malinne

malinne

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  1. Professionalism in Nursing

    malinne posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    There's always a lot of talk (especially at administrative levels) about "professionalism" in nursing. A recent question here was "What can we do to promote professionalism?" I'm not going to...

  2. Internal Disaster to cover staffing shortage

    malinne posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night our Administrator almost declared an internal disaster to get additional staff inhouse to care for patients. I think that's going a bit too far to provide staffing when they could just be...

  3. The Today Show

    malinne replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    True, our clothing doesn't distinguish us from other staff. But here, we all introduce ourselves to our patients each morning and tell them, "I'll be the RN caring for you today." I'm a manager, but...

  4. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    malinne replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Angie, That's deplorable, but I know it does happen. I don't understand it. I manage three units and I can tell you--I'll do practically anything to retain my experienced staff or to hire in an RN...

  5. Dress Codes

    malinne replied to energyhlrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At my hospital we can wear any scrubs we want, but I'm hearing more and more about nurses losing their identity. The argument is that we want to be recognized as professionals, but we do nothing to...

  6. Patient Care Tech duties..replacing Nursing duties?

    malinne replied to c5150b's topic in General Nursing

    We allow PCT's, who are in their last year of nursing school, to start IV's, insert NG's, if they have a skills check-off that they have completed that task and met the goals in their nursing program....

  7. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    malinne replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see...a radio that broke in a week, a coffee cup with logo, a T-shirt, an insulated lunch bag...but this year there's a new Chief Nursing Officer who's holding out for a decent gift or nothing....