RunningWithScissors

RunningWithScissors

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  1. Medicare Abuse

    RunningWithScissors posted a topic in General Nursing

    Medicare could save millions of dollars if they had a way to hotline medicare abuse. I wish I could pick up the phone and report the physicians who keep patients in the hospital sucking up resources...

  2. Medicare Abuse

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Siri, I wan't aware that medicare cared that the hospitals were getting screwed over prolonged lengths of stay. We have Utilization management, but they have no teeth. Here, the Dr is still...

  3. Are you my waitress today?

    RunningWithScissors replied to adria37's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, let people try to pull the crap they do with a stewardess that they do to us nurses on a daily basis. They'd be in jail quicker than you can say 'thank you sir may I have

  4. Medicare Abuse

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the links: I know these are where you can report medicare FRAUD; I was talking about abuse/misuse of the system, which right now I think the government is WAY behind on picking up on this....

  5. Planning our future and outsourcing

    RunningWithScissors replied to Mudwoman's topic in General Nursing

    Let's face it, this country is going to gell in a hand basket and health care is just another symptom of a much larger problem. We don't need to worry about what's going to happen 10-15 years from...

  6. Are you my waitress today?

    RunningWithScissors replied to adria37's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't heard this one before. Angie, can you explain this more? (Hey, that rhymes!

  7. Customer Service?

    RunningWithScissors replied to ragtoprn's topic in General Nursing

    A local hospital recently remodeled and have mostly all private rooms. There is a billboard leading into town saying "It's like a hotel, only with doctors and nurses". Our hospital, to keep up, offers...

  8. Should I look for another job - advice needed

    RunningWithScissors replied to Wendy_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You have a giant target on your back, honey. For whatever reason they have decided they don't want you working there as a nurse, and if you don't beat them to the punch and resign QUICKLY, like,...

  9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    RunningWithScissors replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

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  10. Experienced Nurses Only

    RunningWithScissors posted a topic in General Nursing

    No replies from students please! Nurses, are you frustrated with trying to read theses forums only to find that most of the posts are from students or nurse wanna-be's looking for medical advice? You...

  11. Experienced Nurses Only

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I still would like to see a forum specifically for PRACTICING RN's, a safe place to vent and bounce things off each other. But, as I see already from responses on this thread, students can't seem to...

  12. How is MO???

    RunningWithScissors replied to mamamia's topic in General Nursing

    OK, let's get real here. The gal wants to know how Missouri is. It's a nice place to live. Only you have to let go of a few things. Like income. Springfield? You're looking at an experienced nurse...

  13. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

    RunningWithScissors replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Love my Quarks. They last forever..just replace the insoles. Croks? Are you kidding me, with all those holes? Look at what falls on your shoes, man. I don't want that stuff on my socks or

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    RunningWithScissors replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Here's mine: I floated to Oncology a few years ago. One DNR patient was "circling the drain", family members, clergy, and physician at bedside. The patient was Cheyne Stoking, had been lying with...