manettohillnurse

manettohillnurse specializes in Med/Surg, midwifery, orthopedics, ob/gyn.

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1. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

   manettohillnurse replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I'd call in sick UNLESS I knew that my absence was going to put a strain on the rest of the staff because it was a holiday such as Christmas and my being there tired would pose less of a danger than my not being there at all. Somehow I got my se...

2. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

   manettohillnurse replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

   Who cares? I found the ending so disappointing. I did notice though that in spite of being on a respirator, You didn't hear a sound and you didn't see Silvio's chest move. :bluecry1:

3. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

   manettohillnurse replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

   :monkeydance: I'm responding to the poll about calling in sick for lack of sleep. I absolutely would call in. A sleep-deprived nurse is a danger to her patients. Having said that, I'd try to rectify the reason for not sleeping.

4. where do old nurses go?

   manettohillnurse replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

   I've had such a good laugh over the replies to the nursing home idea. However I've found some of the replies bitter sweet. We all seem to have worked very hard with sometimes very little recognition or rewards. How pitiful is that?

5. where do old nurses go?

   manettohillnurse replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

   This thing has taken on a life of it's own !!!!!!! I have some good pills - Vicodan, zoloft, xanax. No need for any booze, but the houseboy sounds fabulous !!!!!!!!!!!!

6. where do old nurses go?

   manettohillnurse replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

   I just had another thought. Be a nit picker. Seriously, with lice becoming more and more prevalent there are people who have started a business going to peoples' houses, treating anybody who has lice/nits. Some people will even clean the house and ca...

7. where do old nurses go?

   manettohillnurse replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

   I'm 63 and still going strong !!!!!!!! I'm a school Nurse and have found this to be rewarding and not too hard on the bod. Be prepared though for some, not all, teachers to believe that you sit on your duff all day doing nothing. I'd love some of my ...

8. Salary Or Lack Thereof !!!!!!!!

   manettohillnurse replied to manettohillnurse's topic in School

   This is for edgwow. I really admire you for going back to school @39, not that that is old by any standard. I would suggest that you move to Plainview, NY as we don't need certification in school nursing. Anybody who does apply to be a sub. (forget a...

9. Survey: Do you think nurses are portrayed positively in the media?

   manettohillnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses are NOT portrayed in a positive way. I don't watch any medical shows. I'm getting up in years and I STILL get comments such as " being a nurse, you must have been a real hottie". How demeaning!!!!! I still find this attitude about nurses bein...

10. Is there power in the color white?

    manettohillnurse replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    So nice to see a Mr. Nurse. I personally don't think there is "power in white" It's basically how we comport ourselves and how we expect to be respected. I firmly believe that we teach people how to treat us. If we take guff then people will take adv...

11. Is there power in the color white?

    manettohillnurse replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Suesquatch for your comment defending us more senior nurses. To whimsieRN, you sound as though you need to get away from the "icky stuff". this is what a lot of nursing is all about. I'm sorry if people are rude to you and it affects the wa...

12. Salary Or Lack Thereof !!!!!!!!

    manettohillnurse replied to manettohillnurse's topic in School

    Just to ask a question. Are you a school nurse-teacher? We used to have those but they retired them years ago in favor of having RNs with no teaching certification and hiring a health teacher to obviously teach health.

13. Salary Or Lack Thereof !!!!!!!!

    manettohillnurse replied to manettohillnurse's topic in School

    You are certainly lucky !!!!!! I am in the same union as the teachers but we recently negotiated a 3 year contract and the nurses' demands weren't even allowed to be put in front of the board. After 22 years I'm at a salary of less than $50,000. Just...

14. Is there power in the color white?

    manettohillnurse replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah: I personally do not think that white uniforms gives us more power. I do think that it does identify you as a nurse in a hospital setting where everyone is wearing a different color. I was recently hospitalized and the nurses who did wear white...

15. Salary Or Lack Thereof !!!!!!!!

    manettohillnurse replied to manettohillnurse's topic in School

    This is in response to classicdame: Unfortunately, the nurses in my school district are represented by the teachers unit. We recently negotiated a new contract and even though we had a nurse on the negotiating team, she was told NOT to put anything f...