mattsmom81

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  1. Where is the best teaching hospital?

    mattsmom81 replied to Foxfour's topic in Washington Nursing

    I have worked in Texas with facilities who agree to train a nurse in say...Critical Care, and provide a residency in return for a 2 yr commitment. The nurses had to sign an agreement they would pay...

  2. I would not encourage anyone to be a nurse!

    mattsmom81 replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

    Wow what a strange thing it sounds like UK nurses must deal with . I cannot follow all your talk of grades and bands but I read your frustration with it all. My dear friend emigrated to the US...

  3. Expectations of agency nurses

    mattsmom81 replied to mattsmom81's topic in Agency Nurses

    Yes you are right Jay. We are the 'outsiders' and they have the power to hurt us if we don't dance to their tune. That is why they can get away with it. Nurses have so little power and authority....

  4. Nitroglycerin drips on telemetry units

    mattsmom81 replied to nicholasmjb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our tele stepdown nurses can wean Nitro but are not to titrate upwards.(sometimes they tweak this rule by getting a specific order from the doc to turn it up if need be, but this is selective) The...

  5. why its best to keep ur mouth shut

    mattsmom81 replied to sax_journey's topic in General Nursing

    I went through a very similar thing once (a vindictive, untrue reporting) here in the states and I'll be honest with you...it is very difficult and draining in many ways monetarily and emotionally,...

  6. Non smoker working in a smoker's home

    mattsmom81 replied to vermonthiker's topic in Home Health

    I feel for you and yours is one of the reasons I could not tolerate home health. The whole home visit thing was something I could not control at all, and I never knew WHAT I was going to walk...

  7. need help for severe depression

    mattsmom81 replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    Rhonda, have you considered going to see a good SSD attorney to help you (and perhaps your hubby) get you set for some disability income in the future? (a year off work with inability to do...

  8. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    mattsmom81 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    If I could wave a magic wand and change our name AND change all the negative sterotypes I might try it. Maybe we should all lighten up and look at this a bit differently. Why is there no sexual or...

  9. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    mattsmom81 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    'Even King David of the Bible had a caregiver. He apparently developed chillblains from sleeping in caves for 40 years, so he took a concubine. They didn't have sex, she was just there to keep him...

  10. I would not encourage anyone to be a nurse!

    mattsmom81 replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

    'The trick is finding the place that really values you. I wouldn't stay in a place that didn't"------Begali Sadly I have never found a place that really values nurses. Just lip service. Not real.I...

  11. Mt St. Helen's

    mattsmom81 replied to Nesher's topic in Washington Nursing

    My hubby is an avid weather/natural disaster, etc follower and he is soooo excited to see this..and actually be living in the area. He drug me from Texas to go to the observatory a few years back....

  12. Schwartznegger on Hannity and Combs tonight..

    mattsmom81 replied to directcare4me's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My feelings: any nurse who doesn't believe mandating nurse patient ratios is good for the public and good for nursing is NOT a nurse. They are a manager first and foremost...

  13. Why Do We Tolerate This?

    mattsmom81 replied to kmchugh's topic in Men in Nursing

    Do we major in minors, because that is all we can effect change in as nurses? After all, we have little power or control to make 'big' changes, as we are not the big' players. Is the sniping and...

  14. where are the nursing shortages?

    mattsmom81 replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from Duluth originally and we left due to scarcity of good jobs. It was not what you knew but WHO you knew (small town mentality). When I left, the hospitals had things sewn up pretty tight and...

  15. where are the nursing shortages?

    mattsmom81 replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there ARE options away from the bedside...but most show preference for the BSN prepared nurse...not the AD and Diploma RN. These positions are highly competitive as well in my

  16. Schwartznegger on Hannity and Combs tonight..

    mattsmom81 replied to directcare4me's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    He rails against 'special interests' yet he supports big healthcare's interests? He is just choosing his special interest group IMO. I still don't understand why a governor is so involved in this...

  17. Nurses cannot take orders from MA's, what is your protocol?

    mattsmom81 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nursenatalie, in a perfect world we would not have to take third person orders, but I disagree with your analogy 'you might just as well take an order from a coworker'. That simply doesn't apply to...

  18. Can I challenge the RN boards?

    mattsmom81 replied to jodyangel's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks Karen...I didn't think it would be 'as easy' as all LPN's simply heading to WV to challenge trhe NCLEX

  19. Should patients be allowed to refuse LPNs and CNAs?

    mattsmom81 replied to flashpoint's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i for one would love this...'wait for the pt mrs jackson'...hehe! yeah that would really fly..

  20. When to report a classmaste to your clinical instructor.

    mattsmom81 replied to markbeast's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    On second thought after rereading your original post I am rethinking my above response.l. My response was kneejerk ie here's another student already 'eating' their classmates. The unprimed IVPB , if...

  21. it doesn't matter what kind of nurse you are.

    mattsmom81 replied to jpatrick188's topic in General Nursing

    Its a bad joke and we're being trolled

  22. Family visitation in ICU

    mattsmom81 replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I've noticed we have some similarities in our backgrounds RN34TX! I believe our experiences do make us who we are as people and as nurses; whether we've seen unfair practices or not, whether we or...

  23. Family visitation in ICU

    mattsmom81 replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yes I've noticed we have some similarities in our backgrounds RN34TX! I believe our experiences do make us who we are as people and as nurses; whether we've seen unfair practices or not, whether we or...

  24. Father still having fainting spells 2 wks after cath...

    mattsmom81 replied to LButlerRN2007's topic in Cardiac

    I think we need to be careful about giving advise to the general public on theis board, personally. Your father may have had a heart attack and his weakness may be due to this(barring hypotension and...

  25. Family visitation in ICU

    mattsmom81 replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent posts Ruby and RN34TX...agree 110% and would love to work with both of you from your postings here. :) Only wish our managers would LISTEN to our concerns, and that all nurses would stick...