maxthecat

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maxthecat has 27 years experience.


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  1. AN Scholarship

    And double that if they went ahead and used the night before KNOWING they would be tested. For sheer stupidity. Oh, yes, you're exactly the type of person I want to be my nurse....
  2. Gloves required for ALL oral meds.

    It's not about infection control, it's about reducing exposure to (mainly) oncology drugs. I think everybody already gloved for them anyway. There are also some drugs that can affect a pregnant worker. At any rate, why would a facility mandate glo...
  3. Waking your patient when coming on shift?

    I agree that waking a patient should be at the nurse's discretion and judgment. So what do you do when a doctor says "When I write for q4h, I mean q4h, not q4h at the nurse's discretion."
  4. Favouritism in nursing school!

    Lots of undeserving people get awards and promotions. Lots of deserving people don't get them. I agree it can be frustrating, but it is going to be this way the rest of your life, so I'd advise you to get used to it and move on. Raising a fuss abo...
  5. Should I do this?

    In the end it's your choice. But I would think long and hard about this if I were you. You will make more money in accounting than you will as a nurse. The accountants I have known get large bonuses at Christmas on top of already strong salaries. ...
  6. Pain Medications

    I know of no chronic pain patients that are using opiates that are pain free. Most have tried non-narcotic meds and non-pharmaceutical therapies first and the opioids are the only meds that keep the pain to a reasonable level. They "buck up" and de...
  7. Charles Cullen and Other Healthcare Serial Killers

    Michael Swango was a physician who was a serial killer. Same problem of hospitals not communicating with each other let him continue far longer than he should have.
  8. My favorite was when someone on here mentioned that their hospital administration decided that "Nurses Week" was a time for nurses to "give back" to others. They wanted nurses to volunteer for projects that help other people and to agree to use the ...
  9. Federal Nurse Staffing Bill Comparison

    And this is why I do not support the ANA. They do nothing for the nurses at the bedside. In fact they are condescending toward those nurses. But you can bet they want everyone to join so they can rake in the money. As a general rule I would say ...
  10. Manager said something covertly racist

    I don't understand why you feel the need to fight your friend's battles. It doesn't appear she asked you to do that. As a rule, I'd let the one insulted/attacked decide on the course of action and whether or not they want you involved.
  11. Unfair Fundamentals Clinical Testing?

    The only thing I hear that was possibly not fair was the instructor's comment that everything you would need was on the table, when not everything was there. Otherwise, the failure is on you. Did you know what would be tested and did you practice ...
  12. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

    Anyone ever been told by a house supervisor "take some Imodium and suck it up--that's what I do. Anybody can work sick for 8 hours. You people want to call in for every little thing."
  13. New RN needing prioritization advice

    Agree with what others have said. I just note that the nurse who completed your admission should have told you what the expectation was instead of saying nothing to you, then complaining about it to someone and letting you hear about that the next ...
  14. Will marijuana ever be okay in nursing?

    OK, if the problem is that it is "a mind altering substance," then I guess we need to get rid of all the psych meds, too.
  15. Just Wrong: Three Simple Fallacies

    When did feeding and taking care of visitors in ER become the norm? If I brought someone to the ER the last thing on my mind would be getting MY needs met. I want nurses and doctors to concentrate on my loved one, not me. I'm an adult and can fen...