ahsitters

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1. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

   ahsitters replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

   South western Ontario. 2nd teir of pay scale 24.75 plus shift and weekend differentials and health benefits and paid holiday. Pay scale tops out at 9th year at 36ish. Better than working at tim...

2. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

   ahsitters replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

   Bless your sweet little heatr. I'm sure that gets a

3. Whats to Enjoy about Nursing?

   ahsitters replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe its the way fate works but on the few days that I have rolled out of bed dreading the shift ahead of me They have actually been the best days of my career at the end of my shift. Even tonight...

4. patient satisfaction

   ahsitters replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

   :rotfl: :rotfl: :roll :roll :roll

5. 2 married ER nurses having an affair

   ahsitters replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Emergency

   I'm just saying that accusing and actually having proof are two totally different bags of worms. There are ten million different opinions on what having an affair is and what constitutes flirting...

6. 2 married ER nurses having an affair

   ahsitters replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Emergency

   Unless you have actually seen them having sex you have no proof to base your assumptions. Maybe the couple has an open marriage. There are a whole lot of questions you need to answer befor you throw...

7. Halloween and Nursing

   ahsitters replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   I asked that last year at the hospital that I work in and was told that they used to until they had a code one night and the family complained that it was inappropriate that someone dressed up as an...

8. Getting 12 hour shifts on unit

   ahsitters replied to jannrn's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital recently switched our ccu a (four bed unit) to 12 hr shifts but all people who work in the ccu had to agree to the change by vote and it had to be 100%. The rest of the hospital remains on...

9. Does size matter?

   ahsitters replied to wfperseus's topic in First Year After Licensure

   In a samller hospital you are more likely to get better hands on experience. There are no resp techs, there is no IV team, and there are usually no NA's and they always need people to respond to codes...

10. Starvation: A good thing when concerning the Obese.

    ahsitters replied to xt1's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you should seek a doctor supervised diet instead of believing things you read on the internet and manipulating physiology research. Sounds like you are heading in the wrong direction, or better...

11. Nurse as advocate

    ahsitters replied to RedcarRN's topic in Emergency

12. rules of injections

    ahsitters replied to imahobbit's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN! There could be pee in that syringe for all I

13. Sexual Harrassment?

    ahsitters replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Agree - don't take crap. If it were me ... if a loud "KNOCK IT OFF" didn't work, the next time I went into the room I'd be accompanied by P, my favorite security guy, who is one of the largest human...

14. What is with the crazy parents?? --vent--

    ahsitters replied to analee23's topic in Emergency

    I can totally understand where you are coming from as well as the parents concern. Rest assured that as the parents 'know better' they will 'do better' when baby has set backs. Since baby has a...

15. Help a new kid.

    ahsitters replied to bluegrassboy's topic in General Nursing

    :pumpiron: :pumpiron: :pumpiron: Learn to lift and transfer pts properly. Being a CNA is a great way to try out the physical and emotional work of a nurse. I started out as a nurses aid while I was...