RunningWithScissors

RunningWithScissors

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  1. feeling anxiety and other ranges of emotions

    RunningWithScissors replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Want to trade jobs? Seriously, there are MANY of us who would give our eye-teeth to have a "comfortable paying" desk job at a telecommunications company with great co-workers.........glad you have a...

  2. Do hospitals have to report RN's fired to the board?

    RunningWithScissors replied to nurse15dc's topic in General Nursing

    My state requires all terminations to be reported to the

  3. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    You know you're getting old when the Santas on the wrapping paper start to look like

  4. Wisconsin Nurse being charged with criminal neglect

    RunningWithScissors replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is in this system and we are told that as of now, there is a zero tolerance for any med errors. Unlike Clarion in Indiana, where the nurses were not disciplined for the infants' deaths...

  5. ER violence

    RunningWithScissors replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    If only making threats and violence in the ER were treated as seriously as they are on an airplane! Wouldn't it be great if those people could be charged and carted off to jail for these actions!...

  6. Corporate/Business world Nursing?

    RunningWithScissors replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a nurse who did UR for an insurance co....she loved the hours but hated the work. She said the calls were timed and there was a big timer on the wall counting up how long a caller was on...

  7. How does your facility handle low census?

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    If we start off the shift full (census 30) and lose 4 patients, someone's going home on availability. They run a tight ship around

  8. How are you judgemental?

    RunningWithScissors replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I wore myself out last night giving IV Nubain every 1-2 hours to a woman c/o a sore throat...ff who (surprise) is "allergic" to all theother usual PO pain meds. Once you get a diagnosis of heart...

  9. Anyone attending SSC-Illinois

    RunningWithScissors replied to Reese17's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, there has always been a waiting list for nursing programs, even back in the 70's when I attended there. You are always on your own to find a job after graduation. It shouldn't even...

  10. Anyone attending SSC-Illinois

    RunningWithScissors replied to Reese17's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from South Suburban college nursing program 20+ years ago; only then it was called Thornton Community College. What is the problem/issue

  11. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Do you remember having to place JUST THE RIGHT amount of water on the transducer of the swan/art line to get the waveform to

  12. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my! P_RN......you MUST be.........um, very

  13. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    My OB text mentioned alcohol drips for a treatment of preterm labor. It also said the mother can hear the fetus cry in the uterus but not to worry because the sound did not involve air (?????) sheesh,...

  14. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Remember the "In Box" for lab to deposit lab results every so often? Your charting was a free-hand entry written on a blank, lined paper marked "nurses notes". CABG patients were not even considered...

  15. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Clinitest and Acetest. Sorry for so many individual responses, lots of distractions this

  16. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Umm, I did this yesterday, only the inner cannula was plastic and on it was imprinted "not to be cleaned or reused"; but guess what? To save $$ we

  17. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I actually like this idea. I.S. is such a complex idea for so many patients, they just don't understand they're supposed to INHALE, not blow

  18. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RunningWithScissors replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, we still have these in our patient rooms! (btw, they're

  19. Med pass negligence? please feedback

    RunningWithScissors replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    Pull your facility's medication administration policy. If you are following it, you need not worry about being negligent. Our policy states you take the MAR to the bedside and initial each med after...

  20. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    RunningWithScissors replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is true. We have a huge revolving door in our hospital, but there is never a shortage of agency nurses to fill those holes. We can't get nurses to stay much past their orientation,...

  21. Boss Did My Annual Review--without Me..

    RunningWithScissors replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    This will put a huge target on your back as well; if you do this, be prepared to deal with the consequences. Bosses don't like to be challenged. You can be easily replace with a new grad, esp. once...

  22. Boss Did My Annual Review--without Me..

    RunningWithScissors replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    My last one was done in pencil and I HAD to sign it. I made a copy of it,

  23. No Holiday Pay?

    RunningWithScissors replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get paid any extra for working on a holiday; all 6 holidays are supposed to be calculated into your yearly ETO

  24. ER Or The Floor?

    RunningWithScissors posted a topic in Emergency

    I've been working cardiac progressive care the last few years and am pretty tired of seeing the same patients/family members for weeks on end; tired of the insane, micro-charting of every fart and...

  25. Cold weather causing pneumonia? *vent*

    RunningWithScissors replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Nursing

    ah yes, this is true, and you make a good point here. but in the same fish-keeping analogy, if the ph of the water in the tank is not within a specific range, the fish will die. the same with humans....