barbie90210

barbie90210

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  1. putting the squeeze on the nursing staff

    barbie90210 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    i totally sympathize. i have had my share of family members who write everything down, call you to turn the patient every hour, and look at you as if you are a criminal, lazy or trying to get out of...

  2. How do you deal with a unhelpful colleague?

    barbie90210 replied to aka_selina's topic in General Nursing

    in an emergency situation she cannot refuse. this will need some serious discussion with your nursing manager. i would have told her to page the house supervisor for me if she was not going to help....

  3. Experienced Nurses Only

    barbie90210 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    LOL

  4. Experienced Nurses Only

    barbie90210 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    that's a good idea. just put "bz" before the post in the subject line. i guess the moderators have to make some announcement to that effect - not sure how. thanks texas lvn - you solved the problem...

  5. Experienced Nurses Only

    barbie90210 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    i know - that's what i said. it would not be possible to verify and would have to rely on the honor system. maybe creating a specific venting or support forum where the rule is that postings are to be...

  6. Experienced Nurses Only

    barbie90210 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    after being an rn for more than 20 years i came upon a site called http://www.aboutmyjob.com. stories are posted about professions and there are many stories from nurses. the comments to those stories...

  7. Mom needs advice please!!!

    barbie90210 replied to nurselala33's topic in General Nursing

    the minimum credential to teach in the california state university system is a doctorate in nursing. the minimum credential to teach for university of phoenix is a masters degree. the minimum...

  8. Experienced Nurses Only

    barbie90210 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with the original post. when nurses in the battlefield want to vent or state their true opinions they are often met with the idealistic "you're just burnt out", "maybe you need to leave the...

  9. Opinions please...

    barbie90210 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    They absolutely are "real" nurses. Here in California I rarely work with them - however it seems that perhaps they are working in clinics etc. and I work in hospitals. It sounds as if you will have to...

  10. Mom needs advice please!!!

    barbie90210 replied to nurselala33's topic in General Nursing

    without reading everything in detail since she was home schooled she may not have gotten used to the zillions of multiple "guess" tests that most people take in school. however, the exam to get the...

  11. Question about agency and travel

    barbie90210 posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    just wondering if there are nurses out there who are working registry or

  12. Nursing administration forcing us to take too many patients

    barbie90210 replied to gtmoore's topic in General Nursing

    the experience i have had most consistently is that supervisors are in between staff nurses and upper management. if management is not pleased they will be fired. if the nurses are not content they...

  13. Question about agency and travel

    barbie90210 replied to barbie90210's topic in Agency Nurses

    [color=#00bfff]actually i am not working registry. i was wondering about the experiences some have had. my perception is that it's a good bet hospitals don't want nurses thinking that registry work is...

  14. Question about agency and travel

    barbie90210 replied to barbie90210's topic in Agency Nurses

    that's awsome. i wonder what the working conditions are like in your