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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Reframe how you're thinking that hospitals are somehow different from any other transaction in life... Do you search the sale ads in the Sunday paper for the best prices on food? Do you drive a few miles out of the way (thereby wasting gas) for .02 c...

What DT said. I'm going thru a class right now about "mindfulness" and some other types of "energy dynamics"---and honestly? If I hear one more time about how "being more passive" and "not being direct and confrontational" is the best way to deal wit...

Take ACLS, PALS, ENCP. Get certified before you graduate. Sign up for a community college course for EMT. You will do a few clinical hours on a truck and you will learn all of the basics for trauma pre hospital. Network. Show your face in the ERs. Ge...

No---you aren't being told what the actual costs are to work at any hospital in California. 1. Union dues are automatically taken out. $120/mo 2. Taxes of 13% for state and federal doesn't take into account all of the other expenses you have---so you...

What I found absolutely hilarious is "Everglades" and the whole "Well, mommy and daddy paid for my education, and I've never had a need in my life---so I get to dispense advice to people about whom I know nothing and cannot even relate" And Everglade...

So, they should be offended at every single medical show I've ever seen--where when the SHTF--the very first word out of the MDs mouth is..... NURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep. Binge watch "House" or any other decent medical drama and yeah, it's always the d...

I think what is bother OP the most here is the verbiage and perceived indifference of the ER RN giving report. "her brain is fried from drugs" is never appropriate. And I think that's pretty much where the "inappropriate" care stops, in my opinion. F...

Happens everywhere, all the time. The bottom line is, people are ******** for the most part. I do not believe, as some here do--that people for the most part are kind. They're not. Watch the news. Read comment sections in any forum, newspaper, blog...

No, I'm not surprised at all that the trend is towards being more humanistic and family oriented. Medicine as a global force scared the bejeezus out of pretty much everyone in the past 40 years--that you have to go to the hospital for everything so t...

We are not permitted to assist in diagnosing patients. Diagnosing is not in our scope of practice. This is your husband and that is even more inappropriate. He needs to see and speak to his physicians and if you want a second opinion you need to seek...