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  1. What is your opinion on "For Profit Hospitals"

    burn out replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    To me a "For Profit Hospital" is one that is primarily accountable to it's stock holders and making them a profit as their primary goal. I have worked 10 years for a profit hospital and very little...

  2. Would you join the Army Nurse Corps? Why or Why not?

    burn out replied to clc19k30's topic in General Nursing

    I have always thought I would like to join the Navy but the time was never right, when I was young I was married and then the children came, now I am just too old and too fat. The only thing I could...

  3. Least Healthy States

    burn out replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No my state West Virginia ranked 25 or 26 and we have the highest percentage of elderly people in the nation, we also have a high unemployment

  4. the vultures are circling

    burn out replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    I would go over the mangers head, at least file an incident report to Risk Management and keep the heat on their heels until you get an answer how this happened.There are several breeches in security...

  5. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    burn out replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please Take The Job At Walmart, I'll Even Give You A Good Reference Anything To Get You To Shut Up And Quit

  6. Crossing the Line?

    burn out replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Make your break clean ...don't try explaining anything unless you are in an unavoidable situation and she asks you directly ..otherwise leave her alone. If she is re admitted let your manager and...

  7. If Money Were No Problem.........

    burn out replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    You are in the same position my daughter is in now and she has decided to go for the two year RN program. In the hospital setting there is not really all that much more that an RN does than an LPN but...

  8. Least Healthy States

    burn out replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is interesting to note that 7-8 of the bottom 10 are in the south. I just wonder what the opposition to universal healthcare is in these areas? Or better yet what changes do these states have in...

  9. ethical dilemma....nurse lied.

    burn out replied to snowflake123's topic in General Nursing

    First I have a problem with the risk manager questioning you in front of the preceptor...how could they expect you to do anything else but go along..did they honestly expect you to acuse your...

  10. Hello Mr. VIP! I'm your servant nurse for the night!

    burn out replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    This is the time I love to pull out all the post op routine procedures. Yes I will pull your blanket up but lets turn first. Lets get up and walk to the bathroom just in case your bowles have to move...

  11. Restraining an intact patient

    burn out replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Even though she had the correct answers there still was something wrong if she failed to understand that she needed to stop touching her drains and trying to get oob. For her own safety she needed to...

  12. Pulse Ox alternative sites

    burn out replied to sharann's topic in PACU

    I did this one time and wanted my notes to relect that the probe was not on a usual spot so I charted "sat on forehead", when the doctor came in he wanted to know why I sat on the patients forehead,...

  13. Crossing the Line?

    burn out replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I see red flags all over the place...you know better. I would not take care of her again you are setting yourself and your employer for alot of trouble and possible law suit. If you really care...

  14. One month Notice?????

    burn out replied to mim-o's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would depend on the employer and how well they were to work for. If they were fair to you and you are leaving for a better position that you can not get there and you want to remain...

  15. witness statement?

    burn out replied to heartofgold's topic in General Nursing

    I think the real issue is why the patient assuming he was competent was not taken to the hospital when he asked to go? Calling the PMD was just a procedure to follow and any of them would have said...

  16. Whats the BEST university for BSN?

    burn out replied to HisGrace06's topic in Alabama Nursing

    UAH is top notch, i have never regretted one moment of going there. The town of Huntsville is also great with a wide assortment of people in all kinds of areas of work, alot of engineers. Not so...

  17. ICU Nurses with OCD!!!

    burn out replied to nursern20's topic in MICU, SICU

    The nurses are rough on the patients because most of the patients are fighting for their lives..this is no time to be passive, if they are going to get better we have to work harder and the patient...

  18. ICU Nurses with OCD!!!

    burn out replied to nursern20's topic in MICU, SICU

    It is so nice to be understood. Thank

  19. please help with these ABG's

    burn out replied to emmycRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    The ph, pco2 and po2 are classic of someone with copd esp with normal sat. The elevated hco3 level from metabolic compensation for the elevated co2 reflexed in the ph. The climbing bun creat are...

  20. Time Management

    burn out replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    I actually tried that one time but felt really silly when I reached for the pen and all that was hanging there was the cap. Yesterday a doctor gave me 5 pens and 2 for my co-workers I couldn't find...

  21. "Customer service" and nursing

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

    There is the beginning of the lie. You may be paying high insurance premiums and high deductables but your insurance company is only paying the hospital "reasonable and customary", the rest of your...

  22. "Customer service" and nursing

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

    The biggest problem with "customer service" is that the patients and their families see a nurse as something other than a professional...how can someone who cleans bedpans be a professional? Alot of...

  23. Looking for nurses who work with Meditech, Eclipsys or Cerner

    burn out replied to supermom2's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The company that just bought my hospital are bringing in Soarian and it makes Meditech look like a dinosaur...I don't know that much about it yet but it does everything you never even thought of...

  24. Time Management

    burn out replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    I am too dysfunctional to keep track of notes and wipes schedules, I am doing good to keep a pen long enough to chart with. However I am highly organized. There are certain standard times that are...

  25. Whoa! Crazy ProTime/INR

    burn out replied to Roy Fokker's topic in General Nursing

    I know they can get high but it has been awhile since I've seen one that high. I think one area that effects the patient on coumadin that we forget and lack greatly at is educating them on their...