Rnandsoccermom

How about bringing kids to visit at 11 pm on a school night. Same visitor demands to know everything the MD said that day and wants to speak to him right now. Unfortunately I was the supervisor and had to tell her it wasn't an emergency and we wouldn...

Also been in that situation, had a few people that were like that. I was told I needed to develop thicker skin when I commented about it... It was a very toxic environment.

I haven't posted in a long time and here are my thoughts on this. I left a well paying job that I had been at for over 15 years this year. I made a very comfortable living last year worked a lot of OT. I started having physical symptoms that wouldn'...

Yes it may be, but this can be true of any online class in any field. It is a design flaw, I'm not saying it is right, but cheating can't be proven in this format and the schools know this. They don't seem to care, the "cheater" gave them $12,000.

IRB? I'm afraid I don't know what that means. I have issues with the study because you won't be able to consistently replicate results without ALL states and hospitals following the same study conditions. When will a mandate be put forth that the USA...

Part of research is being able to replicate results under similar settings. I would like to see it done in a setting where the staff are not being told they participating in a research study. I have a friend who works in a large teaching hospital in ...

I have been a nurse for 28 years and the research has always shown that lower nurse to patient ratios deliver better patient outcomes. If I have 8-10 patients on a night shift I can only do what I can do. Some patients will get neglected in some ways...

I have a very old friend who is not originally from the States. She had to get her BSN, she did it online. She participated in the online discussions herself and did short assignments on her own. She had her son write the majority of her papers. She ...

This is my problem with this whole debate. My magnet hospital can cancel me at 5 pm for a 7 pm start. Then they call back at 9 pm and cancel again for 11 pm. Then call back at 1 am and I have to come in or get written up. We had a family complain th...

One thing I have learned over many years is never try and give people ammunition to use against you. Keep your personal life personal. Good luck.

I would be really careful with this for two reasons: 1. You could be accused of "stealing time while on the clock". It is not job related and they will have proof. 2. If you ever get named in a lawsuit your character, integrity and professionalism wi...

The problem with this is it lends itself to favoritism. I also work with someone who requires the Fri/Sat sabbath and is accommmodated by the boss. We are all forced to rearrange our schedules and shifts for this persons needs. We all feel slighted, ...

OBAMA/BIDEN-the supreme court decisions and the rest of the world and how we deal with them matter to my childrens future.

Interestingly a couple of the area hospitals where I live have a "robot" that actually rounds on patients. It has a video screen with a MD connected to the other end of it. Obviously it is not being used on critically ill patients but it is being use...

I haven't gotten a flu shot in 15 years. My husband is a RT who has asthma- irony I know. He gets a flu shot every year. I rarely get sick, he has bronchitis at least twice a year.I personally believe we are are being exposed to too many environment...

You hit the nail on the head. "Nursing care" is included in the overall cost of services. I envision that in the future there will be one or two highly educated nurses "supervising" all the tasks be performed by services who can all charge separately...

For my mental health, it is better for me to have more than 2 days off a week. After 27 years, I don't want to spend 5 days a week at work. I want to enjoy life while my mind and body will still let me.

I have had this dicussion many times over many years with many nurses at different educational levels and the general consensus is that it takes roughly 5 years to feel at least 90% clinically compentent with bedside skills ie: starting IV;s, breath ...

26 years in and I can honestly say I wouldn't change a thing. This is what I'm good at. I've tried various types of nursing and I can not sit behind a desk in an office (at 47 years old). I'm a 3 year-diploma grad asked to be a supervisor by my DON. ...

Hmmm... we still restrict visiting hours where I work (9am-8pm). Extended hours are on a case by case basis. It is up to the supervisors discretion. I being a supervisor see no need for a visitor to come strolling in at 1 am on a Saturday night to v...

-IM pain medication "Demerol and Vistaril q4 hours IM for pain -Routinely giving iron via z-tract injection. -Conservative management of a GI bleeder-they all came up from the ER with coffee ground emesis and you had to start an IV and sink a Salem s...

I stopped wearing full makeup years ago, got tired of it melting off my face by the end of the shift. Reapplying it during a busy shift was a joke. Now I wear mascara on my blond eyelashes, cover up for dark circles under my eyes and some sort of lip...

Every hospital I've worked at had it's staff sign a job description stating that you will perform patient care. Us old timers always laugh about it because we can't figure out why people think cleaning somebody ISN'T patient care. It IS part of your ...

A very good friend of mind responded to a bully MD saying "You might talk to your kids or your wife like that, but you don't know me, I am a professional and I don't have to listen to this. When you are ready to speak to me in a professional manner a...

Ok, I work in supervision and what they are doing is not legal unless you signed a contract stating this is what you agreed to. I guarantee your states labor laws will not support this either. I would get a copy of your phone records and start a pape...