ern91

ern91

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  1. Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

    ern91 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Male nurses are no different than female nurses other than they have an exuse not to assist in gyn exams or place catheters in female

  2. Drug Testing At Hospitals

    ern91 replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

    i guess since healthcare has become so corporatized, drug testing for nurses is becoming passe. i dont have a problem being tested for a job , i guess because i am not an impaired nurse. i have seen...

  3. Hca

    ern91 replied to ern91's topic in General Nursing

    ]TO at 2726 ] ] NO OFFENSE BUT......PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER A MANAGEMENT POSITION UNLESS YOU KNOW YOU ARE QUALIFIED!!! I'M WILLING TO BET THERE ARE ALOT OF NURSES OUT THERE WHO...

  4. Employee of the month yet written up 4 insubordination and put on 60days probation.

    ern91 replied to icare4icu's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    still not clear on what policy you violated. also, what is the difference between sitter and cna. as i have been in management, from that standpoint, the person who would have cost the dept. the most...

  5. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    ern91 replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    meditech is awful. seems like every week administration adds something else to the program for us to chart. med reconcilliation in the er is especially time consuming since we do it on all patients,...

  6. I have really messed up.

    ern91 replied to Heather A.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    I remember the days I felt too intimidated to speak up. You are learning one of the hardest things about nursing.....how to communicate in any given circumstance with all manner of personalities. you...

  7. Employee of the month yet written up 4 insubordination and put on 60days probation.

    ern91 replied to icare4icu's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    just a few questions... how long have you been a charge nurse? under what circumstances did you send the cna home? who picks employee of the month? exactly who put you on probation, the nursemanager,...

  8. Questioning a Docs decision...long

    ern91 replied to emsboss's topic in Emergency

    1. A NURSE HAS THE RIGHT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REFUSE TO DISCHARGE ANY PT DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE FOR DISCHARGE BY THAT NURSE. 2. USE YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND IF YOUR DECISION IS QUESTIONED AND...

  9. and people WANT to do this????????????

    ern91 replied to Ranchgirl30's topic in Emergency

    i have also done this type of nursing. in a level1 county facility. started my shift with an er holding area of 43 pts, myself and 1 other rn, 1 cna and that was it. this is the norm for this...

  10. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    ern91 replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    absolutely. houston,tx. medical center hospitals, specialty areas, 48 hr work week with all the extra ot you can

  11. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    ern91 replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    This is a late reply as I have just joined this forum but I am compelled to reply. In my opinion, hospital administration fosters rudness towards agency nurses as a general attitude by having them in...

  12. JCAHO and Time out

    ern91 replied to Dixielee's topic in Emergency

    Oh My God!! Time Out Forms In An Er Is Ridiculous!! Seems This Is More For An Inpatient Setting Rather Than The Er Which Is Really An Outpatient Setting. We Don't Amputate Limbs! The Requirement Is...