MSO4foru ADN

Nope nope nope.

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 folks.

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 come at a high price.

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 suffer is justified by " family can't afford ( fil...

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 swan.

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 employer has little or nothing in your best interest.

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 learn. And we all have things to teach each other...

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 no fault med error per MD that you called per pro...

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 both. In homecare you do have some backup- a clinic...

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+ yrs. One of the first things she told me was " I h...

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 how they are Staffed. Should the OP have been ask...

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 can at least feel competent. Get about a year und...

Don't answer calls from work unless you want to work. Also know that overtime can bite you in the butt tax wise.

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 medication error at some point. And if you work in a well s...

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 hospice nurse both doing homecare and inpatient is: ...

Am I the only one who wonders why upper management does not look at this site?

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 nurses should be focused on being present for our pts...

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 member passes in love and peace.

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 pay. I have the knowledge of knowing I will always...

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 education I do with my patient population had to do...

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 work.

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, Borax, bleach. To no avail. Anyone with suggestions-...

( 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 interviews!

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 " acceptable " ratios. We need better staffing- ...

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 gets more than 2%.