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  1. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    :roll
  2. Please read this scenario and give me your opinion. "You have just received on your unit from PACU, a 45-year-old man that has just had a partial gastrectomy for a bleeding ulcer. You learn that the...
  3. St. Mary's Tucson - Telemetry?

    Anyone worked Tele at St. Mary's? All info appreciated.................interviewing there
  4. When the Board of Nursing is out to get you....

    If you have witnesses and other proof of your innocence, I would get a lawyer and sue NOW. The best defense is a good offense. If you can prove that you are innocent and are being unjustly targeted...
  5. Soooo Hard to get a Job?

    Most nursing homes these days have CNA
  6. moving to Johnson City, TN

    TNNurseCCM, I sent you a PM, please reply
  7. burn out

    You will probably have to start refusing to take report, as in getting a direct admit with a transfusion when you already have
  8. Just my opinion, but I think you all should think long and hard about quitting your jobs just out of orientation. This is almost never a good idea and it will come back to haunt you. You are not...
  9. The hospital in Loveland adding 400 nurses

    [banana]Thanksabunch[/banana]
  10. Someone said there is a new hospital in Loveland that's hiring 400 nurses ~ anyone know the name of it?
  11. I Detest My Job--Help!!

    Ask them for a MA, LPN, or agency nurse to
  12. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    I have NEVER seen this, in all the places I've worked. Not one time. The last place I worked, I couldn't even get the CNA to HELP pull a patient up in the bed - I had to find another RN. It's a ****...
  13. I Have A Confession to Make

    If I were you, I would get a job on a Med-Surg Unit. I would tell the Unit Manager that I'm just out of school, and scared, but wanting to get in there and learn. What you need is a thorough...
  14. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    Uh...most of the posts by nurses I've read here express their willingness to do plenty. The challenge is to get the aide to do their job. Nurses aren't complaining about having to put patients on the...
  15. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    Hello, have you ever considered a career in
  16. I posted this on the med-surg board but no one is there. Please read this scenario and give me your opinion. "You have just received on your unit from PACU, a 45-year-old man that has just had a...
  17. Scenario - Surgical Nurses Please Respond

    Thanks for your responses. I pretty much had the same thoughts; the dressing was the main missing element I saw. Also, lung sounds. Also, a record of how much fluid he had received...
  18. where are the nursing shortages?

    There's no nursing shortage in Kentucky. Kentucky is one of the sh*tt**** places to work as a nurse. It's an "at-will" state. You should have read what the KY BON just put in their newsletter about...
  19. Am I a baby or is this outrageous?

    Well at least you would know what you were facing. They should have, at the least, put the new admit and/or the post-op in her group...if they were on opposite ends, they should have redistributed...
  20. Job Discrimination...despite nursing shortage

    I would have posted this earlier, but I had an appointment. No offense to anyone, but it is very difficult for me to believe that black people are discriminated against these days - why? I'm white,...
  21. Job Discrimination...despite nursing shortage

    Just a reminder: you don't have to be white to be
  22. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    I hope you will consider returning to work. This is sending the message that "she won"....don't let her. If they gave her written discipline, they are following appropriate channels. They may be...
  23. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    She sounds pretty sure of herself....wonder
  24. Who am I, the HIPPA police?

    Here's hoping you never find yourself in one of those "gray areas," I daresay you might think back on this incident.......oh wait, you're in nursing school? It's a
  25. Who am I, the HIPPA police?

    Sorry, you won't get any sympathy from me...HIPPA be *******, it was her results, it wasn't like she wanted info on someone else. Most nurses I know work sick, unable to even get into a physician's...