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Would you have the option of picking up shifts on your old unit?

I would say it's not the money, it's viewing nurses like factory workers with human beings on the assembly line, always looking for ways to increase efficiency and productivity. This makes nurses feel like they aren't paid adequately, but the truth i...

There's nothing in the OP to indicate that was the reason for quitting. And as far as accepting responsibility, he was an orientee. While having some shared responsibility due to his license is true, the ultimate responsibility was with the prec...

This is a problem. Yes many sources will have a degree of bias, but that doesn't mean you can't find good solid reporting and be well informed of the facts. There are really good sources out there. And really bad ones. Then there are lots that lean o...

Reading my reply, I may have come across snarky and didn't intend it that way Practice good hand washing, keep your clothing and environment reasonably clean. Don't over think it. Unless you have broken skin or you are immune compromised in som...

You cleaned up one stain that you could see. What are you going to do about all the organisms that you can't see?

Wait what? Beans would be an excellent choice for protein, fiber and lots of good nutrients. Is it the "whole can" you're objecting to? They don't need to be eaten all at once. 1/2 cup of beans would be healthier than 1 oz of deli turkey and m...

So your options are surgery or living with this painful condition the rest of your life? What is the expected outcome of the surgery? Risks? I'm not sure what this condition is, but if you don't do it will you even be able to keep on working? C...

3 things: Bedside report - this is the kind of thing that can be noted when you round on the patient together in hand off. This was also on the oncoming nurse, 30 to 45 minutes into the shift she should have already then rounds on the pati...

I can attest as someone who uses my Samsung smartphone as well it is easy to miss typos because the screen is quite small. Typos happen for all kinds of reasons unrelated to knowledge of the topic at hand.

There's no one I have wanted to fail, in fact it wouldn't hurt me a bit for them to be so wildly successful in another workplace that they would never come back. I have experience with someone who was might be similar to how you describe, was th...

I don't think it's about being professional or not? The alternative would be to switch to exempt status for staff nurses where there would be no accounting of the minutes. But then you would not get paid for the extra minutes that you stay over. Beli...

So sorry about your husband - that must have been so difficult. Which brings up the question whether this is end of life secretions or not... Because the care of the patient would be different

They're going to release the kraken right?

What is the issue, that someone is posting his tweets or that there was a typo made? The responses to that tweet are brain numbing

Have you considered inpatient rehab? Nurse patient ratios are reasonable (depending on the facility) and medical acuity is lower. Often these units are more willing to take on less experienced or refresher type nurses. The learning curve is not as st...

Maybe he can begin a new therapeutic field - Cultural Therapy in a group setting 🙂

Well then show them this: https://www.verizon.com/featured/nurses/

National provider identifier. It's required for advanced practice but an RN can get one. Here is the application link. It's from the CMS website https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/#/

Is the tentative start date still coming up or has it passed?

There's a lot of misinformation out there. Radonda Is surrounded by supporters who have a different narrative. I'm not an ED nurse but would feel comfortable doing a swallow test. She wasn't being asked to do anything outside of her normal practice. ...

She was not an ED nurse. She was not functioning in the role of an ED nurse. She was a neuro ICU nurse of two years. On this day she was a "help all nurse" (they had extra staff to be able to do this). She had been sent to do a swallow screen i...

No, this is a misuse of that scripture. We are not judging her for any sin, we are holding to standards of safe nursing practice. Also, your compassion is misplaced. I am full of compassion for the patient who suffered a terrible death and for t...

😲 I don't even know what to say here. I hope you didn't mean to imply that anyone should be less horrified at the manner in which she died because of her age and debility?

Glad you are off to a good start! Maybe if you focused on teaching them the importance of what they do, not just ticking boxes and thinking of it as a routine but The importance of their role in health and well-being of the residents. Sounds lik...