rabbitgirrl

rabbitgirrl

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rabbitgirrl specializes in Stepdown, ECF, Agency.


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  1. Mind Boggling - Not going to graduation?

    I went to neither the graduation nor the pinning. I had three good, compassionate nursing teachers. As for the rest, they were disrespectful, unprofessional, theiving and lacking in compassion for students as well as patients. I taught myself nursing...
  2. OK, YOU WIN!

    Need...air...Can't...breathe Laughing too hard!!! AAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
  3. Is it just me? (Nurse/patient ratio related)

    Ratios have gone down? Care to back that up with some figures from a reliable source? Did you remember to factor in that pt acuity has risen steadily in the last few decades as well as the complexity of medical treatments and the scope of nursing pra...
  4. Is it just me? (Nurse/patient ratio related)

    whthfk ???!!!
  5. Orientee's now being counted as staff!!

    First, I must say that I am so sorry to hear this is happening to both you and your patients. What they are asking (telling) you to do is ridiculous. When I have been in similar staffing ratio situations, I felt like I was colluding in patient abuse...
  6. Is it just me? (Nurse/patient ratio related)

    What they are asking (telling) you to do is ridiculous. When I have been in similar staffing ratio situations, I felt like I was colluding in patient abuse by accepting the assignment. These aren't nursing jobs, they are butcher jobs. Management kno...
  7. Confrontation with a Visitor

    I think ooottafvgvah has a great point that low emotional intensity is the place to start in these kind of confrontations. The thing that was left out of consideration, though, is what I heard the loudest- It just didn't feel right. I think the intu...
  8. The Nurse's Role in Providing Spiritual Care - Is It OK to Pray?

    Wow, what a great story! I hope some day that I will be able to think that fast. Also, well put about the issue. Of course, I pray inwardly for my pts all day, but I feel that the patient almost always should initiate or request any spiritual care gi...
  9. Is there a nursing representative/lobbyist in washngton??

    I am interested in getting involved in my state. How did you get involved? How did you find out where to go? How do you get access to a debate? how do you get listened to and shot down? Also, I am thinking that I need to be prepared--I think any rea...
  10. I am right with you on this. I would probably have been a nurse much, much sooner had I realized the challenges involved. From the media portrayal (remember, even patients don't really see what we do), I thought nurses were sappy fluff-headed people...
  11. Life, Death, and Other Matters of Consequence

    Aw, now you know...Courage is not the quality of being unafraid, it is the quality of being scared to death and still not turning away from doing the right thing! Clearly, you have much more than you suspect : ) We are so, so, so lucky to be nurses s...
  12. Life, Death, and Other Matters of Consequence

    Thank you for this amazing post. Your patients are fortunate to have you to help and comfort them through this greatest passage. We are privileged to be offered a glimpse. I know you will meet your friend and your other patients again. May we all be...
  13. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    I, too had this problem (and occasionally still do). The only thing that helped me was to think of someone(s) who you look up to as completely capable, for me it was my aunt and another nurse, but it could be a movie role or anyone who exudes compet...
  14. Used Nursing To Start My Business

    Maybe not, probably busy making money! : ) A new business is a hungry baby, no time for nursing threads! Nice they posted, though, I'm inspired.
  15. Nurse reality show

    Haha! I used to work at a huge university hospital in a state with a HUGE football following. On game days the ER would take a poloriod of the drunks when they came in and tuck it into their belongings when they left. I thought it was a great policy!