lindalee

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1. So what WAS nursing like in the "good old days"?

   lindalee replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing was so different you would not recognize it. I graduated with a diploma of nursing in 1964. I have worked my entire life in hospitals. My first job was at a county hospital. I was the only...

2. What are some of the nurses views on Hyperbaric Medicine?

   lindalee replied to Kallie's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   There are ventilators specifically designed for hyperbaric chambers. I had many advanced classes in hyperbaric medicine. The chamber can be life saving in these diseases (including gas gangrene) as...

3. The Case of the Green Poop

   lindalee replied to Browneyedgirl's topic in Gastroenterology

   Don't know but would think perhaps her food is passing through her system too quickly. Would definitely have her checked, the green color could be a bile product--think what it looks like when people...

4. Nursing care for pacemaker patients

   lindalee replied to Salpicovalentim's topic in Cardiac

   If you are talking about management of pacemakers after implantation, there are pacemaker centers where nurses manage the pacemaker patients. There are guidelines about how often the devices need to...

5. Nurses & Retirement $$$

   lindalee replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

   It does not matter if you change jobs, nursing does not have great retirement benefits. I have been in the same job (different postitions, same hospital) for many years. Retirement is a 401K that is...

6. Depressed and beginning to hate my job

   lindalee replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

   >>>>> Find a new job. What a loser of a manager. I sometimes would love to be banned from my unit--LOL What a holiday it would be. Seriously, people who manage like this are...

7. What pension/medical retirement benefits to you get?

   lindalee replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

   Pension, medical benefits??? Not at my hospital. I have always contributed to my 401K and also into a 403B but with the market where it is, I should have played more and saved less. I don't mind so...

8. Paperwork Hell

   lindalee replied to Joules's topic in General Nursing

   >>But how else can the ivory tower folks justify their jobs. It seems they put on a new form or alter an existing one practically daily. I think that is a requirement of their

9. Sick call policy

   lindalee replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

   There are other ways to handle excessive sick calls and no need to punish everyone who gets sick. Give me a break. I rarely call in sick, but if I do I sure don't plan to be punished and would...

10. Feeling incompetent

    lindalee replied to AnotherRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My son is now 30 years old. The only time I did not work full time in nursing was the first three years after his birth. I had practiced nursing for about 7 years before he was born. Let me tell...

11. Nursing and Euthanasia?

    lindalee replied to shelleys's topic in General Nursing

    This is the first time I have replied to this group. This topic is one I have pondered for years. I am an RN, started practice in 1965 so I have seen many changes and taken care of thousands of...