It's not about being old foggy's or relaxing standards, it's about being able to read what a person writes. If I have to decipher the meaning as I read the words, I skip the post. Too much work. And...
Our hospital gives $4.50 an hour shift differential and if you have filled your weekend comittment (every other week) and you pick up another weekend night (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) as extra you get...
Wow, I wish we had electronic order entry like that! The MDs entering paper orders in the chart will be the big challenge if the charts are sitting up at the nurses station and the nurses are way down...
We are opening a new tower at my hospital that is set up differently than what we are used to in the old building. Nurses will document on computers outside patient rooms but the charts will be kept...
tanhaight replied to kasendamiles86's topic in General Nursing
I think you know it was a crummy thing to do a no-show, anxiety or not. Someone else probably had to stay over or a charge nurse/manager was pulled to the floor to cover you. I'd call tomorrow and...
tanhaight replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing
Like it or not, it is a commonly held belief in the western world that speaking another language in front of someone else (WHEN you are capable of speaking a common language) is just plain...
Orthopedic Core Curriculum: (which is the bible on this) 4 point gait: Supported/partial WB is permitted on both legs. Safest gait, gives maximal balance b/c there are always 3 pts of contact with the...
For the record, I could never do an ER nurses job...I would implode after one crazy night. Most nurses understand each others position; it's the lazy/negligent few who make it difficult for others....
It's not a secret that many (not all) ED nurses hang on to patients until they leave so they don't have to take another before end of shift. That puts the new shifts in both departments under the gun....
Let me clarify. LA is still expensive and probably always will be for the average consumer. Inland areas or the places mentioned above are where you want to buy. My husband and I just looked at land...
Housing prices have dipped a little bit but still very expensive. My husband bought our home 27 years ago so we're lucky but I tell my college aged son not to count on living here. I have no idea how...
My third post in a row, I know but this grammar purist is riled up. My brother in law is a widely published linguistics professor, a genius who speaks 21 languages fluently. I'll take his word and his...
Okay, 'sontimeter' is the french pronounciation but the word has been 'anglicized' and the accepted way of saying it on this side of the pond is centimeter. Foyer is french also but the pronounciation...
I can't stand the 'sontimeter' instead of centimeter pronounciation!! It's always the ones who think they are the highly educated and enlightened ones. I've lived in two countries with the metric...
tanhaight replied to veronica butterfly's topic in Oncology
We don't keep linens separately but if they are soiled and it's within the 48 hours post chemo we put them in a biohazard bag and label it indicating chemo precautions. Where it goes from there, I...