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  1. restraints? What would you have done (Long)

    Town & Country replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say you did a good job. If she wasn't agitated at the time you got an IV started, I wouldn't have given Ativan, either. I would probably DC someone AMA, rather than use restraints. What was...

  2. Ughhhhhh I'm being bullied at work.

    Town & Country replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent, just an excellent post. Dealing with some of the barracudas who are nurses really is a learned

  3. Ughhhhhh I'm being bullied at work.

    Town & Country replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    It's kindof odd to me that your boss says YOU will have to handle it, yet she says you are "overreacting" and shouldn't get proof that you haven't been playing on the

  4. New LPN Burn&Crash

    Town & Country replied to marie4's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Personally, I wouldn't recommend a new nurse going into Home Health. I think HH is really for experienced nurses who are sure of themselves and can function more or less independently. Don't pass...

  5. Message from a CNA

    Town & Country replied to aspentree13's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen that sort of behavior from nurses to CNAs, but I have seen alot of disrespect, hostility, and downright rudeness from CNAs. It's pretty frustrating, to say the

  6. Message from a CNA

    Town & Country replied to aspentree13's topic in General Nursing

    I've never personally seen a nurse tell a CNA anything like that. Besides, a person who believes their job is of value can overcome that sort of thing, by knowing that they are helping the patients....

  7. Forum for people considering nursing?

    Town & Country posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think we could use a forum for people considering nursing, or people needing help with papers. Just a

  8. Forum for people considering nursing?

    Town & Country replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know that, there are so many new threads on General Discussion asking for assistance with papers or asking about entering

  9. The Magic of Touch: What's Happened to the PM Care Backrub?

    Town & Country replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you, and I wonder if the frequent resquests for pain meds, sleeping pills could be alternated with a good (if quick) back rub? I would rest alot easier if I were a patient if someone...

  10. Critical care unit for a new graduate?

    Town & Country replied to Sabrina1's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't think it is EVER a good idea for a new nurse to go straight into critical care. I'm sure there are people here who have done it successfully, but in my opinion, it is very risky, unwise, and...

  11. Forum for people considering nursing?

    Town & Country posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think we could use a forum for people considering nursing, or people needing help with papers. Just a suggestion. Boy did my computer goof, please delete these extra posts!!!

  12. Message from a CNA

    Town & Country replied to aspentree13's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed, especially considering the fact that patients are in the hospital to get nursing care. If it were just about "cleaning up poop" (love how you dumb-down your job), they wouldn't even need to...

  13. Message from a CNA

    Town & Country replied to aspentree13's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is a

  14. Patient doesn't like me because I'm a "slob"

    Town & Country replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she wanted whipping boy instead of a nurse. I imagine you're lucky to be out of

  15. CNAs filling out home med sheet?

    Town & Country posted a topic in General Nursing

    The other day at work, we were inserviced on yet another new "performance improvement" form. It's supposed to be a streamlined new way for the patients to get their home meds reordered after...

  16. Nurses eat their young?!

    Town & Country replied to cyrus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do a search, this is a much-covered

  17. What if CNA won't work?

    Town & Country replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Agree 100%. There is no reason an RN cannot do peri care, unless she is involved elsewhere as in needing to give a pain pill, pass a med, call a MD, etc. That is the reason there are nurse aides....

  18. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

    Town & Country replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    HUH?!?

  19. LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

    Town & Country replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    This entire situation sends up a red flag. " It started out, we just had to have our narcs double checked by the charge nurse. Some people refused to comply so we were told narcs had to be co-signed...

  20. Slugged in the chest by med-surg patient

    Town & Country replied to stomper's topic in General Nursing

    Let's face it folks, security FOR NURSES is probably dead last on their list. They're more concerned with issuing "ask me if I washed my hands" buttons, and trying to placate the outraged...

  21. Cna ?

    Town & Country replied to Medic2005's topic in General Nursing

    If you do buy one, leave it at home or you will never hear the end of it

  22. Still a newbie?

    Town & Country replied to beannie's topic in General Nursing

    I think you are just learning how to deal with the stress of a med-surg unit and learning how to adapt. I am always learning how to

  23. Threats from Management

    Town & Country replied to kittyrose's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I thing mandatory meetings or any meeting are a crashing bore, and a total waste of time. When they start actually discussing the ISSUES ON THE UNIT I will come. Until then, they can kiss my ***....

  24. I'm wondering what I have to look forward to. Graduate in March

    Town & Country replied to Pete Venkman's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it quite works that way. You may be 42 but the fact of the matter is, you're still going to have to prove yourself before you get offered your dream job. No one, male or female,...

  25. What if CNA won't work?

    Town & Country replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What you would do if you see an aide leaving a resident in wet briefs or something like that is to tell them to get the resident cleaned up. Period. If they refuse, put it on a level they can...