Old.Timer

Old.Timer

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About Old.Timer

Old.Timer has 25ish years experience.


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  1. "No nurses of color....."

    How about this..... " Just so happens to be your lucky night. Nurse Mary is assigned to all the aholes and she is not of color".
  2. Bingo. Obviously, not enough people at your facility want it. Choose battles that offer a reasonable chance of precipitating change. Doesn't sound like this is it. At least for now. I couldn't help but notice that your avatar was Mickey Mouse in a nu...
  3. Childhood Obesity jobs

    Go to chca.com click on member hospitals to see list with links of leading children's hospital search the various websites using weight management clinic or program and you will find lots of info BUT the poblem is $$ ....very few of the services p...
  4. Is 2 years experience charge nurse ready?

    Your personality may be that you will never believe you are aequately prepared untl you've jumped in, done it, and actually have experience as charge. Sounds like you have insight into your strenghts and weaknesses for the role and that you might be ...
  5. What does Florence Nightingale mean to you?

    Non- Conformist Problem-Solver
  6. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    She delivers herself like a pizza right to his door at the hospital and he can't go anywhere else. Truthfully, otherwise, he likely couldn"t be bothered to invest the energy and his precious free time on her outside of work.
  7. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    I'm telling you. You can't make this s** up. LOL. It cracks me up that all of us that have been in the business for years and years are like, yeah.........
  8. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    I am so sorry for taking up space jus quoting and saying LOL when I've already liked it but that was just too dang good ! LOL
  9. NURSES II

    I am sorry, i just can't get on board going out all nursed up begging for money so we can hand out some little cha-cha or trinket or have a food party. I don't get into all the "fill in the blank" weeks with umbrellas and mugs and lunch bags. I would...
  10. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    nurse156 and I are of the same generation of nurses. Regardless of your moral belief, this is something that our generation learned how to handle, especially if you worked in an academic facility. That's just the way it was sometimes. You also knew ...
  11. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    I know I am in the minority but as far as I am concerned, one "ceremony" should be adequate to recognize the achievement of nursing degree which is what the graduation ceremony now is. Beyond that, throw a party to celebrate when the pins come in. ...
  12. Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    With an extra added surcharge for improper use of resources !
  13. How to respond after shadowing experiences

    I would just make note that you appreciate the opportuity to interview and observe and remain interested in working at xyz facility on xyz unit blah blah blah. Then state that your primary choice of shift would be _____ but that you are fortunate tha...
  14. I apologize if I am repeating what anyone else has said since I have not read the thread. There are very few things that I would not let a student do if they appear knowledgeable, adequately prepared and appropriately supervised for the task. A CRNA...
  15. False documentation... more common than you think.

    the fly in the ointment is this........ more often than not, in the healthcare industry, administrators and board members determine the organizational goals, priorities, and budgets etc; not managers. based on the confines of that framework, mana...