PumaAngel

PumaAngel

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About PumaAngel

PumaAngel has 7 years experience.


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  1. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    I love this and have been thinking about it for a long time. I actually left a message somewhat like this on the facebook page only to have it removed. I think the reason this took off the way it...
  2. Am I On Camera? No Paparazzi Please!

    Part of the problem with nursing today is that everyone expects nurses to give up their rights just because they are a nurse. I should have the right to not be videotaped or recorded by lord knows...
  3. Salary vs per hour for floor nurses

    I currently receive a salary and work in management. This was the worst move I ever made in my career. My experience is that they work you nonstop. I'm getting married soon and the expectation is...
  4. Home Health-The good, The bad, and I'm getting out.

    I work in hospice and also have a love/hate relationship with it. I absolutely love love love the relationships that I build with patients and their families. This is the main thing that keeps me...
  5. Thinking about making the switch to home health...

    I left my hospital position for sort of the same reason. I wanted a more regular schedule in order to have more time at home for my family. While I love my hospice/home health job in general (the...
  6. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    Guilt is not a powerful motivator to make good life changes for yourself. As a matter of fact there has been a lot of research out there that suggests making someone feel bad about themselves does...
  7. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    I agree that the patients have the right to disregard the physicians orders, however I am not a maid they hired to do their bidding either. I have the right not to bring in additional fluids if it...
  8. Is it ever appropriate to tell someone...

    We have programs at the hospital where they can shadow a nurse for the day. I would definitely recommend something like that. It may change their mind, but it will at least give them a good idea of...
  9. Compassion.... why is it so hard to give some?

    This reminds me of something that happened to me not that long ago. I had a patient who was extremely confused and flipped back and forth between being the sweetest little lady and an aggressive and...
  10. Education vs Experience

    When I read your post I had to smile. I used to be you. When I graduated with my BSN a little over a year ago I was going to go full steam ahead and move forward with my career. I planned on...
  11. Racist Patients

    This happens all too frequently. But as long as the hospital puts such a huge emphasis on patient satisfaction surveys we will continue to see patients put unrealistic demands out there...and we will...
  12. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    OK - I don't know which nursing school this was, but I just graduated and was never sitting behind the nurses station. We were grilled about every single detail regarding our patient and if we...