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  1. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    steelydanfan replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Could I expect anything else from someone who quotes Tom

  2. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    steelydanfan replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Also, it may be of interest to all of you to know that as a union employee (CNA), if my shift is slated as 0700-15:30; and I clock out at 1545; I am paid at time and 1/2 for those 15 minutes overtime....

  3. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    steelydanfan replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Timothy, This thread became about politics the minute you used the term "Democrats" in your post. Don't start something you can't

  4. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    steelydanfan replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Timothy. Bite your tongue! The current DEMOCRATIC sponsored bill, just passed by the Congress, calls for the minimum wage to be increased to $7.15/hr. The Republican members only passed it because...

  5. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    steelydanfan replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    The only solution to working overtime is to INSIST on being paid for it; only then does the hospital run the numbers and decide that perhaps hiring more nurses MIGHT be a good idea to lower the salary...

  6. Pushing 50mg of IV Lopressor? Tell me no !

    steelydanfan replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Radiology

    The pt. subsequently needs to be monitored in the PACU or RR for at least 1 hour post proceedure. In my experience, if it doesnt work after 3 5mg doses q5 mins, another drug might be a better

  7. Can a patient do chemo or radiation?

    steelydanfan replied to nosonew's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I might seem like a dummy for asking this, but why would a pt. entering hospice be doing rad/chemo treatments at all? I am laboring under the impression that hospice is a place for diagnosed terminal...

  8. why all the rudeness?

    steelydanfan replied to christymwinn's topic in General Nursing

    This site is one for professionals, and there are a lot of "wanna-be's" posting to this site. We would prefer to talk about topics of interest to us, without having to field through the "excuse me,...

  9. suspension

    steelydanfan replied to bradleau's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, come on. "Bite Me " is a slur, it means "FU", in a lot of peoples minds. If I was a pt.s family, especially in a LTC, I'd be upset, too. Sorry, you should have chosen the ill-fitting scrub top...

  10. Over-Restaining Patients

    steelydanfan replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hope that when I get old someone will give me "the shot" instead of sticking me in a buddy chair in some nursing

  11. Did you make friends in your work place? I mean friends you go out with and stuff

    steelydanfan replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    In truth, most of my friends are from my current workplace, including my VERY best friend. It's perhaps an unusual environment, but we all just seem to click, and the husbands all get along as well....

  12. shaving cream for peri care???

    steelydanfan replied to mel1977's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about pericare, but every CNA I've ever worked with swears by shaving cream as a skin cleanser for pt's with persistant underarm odor. There's no reason I can see why it CAN'T be used for...

  13. central line procedure, discontinuing

    steelydanfan replied to opelo's topic in General Nursing

    I will NEVER forget the story I read in NURSING 2000 about the RN who was dc'ing a central line, and while beginning to apply a gauze dressing to the site, told a joke to her pt. The pt. laughed,...

  14. Hair Problems...help !

    steelydanfan replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Try a vegetable coloring, your hairdresser should know about them. Much easier on the hair and scalp. Also, if you are going through menopause, this problem is NOT uncommon. The coloring may just need...

  15. "Limited Resuscitation"

    steelydanfan replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Tridil2000 raises a fascinating point. We also have the "checklist". And quite often, patients and the family don't seem to understand the implications, despite our best efforts. Most often, it seems...

  16. Why IV pumps for Central Lines?

    steelydanfan replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    Larry, the situation you spoke of on the floors is truly sad, if indeed a dehydrated pt. did not get fluids because a nurse could not trust her eyes and a watch to figure out drip rates. I was remiss...

  17. What's In Your Pocket?

    steelydanfan replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A pair of scissors. Alcohol preps. Iv caps. Pens. As many as I can, I am FAMOUS for losing them! Hemostats. Critical Care Handbook (Just your basic cheat sheet for drugs I may not have hung for...

  18. eating our young?

    steelydanfan replied to happytobehere's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Tweety, I think you misunderstand the sentiment. It has nothing to due with "paying" their dues", and everything to do with the fact that many new grads have never seen the business end of a foley...

  19. Male Nurses/female Patients

    steelydanfan replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    "Heretonormative"? "Commodify"? Wow, can someone clue me

  20. Best Places to Live - Forbes and Inc Report question...

    steelydanfan replied to DeepNurse's topic in California Nursing

    "Affordable" is often just exactly that. You can afford to live there but you won't be happy doing it. This is not a question you can ask on a board, you have to do the soul searching as to what you...

  21. Do you hire new grads in you ICU?

    steelydanfan replied to twiceaslucky's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    A personality test? I KNOW I would flunk that

  22. Describe your mental health rotation

    steelydanfan replied to Mabel 29's topic in General Students

    I LOVED my psych rotation. We were there for 3 months, in a County Facility, got to see some amazing diagnoses (Folie a Deaux, anyone)? I read my Psych text cover to cover BEFORE my first clinical...

  23. ST and RN Advice Please

    steelydanfan replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    Been there, done that. My take.. ST's are NOT responsible for transporting or moving patients. They are responsible for having the table ready, being ready to gown, drape and help prep as soon as the...

  24. Required to wear all white and carry a flower during pinning cermony

    steelydanfan replied to Bala Shark's topic in Men in Nursing

    And PS, OUR candlelighting ceremony took place in our first year, 3rd semester,in PRIVATE. No parents, or onlookers. Just us and the vows we had made to our profession. Sounds kind of cultish now, but...

  25. Required to wear all white and carry a flower during pinning cermony

    steelydanfan replied to Bala Shark's topic in Men in Nursing

    I still remember my graduation ceremony, and it was 27 years ago. I went to one of the MOST traditional schools in existence. Yes, we wore all white, yes we had caps, but we assuredly did NOT make our...