happydog

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1. Nursing shortage? Read this and respond please

   happydog replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

   I work in So. Cal. and we too, have a supposed nursing shortage. All i know is that i don't get called off anymore! The pay is like everywhere else- 15-18.00 an hour. I know our facility offers sign on bonus's for specialty areas, and new grads are...

2. BSN vs. ADN

   happydog replied to goldilocksrn's topic in General Nursing

   For the record, in the stat of California, LVNs may has the same scope of practice as an RN (BSN or otherwise,) with the exception of: IV antibiotics and IV push. The may do assessments, RT, phlebotomy, IV starts, take MD orders, etc. It depends st...

3. Death With Dignity?

   happydog replied to bunky's topic in Safety

   I too, had a frustrating case; a man in his late 70's has metastatic prostate ca with mets to the bone, lung and brain. He has severe ascites and wet, lung sounds, and coughing up blood, along with poor output. His son wants EVERYTHING done to save h...

4. Death With Dignity?

   happydog replied to bunky's topic in Safety

   I agree whole heartedly-sometimes medicine gets in the way of the natural order of things. Sometimes i think we treat our companion animals better than our fellow humans. I had a doctor order for me to d/c a patients 02 (sating at 93% on a 15 L non...

5. Early burnout?

   happydog replied to nanjam's topic in Safety

   i think that burn out is not so much what the job entails, rather how our work is perceived, and how nurses treat each other. I don't know if it's our profession in particular, or women in general, (stereo-typing that nursing is primarily female.)Bu...