DethOkay

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1. What comfort measures would you want?

   DethOkay replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I am from an older generration but soo much of this reminds me of the death sceane in solient green

2. Do agency nurses get the worst patients?

   DethOkay replied to NancyRN's topic in Agency

   I agree with mattsmom81. If you have the attitude your going to get the worst patient but focus on taking it in stride you will pervail. As a travler i have had the dump patients, the 500lbs vent patient nobody wanted but i have noticed after the fi...

3. University of California, nurses union in last-ditch talks

   DethOkay replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   I say strike.

4. Nurse Recruiting Program Aims At Men

   DethOkay replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   sounds like its more of the same, and 24$ an hour to start??? where?? its soulds like a armed services recruiting posters Come join the servece.... Just dont tell them they will be scraping seagull crap off the flight deck of a carrier .............

5. Why is there so much stress and burnout among nurses?I am writting a research paper.

   DethOkay replied to harwoodd's topic in Activism

   you got to be kidding, here is a concept. Work 3 12 hour shifts on a oncology floor, or a medsurg floor. You clean up the shit, puke, drainage, get yell at by MD's who think there GOD, have your supervisor tell you your working short, and to get ov...

6. What is a magnet hospital?

   DethOkay replied to VickyRN's topic in Activism

   I work at a magnet hospital. as a perdiem agency person who has held a postion there for 6 months, several have been there allmost a year. Its a joke, they pay poorly, and staff several units with agency, except their transplants and artifical heart...

7. what can i do about this?

   DethOkay replied to MontanaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Being placed in a bad position is hard. What to say what to do ect. But you must hold your ground. If something happens, some one is injured, the work isnt done, it will fall back on you. As we like ot say its your licene, your ass on the line not ...

8. Does your hospital have mostly 12 or 8 hour nursing positions???

   DethOkay replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

   As a travler and a perdiem nurse I have found a LOT of varation in shift times and schedules. Most facilities have both 8 and 12 hour shifts I have yet to see any hospital remove either one in favor of the other....

9. mandatory overtime

   DethOkay replied to dale mutter's topic in General Nursing

   Well I have seen the manditory overtime in action. I work a perdiem contract in a KY hospital but have it worded in to my contract they cannot add days or reduce days to my schedule without approval. But the staff nurses have been mandated to stay o...

10. Why does a hospital need RNs which are unable to do anything else but starting IV's??

    DethOkay replied to Chuckie's topic in Infusion

    I have worked as a travling nurse with and without Iv nurses. Are they a god send NO. Yes while everyone is not mr/ms supernurse with i.v.'s it takes practice and confidence to do it. I was taught in the Navy and was told one rule of thumb. After do...

11. Titratable gtts

    DethOkay replied to Stormy's topic in CCU

    It depends upon the hospital your wirking for As a travling nurse I have mixed drugs, used premixed, was not alllowed to mix drugs (only pharmacy could at one hospital) and a combination of all the above. I feel that one shoud be awair of the HOSPIT...

12. Drug Abuse Among Us??

    DethOkay replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

    Drug abuse is very prevelent in our profession. I have had 3 people I have had personal and work experience sucumm to the temptation of drugs. The first was a woman who was my age, 29 at the time, and she had oriented me to the units and taught m...

13. Transition from restraint to restraint free facility

    DethOkay replied to Ric's topic in Safety

    As a travling nurse I have seen a nursing home which uses floor mats beside the patients bed. if they fall from the bed and hit the mat its is not considered a fall..... the beds are very low to the ground but when i asked about injuries I was given...

14. Anyone allowed to nap on their breaks?

    DethOkay replied to dawngloves's topic in Safety

    Sleeping is not a good idea on the job. I charged a surgical unit 7p to 7a for 3 years before taking a prn and travling job and I find it difficult to believe that people sleep on units. I gave my people breaks whenever they wanted. I made PAPER lun...

15. Questions about travel nursing

    DethOkay replied to CEN35's topic in Travel

    sorry but most travling nurses do, they dont talk about it.....