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  1. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    mcleanl replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm........I don't work on your unit and I am not really sure why I would be a liability if I did...so how does that make me in the wrong

  2. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    mcleanl replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    then i feel you are in the wrong business. as nice as it would be for all patients to be grateful for the care we provide, human being don't always act the way we would like them too........and to...

  3. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    mcleanl replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, and fat people and alcoholics are raising your insurance premiums....I could go on and on. Sooooo many reasons to decide to place

  4. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    mcleanl replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely false....the wealthier do not pay more....off the top of my head I can think of one area where this is not a fact. People making over 100k only pay SS on the first 100K. That is a huge...

  5. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    mcleanl replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    So are are you saying that if they have private insurance it will make YOU feel better if they treat you like a servant? Who cares what type of insurance someone has or doesn't

  6. Average day in the life of a nurse

    mcleanl replied to Reese2012's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a Surgical trauma ICU...7am to 7pm. Here is a typical, uncomplicated day. I have 2 patients, I start the day by getting report from the night nurse. I do a full and complete assessment on...

  7. I Feel Like The Most Incompetent Nurse Ever!

    mcleanl replied to tonet0908's topic in General Nursing

    You can google it and get all the information you may need. As a previous poster mentioned, it has sedative properties.......but it is not a paralytic in any way, shape or

  8. I Feel Like The Most Incompetent Nurse Ever!

    mcleanl replied to tonet0908's topic in General Nursing

    Precedex is not a

  9. What ridiculous things have you seen happen in the workplace?

    mcleanl replied to pink_shoes99's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I went to get the TPN and lipids out of the pyxis for a patient. The TPN bag was ENOURMOUS....the biggest bag I had ever seen and the rate was something like a 250cc/hr. I am think WTH?????...

  10. Ativan IVP vs Propofol gtt

    mcleanl replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ugghh.......sounds similar to the day I just had. I sometimes feel like Dr.'s start down a path and refuse to recognize when it isn't working!!!!! Not to hijack but I just spent almost 5 hours of a...

  11. I Feel Like The Most Incompetent Nurse Ever!

    mcleanl replied to tonet0908's topic in General Nursing

    I've been racking my brain over this........in the OR and in ICU we give paralytics all the time for various reasons. This medication can only be given to intubated patients since it is a...

  12. "Thumping" out the door....?

    mcleanl replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    EMS cannot decide when to pronounce a patient.....that will be up to the doctor at the hospital. I once rode with the ambulance and we pulled a very dead body from a pool......the body went on the...

  13. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    mcleanl replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    Oooh....Gila.....I didn't mean to quote you. Not Sure how I managed that! My

  14. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    mcleanl replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    What is so interesting about this thread is that it was never stated that the patient was about to die....only that his prognosis was poor. It seems thateveryone jumped on the bandwagon.....even...

  15. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    mcleanl replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    Diane, Let's clarify a few things. First this is not a hospice situation. This patient is in a critical care......despite a poor prognosis there is no mention that the patient is comfort measures....

  16. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    mcleanl replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

  17. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    mcleanl replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    I totally disagree with most of what has been posted above. An ICU setting is NO place for spouses to be lying in bed and caressing a patients chest. There is no mention in the post about the patients...

  18. Ever experience a patient's family member grieving in an odd way?

    mcleanl replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    YUCK, YUCK and triple YUCK!!!!! I am on the telephone (on hold) but I have soooo much to say about

  19. is it OK to submit your 2 week notice via email?

    mcleanl replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I read the above post.....and I think it is totally appropriate to email a thank you. In fact my husband is an executive and every interview he has ever been on a "thank you" has been sent...

  20. Hospital Innovations

    mcleanl replied to carl5480's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is as old as it gets...with very little in the way of innovation. The one thing that they have, that I have never seen before....and I really like.....is that there aren't any preprinted...

  21. Spouses/Visitors In Patient's Beds

    mcleanl replied to jpmrt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Crazy, isn't it...the things people get bent out of shape

  22. Death and Dying in the ICU

    mcleanl replied to nikkicoliCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I too have worked in the North and the South. I notice a difference between obtaining DNR/DNI's.....in the Northern States it was readily addressed.....not so in the Southern states that I have...

  23. Help with a poor nurse manager

    mcleanl replied to INparrothead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love this response!!!! You are a class

  24. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

    mcleanl replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  25. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

    mcleanl replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

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