mercykitten

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1. "The Jesus Factor"

   mercykitten replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   "Mr. Jones, I have been meaning to talk to you about your cholesterol levels. You need to take a pill to lower those levels as well as change your diet. No more salt or fatty foods for you." said...

2. Anyone with chronic back pain ever get better?

   mercykitten replied to Kirsti1181's topic in General Nursing

   I want to be encouraging and there is good news. While my back pain never completely goes away, it is better at times. But what I have found is that I have learned to tolerate the pain better. Pain...

3. sick nurses

   mercykitten replied to Lauriek's topic in General Nursing

   First, no one has mentioned that the vomiting nurse may have been pregnant. That happens quite frequently with our co-workers (since we are a predominantly female occupation). Several of my co-workers...

4. Downsizing in a nursing shortage????

   mercykitten replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Whose hospital isn't talking about cutting costs? We hear this at every unit meeting. While it is true that governmental budget cuts have impacted all of health care, the ceo's and other high level...

5. so what does your hospital's ceo make?

   mercykitten posted a topic in General Nursing

   A newspaper article in our Sunday paper revealed the fact that the ceo at our hospital makes almost $700,000 a year. The vice president of nursing makes over $300,00 a year. And we have been told to...

6. Transition from restraint to restraint free facility

   mercykitten replied to Ric's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Thanks for your note, but I am in Kentucky.....I guess some of the info at allnurses.com got mixed up. But I do like both Texas and North Carolina. My twin brother went to

7. Transition from restraint to restraint free facility

   mercykitten replied to Ric's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   We (hospital) have been told to go restraint free. While I understand the intentions behind this, the reality is that it doesn't work. First of all, it does not support patient safety. We had one pt....