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    Badly needing to vent right now.

    live4today replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree! Eight patients per nurse in acute care nursing is entirely too many patients. Remember......when you receive report on those eight patients, you are totally responsible for them....
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    NOC Patient bathing

    live4today replied to sheridan7679's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think it would be a nice suggestion for patients to receive their baths before bedtime so they can have a back massage, their sleeping pill, and lights out. They would no doubt sleep better, and...
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    Wound Vac

    live4today replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at hospitals where the wound care nurse or the burn unit nurses do wound vac dressing changes.
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    Thinking about Civilian nursing for the Army

    live4today replied to nurselily3's topic in Government, Military

    i worked for only stateside military hospitals. when we were stationed in europe, it was during the downsizing of the military in the early 1990s, so i did not get to work as a nurse overseas then. i...
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    What do you think is a fair salary for nurses?

    live4today replied to Sweetpea00's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, if a RN has ten plus years experience, we should be making 50,000 minimum. When I work fulltime, I can easily gross that amount as a nurse, but want 55,000 and up since the cost of living...
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    Rn Failure!

    live4today replied to Madrn2b's topic in Nursing Career

    They want nurses to look OUTSIDE the box....so to speak.
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    Tenet Hospital

    live4today replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    I was told I had seven years to file a lawsuit. I have to obtain an attorney willing to take on Tenet since Tenet is ALWAYS in court, so there's a LOT of people waiting in line to get at Tenet. I was...
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    Tenet Hospital

    live4today replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks renerian. Have you ever wanted to put a "physical face" to the companies that shirk their responsibilities when employees of places they own are injured or abused? I wonder sometimes if they...
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    Tenet Hospital

    live4today replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Angie. I have never experienced nurse abuse like that, and the CA Governor NEVER responded to my plea for help. I liked him better as an actor. Now that I know him as a politician, I wouldn't...
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    Tenet Hospital

    live4today replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    RUUUUUUUNNNNNNN CHOIRCAT! RUUUUUNNNN 4 YOUR LIFE!!! :rotfl: I worked for a Tenet hospital as a travel nurse and was assaulted while on duty by a hospital visitor who was almost as big as Shaquille...
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    I am on my first travel assignment!

    live4today replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Good going! :) What state are you in? Do they need anymore travel
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    Rn Failure!

    live4today replied to Madrn2b's topic in Nursing Career

    you overcome it by getting back into the game, and moving forward again. if you are determined to become a nurse, don't give up just because you had a reality shock by not passing! you only fail if...
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    Ever been a unit secretary?

    live4today replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons: Thank God for Unit Secretaries! I thank and praise them every chance I get because I know their job is just as overwhelming as mine -- yes, in different ways, but still mind-boggling...
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    Thinking about Civilian nursing for the Army

    live4today replied to nurselily3's topic in Government, Military

    I previously worked as a Department of the Army Civilian Nurse. I search the USA JOB site all the time looking for "the perfect assignment" to apply for. :) I miss working in military environments....
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    More Things I Have Learned Over The Years

    live4today replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    Finish the Sentence: "Doctors practice, Nurses ____________?

    live4today replied to allamericangirl's topic in General Nursing

    doctors practice....nurses teach what they
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    What Do You Think About the "Nurse Generalist" Movement?

    live4today replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If they do go forward with this model, the hospitals better start putting their pennies in a cookie jar to boost the salary of all the highly qualified nurses with specialties. Shaping nursing like...
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    ADN vs BSN My daughter and I having a heated Discussion!

    live4today replied to NOIRLINCOLN's topic in General Students

    I'm bringing the original poster's post forward because I do not read where the daughter is footing the bill herself. NOIRLINCOLN........Is your daughter footing the cost of her own education, or...
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    patient privacy, arghh!!!!

    live4today replied to renee2004's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. It does suck in situations as you
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    ADN vs BSN My daughter and I having a heated Discussion!

    live4today replied to NOIRLINCOLN's topic in General Students

    As a parent of adult daughters, I beg to differ with this train of thought on the following condition:You're right in saying "she is an adult" (assuming she is already of legal age). You're right in...
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    Ever done a clinical rotation in a prison?

    live4today replied to mariedoreen's topic in General Students

    No way...no how....never would I ever do that.
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    Save a Life, Lose your License

    live4today replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If I knew for sure how to do the procedure to save the person's life, I would do it. Othewise, I would continue trying to dislodge the foreign object according to CPR guidelines until the paramedics...
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    Anyone hate their first job?

    live4today replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

    Jayla.......the unit you worked on is identical to the one I used to work on not long ago. It's not you.......it's exactly as you said -- lack of good leadership and lack of good teamwork. I hope...
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    Dating Patients

    live4today replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    He was HOT alright! Stopped me dead in my tracks when I entered his room to admit him. He was only in for hand surgery. Nothing wrong with him that I could tell. :rotfl: And...he was an inpatient on...
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    Cystic Fibrosis in egg donation

    live4today replied to cokegal19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would not donate my eggs if I were told they were genetically predisposed to passing on anything that would affect the life of someone else's child. If I were told that I was receiving a donor egg...