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1. Nobody answers the floor phones

   VORB replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

   ' HOW IS NORMA? A sweet grandmother telephoned the hospital. She timidly asked, "Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?" The operator said, "I'll be glad to help, dear. What's the name and room number?" The grandmo...

2. Nobody answers the floor phones

   VORB replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

   ' Seems they like to take away the unit secretary right at evening shift change where I work, when call lights and phones are ringing off the hook. Administration makes their choices I guess, but it's the pts & family that suffer. It'll get worse...

3. Three Flu Shots This Year; Will You Get Them?

   VORB posted a topic in COVID

   ' "Most people will need one shot for the regular seasonal flu and probably two others to protect against the new swine flu. For the regular flu vaccine, elderly people, health care workers and pregnant women are among the priority groups. For the sw...

4. teds and scds

   VORB replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

   ' Since an M.D. has to order them, I would check the orders and follow them. Pretty straightforward.

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

   VORB replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

   ' That's dizzying. All I can say is that a government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take it all away.

6. Socialized Medicine

   VORB replied to PlainsBuffalo's topic in CRNA

   Unfortunately, the top 50 percent of wage earners pay 97 percent of the federal taxes in the U.S., while the bottom 50 percent pay just 3 percent. Ironically, it's usually those in the bottom 50 percent -- who essentially pay for little or none of th...

7. Do patients have Mental Changes post heart surgery due to anesthesia?

   VORB replied to Chapis's topic in CRNA

   ' You might get a better response with a more-descriptive thread subject title than "Changed".

8. Socialized Medicine

   VORB replied to PlainsBuffalo's topic in CRNA

   I just did. And it is. That's the term for publicly-funded healthcare.

9. Socialized Medicine

   VORB replied to PlainsBuffalo's topic in CRNA

   ' One thing's for sure: The plan is to raise taxes to pre-Regan levels, which will unfairly impact doctors and advanced-practice nurses. Congress and the president have already admitted that those levels will have to be adjusted in the future to make...

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

    VORB replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    Why work, indeed. Welcome to the United Socialist States of America.

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

    VORB replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    ' http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/07/21/obama_not_familiar_with_key_provision_in_health_care_bill.html

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

    VORB replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    ' The point is that the market within which we now work will change with reform. And most would say not for the better. Three out of three who've answered the question are in agreement. We would not stay.

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

    VORB replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    No. I got into nursing not because I wanted to be a nurse. I went into nursing to find a career -- which I have done. I made way more than that my first year -- something that surprised even me. I have never felt underpaid since starting. I would mak...

14. scared.....misdemeanor for unpaid speeding ticket....

    VORB replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Criminal

    ' First, don't worry about something that hasn't happened yet. Second, it may be in your best interest to hire a lawyer for the hearing. If your nursing career depends on it, it may be worth it. A judge will listen to a lawyer more than he/she will l...

15. Endorsement dummy

    VORB replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said, licenses are good until they expire. You do not lose your original license when you obtain another by endorsement.