cbob

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1. "Your job is to make me happy"

   cbob replied to Nurse216's topic in Relations

   The sad thing is that a lot of Administrators want you to make everyone happy so they will get high patient satisfaction scores. Different nursing now. Its like we are in the hospitality and service industry. We have to keep you happy and alive at th...

2. CRRT and mobility

   cbob replied to dec2007's topic in MICU

   that seems very risky. I would hate to be the nurse that ambulates someone on crrt. That would freak me out. I would make sure that the person that has in acted that policy is there while you ambulate them instead of them being in their office doing ...

3. Nurses smoking weed?

   cbob replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Congress lifted the Federal Ban on medical marijuana on December of 2015. They allow the states to decide. Not too well known, did not get too much coverage.

4. Nurses smoking weed?

   cbob replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Marijuana is not addictive. I see what you are implying but it is not classified as an addictive drug and it is used to get users off of more addictive drugs. What if you are being cared for by someone that is overweight because they use food as a cr...

5. Nurses smoking weed?

   cbob replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   So silly. When we look at this thread in a few years it will be like asking if a nurse will indulge in a glass of wine after their shift. This "weed" is medicine and it will be used much more in our careers as a healing plant. The stigma is about to ...

6. Getting Our Egos Out of the Hierarchy!

   cbob replied to BethBoynton's topic in General Nursing

   I think this is very rude and disrespectful to the patient and families. What does this do to the situation? Does it resolve anything? I don't think so. I think it just feeds our egos more than they already are and keeps patients from opening up and ...

7. Another reason unions suck!

   cbob replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Union

   These are educated, professional human beings ufaalu. " Line Staff", what do you mean by that? Farm Team? Floor nurses are the glue in Hospital Nursing. You can't admit patients without a functional Med-Surg or PCU. Get to know your staff and their c...

8. Another reason unions suck!

   cbob replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Union

   I can reduce my labor costs by replacing the more expensive/experienced nurses with newer RNs ( Spoken like a true Supervisor ufaalu… Are you out on the floor getting patients out of bed, feeding them, cleaning them, passing out beds and helping ou...

9. Another reason unions suck!

   cbob replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Union

   Letter to Ruger 8mm about having to work in a union hospital… You need to move. You do not have to work up there. Move to the south, they hate unions there. You will make less money and have less benefits but you will not have to put up with all t...

10. Another reason unions suck!

    cbob replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Union

    Unions suck huh? Wasn't for unions you wouldn't be having the discussion about vacations because you wouldn't have any. You think that corporations just gave use vacations and PTO? That was fought for and is something that is continually being fought...