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  1. I did it, I QUIT

    Repat replied to Pretzlgl's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!!! I thought I had an interview last week for another job, and the relief I felt really made me realize how mauch I hate where I work. Everything is for the almighty dollar, etc,...

  2. Patients We Love to Hate

    Repat replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a question, though. How does management handle complaints? Ours is immediately with the patient, with a little nasty gram to the employee without even asking for their side. Customer service...

  3. GETTING WRITTEN UP: What is the most ridiculous thing you have been written up for?

    Repat replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    We were just talking about this this weekend! A colleague was written up for not circling a medication on the PRN MAR with parameters (in other words, "give _____ if sbp> or dbp>"). The...

  4. Your Professional Opinions

    Repat replied to louloubell1's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to see the results, too. The survey didn't take long at

  5. I Hate Nursing School

    Repat replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, do I hear you all! I graduated a long time ago, but I went to school full-time and worked full-time. So, 2-3 days a week I would be at the hospital for clinicals 7-3, and at work 3-11, and then...

  6. Survey: Has your facility implemented nurse to patient ratios?

    Repat replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I want to work where some of you all work!!! On our 35-bed telemetry unit, we work 6:1, plus a designated LPN, so for RNs it works out to 12:1. That's days! And although we note acuity on the...

  7. Now Ive heard it all!!!

    Repat replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    Well, I could really get rolling here, too. First of all, the nurses in your ER aren't trained? They are working with drips they don't know any thing about?? Remind me to skip that hospital -...

  8. Now Ive heard it all!!!

    Repat replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    You all still sound as though you think ER nurses are the only ones who get busy - we work 12-hour shifts without breaks, too. I have come on the floor at 0715 and found three admissions sitting in...

  9. How desperate is your state for Nurses?

    Repat replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, Kentucky is showing a surplus of nurses, and one of the lowest compensation rates in the country (46th). I think that says more about Kentucky and its economic state than the state of

  10. Anyone look forward to being a pt in the hospital?

    Repat replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    I had my second baby at a tiny "cottage hospital" in Britain in June( a few years ago). I was the only patient in the maternity ward, and she was born on a Friday afternoon. The nurses begged me to...

  11. You Know It Is Time To Leave Nursing When....

    Repat replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to start this thread this weekend, when I walked into a patient's room, and she said "sit down, dear, you look exhausted"! My first thought - time to get

  12. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    Repat replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    This is a GREAT thread!!! If I weren't a nurse, I would have a book/knitting shop, where I could sell all the best yarn and books and have a room for classes and coffee. This was always a dream of...

  13. Holiday blues

    Repat replied to mstewart's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Boy, oh boy, do I hear you! Money, school, work, marriage going down the toilet. Stress, stress, stress. And cruddy weather to boot. However, I make a point of making a list of everything right...

  14. First day in ICU!

    Repat replied to Noney's topic in General Nursing

    Not only where you work, but what gender you are. I work with two nurses who are men, and they definitely get more respect. Anyone else notice

  15. Dr. Dean (democratic primary contender) on Nursing

    Repat replied to geekgolightly's topic in General Nursing

    Look at his record in Vermont - he did what he promised to do. I am a nurse for Dean. I am sending that statement to everyone I can think

  16. Do you see the pendulum swinging the other way?

    Repat replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    I think the major problem being run into now is that there are NO teachers - that will keep the lid on supply for quite a

  17. Now Ive heard it all!!!

    Repat replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    Whew - sounds like you had a bad night! We FAX report, too. Our form includes a space to enter the time the bed was requested (in other words, the time it was decided that the patient needed to be...

  18. Meeting with Management about Med-Surg Nurse to Patient Ratios

    Repat replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right - some of the LTC posts are VERY

  19. Meeting with Management about Med-Surg Nurse to Patient Ratios

    Repat replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    Well, at the risk of starting another thread on this, I work telemetry, days. Although I was told when I was hired the ratio is 1:5, in reality it is 1:6 on a 35 bed floor, with (normally) 2 RNs and...

  20. school and work

    Repat replied to AshleyKay's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am working on my MSN full-time, I work Baylor, I have two kids (three, if you want to count hubbie), and I am managing to keep it all together except the house. Dust bunnies everywhere. But...

  21. Tuition Reimbursement: Do Most Hospitals Pay For An RN-to-NP Program?

    Repat replied to Havin' A Party!'s topic in General Nursing

    NO!!!

  22. Ready to be freaked out!

    Repat replied to New2CVICU's topic in General Nursing

    Erin, what a great post. You taught me something, and I love to teach and have been told that my students enjoy my teaching. You have articulated exactly what I try to do. I am in a clinical now...

  23. Reuters: Nurses Need Better Working Conditions

    Repat replied to Zee_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have answered my own question - 6 out of the 18 panel members are

  24. Reuters: Nurses Need Better Working Conditions

    Repat replied to Zee_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wonder how many nurses were on the "panel of

  25. Looking for a book that was included in another thread...

    Repat replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about that book, but look at "Code Green:Money-driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing", by Dana Beth Weinberg. Very