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Did you get a response regarding your survey? I filled out the form and I don't know if they received it or if it's lost in cyper space. Any comments would be grateful.

No softstorm I don't believe everytime someone speaks they are talking about me. How naive for u to think that if u do your job that is all that matters. If I was judged on how I did my job I would probably still be there. You see I look at a job as ...

I never sign anything I don't agree with and they can't make u even if they say signing doesn't mean you agree with what's being said your only signing that it was shown to you. DON'T SIGN. If anything just write a rebuttal, but never sign their ve...

I never sign anything I don't agree with and they can't make u even if they say signing doesn't mean you agree with what's being said your only signing that it was shown to you. DON'T SIGN. I

dear nanacarol, I tried to stay at a hospital for the benefits and the pay as well as the mission statement. What it got me was fired. I'm an individual with free will and I refused at this particular job to be manipulated by those of "power". I was ...

I think if I were u I'd try to just forget out this till monday. Then first thing monday I thnk u should call YOUR union rep and find out what's up. It's my understanding that when you belong to a union the rep is there to help and protect u. I wou...

Okay let me get the facts right. Your presently working 2 jobs, one fulltime, one part time. You were scheduled to work both places and choose to call out sick to the full time job. If these facts r right then this is my opinion. You shouldn't ha...

What I think happens to the comaraderie between nurses is that we receive no level of credibility from management, MD's, PA's. Everyone thinks we think we're doctors. But the way I was taught to look at all those that work in medicine is that each ...

In my comment stating that we all passed the same boards I was hoping to point out that to separate nurses by their education was for lack of a better word ridiculous. I should be united in the goal of bringing credibility to our field and if that m...

Maybe we shouldn't say "eat our young", but I have to say in today's world nurses eat everyone. Most recently I relocated and took a job at a hospital that came highly recommended as being "great" to it's nursing staff. What I found within a day of...

A good source regarding this issue is the INS, Intravenous Nurse Society. I believe u use bicarb for certain clotting factors but not necessarily blood. But check with INS.

I have to agree with everyone that your boss is a true example of what is wrong with nursing management. Any real manager would have called u in right away and taken care of the issue not put it in the manner she did and have you worry all weekend. ...

Your kidding yourself if you think a BSN carries more weight then any other form of nursing education. Afterall didn't we all pass the same boards?

Snoopd is right, especially when it comes to what abbreviations get you. Hats off to snoopd to realize those abbreviations are used only for marketing purposes and not for a higher regard for nursing. If you want to see how much CEO's value nursing...

In response to classicdame. How can someone, anyone stay in nursing and not adapt to new changes and developments. When I think of how medicine has changed since I graduated if I had not stayed up on things I'd be lost. The acuity level of the pat...

To all "experienced" nurses. Please help me with this issue. I need to know if I'm being overly sensitive or have I once again been slapped in the face by an organization that promotes itself as having my best interest at heart. When I got home ye...

I'm not sayng experience equals excellence. All I'm saying is that Dr. O'Grady with all his initials could have found a more eloquent way to state his point. Afterall experience has it's place in every profession. And although I wouldn't consider ...

OMG I think I met my long lost sister.

Don't get me wrong being in a profession for a long time doesn't make you great at what you do. However, don't make a blanket statement regarding those of us who have been around for so long. If you ask me what makes a person good at what they do i...

I'm with u. Nothing damages us as nurses as when one of presents herself or himself as knowing it all. It doesn't take much for a pt. to loose confidence in you as their nurse then when another nurse states or implies that another nure "doesn't kn...

I'm with you that's where I draw the line. I can handle organs hanging out but don't even show me an xray of a limb and all the metal used for repair.

Thanks for your opinions. Don't get me wrong having just left a hospital where if I had received a dollar for everytime someone said "because that's the way we've always done it" I would now be retired. All I'm saying is that I have been a nurse fo...

chloraprep is the preferred choice for cleansing prior to iv insertion. 30 second scrub on a dry area, one minute scrub on a wet area, allow to dry then insert the catheter.

I call the doctor whenever I feel he needs to be made aware of any issue involving his patient. It's up to him to decide what and if anything should be done. That way I can chart Dr.__________, is aware. That way it can't come back to haunt me. S...

Gee from the majority of responses getting kicked out of the hospital was way to lenient she should have been tarred and feathered. Look, none of us know the circumstances and I wonder if the event was truly investigated. Did the patient give the s...