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  1. Documention in the Emergency Dept.

    workingforskies replied to UP Nurse's topic in Emergency

    The root cause of the insufferable increase in this kind of documentation is the shift from the accounting department to the nursing department the responsibility of data input for accounts...

  2. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    workingforskies replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    In a perpetually busy ER, a friend was discharging a particularly irate mother of a pediatric patient who was upset about the wait time. After she signed the papers, she followed the nurse out to the...

  3. Defend RNs Right to Unionize, and Advocate for our Patients

    workingforskies replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Another counter point: You are comparing apples and oranges. Car companies, for example, have considerable leverage over their unions because they can always play the 'outsource' card. The health...

  4. Defend RNs Right to Unionize, and Advocate for our Patients

    workingforskies replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have a pension? News to me. It's a 401k plan. I keep that forever. There is money being dumped, hand over fist, into the health care system. It would be nice if some of that money,...

  5. Defend RNs Right to Unionize, and Advocate for our Patients

    workingforskies replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    What an absurd observation from someone in the trenches. Health care costs are often quoted as going up 20% a year. Where is that money going? You can bet it is not going to the nurses. If it was,...

  6. What the h e double hockey sticks?!!

    workingforskies replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Either he was paying you a compliment or he was making a pass at you. Either way, while not the very model of appropriateness, (to your perception at least), I would suspect it was harmless as long...

  7. Improving Patient Satisfaction

    workingforskies replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I fill out and return the few surveys that I get in the mail. (Hotels, my supermarket and a car rental company.) And I rate 100% of them as poorly as I can in protest to this whole survey culture...

  8. How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    workingforskies posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is an open ended, rhetorical question for anyone who is in management that used to be a regular staff/floor nurse. This is for those nurses who used to be one of the girls and who would get their...

  9. Video cameras banned in L&D

    workingforskies replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to agree with VAMEDIC4 on this. Too many people here are putting their beliefs ahead of their patients which goes against what we are all about. I too have been in situations where I have been...

  10. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    workingforskies replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to say this, but I wonder, would this be anywhere near the issue it is now if our profession was a male dominated profession? Look at it simply froma supply and demand standpoint. With this...

  11. What would make you happy?...employee satisfaction

    workingforskies replied to natsfanrn's topic in General Nursing

    The Hand lotion gift that was mentioned made me chuckle because the male nurses I have worked with are rarely taken into consideration when the gifts are handed out. ("Here John, happy nurses week....

  12. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    workingforskies replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    When you catch a shark and want to show it to your friends, it's a really good idea to make sure it is dead first. Saying your allergic to "a blue pill" does not narrow it down all that much. When you...

  13. Does anyone really use the care plan?

    workingforskies replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    We use them all the time. (By "all the time", I mean that magical 1 month period every 2 years when J.A.C.H.O. is expected.)

  14. PRN night nurse with a problem

    workingforskies replied to babiesX2's topic in General Nursing

    Why not simply call your boss out on it? In a very professional manner, tell her your friend got a day shift job there and you would like to know why you did not. It is certainly not an unreasonable...

  15. An ethical question.

    workingforskies posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work alongside this nurse in a 2 RN ER and to my eyes, she is one of the worst gossips I have ever met. I tolerate her because I have to if I want to continue working here. (And all in all, I really...

  16. Magnet Status And Adn Nurses ** Not Another Adn Vs Bsn Thread**

    workingforskies replied to RENAISSANCE RN's topic in General Nursing

    Magnet status is, (I would insert every profane word I could find in my extensive mental library, but I won't because this is a civilized message board.) I will say this, don't sweat it. Magnet...

  17. An ethical question.

    workingforskies replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I would like to thank everyone who has chimed in. Sorry I ignored my own thread. The past few days have been a living hell at work. (I hate this job sometimes. Also, I could really use a...

  18. Pushing IV Lopressor

    workingforskies replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I agree as well. Our department policy, (an ER), is to administer 5mg over 2 minutes X 3, 5 minutes apart as tolerated. (ie, the vitals don't take a nose dive). I have never seen that happen that...

  19. Thinking of working at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital?

    workingforskies posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here are some reasons to think twice. First, let me just say that I know that many of the issues I am raising are epidemic in today's hospitals across the board. I know the grass is not always...

  20. RN residency for new Grads...who can tell me about this?

    workingforskies replied to RNratched's topic in General Nursing

    Just saved me the time as I would have written essentially the same thing. They key point, IMO, is "marketing". All the names they apply to what they call their new grad orientation programs are...

  21. How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    workingforskies replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    You know what Ruex? I really do appreciate your thoughts. Makes me look at my way of thinking from a different standpoint. (An added bonus as far as having this forum as an outlet, if you were my...

  22. How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    workingforskies replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect dear Ruex, I think you may have misinterpreted the point I was trying to make. My post was not intended to be a gratuitous bash on management per say. (But if it was you I was...

  23. Help- a 4 year old with possible STD!

    workingforskies replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have taken her to an ER. A one time shot of rocephin would provide good, broad spectrum coverage and certainly won't hurt her. Is there a chance that she could be infected with something? Yes....

  24. How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    workingforskies replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    I am really not angry. Just frustrated. But so you know, there is no place I would rather earn a living than at the side of a bed. I still have way to much fun doing what I am doing. It's all the...

  25. How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    workingforskies replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

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