RunningWithScissors

RunningWithScissors

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

    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??

    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.

    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...

    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"

    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)

    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???

    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

    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)

    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. 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. 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?

    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

    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?

    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)

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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)

    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

    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?

    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

    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)

    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...