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glenwood

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  1. Sexual Harrassment?

    glenwood replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Your patient needs to be confronted and told to stop this. However you could also look at what inside of you makes you so uncomfortable with this abusive display. You can get over it and be a better...

  2. From PA to RN

    glenwood replied to SilentfadesRPA's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. There are more job oportunites for RNs so if you want to move to an area with no market for PAs or want to enjoy the flexability of working agency or have more upward mobility in a larger pool it...

  3. Anyone have dogs and work 12hr shifts?

    glenwood replied to xokelly2's topic in General Nursing

    Your dogs have a good home. Stop feeling guilty. Being left alone for 14 hours 3 days a week is not pet neglect. Just spend time with them when your off. Hireing a neighbor to spend time with hem and...

  4. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    glenwood posted a topic in General Nursing

    Having a union in my opinion makes the diference between having the right to hold my head up and stand up for my patients and being an abused and overworked doormat. How many of us are in unions? Who...

  5. Do drs really look down on nurses?

    glenwood replied to lmf2006's topic in General Nursing

    When you change from engeneering to nursing you are going from an ojective job where you deal with practicle problems.to one where you are dealing with sickness, death and human emotions. I wouldn't...

  6. Do drs really look down on nurses?

    glenwood replied to lmf2006's topic in General Nursing

    Yes some doctors really look down on nurses. Nurses get to oick up the slack for everyone in the hospital. Nursing is a rough job. Some people you work with treat you with respect, some don't. I have...

  7. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    glenwood replied to glenwood's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are expected to make sacrifices to care for patients. We are not supposed to expect anything for ourselves or ask too much. We are supposed to be models of unselfish devotion . Funy thing the...

  8. Career Change - NURSING - Help Needed

    glenwood replied to nycNurse2b's topic in New York Nursing

    Don''t bet on being accepted by CUNY. Apply to Pace University and several others. It is hard to get into nursing school right now. very Competitive. A business background can be an asset and a lot of...

  9. How do you deal with lazy nurses??

    glenwood replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very few nurses I have known ever get a chance to take it easy. They may be burnt out or wiped out from a run of hard shifts. Most of my life as an agency nurse I got dumped on but it was because the...

  10. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    glenwood replied to glenwood's topic in General Nursing

    Dear CardiacRN, Give your mother my best wishes for a speedy union victory. No one wants to have to strike but sometimes there is no other way. The hospital can transfere the patients out or let...

  11. Non christian RN @ Catholic hospital?

    glenwood replied to maolin's topic in General Nursing

    As an atheist I worked at Catholic hospitals and never had a problem. The staff refered women to Planed Parenthood or similar places if they had a problem associated with reproduction. The doctors...

  12. precepting a student with a bad reputation.....

    glenwood replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Keep an open mind. Give the student a chance.When and if there is a problem you may be able to confront the student inteligently about it and cut through all the nonsense. Ask what the problem is, why...

  13. "YOU'RE my Nurse?!?!?"

    glenwood replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Look for the most tailored formal white uniforms you can find. If you have to wear scrubs wear dark blue or a dark color. get organised before you go into the room and introduce yourself in a very...

  14. Losing confidence in new job b/c of IV insertion?

    glenwood replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

    It takes a lomg time and a lot of practice to get good. Calm down. Try to work with a nurse who is an expert. every floor has someone they call into start IVs no one else can start. find her and see...

  15. What is the nurse to patient ratio in your facility?

    glenwood replied to Colima's topic in General Nursing

    My first job in 1986 was on the night shift and a surgical floor. We had 10 to 13 patiens each and no nurses aids. It was horrible. I then worked agency for a long time in chicago. The nightshift in...

  16. Violent Sex Offender on our unit (long)...

    glenwood replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember a patient that after he was discharged came back to our unit repeatedly. We would find him in the supply room at 2AM or going through the medicine carts. It was pretty scary. Hospitals can...

  17. What was the toughest part of Nursing school for you?

    glenwood replied to LADYFLOWER's topic in General Students

    Every teacher had the one right way to do things. Their was neither rhyme nor reason to it and the one right way varied from one teacher to the other. I am so glad it is

  18. Make up...?

    glenwood replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    Most nurses I have worked with dont wear make up. It is absurd that teachers would require it. I supose a little powder and a natural tone lipstick might be bearable but I would appeal this policy. Do...

  19. Questions abou Immunizations & titer

    glenwood replied to maryruth's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I presume you are applying for school. Most jobs pay for your titers and vacinations. Apply for a health aid job and they will take care of it. You also will geta job and some good work expertience...

  20. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    glenwood replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    I needed a job. I did it for the money. Same reason most people go to work. If they didn't pay me I wouldn't show up. I like uniforms and flat healed shoes. I always know what I am doing is usefull...

  21. Losing sleep over lack of job offers, is anyone else experiencing anything like this?

    glenwood replied to pa0723's topic in General Nursing

    Being 57 and a new grad might be the problem. Try not to get too upset about it. If you don't get a job offer in a hospital get a years exprience where you are and you will be more marketable. If you...

  22. Agnostic/Athiest Beliefs and Comforting a Dying Patient

    glenwood replied to HisDaughterJeanne's topic in General Nursing

    A Lot Of Times It Is In The Middle Of The Night That The Anxious Patient Wants To Talk And There Is No Priest Or Rabi Available. As An Athiest I Have Noticed That Most People Are Harder On Themelves...

  23. Agnostic/Athiest Beliefs and Comforting a Dying Patient

    glenwood replied to HisDaughterJeanne's topic in General Nursing

    As An Athiest Nurse I Have Not Had A Problem Dealing With Dying Pathients. I Tell Them I Am Not Religious If They Ask. Ive Read The Bible To Patients Who Have Asked Me To. I Never Chalenge Their...

  24. Main Problem In The Nursing Field?

    glenwood replied to blueyesue's topic in General Nursing

    The tremendous overload of work. We need fewer pathients per nurse to make for better care, greater safety and less stressed out nurses. To get this we need to unionise Nurses and hospital workers...

  25. Interview Thursday!

    glenwood replied to RunnerRN's topic in School

    An ER nurse is perfect for the job so you are way over qualified on the clinical side. Be sure to stress how much you will enjoy working with parents and staff. Calling parents is the big thing school...