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  1. How do you stay cheerful and bubbly during work?

    I have two strategies for handling the stress at work. One is to vent to a trusted coworker. This works sometimes. Then I am ready to resume my duties. The other - which I prefer - is to take 10 minutes and do something simple for a patient. Like giv...
  2. Importing nurses from the Phillipines

    YES - I have travelled to many other countries! And yes - I have many policitally correct ideas - some even liberal ones! It's the life experiences and the experiences with other cultures that I am able to SAFELY say and admit that YES - differences ...
  3. Importing nurses from the Phillipines

    I am glad someone said it first! But here it goes, I probably will get tons of hate mail for this one... Nursing - especially in the hospital - involves lots of critical thinking and problem solving. You must think outside the box. Sudden changes in ...
  4. staff ratios

    Note to editing board at this site: I posted it on this thread in error. Is it possible to move it to a more appropriate site - or can I just resubmit it in another thread? Thanks!!
  5. staff ratios

    It has been passed in CA. About 5-7 other states are in the planning/legislative process. I'm distantly involved in the process here in FLA. I was hoping for some feedback on how it is working in CA as I'm putting my job on the line for it!!
  6. What Has ANA Done for Me Lately?

    One question - If the ANA is so great, why are things so bad now? Why is there such a shortage? When I looked into it, I saw expensive dues and I saw a group who came out AGAINST mandatory staff-patient ratios - an issue which I believe is at the co...
  7. I wear a tracker at my hospital. I like it in the sense that I am where I am supposed to be when I am at work. I have had it work in my defense when a patient complained that I was "never" in their room - I knew I had numerous trackings to prove othe...
  8. staff ratios

    Does anyone have first-hand experience with legislated nurse-patient staffing ratios?
  9. What other profession floats?

    I once told the staffing person on the other end of the phone: THis is what it feels like. ABC Hospital across the river needs a staffing person today. You're going over there. Don't worry, they will show you where the bathrooms are..." Needless to s...
  10. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

    I have to say that on a lot of days I do feel ashamed to be a nurse. I think it is a career for a lot of dysfunctional people - meaning people who will take a lot of abuse without any recourse. And we complain until our faces are blue - but don't do ...
  11. I agree that nursing is currently a "pathetic" profession. But it doesn't have to be that way. I would NEVER allow my daughter to become a nurse - NEVER. The verbal and sometimes physical abuse I have encountered, the demeaning treatment from adminis...
  12. It costs too much, not in the budget

    I am betting on the passage - eventually - of the nurse/patient ratios by the state legislatures. How is it working in CA? We are working on it here in Fla. That is the only thing that is keeping me going - my personal satisfaction that the administr...
  13. Importing nurses from the Phillipines

    I have great respect for Phillipino nurses. They tend to be excellent as far as following policy and procedures to the letter and knowing what the "rules" are. However, I have found, in my 10-plus years of nursing, that they tend (not EVERY Phillipi...