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  1. Nursing or Medical School

    tonchitoRN replied to Yosemite's topic in Nursing Career

    Stay in medicine but definitely make your goal a physician assistant, nurse practitioner or MD. Stay away from bedside nursing. You'll feel better about

  2. Another charge nurse question...

    tonchitoRN replied to nanablue2's topic in General Nursing

    What we did re: admissions is everyone got a number i.e. 5 nurses so 1-5. When first admit went to number 1 and 2nd to number 2 etc. The only thing that was rotated was if you are first admit today...

  3. Team Nursing vs Primary Nursing

    tonchitoRN replied to michelle999's topic in General Nursing

    Because everyone who has posted prefers the team nursing concept I have a question. Is the RN legally responsible for the LPN/LVN i.e. cosigning her MAR's etc, making sure the patient got her meds,...

  4. Litigation Risk Management!! Must READ!!

    tonchitoRN replied to IluvMyPtsPeriod's topic in General Nursing

    I read with interest your info. re: malpractice. But please include that just because you are not named in a suit does not mean you are not involved. Many times any and all those who laid eyes on the...

  5. Listen, Nurse

    tonchitoRN replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    Someone just asked "what is more important than the patient?" I'll tell you who, YOU! Your physical and mental well being should be your priority. This is probably the number one reason nurses burn...

  6. Listen, Nurse

    tonchitoRN replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    When I was doing clinicals in nursing school the nurse I was working with said I "talked and listened" too much with the patients. The patients loved it but the fact is it would make me late to get...

  7. Precepting

    tonchitoRN replied to Jen S's topic in General Nursing

    For those who do not like to precept my question is

  8. Precepting

    tonchitoRN replied to Jen S's topic in General Nursing

    I loved precepting. I guess it is because I love teaching. It is a great opportunity to get to know those you are going to work side by side with. Plus with a new grad it is a great opportunity to...

  9. How do you deal with lazy co-workers?

    tonchitoRN replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    You all have named every reason that I have never liked team nursing. There is always someone is does not pull there share of the work and gets away with it. I'd rather work in an area where I know...

  10. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    tonchitoRN replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am currently pregnant. When I go into labor I do not want a nurse who was floated to a med.-surg. floor. I have worked med.-surg. and know what infections there are. No amount of hand washing is...

  11. Need help with new baylor/weekend incentive policy

    tonchitoRN replied to KCLum's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    By the way, your Baylor policy is very generous. In our Baylor policy the employees worked 2 - 16 hours shifts and were paid for 40 hours. It was a very popular program and was always full. It was...

  12. Need help with new baylor/weekend incentive policy

    tonchitoRN replied to KCLum's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    For some reason, in my hospital, holidays were not a problem. If you wanted off you made a formal request. The exception was for Xmas and New Year's day. We posted a list and everyone was to work one...