Guest 1152923

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  1. Gobbledygook In Nursing

    Guest 1152923 replied to Guest 1152923's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, thank you for your response and I am glad that you love your job. I can speak with confidence though that your workplace and your employer are are outliers and not representative of...

  2. Gobbledygook In Nursing

    Guest 1152923 replied to Guest 1152923's topic in General Nursing

    Here’s another one; UBCs (Unit Based Councils). They exist only to give the false impression of nurses’ shared governance. Because of this, I absolutely refuse to participate at any level. If...

  3. Full-Time With Another Full-Time 3-Month Contract

    Guest 1152923 replied to ABCRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I understand correctly, you are wanting to keep your permanent job and take a remote contract position? You not really knowing the obligations, schedule, or even much about about the required...

  4. Fear of Retirement!

    Guest 1152923 replied to Laine's topic in General Nursing

  5. Disrespect & Profanity

    Guest 1152923 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Davey Do, I agree 110%. Some have suggested that this "Mr, Ms, Mrs, Sir, Ma'am thing is regional. I strongly disagree. I've worked all over the country and when I meet a patient for the first time,...

  6. Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    Guest 1152923 replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Haha! Davey Do, I knew it was just a matter of time before you

  7. Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    Guest 1152923 replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    ....or, "Pt dropped a large

  8. Switching from nurse to daycare teacher??

    Guest 1152923 replied to NursePoopyPants's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is to follow your heart and make the best career move for you. I think that in the early stages of a major life upheaval such as this, it's helpful to seek others' opinions. That said, I...

  9. What's your most ridiculous supply shortage?

    Guest 1152923 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Early in the pandemic, rationed and reused N95 masks due to critical shortages. This ¢45 item nearly brought health care workers to their knees for a time and absolutely highlighted the need to...

  10. Fear of Retirement!

    Guest 1152923 replied to Laine's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on your upcoming retirement:) Though not retired myself, I have retired, elderly parents and know of quite a few retirees. After working and sacrificing all of your adult life, now...

  11. Nurses are Fleeing the Hospital

    Guest 1152923 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It used to be that nurses were loyal to employers whose benefits and overall conditions were fair and commensurate. Today however, benefits (esp. dental/medical) in many facilities are pathetic, the...

  12. Minilaparotomy and Counts

    Guest 1152923 replied to NewNursy20's topic in Operating Room

    Most hospitals that I have worked at require at least three full counts (initial, closing, and final) if an incision is large enough to admit a surgical instrument. The incisions made to deliver most...

  13. In the wake of Covid. The times, they are a changing

    Guest 1152923 posted a topic in General Nursing

    While I fully realize and mourn the enormous degree of loss, devastation, and tragedy that Covid has brought, I do see one positive beginning to emerge for many nurses. When I became an RN in...

  14. Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

    Guest 1152923 replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with Brandy1017 above. Because my hospital is associated with a state university, hospital employees are therefore state employees and their salaries are posted in a state run database. My...

  15. URGENT! Please help with job choice

    Guest 1152923 replied to Angitia's topic in General Nursing

    kdkout, BSN RN above gave excellent advice and I agree 110%. Not to burst your bubble, but teaching Med Surg, ICU, ER, and L & D to others when you have no acute care experience yourself, sound...

  16. Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

    Guest 1152923 replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is my experience too. Recently we had a traveler on her first assignment who was not even familiar with our EHR (Epic)-really? Some travelers also think that with their minimal experience...

  17. Epic HIPAA violation

    Guest 1152923 replied to EmNightShamala's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I know you want to help your friend but personally, I would distance myself ASAP! An investigator may assume 'guilt by association' and you could find yourself being disciplined too (I've seen it...

  18. In the wake of Covid. The times, they are a changing

    Guest 1152923 replied to Guest 1152923's topic in General Nursing

    This is just it. Except for pockets of unionized hospitals around the country, nurses are really without a voice (ANA, not) or any real currency. Many nurses are single parents and simply can't...

  19. Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

    Guest 1152923 replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Working at a large, university hospital, I have worked with many travel nurses as well as having been one myself. Most of the travelers I have come across, were conscientious and competent nurses....

  20. Hemodynamic RNs?

    Guest 1152923 replied to nimbus42's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Sounds awesome. I've set up many anesthesia transducers, central lines, and Swan Ganz catheters, as well as operated cell savers and IABPs intraoperatively. Most of these responsibilities in...

  21. I’m struggling....

    Guest 1152923 replied to Ally Fearnow's topic in General Nursing

    Davy, the old saying, "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten" comes to mind. The obvious, albeit not so easy remedies then, are to change or be changed. This is...

  22. In the wake of Covid. The times, they are a changing

    Guest 1152923 replied to Guest 1152923's topic in General Nursing

    I have been saying this for a long time! Both my parents were nurses and I have been one for almost 30 years. Over the years, not only has the healthcare offered to hospital employees become crap,...

  23. I’m struggling....

    Guest 1152923 replied to Ally Fearnow's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like an incredible and conscientious nurse first of all! Sadly, as dream'n BSN RN above noted, our country has a badly broken health care system and as long as it continues to be monetized,...

  24. Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    Guest 1152923 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is a common misconception; education=intelligence. I’ve worked closely with surgeons over the years and have known several (one an Ivy League grad) who were so obviously incompetent, I was...

  25. Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    Guest 1152923 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    No disrespect intended here but this outsiders’ curiosity of the American RN ‘hierarchy’ structure somehow reminds of me of Hollywood and SciFi’s portrayal of aliens coming to Earth to better...