mattsmom81

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  1. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    mattsmom81 replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    What she did was wrong...but you handled it perfectly!

  2. Anyone Working the 3rd SHift with Young Children at Home

    mattsmom81 replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    I worked third shift when my son was small. I slept while he was in school, and before he was in school, I worked PRN and had a daycare for him so I COULD sleep...LOL! My hubby dropped him off at my...

  3. CVICU open visitation

    mattsmom81 replied to chaosRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Given a choice, (and I've worked both settings for decades) I would ALWAYS prefer SOME visiting time schedules vs open. It is much easier to relax the rules on occasion than try to gain some sense of...

  4. back injured RN with limited experience

    mattsmom81 replied to nursetim's topic in General Nursing

    I can empathize Tim as I went through something similar. It isn't fun is it. Nobody wants to pay for your healthcare.. insurers argue about liability and refuse to pay, my private insurer even refused...

  5. For those working 12 hour shifts, what is your schedule like?

    mattsmom81 replied to JCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer 2 on, one off, 1 on, 3 off these past 5 yrs.... I'm refusing to do 3 in a row. As we age many nurses need to adjust our workload or we risk burn out (I did and realized the long shifts and...

  6. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    mattsmom81 replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    Divide and conquer...if managers can keep their employees in a state of infighting, she has easier control. It is dysfunctional but seems rampant in nursing... keep the unit in personal chaos. I've...

  7. Illegals affect Healthcare?

    mattsmom81 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Anybody who has worked ER in a border state (esp border TOWNS ) would tell us that illegals effect healthcare...just look at the sheer numbers using our ER's for their routine healthcare needs. This...

  8. New Meaning for LPN and RN (not a debate)

    mattsmom81 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in LPN to RN

    Registered Nobody and Little Peon Nurse are names we have given each other...on days where our morale was

  9. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    mattsmom81 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Great! many of us will be anxious to see your results!!

  10. Are we allowed to be people before nurses?? (long)

    mattsmom81 replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    Are you an area that has a Safe Harbor for nurses?? This at least gives you some protection should anything bad happen to your patients while you are stretched beyond your ability. some areas have a...

  11. dryer sheets inbetween dressings?????

    mattsmom81 replied to hospicemom's topic in Infectious Disease

    Hmm. Something with activated charcoal would probably work better..it would absorb the odor, right?? Or something along the lines of those tabs we put in colostomy bags? Hey entrepeneurs....maybe we...

  12. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    mattsmom81 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you..and way to go staying above these evil gossippers, and shutting them down in their tracks!!

  13. Unprofessional & Jealous!!!

    mattsmom81 replied to CRNANUPE_2B's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Unfortunately, to some docs (and many student docs) nurses are nurses and to be disdained, used and abused. Whether AD, BSN, Masters or Doctorate prepared, some docs feel a nurse is a nurse is a...

  14. Medical Assistant introducing self as "nurse"

    mattsmom81 replied to jandog's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the MA programs show ads with MA's dressed in whites with caps. and they also have capping ceremonies. So I feel the MA population is intentionally abusing the public trust of nurses and...

  15. I need advice about cocaine addiction

    mattsmom81 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree...and I hope she resists the temptation to return to him. Counseling will help her understand why she wants to stay with such a man. Good luck to all of

  16. RN who wouldn't be CNA

    mattsmom81 replied to cjog's topic in Nursing Career

    Since I work critical care (which is primary care...we never have assistants) I always consider myself blessed indeed to have an assistant when I float to other settings...and I always let them know...

  17. Nursing student with previous back surgery x2

    mattsmom81 replied to justgwypat's topic in General Nursing

    You still have to get through clinicals, so please ask your doctor what he thinks, show him your local nurse job descriptions, as most docs don't have any idea how much nurses really lift. Facilities...

  18. Is this the trend in some hospitals?

    mattsmom81 replied to Maynmom's topic in Travel

    Are the vents chronic trachs that are not unstable or difficult to manage ie Vencor type patients? The staffing ratio you describe sounds like an LTAC setting vs acute. And you also have fresh 2nd...

  19. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    mattsmom81 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the hard stats about nurses who divert...I was speaking in experiential terms regarding nurses I've dealt with in my workplaces. I susect many nurses working with chronic pain are...

  20. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    mattsmom81 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you went to your DON and glad you used the word slander...just wanted to tell you I also feel you did right (guess I thought it was agreeing with you in your post but I never said it outright...

  21. Is nursing REALLY worth it?

    mattsmom81 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm. Well a lot depends on the individual and the setting..I am a acute care nurse primarily...so perhaps some LTC nurses AND LTC CNA's can best answer your question here. When I was new I did...

  22. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    mattsmom81 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy...I'm sorry to hear of this but not surprised...I've known it to happen too many times. This is why I've seldom shared my back/chronic pain history with coworkers..they have a tendency to...

  23. Tele overflow patients in the ICU

    mattsmom81 replied to Zoomer's topic in MICU, SICU

    What I try to do as charge is anticipate this..and pressure the supe to float a tele nurse in to take care of and transfer these patients, staying with them on tele...and keep an ICU nurse on call for...

  24. Ex-school nurse gets $50,000 in settlement with SAD 27

    mattsmom81 replied to sbic56's topic in School

    So it goes back to knowing your state's laws and following them. I had mixed feelings about this one; but the message is:nurses must obey the law in regards to this issue. She sacrificed a lot (her...

  25. "resuming previous orders" written by surgeons

    mattsmom81 replied to ChrissyS.'s topic in Operating Room

    Like Carolina said...ss long as hospitals continue coddle their physicians, nurses will be pressured to 'resume home meds' and 'continue preop orders'. Those facilities I've worked at, the docs do...