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  1. Examples of Horizontal Violence

    burn out replied to UnderpaidNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think they eat just their young, they are just plain

  2. Want To Travel With A School-aged Child~ Can It Be Done?

    burn out replied to famubsn's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought it would be neat to take a leave of abscense from my full time job in the summer for 3 months and take a travel assignement out west. On my days off my children and I could explore...

  3. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    burn out replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    I think that if anyone should feel guilty it should be the womans family for putting her on the ventilator in the beginning when she didn't want it. I would hate to see my parent suffer because of my...

  4. Unit Problem, Advice from Nurse Mgrs plz!

    burn out replied to NurseJanice's topic in General Nursing

    When my sister had cancer my employer offered me FMLA to take her to her doctors and chemo appointments but I had t o let them know in advance so a replacement could be scheduled. When i had to take...

  5. Has anyone given Haldol IV?

    burn out replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    I don't particularly like haldol as a choice of sedation but if I have to give it I would rather do it IV, at least then it is effective, others routes are like pis---- in the

  6. How much do you do?

    burn out replied to mickeypat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is my biggest pet peeve in nursing. If I start the admission then I complete it no matter if I have to stay over to get it put in the computor or not, If I don't have time to complete it then I...

  7. How often do you take a break?

    burn out replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we don't even have a break room so I guess we are not suppose to take a break. I would love to have a lunch break without families asking me to get dad a cup of ice or play "could you...

  8. Nursing as Tax Exempt Profession

    burn out replied to Emergency RN's topic in General Nursing

    I bet if they made nursing a tax exempt profession then they would make politicians tax exempt

  9. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    burn out replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    That is when I say visiting times are over, you will have to

  10. Can anyone offer some advise???

    burn out replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    One thing you may want to consider is job opportunities and salary. I started out wanting to be elementary ed. teacher but changed fields when i realized that jobs were not that available and with...

  11. Death Penalty Anesthesia

    burn out replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Death penalty or abortion involves someone dying and whether I had to be the executioner or assisting I could not do

  12. Future of Nursing

    burn out replied to cmc320's topic in General Nursing

    I think the whole concept of eICU and eRN are amazing...I am not all that familiar with how it works but as the nursing shortage worsens I imagine we will see RN's working more in this capacity so...

  13. Death Penalty Anesthesia

    burn out replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Whats the difference in performing anesthesi while someone gets an

  14. kind of a vent....Paramedics

    burn out replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh please Roxann I never intended a pissing matche but you started it. In my post I never intended to imply that a Paramedic was a glorified orderly, My intentions were to communicate that the RN was...

  15. kind of a vent....Paramedics

    burn out replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if the dressing would have been removed if a physician had told the paramedic the patient was actively bleeding and leave the dressing on? When I went to school we were told that the care of...

  16. Getting bad assignments every shift!

    burn out replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I had some of the same kind of experience after I had transferred back to ICU from taking a charge nurse position on med-surg. I have 10 years senority at this hospital..more than any one else in ICU...

  17. who would be kind enough

    burn out replied to pearl_jam's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was fortunate many years ago to take the first NCLEX test given. I went to a review for 5 days in Atlanta that was wonderful but I can't remember the name of the company that sponsored it..maybe...

  18. Big bad nurse bully

    burn out replied to Canadian Princess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where I work they make bullys the nurse of the year.MMS (make me

  19. I'm so devastated. I honestly don't know how to do this....

    burn out replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I imagine that you are feeling shocked and numb and don't know what to do at this moment. HOLD ON the worst thing you can do in this kind of state is to make any decisions. Whatever you do hold on...

  20. Smokers

    burn out replied to sassychris's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I remember the good ole days when a nurse could sit in the nurses lounge and smoke in a chair in the hospital. I am a reformed smoker. I use to smoke as a reward..for instance after I got my...

  21. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    burn out replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would hate to think someone married me just so they would have a MPOA. I guess the wedding vows would go "Do you take this person to be your lawful medical power of

  22. Just quit my first nursing job.

    burn out replied to rsmn17's topic in General Nursing

    Being so young I just wonder if this is your first job ever? (No insult intended) If you don't have much experience in the job market you may not realize that most jobs to a large degree are like...

  23. In the right place at the right time........

    burn out replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am glad to hear that there can be positive outcomes when this happens. We are a small rural hospital and have lost out OB unit over a similar situation. We had only been up and running a few...

  24. Family member complaints

    burn out replied to Nurse1966's topic in General Nursing

    I am glad to hear that you have had 9 years of nursing and been protected from these kind of families. I have been a nurse 20 years and always have had this kind of experience with not all but some...

  25. Do float nurses in your facility get paid more?

    burn out replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work they are per diem nurses and do get paid about $4-6 more on the hour without benefits. If a perdiem is scheduled on our unit and someone has to float then they are the ones that have to...