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  1. Horizontal Violence - EMT's and Paramedics VS LPN's and RN's

    So glad this thread was started. I have been an RN for 10 years. When i worked home health, I found one of my patients unarousable, snoring, with a pulse ox of 76%. I called EMS. They treated me like dirt, acted like "why did I call them?" Even thoug...
  2. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    This thread sure makes me glad I am NOT a conservative.
  3. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    Well, if you deny people healthcare, you are essentially depriving them of their life at one point or another. It always amazes me how strict Constitutional constructionists who want to interpret everything "as the founding (racist, slaveowning, sexi...
  4. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    Uh....yes it is. We have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Exactly how do you expect people to exercise their right to life without the ability to maintain their health? Life and health kinda go together
  5. Patient requests

    My favorite was the actively withdrawing ETOH pt who asked me if I would like to get in the bed and snuggle with him. Ah, that would be NOOOOO
  6. Day shift vs Night shift

    I've worked days and nights. My unit is the busiest in the hospital and I just don't think I could handle the stress of day shift, although we have 4:1 ratio on days. If you are going to do night shift, I have a word of advice, especially if you have...
  7. The Unwritten Laws Nurse Managers Live By

    As I have said before, I am not trying to paint ALL nurse managers with this brush. This has just been my personal experience. Can't say I haven't ever had a good one, I did have one, but not at the hospital I work at now. It has been my personal exp...
  8. The Unwritten Laws Nurse Managers Live By

    I am sure there is a lot of pressure---as my mother who was a longtime upper management executive at hospitals tells me---but it does seem to me that it is only a certain type of person who wants to be in management, and that is a person who is on a ...
  9. The Unwritten Laws Nurse Managers Live By

    Gonna go part time as soon as I can and go for my DNP as soon as possible. I don't really want to leave because I love my specialty and the majority of my coworkers are like family. But I can't do this floor nursing thing for another ten years, and I...
  10. 1. Always believe the worst about your subordinates, no matter how glowing a reputation or history of competence they may have. Never give anybody the benefit of the doubt. 2. Never praise or give an "attaboy", and always discipline for any minor in...
  11. Sorry in advance for the length of this. So, I have been an RN for many years, working for the last several on a busy, demanding cardiac step down unit at a well-regarded nonprofit teaching hospital. I also have several psych diagnoses, including bip...
  12. "No, I am not going to push your Dilaudid "fast" because you "like the way it feels;" In fact, now I am going to push it way, way slower than I would have" "No I will not call the doctor at 3 a.m for a suppository because you haven't had a BM in 2 d...
  13. Welcome to the ICU

    I tried working in the ICU, hated it. Too much death and emotionality for me. My hats are off to all ICU nurses, I've seen what you deal with, and you can keep it. Hopefully all of you can handle the job better than my sister, who's worked ICU for 13...
  14. Health care a right or privilege

    Personally, I believe it depends on how you interpret the Constitution. We are guaranteed the right to life--how can we have life if we do not have health? How can we maintain health without health care? Also, I believe health care as a right falls u...
  15. Hourly Rounding

    It's crap. Nontherapeutic, disingenuous, insulting BS that does nothing to improve pt care. I refuse to follow scripts in my communication with patients. It is against my ethics as a nurse and everything I was taught. I am an educated professional, a...