MSO4foru ADN

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    Guns at the Bedside

    MSO4foru replied to rnrazzil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nope nope
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    Face masks

    MSO4foru replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    We need a system that dosen't penalize people for being at home sick. Just imagine one Covid19 positive employee working at a grocery store or fast food place. Buckle up
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    CDC Expects Community Spread of Coronavirus In U.S.

    MSO4foru replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Anyone else thinking the North American Trade Agreement wasn't such a good idea? Or the Pan Asian agreement? We gave away the US manufacturing segment for cheaper to manufactured goods. Cheap goods...
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    Do Not Resuscitate - An Inconvenient Truth About Our Healthcare System

    MSO4foru replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    You can only teach/ educate so much to people who don't want to listen. It is a grave injustice that heathcare is a very profitable industry. Also a sad comment on US society that allowing people to...
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    Frustrating Nurse Family Members

    MSO4foru replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    As a hospice nurse, I get all kinds of things from family members who " completely understand", but still shovel food into unconscious people. I fetch it out with a
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    Aveanna Takeover of Maxim Healthcare Home Care Division Collapses

    MSO4foru replied to caliotter3's topic in Private Duty

    No real words of value here. Healthcare has become a commodity- big fish eats the little fish. I think this is really bad. Especially as unions have declined. So people look into Unions, your...
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    Home care vs Nursing home

    MSO4foru replied to elinaduran's topic in General Nursing

    Pitching in my 2 cents... I think it's unfortunate that many places don't value SNF/ ALF or home ccx are experience. We all took same boards. Different skill set ( present) does not mean inability to...
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    What Advice Would You Give to Future Nurses?

    MSO4foru replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Nursing Career

    Amen Kooky. And sadly as the world becomes more dog eat dog, pulling extra shifts, or going " above and beyond " counts for little. Forgot to document one med/ heaven forbid make an honest to goodness...
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    Home care vs Nursing home

    MSO4foru replied to elinaduran's topic in General Nursing

    Homecare is it's own animal- because it's just you. Pt could be in an emergency, or have terrible social situation, or just outright nasty environment- bugs in home or plywood on floor. I have seen...
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    Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    MSO4foru replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    KCLSEA..... I graduated nursing school in 2005. My first RN job was on a Medical Cardiology Stepdown Unit, rather quickly one of my mentors was a Master's degree RN who had been on that unit for 10+...
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    Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    MSO4foru replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    So maybe I am again being the dissident here. ( clearing throat)... However, there is a lot to be said as to how Many ( again capital letters for emphasis) medical facilities advertise them selves cs...
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    Would you do that? New grad dilemma

    MSO4foru replied to Twinkle007's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck... at this point my instinct is to tell you to apply for SNF ALF job. Home health ( and home hospice) jobs require at least a couple years of previous acute care experience , so that nurses...
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    Saying No to extra shifts, is it bad if you're new?

    MSO4foru replied to AngelaB236's topic in General Nursing

    Don't answer calls from work unless you want to work. Also know that overtime can bite you in the butt tax
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    MSO4foru replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    While she made a mistake- a terrible one- this is , I think a systems error failure. Why is there not a " code for pharmacy release" for some Override meds??? All if us nurses will make a...
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    The Trouble with Work-Life Balance in Nursing

    MSO4foru replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I love the idea of work life balance. I think the ( maybe)only way its possible is to have a 12 hour hospital job on a unit that you rarely have the same pts for more than shift. My experience as a...
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    Bedside Nurses: Undervalued, Poorly Retained and What Experts Say

    MSO4foru replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who wonders why upper management does not look at this
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    Condescension from Critical Care Nurses Towards Med-Surg Nurses

    MSO4foru replied to SkittlesMcRainbowbutt's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    All of nursing is difficult. Critical care nurses aren't the only ones who have to go from tragic situations into less urgent situations or yet another tragic situation with no time to process. We...
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    The Vehicle Has Not Come Yet To Take Me!

    MSO4foru replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your lovely uncle was using a lot of symbolic language. There's a great book written by couple hospice nurses about symbolic language.. maybe called Final Gifts.. . Glad your family...
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    Thinking of Quitting Nursing School

    MSO4foru replied to nstudent2019's topic in General Students

    I went into my ADN program when my son was 10 months old. I worked 12 hr night shifts Fri and Sat night was in school. It was really hard. When I was done I had I slightly more than doubled my hourly...
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    Manager wants me to force prn pain meds

    MSO4foru replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I am sorry you have had the experience as a parent of addicted child. ( I had a 36 yr old pt who died from OD two weeks ago). As a hospice nurse, I perhaps have a skewed view on pain control. Most...
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    Effect of 12 Hour Shifts on Patient Care and the Nurse: A Need for Change.

    MSO4foru replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

    My 3 12s work great for me. Those 8 hrs sound great in theory but you have to be in the right situation for that to
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    White scrubs ( sigh) and makeup

    MSO4foru posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My workplace requires white scrub tops and jackets. I like to wear a little makeup to work. Scrub necklines are getting stained from foundation and its irritating. Have tried multiple detergents,...
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    Are Braids Professional?

    MSO4foru replied to POB21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    ( my 2 cents- I think it's beautiful). And i bet you could pull it up into nice bun or whatever if employer wants to make it an issue. Good Luck on
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    CNA forgot to take patient off bedpan for 4 hours and now patient has wounds

    MSO4foru replied to rork17's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    For a brief time I worked LTC on days. All I really knew if pts were breathing or not. I had 30 pts. At some point, we all need to accept that there are needs that are not going to be met by current...
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    Discussing salary with co workers

    MSO4foru replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    So I am not to discuss my pay with coworkers. And I don't. Because I need my job. And I k ow that the yearly - bi yearly evaluation is a joke. And management seeks to skew the numbers so that no one...