HomeBound

HomeBound has 20 years experience and specializes in ED, ICU, Prehospital.

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1. Am I a coward for going on FMLA due to COVID?

   HomeBound replied to ML1376's topic in COVID

   No. You are not a coward. Know who's the cowards? Admins working from home spewing the edicts that we have to reuse N95s and there are no iso gowns...because it will blow their budget and their year end bonus. I thankfully was PRN as a nurse...notice...

2. Thieves! Stealing Supplies During COVID-19 Crisis

   HomeBound replied to adventure_rn's topic in COVID

   Infection does not equal illness. Period. About the thieves. I see empoyees stealing every day. Even when this hysterical nonsense wasn't happening. Watching co workers lift everything from gloves to bottles of purell and betadyne to iv setups and sa...

3. Can I make cerner more like epic

   HomeBound replied to DrwngRN's topic in General Nursing

   At the risk of sounding flippant---because I know you're being serious---the only way to make Cerner (a.k.a. the EMR from Hades) more like EPIC? Is to change jobs where the facility uses EPIC. FWIW--I know travel RNs who will choose their assignment...

4. Alarming conditions of a job offer letter

   HomeBound replied to guest1107684's topic in General Nursing

   OP, the contract is a bait and switch...you would be willingly signing on as an indentured servant. Their will is what counts and they clearly stated this in the offer letter. They know. Nights are almost impossible to fill on some units...therefore ...

5. Really America?

   HomeBound replied to GrumpyRN's topic in COVID

   s'OK. He was arrested years later for assaulting a woman he was dating. I dated him for about 6 months. THIS was the least of my concerns ? I think the biggest takeaway from interactions with people like him---choose your circle wisely. Loyalty and h...

6. Really America?

   HomeBound replied to GrumpyRN's topic in COVID

   IKR. I heard a great advert once about using TP and paper towels---and I have banned PT from my house altogether because of it (and my mother is one of those old timers who simply CANNOT EVER use anything OTHER than a paper towel for EVERYTHING---so...

7. Really America?

   HomeBound replied to GrumpyRN's topic in COVID

   I don't get it either. I had a boyfriend years ago who was in the "bullet" camp. His philosophy was that he didn't need supplies....he just needed to know who has the supplies (as evidenced by the ones coming home with the dumptruck of cases of water...

8. Coronavirus-Are we ready to talk about rationing care?

   HomeBound replied to dinah77's topic in COVID

   You are not soulless. One thing though. We already do ration care. I think you need to step back from this hysteria about 20 whole people in the us supposedly passing from corona (no evidence to support that corona was the primary, single cause of de...

9. Why do so many cheerleaders enter nursing?

   HomeBound replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

   exactly. this OPs comment was demeaning and degrading, not to mention openly hostile. OP did one of the pretty mean girls in your unit micturate in your cornflakes this morning? I was on dance squad. does this count? I guess I should recuse myself fr...

10. Disrespect & Profanity

    HomeBound replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Davey, I believe you are cherry picking thru my comment to something that seems provocative to you. you missed the point. your behavior, especially after you clarigird the entire scenario...was as unprofessional and incendiary as Clark's was. You are...

11. Disrespect & Profanity

    HomeBound replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, and I was also married to an Asian guy...it's a Philipino cultural thing. I was referred to as well as all female patients as "Mama" at one particular facility that employed almost all Philipino nurses. I was offended by it at first...

12. How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

    HomeBound replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    Stop monetizing every aspect of nursing, thereby incentivizing the hyper-competitiveness. Stop bonuses for Nurse Managers and Directors that incentivize stripping nursing staffing to the bone. (this is NOT about safe staffing. this is about an almost...

13. Patient Abandonment

    HomeBound replied to redsnapper19's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know---in my 20 odd some years---unless and until you receive report on someone---you are not responsible. Would you characterize your fear as "if someone sees me" (whether or not you're clocked in)---and then I decide I don't want the as...

14. Sociopathic Staff

    HomeBound replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    read "the sociopath next door". it is estimated that 1 in 4 americans are wither malignant narcissists or outright sociopaths. we are training them from an early age. also read sam vanknin web blog and watch his youtube videos. he IS a sociopath and ...

15. My Visit to China: Could This Be A Reason Why Coronavirus Started There?

    HomeBound replied to Gadsale's topic in COVID

    You're being disingenuous. The statistics are including drug overdoses and suicides in the US. This has zippo to do with cleanliness or health on a a physical level. Another thing? I know you understand the absolute openness and transparency of stat...