MultipurposeRN

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1. Hourly Pay or Salary... What is best?

   MultipurposeRN replied to Cairo662's topic in General Nursing

   I do about as well salaried as I did hourly, except when I was doing In house registry at premium pay. Of course, I was PRN for years so didn't usually work full time, either. If I went back to bedside I would definitely want hourly. But the salaried...

2. A step towards "universal health care" run by the government?

   MultipurposeRN replied to blueyesue's topic in General Nursing

   Forgive me, I haven't read very many posts. In regards to this proposed law, our hospital has a disproportionate share of charity as it is.

3. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

   MultipurposeRN replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   Where are the instructors in these situations? When I had students I tried to put them with nurses who didn't mind students and also nurses that could teach them a lot. I was pretty fortunate in finding staff who fit both criteria. I figured they wer...

4. Reporting abuse

   MultipurposeRN replied to aka_steven's topic in General Nursing

   how old are these kids, anyhow?

5. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

   MultipurposeRN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   LOL, Helllo! I like your terminology and vote that we make it official! :rotfl:

6. What I love about nursing

   MultipurposeRN replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

   Nice to see a positive post about nursing. I still believe nursing is a great career, no matter what it's flaws may be. What other job gives you so many different kinds of areas you can work in? How many other jobs can you moonlight in a different ar...

7. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

   MultipurposeRN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   I hate to see, "Patient complaining of _____" Makes it sound like they're all just whiny and gripey.

8. Wisconsin Nurse being charged with criminal neglect

   MultipurposeRN replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

   I keep reading on the report 'child' this and 'child' that. But a 16 year old who's having a baby is no longer a child. My daughter had my granddaughter at 15 and signed all her own consents. I couldn't have even looked at her chart without permissio...

9. "I'm NOT going to support his habit...." LONG

   MultipurposeRN replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

   Well, you could say most patients w/ obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc who have lived an unhealthy lifestyle and diet have brought their problems on themselves, but they are still entitled to the best care that is available out there. No less sho...

10. Working five 12hr shifts a week

    MultipurposeRN replied to aggieamy5's topic in General Nursing

    My youngest son's dad worked 7 12 hr nights in a row then would have 7 nights off. Sounded good, but after a few years he was terribly stressed and run down. I would say your hubby might do ok for awhile, but eventually it will wear him down then th...

11. Planning our future and outsourcing

    MultipurposeRN replied to Mudwoman's topic in General Nursing

    People complain about spending money on the war in Iraq, but have no problem w/ the millions if not billions of dollars spent on the useless 'war on drugs' that has cost countless lives. It hasn't worked, it will never work, and it's costing a fortun...

12. Are the Democrats good for nurses.

    MultipurposeRN replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    The main reason I won't join the ANA or the state association is because they are too political. That's fine for them, but I'm a nurse, not a politician. And I almost never like the candidates they endorse. The Democrats will be just like the Republi...

13. Our inappropriate frequent flyer

    MultipurposeRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    have they thought about getting a psyche eval for this guy? Have you thought of filing stalking charges?

14. resignation letter

    MultipurposeRN replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    My most recent resignation letter had the reason, that personal and work responsibilities had increased and I felt it best to cut back to just one job, I enjoyed my experience at X hospital and the people I worked with and for, blah, blah. I was quit...

15. nursing caps

    MultipurposeRN replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    We just had an LPN retire after 58 years of working for our hospital. She always wore her cap. She did wear white uniforms but was modern enough to wear pants. Now we only have one RN in the hospital who still wears her cap. We had another on the sam...