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  1. BYU Study Notes Nursing Shortage in Armed Services

    Perhaps if the military didn't work quite so hard to hunt and kick out a certain percentage of dedicated professionals, then there might not be as bad a shortage. But who knows? With the way this administration is chomping at the bit to fund anyt...
  2. They all called out sick this morning!

    At my former hospital employer in San Diego County, the Really Big Administrators let it be known that our Nurse Program Manager was not to wear scrubs to work at all. It was not her position to help out, was not "professional attire" in her role...
  3. Where is the best place in AZ to work?

    Good luck in your job hunt! I worked in Phoenix from 1993-95 at a hospital that has been closed for a few years (Doctors'Hospital --->Humana Phoenix-->Columbia Phoenix-->etc.). So I can't give you any new info. Guess it really boils down ...
  4. My California RN license expires at the end of November, and of course I waited until nearly too late to get all my "ducks in a row." Not enough drama in my life, I suppose. I happened to click on the "U.S. Nursing Boards" link on this very site, w...
  5. Questions about Ambien

    LOL, I used to take valerian root a few years back, but I would wake up with these God-awful belches in the a.m. And they smelled just like that damned bottle of valerian root. No upset stomach, but I learned to love insomnia after that...
  6. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    Here's a rather annoying order written by a first-year resident, on the floor of all places: Nitropaste 1.5 inches to chest wall, q6h (fair enough so far), "TITRATE" to SBP> 90 by wiping off 1/4 inch at a time. How many of you folks have the ti...
  7. Nurses learn on trip to Germany

    Gosh, it's hard to tell these politicians apart without a scorecard, so forgive me if I'm wrong, but..... 1) Is this the same congressman who fathered a child out of wedlock a few years back? (Well actually I'm thinking that he was "wedded" but not...
  8. Kaiser Backs Union Plan to Boost Nurse Staffing Levels

    I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. The LVN angle sounds like a plausible scenario to me. So hospital floors will probably resemble nursing homes with one RN and a mixture of CNA's and LVN's. And we all know what warm, fuzzy feelings we have ...
  9. Mandatory Overtime

    Our last union contract specified that there be no mandatory overtime except in case of extreme emergency, natural disaster, etc. It does give me supreme satisfaction to "just say no" to the supervisor. Too bad! I'm not their slave in the least. ...
  10. HIV+

    I don't get Level2Trauma's response either. What's your point? Snarling sarcasm isn't a very flattering quality; indeed it's the internet equivalent of 12-year olds making prank phone calls in the middle of the night, then giggling about it.
  11. Any new grads that went into the ICU?

    I graduated in 1993 from a BSN program, while attending school full time and working nights full time at the local university hospital/trauma center as a "nurse tech" This was during the Humana/Galen/Columbia days, and I basically got my first RN jo...
  12. In California we also have a state law that mandates only 2 patients per specialty unit RN. However we have a smaller 150-bed hospital, and frequently we are staffed at the bare minimum. Several nights we have had 3 patients (on an 8-bed unit) staf...
  13. hepatis c nurse-- can i be fired for this?

    Syphillis? Maybe the doctors require virginity checks on all the female nurses too.....Sounds like you just got a freebie--you found out what a crapfest that place was without actually having to work there for a few months to REALLY experience it.
  14. Floating of ICU RNs

    I have to disagree with the above posting. I'm sure the lawyers and jury wouldn't quite understand that i'm just "improving my triage skills" by floating to the floor where I've never worked before, no orientation as to what paperwork I'm expected t...
  15. Restraint Standards

    Our hospital seems to be in the Dark Ages concerning restraints (or perhaps just sticking our collective heads in the sand). I work in ICU, and it's been our interpretation that anyone needing restraints for "medical" reasons doesn't need a physicia...