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Agnus - I don't know where you work in Nevada...but Nevada does uphold the whistle blowing laws. There are many resources in Nevada for protection. I know someone who received quite a healthy chunk of money whistle blowing medicare fraud. Nevada i...

How much I admire you all. I was a DON for LTC for 2 years and got OUT. Why?? Reimbursement.!! Each state is diferent but it all boils down to $$$. Right now there is no money in LTC. Facilities are closing nation wide. Look at all the bank...

I am so disappointed to see how many of you had such horrible experiences when you first started working. What a shame that nurses can not help each other. I have been a nurse for more years than I care to talk about and I am always astonished when...

I get the sucker award:p 42 straight 12 hr shifts one miserable winter:o in 1993. I lost 20 pounds and almost lost my mind. NEVER AGAIN !!!!!

Canoehead and Yeti are correct. The drugs are to be started ASAP after the stick. Like Yeti said...most people get VERY ill taking these meds. As Canoe said...very low risk and the "cure" is horrible. But your pt. was very high risk. Call the he...

Huckfinn - that's a bit on the harsh side. I felt a chill. Freedom of choice - remember??? If people want to smoke despite all the information that is available - that's their choice. Nilepoc - it's your choice to let those smokers get away with t...

1. Sag. You're it. 2. Pin the toupee on the bald guy. 3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear. 4. Kick the bucket 5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says bend over. 6. Doc Doc Goose. 7. Simon says something incoherent. 8. Hide and go pee....

I took care of a real macho cowboy one night. Big belt buckle from the rodeo, boots. stetson, the works!! He'd been gorged in the thigh and we had to get his pants and boots off. He put up quite an arguement over it. Wanted me to cut off his jean...

Sundowner: LOL Great discriptions. I do however wish that nurses would differenciate between management and administration. The problems we face today are not due to management but due to administration and that magical bottom line. The smaller h...

CEN I'm ROFLMAO - This was an Unusual day for you???? At the last hospital I worked at the was the norm..we prayed for night like that:p What's extra staff??? Lucky that some one called off:rolleyes: If I had someone who called in sick I'd be d...

Sundowner - I was very happy to see your post regarding agency nurses. How very true. I didn't feel I had a right to express that same opinion as 1. I am not agency and 2. I am management. I believe hospitals take a gamble with the high cost of ag...

Interesting reading... I agree - having children doesn't mean you get special privileges. Holidays should be rotated from year to year. One year Christmas, one New Years, one Thanksgiving. Almost EVERYONE has a family that they want to spend holid...

We had those ugly shoes too!! We called them Buster Browns. My first uniform (diploma school) was light green thin pin striped dress with studs for buttons, covereed by a white skirt and white bib - also with studs. We had to wer white stockings a...

Those who know you and have worked with you and respect you will be able to talk to you if they don't agree with a decision you've made. The others, well now you know who you can count on and who you can't. You can't please everyone and some days y...

I just got through testifying this week. I was on stand by for 4 days. Talk about nerve racking!!! To top it off 2 things happened right before I went into the court room. 1. The DA gave me furture instructions on what I could and could not say. ...

? How true all of these posts are! We have stopped planning pot lucks because that's a SURE sign that it will be busy:o Always have the room ready...and it won't be as bad as it sounds Frequent flyers have special hearing and KNOW when...

Or even remember who you're looking for:p

"OLD" IS WHEN... Your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and make love," and you answer, "Pick one, I can't do both!" "OLD" IS WHEN...Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot. "OLD" IS WHEN...A sexy babe catches your ...

The law states you are entitled to a 30 min linch break and 2 15mins breaks. The 30 min lunch period must be given by the time you've put in 5 hrs. I had a manager tell a 7p-7a nurse that 5:30 am was still time enough to take her break. LOL As I po...

Did you know that in some areas you can get $25 for each percocet?? Vicodins are pilling in $15:eek:

I also think the saying "Think outside the box" can be taken more then one way. The first time I heard it I cringed. I was sure the expression came from a man talking to a group of women:p

Well fellow nurses...I do not take any offense to this thread at all. As I said, when management can't think or do the right thing, they come up with these stupid phrases. I like this thread because it does give insight. I have worked VERY hard to...

Okay, okay. As a manager I recognized way too many of these and admit that I have used some:o but not all:D I once made the error of telling one of my staff to try to keep a positive attitude. She told me "Oh yeah, I'm positive..I'm positive I h...

Hope I'm right...or at least close:D Remember, you can always e-mail me direct. I check my mail frequently. Have fun with your homework. I myself am writing ANOTHER paper.

Fiesty - you go girl!! Major problem the admin staff always has...they just don't want to know the truth about what's going on. I know your situation, have been there myself. I admire your spunk. It's too bad you can't do clinicals at that hospit...