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    Michigan hospital sued after honoring woman's request for "white nurse only"

    mtmkjr replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    I agree that not removing her from the assignment puts things in a different light. How can a nurse be assigned to a patient they are not allowed to personally assess? If this is true, she was placed...
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    Walmart cashiers wearing gloves?

    mtmkjr replied to Misstika's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    True. My comment fell short of reality. After reading this thread I have more sympathy for checkout folks in
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    Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    mtmkjr replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had a really hard time following your post. Is this summary correct?: ASN: no hospital would hire without BSN, settled for Home Health (5 years?) BSN: 350 applications/interviews led to "better...
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    Outrageous Complaints

    mtmkjr replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Nursing

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    OB/Maternal be an elective class for male nursing students

    mtmkjr replied to carti's topic in General Students

    Your attitude seems to be similar to that of many high school students..."Groan... what use is [insert subject] in real
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    In over my head

    mtmkjr replied to Animalover79's topic in Nursing Career

    So you may or may not be able to call 911 if needed??? No.
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    OB/Maternal be an elective class for male nursing students

    mtmkjr replied to carti's topic in General Students

    What on earth are you going to do when a pregnant woman shows up in your ER? How about in the ICU? I could list many more places you might find a pregnant woman... It would be negligent to license a...
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    Aggressive family member

    mtmkjr replied to Jerez's topic in General Nursing

    It has been many years since I worked in pediatrics. More since nursing school. Back then, the thinking was that parents did not accompany their children to "treatment rooms". It was believed that...
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    New Students, no english

    mtmkjr replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I have family who lived in Mexico for several years when their 3 kids were school age. They plunked them into the Spanish speaking schools directly from their US school. The kids did fine. They had no...
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    Walmart cashiers wearing gloves?

    mtmkjr replied to Misstika's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Another example of just a bit of germaphobia - Although handling money does expose them to a lot of nasty germs, I think they'd be fine washing their hands frequently. Exception: If I had a cut on my...
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    Bullying in nursing, common or not?

    mtmkjr replied to ccman18's topic in Canada

    I don't know if I'd call it "bullying" but unkind people and people who mistreat their co-workers exist in every single
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    Any Tips on how the 50+ new RN can get a job?

    mtmkjr replied to Chronicallychanging's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm surprised at the responses here. Dye your hair, plastic surgery, make-up tips??? Kinda shallow..... I am in the same age group (although I had 8 years experience in NICU, PICU) I came back into...
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    Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    mtmkjr replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered about those 2 people as well... just guessing there were a few who didn't understand the question! It is interesting to see an actual survey, and in fact, even though I don the gloves...
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    New nurse staying way past 9:30 pm on day shift

    mtmkjr replied to connecticut23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is sad that nurses allow themselves to be put into such terrible working conditions. You are basically doing the work of 2 nurses! But as long as you and your colleagues are willing to stay in...
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    Nurse on your floor with narcotic restrictions

    mtmkjr replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think there should be a plan in place spelled out on the daily assignments so that your co-workers do not resent the burden of passing your narcotics. For example, "Sally" is going to be assigned to...
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    Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    mtmkjr replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I don't touch the
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    Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    mtmkjr replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    In order to follow Universal Precautions, there would naturally be a greater usage of gloves in ICU, ER etc. I don't think people would generally disagree with the need in those clinical areas. I...
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    Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    mtmkjr replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I work with nurses who lay a towel on chairs every time they sit down. They leave the towels behind when they walk away. Just last week I noticed one of them scooting her shoes on some purple wipes at...
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    Michigan hospital sued after honoring woman's request for "white nurse only"

    mtmkjr replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    There is a difference, as most people in the hospital are sick and vulnerable, maybe dealing with loss, feeling miserable, whatever the circumstance might be. They may latch onto something that gives...
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    I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

    mtmkjr replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    I see your point, but all my cues are visual, what the screen is showing. I never scan with my back to the screen... The scan is simply capturing the data. When I see the red ribbon it gets my...
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    New job- to quit or not?

    mtmkjr replied to ViviRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I think you may have missed this part: Throughout her post she was trying to be clear that she doesn't mind doing those things, but not when RN duties are pressing and the tech is sitting
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    Med Error Advice...

    mtmkjr replied to brockclan3's topic in General Nursing

    I hope the RN was also written up for her part in the error. She needs to meet with the education coordinator for remediation as
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    Worried about the future of ICU nursing

    mtmkjr replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Critical Care

    There will be a lot of frustrated nurses down the road then, because the market can only handle so many CRNAs... No way are all the ICU nurses going to find their way out through that
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    Medication error! Need help!

    mtmkjr replied to m1820.s's topic in Florida Nursing

    Did the family member talk to the physician so they could be reassured that there were no harmful effects expected? It is unfortunate that they demanded a hospital transfer. Imagine the stress that...
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    Fulfillment from nursing practice

    mtmkjr replied to Zascott607's topic in General Nursing

    You probably should stick with