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  1. Hospital CEO Salaries: Are The Big Bucks Justified?
    VERY well said.
    Jul 21, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  2. Hospital CEO Salaries: Are The Big Bucks Justified?
    Yes, a CEO in a private hospital answers to a board of directors--- who are generally only interested in profit margins and dividends to be paid to stock holders. Private enterprises are in the...
    Jul 19, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  3. "Loosing" my license
    Healthy respect is appropriate. Fear is not.
    Jul 15, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  4. Obamacare, what could go wrong?
    BULL CORN.
    Jul 1, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  5. Hospital CEO Salaries: Are The Big Bucks Justified?
    Bull Corn. Having a wealthy class that controls a government is the definition of plutocracy. Generally speaking, those in power look out for only their own. THAT is class warfare. ...
    Jun 25, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  6. Hospital CEO Salaries: Are The Big Bucks Justified?
    Very well said!
    Jun 24, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  7. Hospital CEO Salaries: Are The Big Bucks Justified?
    There are many components to the big picture. Working dangerously short staffed creates life and limb threatening situations. When worse case scenarios occur, they can be disasterous for...
    Jun 24, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  8. Hospital CEO Salaries: Are The Big Bucks Justified?
    Bull Corn. Executives are not doing the work in each of these areas. They have a full complement of staff handling the day to day details. There's nothing magical or mystical about the...
    Jun 24, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  9. Is night shift intolerance worth the $$ and Bennies??
    You may not live to work the 25 years. Leave the night shift pronto!
    Jun 10, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  10. Stupid things that nurses say
    In the midst of an unpleasant procedure, I heard myself say, "This will feel so good when it quits hurting." The patient half chuckled, then roared, "I sure as hell hope so!"
    Jun 10, '12
    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  11. Am I making a mistake not taking MedSurg position?
    Whether it's rural or not is not an issue. Everybody knowing everybody is not really an issue. Make your choices and be gracious. Whether you leave corrections or decline a med surg offer, thank...
    Jun 6, '12
    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  12. Chronically late patients...
    Offices are frequently overbooked, and sometimes patients have extended waits time and time again. Patients can feel that their time is important, too and they can become frustrated. I don't know...
    Jun 6, '12
    Forum: Ambulatory Care Nursing / Clinic Nursing
  13. Am I making a mistake not taking MedSurg position?
    Sometimes there are no mistakes to be made and there are NO right or wrong choices. Sometimes we have multiple equally reasonable good options. Follow your passion and your interests. ...
    Jun 6, '12
    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  14. How can I gracefully and tactfully say No?
    And what's wrong with that? (said while wiping boiled crawfjsh fat from my chin.). Cajuns here play fiddle and accordion more than banjo.
    May 26, '12
    Forum: LPN to RN Nursing Student
  15. How can I gracefully and tactfully say No?
    Please understand that it was not my intention to call you anything. I'm quite idealistic and optimistic myself. It's easy to find yourself disappointed and to find yourself with the short and...
    May 20, '12
    Forum: LPN to RN Nursing Student
  16. How can I gracefully and tactfully say No?
    Naive and idealistic. There are an awful lot of unethical, illegal, an unconscionable things that occur in education, health care, and other areas of endeavor. This is why some areas of endeavor...
    May 20, '12
    Forum: LPN to RN Nursing Student
  17. New grad living in misery r/t nurse managers and educator
    You are being mistreated and abused. What is being required of you is unreasonable and unacceptable. They should be scheduling their training and orientation at more appropriate times. It is...
    May 19, '12
    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  18. Need a team name for Operating Room staff for the Color Run.
    Smooth Operators
    May 19, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  19. How can I gracefully and tactfully say No?
    Tell the classmate that it would be academic dishonesty, and that is something that you don't do.
    May 18, '12
    Forum: LPN to RN Nursing Student
  20. Any advice for a nurse in limbo?
    Could you approach your current employer about tweaking your duties? Is there another nurse on staff who might prefer more of the paper pushing duties? Perhaps you could assume some of her/his...
    May 17, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  21. Coccyx and Sacral Dressings
    Some skin prep applied to wound edges will protect the skin and might help the mepilex stay in place. As mentioned by others, offloading and nutrition are crucial to healing, as is tight glycemic...
    May 14, '12
    Forum: Wound / Ostomy / Continence Nursing
  22. Emory WOCN program
    I attended the Emory WOCN Program on site in Atlanta last fall. It turned out to be one of those rare things in life that is everything I hoped it would be and then some! It is an absolutely...
    May 14, '12
    Forum: Wound / Ostomy / Continence Nursing
  23. outpt wound care clinic advice
    That's not a position that I would accept. The position sounds like a no-win situation. They want you to do more and more for less. Chances are they won't provide the resources necessary for you...
    May 14, '12
    Forum: Wound / Ostomy / Continence Nursing
  24. Found on the wall
    Well said!
    May 14, '12
    Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
  25. Expectations for traveling with a patient??
    Exactly! Listen to that inner voice. The trip could cost more than a weeks pay, more than jusr $.
    Apr 24, '12
    Forum: Home Health Nursing