Erie77

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1. Nurses eating their young

   Erie77 replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses eat their young? Nahhh.. They often eat and destroy almost anyone or anything in their paths. I think a lot of nurses need to learn humility and compassion.

2. Have a question for all nurses.

   Erie77 replied to tra10's topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone; all I can say is I hope to God I am not working at 83. There is no way you can tell me that at 83 she is able to do the fast paced work that she needs to, or do the lifting that she is required to do. This may sound like age discriminati...

3. Are we overworking the CNA's or are we lacking teamwork?

   Erie77 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   My one comment is ...Of course 20 patients to one aide is expecting too much. Why do you think God doesn't give us 20 kids each; namely He knows it would be expecting too much. We, as a society, make negative comments about Oxtomom, yet we expect Nur...

4. What is nursing coming to?

   Erie77 replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there everyone; what is nursing coming to? Nursing is a money making joke. Why do I say that? Because the patients do not get the care they deserve and the nurses get treated like dogs and worked to death, and who benefits? The employer only; no o...

5. WHY!!!!

   Erie77 replied to 0hnoes85's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there; I currently work in long term care and the comment you made of "My day usually consist of me staying over time to catch up in paperwork, but I clock out at the time I am supposed then go back to doing my work because it is my fault that I ...

6. LTC is making me hate nursing!!!

   Erie77 replied to Angeljho's topic in Geriatric

   Hi Newboy; sounds like you work where I work. The only thing its 50 patients to care for instead of 40. I agree with what one other person stated, we are being used and abused, plain and simple. And the reason is because us nurses are too gutless to ...

7. home remedies you would NEVER try

   Erie77 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there everyone; there were quite a few home remadies that we used when I was a kid. Here are a few of them........ 1) Fels Naptha soap lathered up and left on poisin ivy to dry. It worked. 2) Milk weed juice for poison ivy and rashes. It also work...