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  1. Well, heck!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak for you - you'll have to make your own decision. But it seems to me that if you're not getting any days, then it's not much of a job. Best of luck to

  2. Abuse of Nurses

    Xbox Live Addict replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    because some assaultive patients can hide behind health conditions as an excuse, so their lawyers can claim they were not responsible for their actions. because the hospitals care more about keeping...

  3. WECIDFYT? Do you know the answer?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    that whole thing is patronizing - for the patients as well as the staff. another hospital that seems to view its nursing staff as bellhops or maids. i guess they think that if someone's in there...

  4. LPN or RN?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to new_mom2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Many hospitals in my area are hiring LPNs for every department - even after some of them tried an all-RN staff. Small-town hospitals will also hire LPNs for any position, although the pay is rather...

  5. how often are nurses tested for TB

    Xbox Live Addict replied to want2banurse35's topic in General Nursing

    Upon hire, then annually thereafter. Residents are also tested on admission and

  6. Scared to talk to Doctors

    Xbox Live Addict replied to jam0516's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, the big, bad doctor... one of the earliest fears of many a nursing student. Even one of my nursing textbooks had a blurb on the subject of fear of talking to physicians. I think a lot of this is...

  7. Drug testing........................................... .........

    Xbox Live Addict replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    There should be no need for nurses to not get the same necessary treatments for health conditions as anyone else - including pain medications. If they have a legitimate need for it, they should not be...

  8. Every other weekend- what century are we in?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to lizva101's topic in General Nursing

    Someone needs to tell the hospital's staffing department that, because you can look forward to bare-bones staff on those days, plus very little housekeeping

  9. Professionalism on the floor.....

    Xbox Live Addict replied to mom70409's topic in General Nursing

    They probably feel protected due to their seniority and due to the fact they think they are somehow favored by the nurse manager, much like the workers I mentioned earlier. Unfortunately, they're...

  10. hospital or nursing home

    Xbox Live Addict replied to rajotolentino's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals are best if you want higher acuity of care or greater variety of care. Long-term care seems slower, but it is challenging because you have fewer resources and a heavier patient load to work...

  11. One or Two hour rounding

    Xbox Live Addict replied to tntrn's topic in General Nursing

    `I'm familiar with q1-2 hour rounds, as that was the policy at most places I worked. How realistic it was - that was a different matter altogether; like you said, people don't puke (or fall, get...

  12. How many hours per week do you work?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work 50 hours a week regularly, in LTC. I wouldn't do it anymore after awhile though, because I felt like a monk, and was physically tired and hurting too, so I limited myself to 40 hours....

  13. Professionalism on the floor.....

    Xbox Live Addict replied to mom70409's topic in General Nursing

    I've been there, and heard the same response: Write it up. I did, and never heard anything about it again. Nothing seemed to get done. I even wrote up a couple of CNAs after they lacerated the fingers...

  14. LPN's managing RN's in LTC setting

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Thor77's topic in General Nursing

    Oklahoma now requires a bachelors' (in any field) in order to be admitted to an administrator training program for facilities receiving State money. This wasn't always the case, and anyone who was a...

  15. Is your manager not paying when you work through your break?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah... I guess it is poor time management when you keep having administration demand you go to the floor during your lunch to take care of issues, not even nursing-related, like a phone call from a...

  16. I hate it when the male nurses on my unit...

    Xbox Live Addict replied to nursedudeforchrist's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had a lighter patient load due to being male. In fact, when I worked LTC, both as nurse and aide, I was overwhelmingly stuck with the heaviest, most combative, and highest-acuity...

  17. Punitive Computer Documentation?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to MADHAT6's topic in General Nursing

    Computerization seems to tie people down and hamper nursing care more than anything else. What if the computer system crashes? Computers aren't very reliable, and some businesses have become so...

  18. LTC patient to nurse ratio

    Xbox Live Addict replied to caringone30506's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Most nights, I would have KILLED for coverage like that. And when you consider that's probably only adequate coverage, that's

  19. LPN's managing RN's in LTC setting

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Thor77's topic in General Nursing

    I actually mentioned this earlier, that even in cases where an LPN was of superior rank to an RN in the company's hierarchy, that evaluation of an RN's clinical practice was done by the DON (an RN)...

  20. written up

    Xbox Live Addict replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    That really is a bunch of crap. I think of how many times whole medications and treatments have not been done at scheduled times. This nurse must work on a unit where you have 1-2 patients and have...

  21. LTC patient to nurse ratio

    Xbox Live Addict replied to caringone30506's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    probably about par for the course. i worked in 90-bed facilities and generally got 3 cnas, plus either a second nurse or a cma. things would improve ratio-wise when there had been some aides hired,...

  22. LPN's managing RN's in LTC setting

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Thor77's topic in General Nursing

    Varies from state to state. In Oklahoma, the RN has to be on-site for 8 hours a day... if the facility is Medicare/Medicaid

  23. LPN's managing RN's in LTC setting

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Thor77's topic in General Nursing

    In LTC, this is a fairly common occurence. In my state, an LPN can hold any position in a nursing home except as DON (which is an RN) - including as an administrator, the DON's boss. The DON functions...

  24. Interested in "going rate"

    Xbox Live Addict replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    in oklahoma, base pay is 17-20 an hour in the oklahoma city area. even less in rural

  25. Combat Medic to Civilian Nurse

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Watanabe_Joey's topic in General Nursing

    An ADN-RN program in my area allows Army medics with the right training to challenge out of the first 2 semesters of its program, the same way LPNs and paramedics