Simplepleasures

Simplepleasures

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  1. Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    Simplepleasures replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well if anything needs to be at the bottom of the waiting line for Tx. it would be a wart on a

  2. Whittier Hospital RNs Choose CNA/NNOC in Landslide 87% Election Victory

    Simplepleasures replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    wow!:balloons:

  3. Is this typical for an LTC facility?

    Simplepleasures replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Did I read you right? You said that the sup wouldnt LET you go to the ER? I think you better RUN out of that place as fast as your legs can carry you.Sounds like a snake

  4. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    Simplepleasures replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh

  5. A deeper view of long term care and paying it forward

    Simplepleasures replied to tattooednursie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh my gosh, you've got me tearing up. I do so miss Christmas time in LTC, I know it got busy and hectic, but there are those times when you can do that special something and it is so appreciated.I...

  6. When being nice comes back to you

    Simplepleasures replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    our very own spacenurse, did something very nice for me a while back and i just wanted to say thankyou. you are an

  7. what would do you in this kind of situation?

    Simplepleasures replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I dont know if this is legal in WI or not, but at the last facility I worked , we had a policy that if we did not witness the death and came upon them already cold, even if they were a full code we...

  8. Frustrated Nursing/Patient Ratio!!!

    Simplepleasures replied to bubba143's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I know where you are coming from. I too worked on a brain injuy rehab unit, it was one of the hardest jobs Ive ever had in nursing. I think the advice given to investigate the whistleblower protection...

  9. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Underinsured in Wisconsin-Growing Problem http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=697310 "1.2 Million:Number of people in Wisconsin under age 65 who live in families that spend more than 10% of...

  10. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This gives me some hope that there is a shift in the over-reactive punitive,inflating of charges mentality in the healthcare management community. This notion of "pattern "of bad behavior also...

  11. Tis the Season to be...

    Simplepleasures replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am sorry Daytonite , that you have been feeling unwell. I hope you feel more like yourself soon. At this time of year maybe we should all consider that some folks are having a not so Merry Christmas...

  12. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wish the OP would say how long she was in the NM office, would clarify alot of

  13. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree that there may have been other issues, but why address the other issues under the heading of abandomment?Are we assuming this nurse was at fault here without knowing ALL the details? I guess...

  14. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I respectfully disagree with your premise, management eats nurses and spits them out, why do you think there is such unrest and unhappiness in the workplace in hosptals and nursing homes? The punitive...

  15. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    to the op, keep your chin up, but welcome to the world of

  16. ?About LPN supervisors in LTC

    Simplepleasures replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    May be legal, but is it

  17. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    EXACTLY right.What kind of disturbs me about some of the harsh responses is that it smacks of nurses eating their

  18. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    oh for heavens sake, i do believe the bon has bigger fish to fry that this new nurse who was still in training with a precepter. dont fret about this, it will be taken care of without any heads...

  19. LVN Issue

    Simplepleasures replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I dont think anyone expects to be told what goes on behind the closed door of the DONs office, but you are right, IF ,in time, this nurse CONTINUES this behavior one could surmise that she was not...

  20. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    Simplepleasures replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OK, OK Gromit , I'll stop frothing at the mouth for a while regarding unions, or maybe not. I do agree that rarely are things simple or cut and dried. Well I guess I am guilty as charged, I left my...

  21. LVN Issue

    Simplepleasures replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She sounds like a bully and if your management ( DON included here?)will do nothing to alleviate this situation, it would probably be time to go to the administrator ( as a group)and maybe he/she will...

  22. Is your facility warning staff for overtime, for missing lunch breaks or other?

    Simplepleasures replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    What is so wrong about this is that IF staffing were adequate nurses would not be doing so much overtime. That is why I am always ragging on LTC, the GREED of the owners causes us to try to do the job...

  23. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just think about that guy China executed for the fake drugs they were producing,scary.OTC Statins? Now that is scary too, I am FIGHTING to get my cholesterol level down under 200, so I dont have to...

  24. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    congratulations!!!!!:balloons:

  25. Accused of abandonement

    Simplepleasures replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Who wrote you up? If it was the precepter go to your NM.Sounds like your preceptor has a bug up her patooty about something.If it was the NM who wrote you up, go to the DON.This IS not abandonment and...