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Maybe if you admit them or it's time to restart one, but most of them have PICC lines or Port-a-Caths since they're getting long term therapy and we're trying to minimize pokage. I didn't get a lot of good IV experience in LTAC, as they either alread...

That's part of the corporate game. Welcome to the real world.

I work nights, which cuts down on the numbers of visitors.

Yeah, I considered RT for a while, but I honestly want to get away from the bedside and away from all the clinical risks.

I'm going back to school for IT in the spring. Maybe I'll do healthcare informatics or go on to do medical librarianship... I don't know. I love the pathophysiology of nursing, and I'm a pretty good nurse, but nursing is too people oriented for a tas...

I'm an RN who has basic computer knowledge who is interested in entering the IT field. I live in Houston, and I'm looking at various degree plans. I don't have a bachelor's degree yet. I'm considering getting my BSN just to have it and so anything pa...

You keep threatening to sue us if you don't get you what you want RIGHT NOW. You know, lawyers cost fees unless you have a case that they'd be willing to take on, which you don't. You're just a whiny coward trying to get people to wait on you hand an...

actually, i'm the newest nurse there. his special treatment was a result of having all the administrators on speed dial, with threats of reporting us for crap like poor customer service "from the perspective of a customer." we were encouraged not to ...

@ talaxandra: Wow, great article. Man, I see that as the whole self esteem movement showing its ugly consequences. Those kind of people annoy me to no end, or scare me to no end in the clinical settings. It's so annoying that these people's knowledge...

Oh, I'd go as far to say that healthcare customer service is killing people! In this country's hospitals, the mentality is that the customer is always right and never responsible. That means patients on contact isolation for C. diff have their famili...

This is definitely an admonishment that every well-intended nurse, especially new ones, need to learn. Part of what keeps us going as nurses is the praise we receive for doing nice things for patients, and we're taught to work with the patients to do...

I live in Texas, and it's amazing how many people truly believe that "That (insert derogatory racial slur, socialist, etc) president" is going to kill people off at age 65. I've asked some of them what their end of life plans are, and many draw blank...

Isn't this called splitting?

Here's an old post of a great essay that I read to get my spirits up when I'm feeling bogged down by the cliques. The essay and the link itself are rife with words that I took time to censor, and I'm too lazy to to that again. I just wish everyone ha...

You are not Jesus Christ. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Their lack of compliance is not your problem. Well, it is your problem in the aspect that you may be held responsible for their lack of motivation or personal respo...

That was a great response to the Godwin's Law occurrence! Yes, I agree: -Get rid of the aesthetics, especially the white elephants like fancy fountains that need to be de-mineralized. -Staff adequately so you don't have to depend on overtime and agen...

I hate the healthcare field, I hate how nurses are treated, and I'm jumping off this sinking ship. This spring, I'm going back to school for a degree in IT.

While I think that MJ should be legalized, I think that there is a time that people need to quit doing drugs, as they become a hindrance rather than harmless recreation. My ex (whom I refer to as a metaphorical equivalent of a report card full of D ...

Sounds like my childhood, except my mother doctor shopped. I had a rough home life which unsurprisingly resulted in emotional problems. I was put on 3 different drugs. My mother loved how "calm" I was. Now, with my younger siblings, it's Asperger's s...

Here is an EXCELLENT article about us introverts! I'm not quiet or shy, but I do tend to internalize and think rather than talk. I'm not smiley, and I am very annoyed by people who tell me to smile when I'm deep in thought and was concentrating prett...

I'm going back to school for IT, as this job is too dangerous. I'm not going to martyr myself out to the many oppositions to my job. I'm philanthropic, but I'm not masochistic. Nursing is so often an impossible situation. I feel bad that I'm going to...

I'm trying to get out of nursing because it's so dangerous, although I'll always keep my license up to date. However, I do have healthcare knowledge and it would be a pity to waste it.

Are you male or female?

I just got a call stating that I am on unpaid suspension because of a drug waste discrepancy. I had a shift consisting of 4 (count 'em 4) confused, agitated men swinging at us and trying to get out of bed. One of them was in a procedure where the doc...

everyone has errors like this on the records. i talked to my now former charge nurse last night, and she admits that she's had mistakes like that and that every nurse on the unit probably has an accudose record looking something like mine. i was stup...