nurse57

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1. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

   nurse57 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a long term care facility and what we got for nurses week was a lecture from a corporate nurse on how we do not document UTI's properly and we do not start I and O sheets properly and that this is Nursing 101 and her daughter who is going t...

2. Mandated time over you status! What can I Do?

   nurse57 replied to Terrie's topic in General Nursing

   DITTO THAT!

3. Mandated time over you status! What can I Do?

   nurse57 replied to Terrie's topic in General Nursing

   To RDH; I well realize that as a nurse at the bedside that I am expected to work weekends and holidays ONCE IN A WHILE! Last year as I said, I worked all of them because they fell on my scheduled days to work. I knew that I was expected to. When I wa...

4. Mandated time over you status! What can I Do?

   nurse57 replied to Terrie's topic in General Nursing

   I am told by a co-worker that there is a sign up at work saying that no one can request any holiday time off. I assume because of low staffing. Its not like I am going anywhere, but it annoys me that they can get by with that. I worked all major holi...

5. had my gall bladder out 10 days ago

   nurse57 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

   I had a ventral laparoscopy hernia repair 6 weeks ago. It still aches, depending on what I do, I go back to work this week. It really hurt! It took a long time for the pain to get better. I am glad there were no staples like my c-section, but I think...

6. The Italian solution to the nursing shortage

   nurse57 replied to natalie's topic in General Nursing

   To think of all the times I jokingly said, "I need a pair of roller skates!"

7. "Nursing homes" giving nurses a bad rap

   nurse57 replied to M2BchgoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Obviously you have alot to learn. I am a nursing home nurse. We can not and do not drug people! We do not oversee a group of old people. My coworkers and I, which consists of licensed nurses and licensed nurse aides care as best we can for the reside...

8. 1,300 on Strike in Minnesota

   nurse57 replied to PeggyOhio's topic in General Nursing

   Good luck MN nurses! Although unions are not always supported, everyone connected with healthcare needs to stand up and take notice! I spoke to my friend that is a nurse up there(A town northwest of the cities)and she was telling me she had called in...

9. Minnesota Nurses Voted!

   nurse57 replied to Jenny P's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, Texas is a right to work state, right to work my behind off! I am not afraid of hard work, but what I am afraid of is that something might happen because of shortstaffing. The corporation that owns the nursing home I work in has a different view...

10. Minnesota Nurses Voted!

    nurse57 replied to Jenny P's topic in General Nursing

    Way to go MN nurses! I grew up up there and remember working in my first hospital where the union was active. We too threatened to strike. Now I live in Texas. Does anybody know, do we have a union?