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  1. Calling In Sick.

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I saw on the Today show the other morning that most businesses have adopted policies that actually discourage ill employees from coming to work sick. There's even a term for going to work sick now,...

  2. Salary for hospital management/administrators?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to X-treme's topic in International Nursing

    She's in her late 40's and near Memphis,

  3. Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question, we're about to start, and I was assigned responsibility for the initiative that the new handwashing recommendations are part of... - lucky me, right? Actually, I'm pretty...

  4. Salary for hospital management/administrators?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to X-treme's topic in International Nursing

    I have a friend - RN that recently went back for her MHA - she already was in management at an 80 bed acute care hospital in a rural area. Once she finished the degree, she was promoted to Clinical...

  5. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Physician gives order, "Pt. may ambulate to parking lot with PCA pump for smoking privs. in POV if raining or outside temp >75" The same physician repeatedly admits this same patient for pain...

  6. NICU Vanderbilt...

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to Diana Lynn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I worked pediatrics at Vanderbilt back in the early '90s and enjoyed it very much. I know they've made lots of improvements in the medical center facilities in the past few years as well. Nashville...

  7. Docs look towards the nursing shortage

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    In my quality management and nursing administration experience, I have attended probably 200 meetings of medical staff and hospital governance (Medical Staff, Medical Executive Committee, Board of...

  8. Threats from Management

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to kittyrose's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Middle managers in hospitals have some of the toughest jobs out there... The responsibility is huge, but meaningful authority to actually impact and improve that area of responsibility is almost...

  9. questions to ask at interview

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to [email protected]'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ask about the frequency and availability of inservice opportunities - are they scheduled conveniently and is staffing such that you are able to participate? My experience with smaller community...

  10. Nursing Bag for the Home Care Nurse

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to cherricka's topic in Home Health

    Trager makes great brief-bags. I've been using the same one for about 10 years now. They're a little pricey but worth every

  11. micro mangers

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to 4kidsrn's topic in Nurse Management

    Micromanagers are evil -- just plain evil... I worked with this "Chief Clinical Officer" for awhile, and she honestly believed it was her job to micromanage. She and I went to this conference on...

  12. Threats from Management

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to kittyrose's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was a long-term night shift employee before making the transition to management, and I have always understood the needs and preferences of "non-traditional" employees (those who work...

  13. NHC HomeCare

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Home Health

    I have several friends that work for NHC -- one is a PT, and he's been with NHC for what seems like a hundred years. He loves it. Another friend of mine has just started with them and is pretty...

  14. Threats from Management

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to kittyrose's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When I was a hospital DON, I revised the nursing job descriptions to include the attendance requirement for unit meetings (80%) and non-mandatory inservices (70%) and had everyone review and sign that...

  15. Nurses Week Gifts

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to Tagtg2006's topic in General Nursing

    They're either not very creative, or your facility has SOME kind of turnover rate --

  16. Is JCAHO just a way to make money?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    True, but having JCAHO accreditation makes it possible for a facility to negotiate for higher reimbursement rates with private/commercial insurance companies. Also, having JCAHO accreditation is also...

  17. Is JCAHO just a way to make money?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As someone who has worked closely with the JCAHO accreditation process at both the hospital and system level, I can tell you it isn't JCAHO's intent for nursing staff to have to memorize a list of...

  18. Anyone go from DON to floor RN?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Management

    I was a Chief Nursing Officer at an acute care hospital until just a couple of month ago. Like the original poster here, I became sick of "babysitting", but not just my nursing staff -- I also...

  19. Is JCAHO just a way to make money?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    JCAHO has a separate set of standards for Critical Access Hospitals and the survey fees are scaled back

  20. Heparin Error - Distraught

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to tulips79's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in Quality and Risk Management for a number of years in acute care hospitals and have seen lots of statistics on medication errors. Heparin administration errors have been some of the...

  21. Anyone have a NON healthcare job while in nursing school?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a part-time job at Victoria's Secret at the local mall. The black smock covered my carbo-student-potatochip-hips, and the tape measure was sort of stethoscope-like. Discount was

  22. I think I might lose my job, please help

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    Your orientation experience sounds very much like my first job right out of school -- my first preceptor resigned after my first week with her, my second preceptor was in a bad car accident after only...

  23. A question for all managers and recruiters for New Grad porgrams!!!!

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to JonathanRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with an RN-MSN that had done several years with Peace Corps in Paraguay a few years back. She had never worked a nursing position before, and it wasn't an issue. She was a great nurse,...

  24. Hospital Computers May Be Reservoir for Transmission of Resistant Bacteria

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I learned to type on my mother's old "desktop" -- poetry, teenage musings, a couple of really creepy short stories that I wrote during my Flannery O'Connor period etc. I do have to have some level...

  25. punished for a needle stick?

    kitty=^..^=cat replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    OSHA everywhere requires safety-engineered devices!!! I've never used the mad-as-h*ll smilie before, but :angryfire !!!! :angryfire !!!! What's your setting? Hospital? LTC? Who's responsible for...