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So sorry for what you are going through. Time to take care of you. It is ok to be selfish. Get therapy, go on vacation, get a massage etc. Do whatever you need to to feel better. You are right..you do not have coping skills. That is not your fault. ...

I would definitely interview and see if you can get the new job. I would not feel guilty at ALL because they are treating the support staff poorly and asking them to do illegal practices. See if you can get some actual documentation/proof of them alt...

That is hilarious! Wasn't funny the morning it happened but I love this cartoon! LOL!

I ended up with just under 2 feet. Glad to be on the OP side of things and have the storm be on the weekend so I could stay home. Our census is full so I felt bad for all the staff that needed to work. My hospital had cots available and food. The loc...

Today I learned to take time to appreciate all that I have.... 2 patients I saw today made me really sad. The first one, the Mom looked at me with tears in her eyes. She told me she only had $65 in her bank account. She got gas this morning and then...

I have 3 cats and can tell who did what. My vet loved me when one of my cats developed diabetes (he has since crossed over the rainbow bridge). With cats they use human Lantus and they do not typically keep close control the way we do in humans. Well...

Interesting article. What they need to do is let the nurses staffing the unit, design the unit. I once worked on a floor that was recently sponsored by a large company. They totally gutted the floor and the staff were able to redesign what they wante...

My Mom is like this. Keep in mind, we are a medical family. My Dad is an Anesthesiologist, my Mom is a Medical Technologist and I am a PNP (dinner conversations are interesting :)). My Mom is completely delusional about her own health issues. She had...

I work in a specialty practice and do both. I have my own group of patients with a particular diagnosis that I handle myself primarily (new and f/u patients). I also can work with my attendings and do the H&P and see the patient with the attendin...

I graduated high school in 1994 so I was a child of the 80's and 90's. I am not sure I ever had a school nurse. We did have a health room in elementary school. I remember going once when I was sick with a sore throat but I remember my mom being there...

I have always worked in peds and am tall (5'11"). I have chronic back issues so I have learned over the years how to sit whenever I can. If I am not careful, I am bending over to take care of my patients all day (b/c of my height) and that is bad for...

These are my fur babies!!!! Simba (top 2 pics) is my snuggle buddy. Phoebe is my sweetie. Picture was of her being my nurse when I threw my back out. Bottom pic is Zander (grey tabby) he is a budha and such a sweetie! When I threw my back out and li...

My hospital has a secure "share" drive that would work in this situation. I know my MD's use it to store their Robotic/laparoscopic videos. They use them for education purposes. Each department/division is given a folder and you can password protect ...

OMG "flip my twinkie" just made me burst out laughing in the middle of our clinic and now my MA's are looking at me like I am nuts!!! You guys crack me up!!!

LOL

I was impressed with how my hospital responded. They listened to our pain team (which is led by NP's) and came up with a plan that seems reasonable and put the kabosh on what JCAHO really wanted (using the scale to dictate which med to use). The NP t...

May be reimbursement or may be JCAHO AS I said in my post previous to yours

I have a thought to this. I am a PNP and work in a pediatric hospital. I work in Urology so we write for a lot of PRN meds for post op and kidney stone patients. Interesting reading this because we, as a division, met with one of the APN's from our p...

Well I can guarantee THAT will never happen to you again!!! Try not to beat yourself up too much. The families were not upset and that is the bottom line. Moving forward, I would use this as a learning opportunity with the staff. I would type up writ...

Thanks you guys! Been thinking about and praying for you guys all day!

Stunned....saw the news story initially online and thought it could not possibly be true. Such a tragedy. I found allnurses in the Fall of 2004 when I had just graduated from grad school and got my first NP job. I wish I had found it earlier. It is a...

The state I practice in (DE) has a state law that any minor who is getting a genital/breast exam must have a chaperone in the room. The law was made after it was found that a local pediatrician was molesting his patients for decades (it made national...

Hope you called the home nursing copmany!! SMDH!

Hate to disappoint you but it still happens on the provider said. Now you get Press Gainey about YOU! They survey MAYBE 5-10% of your patients and however they respond is treated like gospel. It is also posted on the hospital's website with your name...

I have always gotten the flu vaccine. I have asthma so I have to regardless of what my employer mandates. I have no problem with mandatory (or STRONG incentive) to get employees to be vaccinated. I do NOT like how my place of employment does it thou...