GomerPyle

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1. Teaching time management

   GomerPyle replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry for the large font folks....my vision is a victim of too many birthdays....

2. Teaching time management

   GomerPyle replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

   i've been an rn for just over a year and still get my butt kicked. my orientation didn't go so well...my preceptor would turn me lose on my own sometimes for 2 hours without ever touching base. yes, this was my own fault for not speaking up. a good p...

3. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

   GomerPyle replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

   everyone has opinions and speaks from a bias....even simple rn's. i'm sure there is a nurse somewhere who can give an unbiased explanation....just not in this country!

4. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

   GomerPyle replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

   a special thanks goes out to peter fleckstein (aka fleckman) who researched the entire healthcare bill and came up with these rather eye-opening provisions and posted them on twitter. all these are verifiable via the bill...read for yourself... pyle ...

5. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

   GomerPyle replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

   greetings jopacurn, here is a link to the entire healthcare bill that is currently in the house for a vote..it's long but detailed... pyle http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.pdf

6. Help or Hurt nursing.....

   GomerPyle replied to GomerPyle's topic in General Nursing

   wow, 4.5 hrs and no replies:no:

7. Help or Hurt nursing.....

   GomerPyle posted a topic in General Nursing

   i have spent many hours reading the numerous posts on this board regarding the many challenges and/or opportunities that we nurses face on a daily basis. it would be interesting to note how many of you out there feel that the current proposed healthc...

8. Need encouragement

   GomerPyle replied to cardiacjenn's topic in General Nursing

   don't beat yourself up. i felt like s#**t after taking the test...i got all the questions. every nurse i've spoken too concerning nclex had similar reactions. i think it's only natural to question your outcome. btw, i passed the first time around and...

9. Census dreadfully low at our hospital, anyone else???

   GomerPyle replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

   no low census down here in gods waiting room....plenty of orifs...knee's...copd exsacerbation...non-compliant diabetics...etoh..and the list goes on. btw..has anyone noticed a sharp increase in the weight of patient's charts lately? i counted 12 out ...

10. morphine,dilaudid,demerol

    GomerPyle replied to EJSRN's topic in Medications

    In terms of quantity, we dispense dilaudid by the gallons on my busy med/surg floor here in florida. I surmise that this may have a direct correlation to the number of frequent flyers on my floor.:cheers: again, just my

11. Patients falling

    GomerPyle replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    i dig the incorporated bed alarms on the new hill rom beds. working from 7p-7a, i activate the alarm on all eight of my patients, whether they're 20 years old and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, or 85, demented with a broken hip. only...

12. you know you are in for trouble when.....

    GomerPyle replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    you walk into the room to introduce yourself to the new admit...and before you can say "hi, i'm _____ , they say " is it time for my dilaudid yet?":uhoh3:

13. Opinions on scripting

    GomerPyle replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    from what i've seen in my organization, you better comply with said scripting or risk finding yourself unemployed any noncompliance or perceived "bad attitudes" will flag you as being a "non-team player" so to speak. being the "free thinker" rebel t...

14. $100,000 in student loan debt?

    GomerPyle replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i'm hoping there will be a government bailout of all healthcare worker student loan debt. how much could it cost? a few billion? that's chump change when we're currently spending trillions :smackingf i think i'll send a letter to obama:idea:

15. TuTonka wants to know--what keeps you in nursing?

    GomerPyle replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    what keeps me in nursing? let me give you 3 reasons...... bills, bills....and more bills:cheers: