

    mmeow replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism

    Provincial unions are formed by nurses, run by nurses and have nurses as members! There's a reason why all provinces in Canada have followed suit...... UNIONS WORK.... the nurses unions in Canada are comprised of NURSES, who work for each other shari...