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  1. Cincinnati hospital braces for nurses strike

    NancyRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Something strange about the University Hospital Nurses Union. University Hospital is one of 6 hospitals in the Health Alliance, and yet they are the only ones with a union. I work in a Health...

  2. Bossy Unit Clerks

    NancyRN replied to NancyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I knew I could count on all of you here to have some creative solutions for me! Thanks for the fast replies. A meeting sounds good but I don't think that'll happen. I can't get my Nurse Manager to...

  3. Nurse fantasies

    NancyRN replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    I dream of voice activated bedside computers. I just tell the computer what I'm finding and it's charted. The computer takes vitals too! Then when I'm passing meds, the computer has them all sorted...

  4. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

    NancyRN replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, I was not very good at doing patient care because I hadn't ever worked as an aide. One day I was cleaning up a lady who'd had a large loose bowel movement on a pad....

  5. Employee Satisfaction Surveys

    NancyRN replied to LaurieCRNP2002's topic in General Nursing

    I'm always surprised when we get the results of these surveys back. After hearing everyone complain all year, the results will be something like, "87% Very Satisfied". I mean.....who's

  6. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    NancyRN replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Cake...we got cake. In the cafeteria. As if we had time to go get

  7. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    NancyRN replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Last year we got a cookie tray. It was delivered in the morning, I'm assuming, because by the time I came to work on the evening shift, there were just a few broken cookies left. Gobbled on the run,...

  8. Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    NancyRN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an OLD new graduate ( graduated at age 48 last year). When I was growing up, a cap was the symbol for a nurse ( still is, when you see little dolls etc), so when I graduated, I bought my own cap....