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  1. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I just made i 119...pathetic...but i do have 2 ask how many of us are afraid 2 even ask r colleagues 2 do this in case they rat us out to admin? nurses do eat their young n they bite n claw 1 another...

  2. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    unfortunately true; sad tale but it's 2 things. 1st w/o some regs few orgs or even ppl will do the right thing. after all they had to pass a fed law about safe lifting. 2nd is they tend 2 go overboard...

  3. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    "I sent that email on March 16th and finally got a response back from my rep. Here's what she thinks about safe staffing... 'While I appreciate the goal of H.R. 4138, I think we should first focus on...

  4. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    integrity will get u screwed most of the time, but i still practice it...i answer to a higher authority that expects me 2 act that way. don't snow them it isn't right n the PTB will find some way 2...

  5. Lupus or Something else?

    nerdse replied to NurseKelly03's topic in General Nursing

    the docs said i had lupus, then no, RA when the ANA went to nl, then yes, lupus even w/o the positive ANA b/c not every1 has a pos ANA, then no, RA, b/c ANA is neg, then yes, possibly lupus d/t...

  6. Nurisng Injuries and Workers Compensation? Please need advice!!

    nerdse replied to lpnornot's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    there is now a federal safe lifting law that hc facilities had to have a committee in place by early 08 and a lifting policy to reduce injuries by 7/08 and it was 2 include things that make the place...

  7. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    i've been tested on n off 4 RA n lupus, i get a butterfly rash when i feel really sick but they say it's just fibro...n i can rel8 2 all the other things u have w/ urs, me 2...have had 1 strong n 1...

  8. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    i also fought this dx.but i didn't know some consider it a form of RA...do u have n e more information on that? Pls? :thankya: i m thinking that may b why the other poster mentioned some1 she knew of...

  9. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    i have a gf very close 2 me who has that n had 1 surgery, facing more. she insists that is what i really have but neuro claims i don't, he's not a surgeon, can u tell me how many n what types of MD u...

  10. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    if working as a cashier hurts u might want 2 get this under more control b4 u try, but i understand. take care in opting 4 this, c 1st what it takes 2 stay on an even keel. doing what ur doing now 4...

  11. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    THX THX THX. i have never attempted suicide but have had days that if it all ended i would not have fought it 1 bit. i can understand why! the pain is awful, it wears u out n things that help w/ pain...

  12. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    i didn't know n e 1 would give u remicade 4 this, i have other autoimmune syndromes n believe this is also autoimmune. nsaids cause me problems i can't take them often, have also not heard of getting...

  13. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Lyrica isn't bad 4 some, u have 2 c if it will help, i know someone it does wonders 4 but she did gain lots of w8, me, i swelled up n at 1st it seemed 2 help i felt a lot better n then i just...

  14. Struggling with Dyscalculia/ADHD

    nerdse replied to ToxicShock's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Nice 2 c someone else w/ these same issues! helped me 2 start using nondominant hand more. Try that, u won't be a math genius but it might help w/ no. reversals and such. I have no. inverssion,...

  15. Nurses with disabilities

    nerdse replied to zipcat's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Disable n was working but i m incredibly sick now from what they r doin w/ my sched. I had a job I could mostly manage b4, but it was decided I couldn't b/c they were going 2 change it around n up the...

  16. RN work from home due to illness

    nerdse replied to alonge's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'd like to know anything I can find...getting too sick to continue and hoping they'll let me go on disability v. just termination. These days places only look at what the insurance cost is for a...

  17. Finally fired for disability!

    nerdse replied to at sea's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Also, sorry, in the excitement that there may be others fighting the same battle: At Sea, hugs. I understand. Don't have the same problem, but I get it. I wish more did. There are tons of disabled...

  18. Finally fired for disability!

    nerdse replied to at sea's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Can an employer get away with dodging ADA by saying reasonable accommodation for a disability was too burdensome? Would burden of proof still rest on the employee to prove that the company could have...

  19. They can put a man on the moon. Why Can't They....

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

    Why can't we get rid of the qwerty keyboards on computers and put in Dvoraks? It would be easier for people who can't type worth doodoo. And some of the computer systems for healthcare do require...

  20. Scary doctors!!!

    nerdse replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

    Have had so many in my career I have lost count but this one is funny. Setting is during the late 70's. Doc is humping his office nurse on a routine basis, every chance he gets. Dads in the...

  21. Nurses grossed out by spit/mucus

    nerdse replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    Respiratory goo was my absolute worst. But I got used to it, as used to it as it is possible to get. I even hate my own! I had experience w/ colostomies when I was about 13 - my grandma had to have...

  22. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

    nerdse replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :) So cool an idea! We really DO need it here, our pts are so spoiled compared to the NHS pts in GB. Having seen the NHS up close I can see how they get abusive, really, some operations that you...

  23. Is English required to be an RN?

    nerdse replied to Jailhouse RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Folks, I and other military spouses who lived in foreign countries WERE NOT PERMITTED TO BE A NURSE THERE UNLESS COMPLETELY FLUENT IN THAT COUNTRY'S NATIVE LANGUAGE! Caps intentional for emphasis....

  24. The Top 25 Witty Things to Say to Your

    nerdse replied to Andy S.'s topic in Nursing Humor

    How about: from an overweight patient: Have you found that skinny person they say is inside me trying desperately to get out? She's taking up too much room and pushing my dress size up. Or: Are you...

  25. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    nerdse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yuck.....have had all sorts of stuff like this and more but a lot of the gross stuff happened in OB, how did you OB sorts miss out....I didn't. OB's must get that way from what they do but they really...