Ah, yet another fine example of propaganda in nursing. #1 Because most places are staffed by acuity, even when they are "fully staffed," they are still severely understaffed. I still see a lot of canellations. #2 Speaking for myself, I am not loo...
not complaining about the gifts but about how ridiculously insulting they are. If administration truly recognized the value of nursing or even about the patient, they would stop worrying about the bottom line and provide adequate staffing and suppor...
Taken quite a few hospital medication tests, some easy, some hard. One thing I can say about all of them, none too hard to pass on the first time, but all facilities assured me that if I didn't I would have another chance. Definitely, nothing to st...
OH, YUCK!!!!! LOL Okay, one time I was emptying and ileostomy on a completely alert and oriented patient. I won't describe it, but it was nasty. Well, I got to the bathroom in the patient's room and I couldn't help it, I just started gagging. It ...
OOPS!!! Um, Sorry, I guess I didn't pay attention to what forum I was in. New to this site. Just had to answer to this thread. Okay, graduated eight years ago from COM in Texas City.
He forgot to add in his letter that this would help the hospitals keep nursing pay low, patient acuity high,and keep nurse to patient ratios at a dangerous level thereby saving the hospitals money. Not to long ago, I was working and as usual, was ...
He forgot to add in his letter that this would help the hospitals keep nursing pay low, patient acuity high,and keep nurse to patient ratios at a dangerous level thereby saving the hospitals money. Not to long ago, I was working and as usual, was ...
I won't comment on whether she was right or wrong because I don't know what she was thinking, but I do want to say that I just wouldn't feel comfortable with someone else doing my assessments. That really is my baseline for how I am going to priorit...