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  1. Floating to other units while traveling

    lorster posted a topic in Travel

    This is my first travel assignments and i do not want it to be my last. I have not signed anything but have agreed to go for 13 weeks. the manager from this hospital phones me and during the...

  2. Write-Ups & Disciplinary Action

    lorster replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    What a ridiculous policy!!. This seems strange to me that a place of employment can write anyone up for being

  3. Write-Ups & Disciplinary Action

    lorster replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    amen!

  4. Floating to other units while traveling

    lorster replied to lorster's topic in Travel

    Ok, so my next question. Can they just cancel my shift if they don't need me? Should I have that written into the contract. I have read numerous posts from travelers that get sent home shift after...

  5. About to call it quits before I start!

    lorster replied to lorster's topic in Travel

    When I spoke to the spokeswoman, which I don't believe was the manager of the unit I would be working, she stated the departments are self schedule and she didn't think that working three in a row...

  6. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    lorster replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Phenergan is used for various types of pain. Had a surgeon order it one night for abdominal pain and I thought, oh great, i'll be calling him back in 20 minutes. Well, it worked great and that was...

  7. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    lorster replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I understand where you are coming from. I too have chronic pain from rheumatoid arthritis, diagnosed a year ago. Some mornings I can hardly get out of bed but I too work long shifts and don't...

  8. About to call it quits before I start!

    lorster replied to lorster's topic in Travel

    I was told not to call the hospital, that all communication has to go through the travel nurse company. I just want to find out so I can decline and they can move on and find another nurse that can...

  9. About to call it quits before I start!

    lorster replied to lorster's topic in Travel

    The PBDS test that many hospitals are requiring travelers to take and if they fail, they are out of a job on the spot. I would rather avoid this whole

  10. What company do you use?

    lorster replied to Ragan's topic in Travel

    Anyone hear of procareUSA? They are jcaho accredited. Does this accredidation make a difference in quality of the

  11. Promethazine IV Question

    lorster replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    yeah, i don't think more is better with phenergan. alot of the time, 12.5 is very

  12. Critical Thinking For Med-surg nursing

    lorster replied to mojofla's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks Bozzie, I appreciate your input and suggestions. I have another question. I went to the websites that you mentioned and looked around and while i was there, I ran across a recruiter who is...

  13. Promethazine IV Question

    lorster replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our hospital just changed its policy on the administration of Phenergan since it is a vesicant. We put it in a 20 ml syringe with 19 cc of it being NS. I place the syringe on the secondary...

  14. Critical Thinking For Med-surg nursing

    lorster replied to mojofla's topic in Medical-Surgical

    well, i received a response from my recruiter. she is going to check into this test, whether the hospital requires it. but, she also told me that i committed to this assignment by the verbal...

  15. Critical Thinking For Med-surg nursing

    lorster replied to mojofla's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Boy, this is amazing to me. You would think as bad as they need travelers, they would think twice before they would risk compromising their staffing situations. I feel bad for the rest of the...

  16. Nurse Rounding

    lorster replied to Margeincharge's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am shocked and appalled to read this. 2 hour rounds? Are you saying the minimum to check on a patient on a med surg unit is every 2 hours? How about every 30 minutes? That is our unit standard....

  17. Critical Thinking For Med-surg nursing

    lorster replied to mojofla's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm not sure I understand this. Please set me straight. When do you find out that you have to take this test? Do you know this when you sign the contract? Or do you find this out once your are on...

  18. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    lorster replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I beg to differ. The minute you bring anything personal into anything at work, it is subject to gossip. It has happened to me time and time again. It always gets back to me no matter what. I focus...

  19. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    lorster replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm with you on this one. I keep my nose to the grind. I have been at my place of employment for long enough to observe those that are tattling to the boss. And it is many of them. I would get out...

  20. When do we give flu shots?

    lorster posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have a policy at our hospital that we give patients flu shots and pneumonia shots if they have not had them. For a time, we gave them upon discharge. Now, the hospital has decided that we need to...

  21. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    lorster replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't forget sheets and

  22. Am I Being Unreasonable? Please Give Me Your Opinion!

    lorster replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I also feel that 12 hour nurses should not have to work every other weekend when 8 hour nurses work every other weekend. If you take a four week schedule, 12 hour nurses work 48 hours of weekends and...

  23. I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

    lorster replied to daisybaby's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree. It has gotten out of hand. I had a patient in not too long ago who was found by a neighbor, unresponsive in her bathroom. She was brought to our hospital and ended up dying...

  24. I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

    lorster replied to daisybaby's topic in General Nursing

    I had a near miss a few months ago. Since I have had a positive PPD, I have done yearly chest xrays so I have to take a copy of the results to HR once a year. I got into our computer to print out...

  25. An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    lorster replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    There are still a lot of guys like that. Look at the older generation and many of them raised their sons like that. It will be a few more generations before we have changed this way of