Laura Z. Pam

Laura Z. Pam

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  1. 60 visits a week quota ?? sound possible?

    NO no no!!! ***** dangerous for you, dangerous for pts., and bad for other nurses. Keep looking, because this is not a job. Also, never NEVER work a direct-care position salaried. There is just too much work. You will end up working for free and depr...
  2. Check Up: Obamacare vs. Romneycare: Any real difference?

    Romney wants to end Medicare/medicaid as we know it, and change it to flat rate/voucher program, as well as cut benefits. Hm. How many of our paychecks are dependent, at least in part, on medicare/medicaid? Most. So, less health care for all, and les...
  3. Soooo, I quit

    TX911, I don't think you made a mistake at all. You need to saved your license while putting your employer on notice that their staffing practices were unacceptable. Nursing is NOT like accounting or delivering mail or changing oil for a living, we h...
  4. Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

    Definitely stay for at least a year. 1) You will get skills here that you will not get anywhere else, a knowledge base that you will need even if you don't use it real often. Pumps, IV starts, med basics, line maintenance, workflow organization, even...
  5. The education requirement for nursing is changing

    I don't think it will happen, they threaten this every decade or so. Although I have an ADN, I think it would gain respect for our profession. There *are* some really, really bad "pop-up nursing schools" out there. At the same time, we all know that ...
  6. What does the inside of YOUR car/trunk look like, LOL?!?

    Really? you guys do visits on the subway and cab in New York? You must be mutant-strong to carry all the stuff you might need! Case manage, or on call?
  7. Cause of a dried up black uvula?

    Without having seen it, I think it is possible that the brain mets have cut off blood to the palate and uvula.
  8. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    Vajrayana Buddhist, here, working in hospice as well. Pushing aside doctrine and dogma, most people believe in loving-kindness, so when others want prayers and such, it is pretty easy to translate any religion into that, while closing the mouth and s...
  9. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    ZeroNight, I admire your principle, but must advise that it is best, while in nursing school, to fly low and stealth on *all* fronts. Don't stick out in dress or behavior, most instructors are very conservative and don't give a fig for fairness or to...
  10. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    After working hard for my RN, I worked in a series of situations (ICU stepdown, LTC, many agency jobs) that required giving sub-standard care via understaffing and careless staffing, and underequiping. Once, I was sent back to an agency job that I ha...
  11. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    I think the place would threaten to sue for "patient abandonment" counting on you knuckling under to being bullied. I think if you pushed back with a lawyer, they would most certainly be the ones to loose.
  12. Being an ugly nurse

    Personally, people who are too pretty make me nervous. If I were in a hospital and had a nurse who was young and pretty? I would be a little prejudiced against...afraid that they got a pass through school and into this job for their looks. Really unf...
  13. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    YES, YES, YES!!! I am so glad this was written. I have seen this everywhere I've been--management bullying and nurses all too willing to "clock out and chart". NURSES! minutes are what your life is made out of! How can you be willing to steal time fr...
  14. Looking to go into Ohio state prison once I graduate.

    Hey supe. I worked Ohio prisons via agency for quite a while, and saw inside 6-7 of them. They always need people, so should be easy to get a job. Jhaco does not go there, so standards are different. Always understaffed and agency staffed. It is dan...
  15. Working night shift, difficulty sleeping during the day!

    Oh, yeah. NOC shifters, sleeping becomes an olympic sport, complete with gear. I am also thinking about starting a forum and some local groups for night shifters social on days off. Its lonely being up all night, and some of my friends are tired of t...