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  1. NEED ADVICE! I quit my job and now I regret it.

    glasgow3 replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    In many cases, yes, the employer can just "blow off the new employees"-----but not always. Employment-at-will is an issue, but in some states your reliance upon an employer's promise of future...

  2. Rehab. nurses please. Need help.

    glasgow3 replied to Mikerinhouston's topic in General Nursing

    As a general rule inpatient rehabilitation hospitals/units do not have telemetry. But, there're certainly exceptions to be found. For the most part inpatient rehabs need medically stable folks....the...

  3. What should I do? Nursing Supervisor intercepting and playing doctor

    glasgow3 replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    What should you do? In my humble opinion, you have already done what you should do---leave that hell hole!!! Your house supervisor is an idiot. Incompetent AND abusive..nice combo for someone who's...

  4. New CMS payment, what Hospitals are not reimbursed for:

    glasgow3 replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    Nope...the Powers That Be TRY to give me all the blame BUT I refuse to accept it!!! That drives them crazy and will eventually get me terminated however I just won't play that

  5. ICU fighting admissions?

    glasgow3 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's scenerio with the grossly low respiratory rate sounds like a case for the rapid response/ rapid assessment

  6. Hey Hey,,, Anyone else on call tonite??

    glasgow3 replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Two bucks an hour? Hey, big spenderrrrrrr...spendddddddddddddddd a little time with me. Seriously, how on EARTH are hospitals allowed to get away with this crap? Wait around for work at an hourly rate...

  7. CVA questions

    glasgow3 replied to lakec4me's topic in General Nursing

    Every CVA case is different and as you may know, giving medical advice is not permitted under the TOS for this site. That said, I believe I can give you some general information and direction. The...

  8. The PT said WHAT????

    glasgow3 replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The "problem" here is that nationally, assisted living facilities are in no way uniform as to admission criteria, the types and intensities of assistance available, staffing levels and mix, and...

  9. Difference between normal saline for inj & water for inj

    glasgow3 replied to saulgoodman's topic in General Nursing

    Briefly and perhaps more to the point: Both NS for injection and water for injection are made for iv administration BUT NS is isotonic while water for injection is extremely hypotonic----so hypotonic...

  10. Socialized Medicine....WHAT IF?

    glasgow3 replied to unclebenny20's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You are very wise to be concerned. After all, we are nurses first and foremost. We should not be concerned about family and friends least of all our fellow man. Citizens in the entire industrialized...

  11. The Black Cloud

    glasgow3 replied to casperx875x's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if you need a therapist now but you surely will if you continue in that current job. You've said it yourself, the more experienced nurses on your unit believe the recent changes have made...

  12. Please help me with my homework question for my MSN program!

    glasgow3 replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in General Nursing

    http://dhemery.com/articles/untangling_communication/ "Borrow" from the info on that link...might help, couldn't

  13. Fed Up With Understaffing

    glasgow3 replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    When I became a nurse manager the very first thing I told my staff was that I would never expect them to do anything that I wouldn't or couldn't do myself. If this manager is so certain that what she...

  14. Meeting Today...opinions?

    glasgow3 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    'her truth' (there were no 'truths' according to them). Ahhhhhhh, but there ARE some "truths" with respect to nursing practice, delegation and licensure. Your manager is either unaware of those...

  15. Does this sound like "a little much" to you??

    glasgow3 replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

  16. Does this sound like "a little much" to you??

    glasgow3 replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bet that sheet will require more than just acknowlegement of your hourly presence...look forward to verifying that you inquired about pain, need to toilet etc etc etc Much like a bad flu virus you can...

  17. A Doctor lied to make me look bad!

    glasgow3 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a simple trick that attendings can learn to insure that consults are requested on a timely basis, to insure that the right specialist or specialty group is contacted, and to insure that the...

  18. Abandonment issues!

    glasgow3 replied to RNtowering's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So very sad. Only in nursing would folks go off into a discussion about was report given or not, were the keys passed or not, were the narcotics counted or not....... THIS NURSE WAS VERY ILL AND...

  19. Acuity-Based Staffing?

    glasgow3 replied to Ayrman's topic in General Nursing

  20. Nurse fired for calling police

    glasgow3 replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished reading a thread where an RN was assigned 28 acute care patients with a team of 1 LPN and two aides----and now this one, where a nurse was fired for reporting an obviously...

  21. Required nurse minimum in night shift PACU Help!!!

    glasgow3 replied to nurse4me8897's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Why not also report them to the Board of Nursing and/or the ANA? I was waiting for that one next. I don't wish to be unkind, but if a call to these organizations did any good, do you really think we'd...

  22. Placement Care of Dobhoff

    glasgow3 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    You should check an initial feeding tube placement with a KUB. Once confirmed the tube should be marked so you can see if it moved. Only after initial placement is confirmed with x-ray are other...

  23. Rapid Response Team?!?!

    glasgow3 replied to Okami_CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think most would expect that summoning a team of several experienced professionals when a patient's baseline vitals deteriorate could have the effect of improving certain outcomes all things being...

  24. I think I said yes and should have said no

    glasgow3 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

  25. I think I said yes and should have said no

    glasgow3 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    A bit off topic here but if you are actually commuting from your tax home rather than incurring what amounts to duplicated expenses: that per diem is NOT tax free as you appear to believe. Doesn't...