nnurse32

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1. what has been your experience with companies who end memos with......

   nnurse32 replied to tazzle's topic in General Nursing

   Is there a morale issue?

2. What comes first? Religious beliefs or Osha Safety Guidelines?

   nnurse32 replied to nnurse32's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your insightful input. I appreciate all of you. I felt strong about my stance and wanted to make sure I wasn't out of line. It wouldn't be my case, just to cover for their regular nurse when she wanted time off. She has no probl...

3. What comes first? Religious beliefs or Osha Safety Guidelines?

   nnurse32 replied to nnurse32's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. That has been my experience. No breaks, can't get PTO that's on the books, drunks in the house, parents not coming home for hours after the shift ends, and now the no shoes..... I have had plantar fasciitis before in both feet, not weari...

4. What comes first? Religious beliefs or Osha Safety Guidelines?

   nnurse32 replied to nnurse32's topic in General Nursing

   They only want slippers or bare feet. I was assigned there once, I was not warned of the no shoe policy. I don't want to buy new shoes for a case I'm not permanently assigned. I've been there once in 6 months. It's just to cover for their regular...

5. What comes first? Religious beliefs or Osha Safety Guidelines?

   nnurse32 replied to nnurse32's topic in General Nursing

   I really don't know the rationale behind no shoes policy. The family is from an Arabic country and hold strong to their customs, which is ok, I have no problem with that. But not being allowed to wear shoes especially on slippery wet surfaces while ...

6. What comes first? Religious beliefs or Osha Safety Guidelines?

   nnurse32 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in home health care. My agency has been sending nurses to a home for private duty of a pediatric patient who is trashed, non responsive, spastic, and suffers seizures. The patient must be carried everywhere and weighs between 55 and 60 lbs. ...