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  1. on call for holidays?

    lee1 replied to bonjovigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Absoulutely NOT, I would find another job pronto and tell them WHY you are leaving. If many nurses do this that benefit will be restored and whoever thought of it fired. Do you have a retention...

  2. Rita's coming-my hospital won't close!!

    lee1 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Did I miss something? Was there any disciplinary action taken on your return to work or to ANY staff that had chosen to evacuate??? OR, were you just welcomed back and everyone was thankful that...

  3. Rita's coming-my hospital won't close!!

    lee1 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    How did you work as an ICU nurse if you are not trained as one???? Did you have responsiblity of care for those patients or just helping

  4. Hackensack University

    lee1 replied to redred's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Does Hackensack have a penion plan for their nurses???? Not a 403B/401, a monthly for life pension that you get when you retire. How many weeks vacation, sick days, etc. also do you get??? Do you get...

  5. Rita's coming-my hospital won't close!!

    lee1 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Let me say that I think that staying in a hospital as a staff nurse under the above circumstances while under a mandatory evacuation is not for general staff. If you are the CEO, top administrator,...

  6. diary of nurse in New Orleans

    lee1 replied to lulu220's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, did get a chance to finish reading. I am sure that eventually a good book about all of this could emerge from a nurse's eagle eye viewpoint. I live and work in central NJ-----want to relocate up...

  7. diary of nurse in New Orleans

    lee1 replied to lulu220's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting. But, could not get past a certain point, I think Sept 11. Did she post more days after that? Do you have another web link??? Said forbidden when I got to that

  8. What do you honestly think you would have done?

    lee1 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    What about the hospitals in New Orleans that did NOT evacuate their patients knowing that a Cat 5 was staring them in the face???? What are the stories from the nurses there?? Were they mandated to...

  9. New BSN Nurse with Hard Decision - Teaching Hospital vs. Community

    lee1 replied to amcgraw's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    No, it will not hurt you in the long run as long as YOU yourself read, stay current, try to engage in conversations with the small community docs in the CCU about their patients, attend seminars, get...

  10. Telemetry staff ratios

    lee1 posted a topic in Cardiac

    What are your ratios like in your telemetry units. Days, eves, nights, are they different??? What is your acuity like?? Are you trauma level?? Major heart center??? Any other help----CCT or aide...

  11. Nurse from New Orleans hospitals that were not evacuated at first

    lee1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, does anyone know nurses from the hospitals that did not evacuate early?? How are they doing??? Does anyone know where the backup generators where located that went down during the flooding?? Mine...

  12. Nurse from New Orleans hospitals that were not evacuated at first

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info. Hope they keep all these things in mind for any hospitals being built or rebuilt in/near flood zones for the future. Although it is probably more expensive to build this way I...

  13. Home buying for nurses...

    lee1 replied to nursing 101's topic in General Nursing

    I would tend to disagree with the above as we all know nurses that work well past their retirement ages of 66-67 BECAUSE they have NO retirement benefits from their employers. This is the national...

  14. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    lee1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the above, also the sheer numbers who decided to stay in New Orleans when they did order mandatory evacuation is astounding. It seems there is massive loss of live and deteriorating health...

  15. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    lee1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't think anyone has resources to cope with a category 5 hurricaine sitting in a city like New Orleans. These decisions they made will have long lasting consequences. Flat out, they should...

  16. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    lee1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry but this is almost ridiculous. These hospitals had plenty of warning of this potential category 5 hurricaine and they CHOSE NOT to evauste their patients??????? I really cannot...

  17. Is anyone near or in the path of Katrina?

    lee1 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I think that hospital administrators and all those that make decisions do NOT have common sense. I am glad my family is not there I would be demanding a full investigation after all of this...

  18. Is anyone near or in the path of Katrina?

    lee1 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    They could still have evacuated and left only volunteer skeleton crews. Now I hear that windows blew out, etc. Hopefully not too many casualties. Why should they have risked the patients that were...

  19. Is anyone near or in the path of Katrina?

    lee1 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    And JUST who thinks that if the hospital floods first/basement floors that their backup electrical generators won't go out???? All hospitals should have been evacuated. They have had 2-3 days to do...

  20. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    lee1 replied to CWhite's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Do you stay WITH the patient while the C clamp is on at all times. How far in advance is the medication given prior to

  21. Nursing in France

    lee1 replied to bambi007's topic in General World

    1950 euros is about $2,300/month salary??? How can you live on that?? Has anyone worked in Italy??? I would think that between trying to own a car, living expenses-----owning a home versus just...

  22. NJ staffing ratios due 7.24

    lee1 replied to tridil2000's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe some pressure needs to be applied on this quality improvement committee. Who are it's members???? Can you find this out-----then we can flood them with

  23. NJ staffing ratios due 7.24

    lee1 replied to tridil2000's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Was this bill actually passed totally???? Have not seen anything in my hospital----NJ---has anyone

  24. Nurse/Patient Ratios

    lee1 replied to justmanda's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think that you should go to your local library and look up your state regs. In NJ they state that the maximum is 6 patient/nurse for telemtry floors. Then do not allow your hospital to overstep...

  25. Questions about moms in labor

    lee1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is it proper for a nurse to tell a patient who has gone to the hospital in labor to "go home and come back when you can't talk through your labor discomfort" What is that all about. If you are in...