RunningWithScissors

RunningWithScissors

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  1. Hey ER, what takes so long???

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

    I think it should be mandatory for all floor nurses to spend half a shift down in the ER, and vice-versa; it would make interdepartmental relations SOO much

  2. Effectiveness of alcohol??

    RunningWithScissors replied to Lady_in_red's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone used an alcohol prep to start an IV and after wiping the prep is BLACK from the unseen DIRT on the pt??? Hospitals are blamed for nosocomial infections, but how about the pt's poor hygeine...

  3. to work, or not to work.

    RunningWithScissors replied to JohnBearPA's topic in General Nursing

    JohnBear, your work experiences are very useful to medical reviewers (insurance companies, medicare, etc)....how about treating yourself to a civil job sitting down using your talents? Sounds like...

  4. Beyond the "5 Rights" of medication administration...

    RunningWithScissors replied to Clarise's topic in General Nursing

    As previous posters have also said, I give all my attention to the patient and each med I am unwrapping as I give it. This patient at this particular time gets 100% of my attention. I do not allow...

  5. "You need to learn to tolerate abuse"

    RunningWithScissors replied to anynurseanywhere's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't you seen "sister act 2", the movie where Whoopi Goldberg, as a nun, turns around the attitudes of disrespectful teens. I know it is just a movie, but you get my drift............not that...

  6. Nurses as day laborers (rant)

    RunningWithScissors posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was replying to another thread on the paltry pay we receive for working the weird hours we do, and it occured to me that, as a professional who holds so much responsibilty, my pay "bonuses" are...

  7. Hey ER, what takes so long???

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

    OK, now I see where the problem lies; I sure do know how long it takes for these boneheads to answer a page (esp. if they are on unassigned call, I'll bet!) Thanks for the replies.........still would...

  8. Burnout or what

    RunningWithScissors replied to sunshines66's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Sunshine, how about transferring to a less acute setting, like telemetry or general medicine? Usually, the patients are less sick and families less stressed out, also less frequent assessments,...

  9. Nurses as day laborers (rant)

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I want to work where Jennio is!!!! Part of MY problem, is I want to continue to raise my kids in "Mayberry" but want better working conditions/pay. You all know that small-town hospitals are SOOOO...

  10. Medicine: Have we gone too far? And, is our system ethical as a whole?

    RunningWithScissors replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I see absolutely NOTHING wrong with someone spending money out of their own pocket in order to conceive a child. Now, if the taxpayers were forced to pay for it, that's another story...........that's...

  11. Medicine: Have we gone too far? And, is our system ethical as a whole?

    RunningWithScissors replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't read all the posts, so this point may have already been made....... Just because someone has an advance directive (No machines, no feeding tubes, etc) doesn't mean the doctor won't order them...

  12. "Good Sam" Laws?

    RunningWithScissors replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    NREMT's posts are right on the money. Kukukajoo, I noticed you are an aspiring CRNA....anesthesiologists have some of the highest malpractice premiums for a reason. Remember, just because you do...

  13. Mandatory Overtime

    RunningWithScissors replied to cmjdlj's topic in General Nursing

    There is no law banning mandatory overtime for nurses, but in my state there is a dept of health "rule" against it. It still doesn't stop hospitals around here from implementing it. One area hopsital...

  14. "Good Sam" Laws?

    RunningWithScissors replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I attended a lecture by one of the well-known professional liability groups a few years ago. They said that even wearing scrubs in public identifies you as a nurse, and implies a nurse/patient...

  15. Nurses as day laborers (rant)

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Kymmi, I don't know where you are working, but honey, sounds like you're in shangri-la. We do accumulate ETO, but can only take it once a year; most of it gets used up standing by on availabilily, not...

  16. My first code

    RunningWithScissors replied to christvs's topic in General Nursing

    You may not realize it, but by your good nursing actions you may have headed off a code or two. Give yourself some credit for

  17. time outside the job

    RunningWithScissors replied to moyz's topic in General Nursing

    You will have more time "off the clock" as a nurse compared with a doctor, but remember as a nurse in a hospital, you will have mandatory committees, staff meetings, continuing education goals to...

  18. Helping the goof offs

    RunningWithScissors replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    There are some nurses who will suck the living life out of you. They never can seem to get anything done, are always running behind, etc. Avoid them like the plague. You will end up doing all their...

  19. No pain meds for you, mother

    RunningWithScissors replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously, this patient is getting other meds IVP; can you give the morphine along with another med, saying it is a flush (or better yet, don't say anything, as everyone in the room doesn't need to...

  20. Stressed and confused

    RunningWithScissors replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    szccdw, call in sick and take a mental health day. You owe it to yourself to take more time to

  21. Nurses as day laborers (rant)

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, KellNY, I graduated from nursing school in 1980 and still don't make as much as you, and I'm near top of scale here. Your sig other, the teacher? Making over 50k for a 9 month school term plus...

  22. Overnight Visting

    RunningWithScissors replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital lets patients have visitors spend the night, even in semi-private rooms. It's a real pain to have to trip over the visitors lying on the fold-a-bed in order to get to your patient. They...

  23. Shift and weekend differentials- what are yours?

    RunningWithScissors replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I knew my hospital stunk in the bene dept but it has the suckiest differentials posted yet! Technically there is a 1.00 diff for evenings, but everyone works 12's, and you don't get anything...

  24. You're a nurse! How unfortunate

    RunningWithScissors replied to Anesthetize's topic in General Nursing

    i could never figure out why people think nurses make mega-bucks. you don't see people going up to teachers and saying "wow, you get paid a full year's salary and have to work only half the year....i...

  25. "You're a nurse...how wonderful!" (rant)

    RunningWithScissors replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I totoally see where you're coming from here. You know, just like the "hand-holder" docs are usually the ones to steer clear from, I find the same is true of the "hand-holder" nurses....they spend...