pyegirlrn

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1. How do you handle rude comments?

   pyegirlrn replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   That is so Sad! Most of my family has died off and the rest of my family is distant except for my youngest son and husband. If you can't share the good AND the bad with people what is the point for having them in your life? That is what lead to my...

2. Triage Regulations

   pyegirlrn replied to medic182's topic in Emergency

   I work in a small rural hospital in GA with 3 fast-track beds and 9 ER beds. There is a small triage area with one nurse and no tech. There are 2 registrars next to the waiting area who obtain the initial complaint and registration information. Th...

3. can you refuse an assignment?

   pyegirlrn replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

   I worked until recently on a "critical care area" called Neuro-Stepdown. We routinely accepted ventilator dependent, hemodynamic altering drips, multiple tubes and frequent OTBS with a staffing matrix that states we should have a 1:4 ratio. Graduall...

4. The happy policy

   pyegirlrn replied to Tepidorchid's topic in Relations

   Yes, something like this may be coming to a hospital near you. It's called the Disneyland Model and our hospital has "bought into it" and we are being forced to sign an agreement that we are too. If we don't then maybe we need to work at another ho...

5. Tips on dealing with the demented patient in the ER

   pyegirlrn replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

   Well without some sort of sedation, I guess it is 4 point restraints and a vest. Wow!

6. Got No Job? Come be an RN !

   pyegirlrn replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I have met several people that went into nursing for materialistic reasons and have found that most of them render poor, uncompassionate care and that no amount of money is enough to keep them working in the profession. It's best for everyone to loo...

7. The Aging Nurse in the Workplace

   pyegirlrn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I have been a nurse since 1981 and am too young to retire, but at the top of my pay scale. The administration is looking at me as a liability and they have already started firing those nurses who are costing them too much money. It is only a m...

8. Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

   pyegirlrn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Stress 101

   Dear Burnout, I am on the same treadmill that you are on and due to circumstances that are out of my control, I could be looking at having to walk away from my primary mortgage and move to an area where my great-grandfather built a home(which has a s...

9. Am I Nursey Enough For You?

   pyegirlrn replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I agree that the in-fighting is what the administration counts on so that "divided we will fall". I do not look down on LPNs, but view our roles as more similar than different. Hopefully there will be a meeting of the minds and our intellectua...