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  1. Time-Out/Surgical site marking....

    One would think that the threat of having their certification pulled would do it - well it was the JCAHO Guidelines that precipitated the changes they have made. What I find most distressing is how some regulatory body has to legislate and demand im...
  2. Job description

    I am interested in what staff educators do. Also, how many does your facility have? Are your staff educators involved with departments other than nursing? What is your normal day like?
  3. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

    I want to leave nursing. It is not the doctors - it is the disrespect and abuse perpetrated by administrative types - managers - etc. Will I probably not - why - becasue I am dependent on my salary and the area in which I live has no real opportu...
  4. What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    At our facility there is one major recurring issue - who has the power and who doesn't. It is pervasive from the top down. Why? It is called, "inbreeding." They promote from within, administration and managers support one another - staff be damned...
  5. Time-Out/Surgical site marking....

    In my esperience administration, some staff, and physicians have not taken it seriously enough. What is said in meetings and prcaimed in the policy is not being done, BUT no one talks about it - staff nurses are aftaid to confront this. I believe ...
  6. I too man developing a CE article regarding organ procurment, but depression, in my experience is only part of the picture. I did have some articles too, but they were not very helpful. I have participated in both harvesting and transplants, I can ...
  7. Nursing in Germany

    I would love to go to Germany! I was born there and have visited a couple of times. I speak the language as well as I do English. My kids ar grown and I hope to visit -- have lots of cousins there -- it is a dream -- but I to make it someday befor...