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I forgot to tell you what I am making for dinner. Sorry about that. Tonight it will be a durian and bean curd barbeque served with mixed fresh greens, potatoes and sweet potatoes julienne, and sourdough with roasted garlic and sautéed baby portabellas. Justice is an important part of the nursing culture, and I am not denying that. However, it is established that morbidity and mortality rates increase for each single additional patient that a nurse has. I will let you draw your own conclusions from there. I do believe that we need more nurses and I enjoy working with nursing students. I do not think that new nurses can be gracefully integrated en masse.

A couple of observations and then I am going to step away from this toxic conversation. -the respondent used religious language to pejoratively insult the previous respondent. -another respondent harped on that insult in order to illicit an emotional response. I am well aware that undocumented migrants pay taxes. The question is whether those taxes are truly in line with the taxes that natural born Americans have paid over the years. -the respondent elected not to respond to the section about holistic health. I have been to Mexico and South America and parts of those countries are very wealthy. If you ask Spanish speaking patients/friends what their occupations are/were you will find that a lot of them are actually quite well educated. The elephant in the room is that the open border policies have been associated with a continuation of the trend in narcotic-related deaths. People are leaving populated cities in favor of less populated areas, in my opinion this is clearly a contributing factor. I foresee continued destruction of our country's natural resources and beauty secondary to the onslaught of suburban sprawl. Just wanted to get in a few more points. Having a meatless Wednesday today and went on a bike ride to the grocery store. Hope you are finding your joys every day. -

This comment makes me afraid of nurses. Nursing is a profession. Your profession is a reflection of your passions. If you are passionate about money, nursing is a labor level job. Find something else.

I would like to state a couple of observations: -about 92% of this thread consists of the opinions of 3 to four people -why has nobody stated the obvious that the real reason you want to vote D is for nurse job security I see it like this. Democrats can help people by increasing aid to Americans. Republicans can help people by increasing the independence of Americans. Liken this comparison to a disease process that needs to be modulated by medications, procedures, diet, and exercise. On the one hand, yes sometimes we do need aid. Contrarily, without freedoms aids can actually compound and exacerbate the original illness. As for me, I am a proud GOP supporter going on about 6 years now. Trump was actually the man that humanized and simplified the Republican plight and struggle for me. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/2985306/cost-migrant-crisis-denver-hospitals-buckle-volume-patients/#Google_vignette https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/florida-hospital-faces-financial-strain-due-to-high-number-of-migrant-visits/ I do not have a source for this: I head that hospitals are now automatically requiring all patients to pay upwards of 50% out of pocket for all incurred expenses. Feel free to fact check me on this.

1. always have at least 1 back up in the room 2. ensure rate is appropriate, color is desired 3. decide which bag is your primary bag, when one gets low set the other bag at a slower rate so that you have more warning 4. don't forget so make sure the rate is adequate 5. don't forget to make sure drip chamber is half full 6. use patient and family as a resource. They don't care, they are afraid. 7. who cares if you throw a little normal saline in the trash 8. prepare to empty foley bag frequently 9. you got this 10. prevention, who?

Nursing is a caring field steeped in traditions and customs. There is so much to say here! My advise to a New Grad nurse is that you might want to consider that the more experienced nurse could be upset about a lot of things that he or she is not even beginning to mention. Maybe they are upset that they feel they are pulling more than their fare share of the weight. Maybe they are sleep deprived. Maybe they are tired of yet another New Grad here today gone tomorrow. But then again a similar situation happened to me, and I still cannot figure out what went wrong. I have a conspiracy theory, but I will have to leave that one to the dogs. My other advise is that you are at work for the patient, not your ego. God gave you two ears and one mouth.

I appreciated reading this short article as a new nurse with 9 months of Med-Surg experience. The organization has done a phenomenal job transitioning me through assignments-- number of patients and patient needs. This last week was so tough, with a handful of total care patients. All shift there was a cloud in my thinking because I was mostly thinking about who needed to be turned and repositioned. Unfortunately, one of the patients was stoic about pain and I ended up offering a PRN four hours later than I should have. I have been in tears, and trying not to lash out at home. I know I am growing stronger but my weak moments are reaching new lows. I am looking forward to the next shift that I can be proud of my work. I am still owning up to my mistakes, but some are brushed under the table. I feel embarrassed looking back on how confident I have been. So proud of myself for taking time to do assessments education and charting.

I have worked at two places now, out of my 8 years of healthcare experience that offer some type of tuition reimbursement. I would start by looking to see if any of the companies where you live offer something like that. I would start at looking at hospitals, but keep in mind that I only know this from the nursing world, and I recall that different types of positions have different benefits packages.

Hi again Guest1137747! I know I may have been perceived as a bit heated in my last post, and I want to follow up with something more encouraging and generally empathetic. Have you ever watched a motivational speech or lecture by a C.E.O. or executive? They all have several common commands/themes: -Recognize failures or shortcomings as a growth opportunity. -Let go of negative thinking patterns/ reinforce a belief of self-efficacy. -Demonstrate confidence, poise and respect. -Realize intelligence and wisdom to be seperate categories. You are the C.E.O. of your own company. As a C.E.O., will you choose to lock up controlled medication in you place of business? I wish good fortune upon you.

Hi again Guest1137747! I know I may have been perceived as a bit heated in my last post, and I want to follow up with something more encouraging and generally empathetic. Have you ever watched a motivational speech or lecture by a C.E.O. or executive? They all have several common commands/themes: -Recognize failures or shortcomings as a growth opportunity. -Let go of negative thinking patterns/ reinforce a belief of self-efficacy. -Demonstrate confidence, poise and respect. -Realize that intelligence and wisdom to be seperate categories. You are the C.E.O. of your own company. As a C.E.O., will you choose to lock up controlled medication in you place of business? I wish good fortune upon you.

Hi Guest1137747, I am interested in your post because I also have been taking prescribed clonazepam for 5+ years. I am no longer on this medication currently. People in General can be so mean in General, and Nurses and Doctors are fallible humans when everything is said and done. So, yes when you are in the real world people will make mistakes. In the real world, people will justify their mistakes because they are not willing to actually understand what being responsible means. It is your decision if you want to continue taking the klonipin, however do not be hoodwinked like I was if you can avoid it. When you graduate, you need need need absolutely need to make sure that you have health insurance that will help pay for your prescriptions. Scheduled medications have an inherent risk of dependency. When you graduate, you will be going through a lot of stress and no one else is going to be watching out or caring about you. I know three people including myself who are prescriped klonipin, and we all have taken it p.r.n. at some/usual occasion. p.r.n. pro-re-nata. Pardon my colloquialism, but who gives a flying-flip about x.y.z. and the other thing. Do not tell anyone at work about anything personal that would give you "anxiety". That includes your manager. Whenever you take a drug screen all you have to do it write the name of the medications you are currently taking. It is pretty cut and dry, but no one ever sat me down to say this. Now this. . . So, good for you! Now you know.