Kcwestportboy

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1. Doing away with Scrubs

   Kcwestportboy replied to Kcwestportboy's topic in Professionalism

   Me too Rosemary...I feel like we earned these scrub I would feel like a leopard with out his spots lol

2. Doing away with Scrubs

   Kcwestportboy replied to Kcwestportboy's topic in Professionalism

   Completely understand that's why I think its crazy this place is a new job for me but I still am like wow flip side its the most money I have made in my life to date lol

3. Doing away with Scrubs

   Kcwestportboy replied to Kcwestportboy's topic in Professionalism

   Its not just my place several facilities are in my area are going this way all over I mean I have friends doing wound care (for home health) but their company wants them in business professional... REALLY that's absurd to me....and for most of us I w...

4. Fix me NOW (but on my terms or I'll leave AMA)

   Kcwestportboy replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

   Thank you I'm all better and yes I totally get it we all need to vent especially when others are so ungrateful for the care we provide them its not like we can say look I have 6 traumas I'm working on at the moment that are life and death your hang ...

5. Doing away with Scrubs

   Kcwestportboy replied to Kcwestportboy's topic in Professionalism

   That's what I am saying... I think administration doesn't really understand what we nurses do and not to mention how would be distinguished from outsiders visiters etc just by a name badge I think that could lead to serious safety risks too

6. Dating a former patient

   Kcwestportboy replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

   Here is my point of view....she is mentally ill whats to stop her from saying you did something to her or say that you raped her if this doesn't turn out well for you....We as healthcare professionals have to have a line we don't cross no matter what...

7. Fix me NOW (but on my terms or I'll leave AMA)

   Kcwestportboy replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

   Well the flip side is I have been that patient lol I was a new nurse and it was a Sunday, I was having shortness of breath and and blood in my sputum. I went to the ER. The Triage nurse was like what are you doing at my ER you need to go to your PCP....

8. Doing away with Scrubs

   Kcwestportboy posted a topic in Professionalism

   Hey everyone, I don't know if its just me having this issue in my state or if everyone is having it. I currently work in long term care and they did away with scrubs saying that it was too "sterile and clinical" that we were providing a service to t...