JMBnurse

JMBnurse

Oncology, Med/Surg, Hospice, Case Mgmt.

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  1. When calling in are you asked "what's wrong with you"

    JMBnurse replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 16 years and worked in several different facilities. This thread is eye opening for me. I have never called in a lot, but I have always told the supervisor exactly what was...

  2. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    JMBnurse replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Great story. Nurses like you are the reason I became a nurse. I have not been through what you have, but I live in the South and when it snows here, everything shuts down and you can't get anywhere....

  3. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    JMBnurse replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow. Not to say that this is something the OP would do at all, but this reminds me of the story of that Nursing Home in New Orleans where the staff apparently deserted the elderly residents during...

  4. Pyxis (almost) nightmares. PLEASE be careful.

    JMBnurse replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Medications

    I never worked in ICU or the ER during my nursing career, but I agree that drugs like sux should never be in a pyxis. That is a drug along with many others, such as, versed, diprivan and injectable...

  5. I hate ignorant people...

    JMBnurse replied to sarah620's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...maybe you are hanging around with the wrong people, lol. I've been an RN for 16 years now and I never get that. Maybe it's because I live in the South, but I find that most people are very...