CseMgr1

CseMgr1 ASN, RN

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  1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    CseMgr1 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I did say this to a home health patient who began cursing me after I asked him to start participating in his care: "If you don't get rid of this ***CENSORED*** attitude of yours, you're NEVER going to...

  2. dry cracked heels

    CseMgr1 replied to birdgardner's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same problem with my heels several years ago. Nothing worked, until I found a little gadget called "Soapy Soles" online: http://www.soapysoles.com/mainfr.htm I use it every night during my...

  3. Things that make me HATE nursing.

    CseMgr1 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Faceless bureaucrats who dictate what we can and cannot do for our Clients VIA reports and

  4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    CseMgr1 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once worked with a nurse who actually jerked a demanding patient's call light button cord out of the wall, brought it to the nurse's station and flung it across the desk. The patient signed herself...

  5. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

    CseMgr1 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Nursing Humor

    For those of us who are old enough to remember "Laugh-In": My Mom was back in her hospital room snoring away, following a bronchcoscopy (they used general anesthesia for everything, back in those...

  6. How are you going to Vote - US

    CseMgr1 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Me, too. I arrived at our Precinct third in line and five minutes before it opened. The head poll worker, who was communicating electronically with our State's election officials, announced at exactly...

  7. How are you going to Vote - US

    CseMgr1 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    My sister, who is 61, also voted for the very FIRST time in her life today...for Obama. My BIL voted for McCain. Going to take a shower, watch old movies and go to bed. The results can wait until the...

  8. Sad and angry about what I overheard BUT NOT SUPRISED.

    CseMgr1 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    This method is called "Rank and Yank", which was the brainchild of Ken Lay (of Enron fame). You are set up for failure and then let go for "poor performance". This actually happened to my sister, who...

  9. How are you going to Vote - US

    CseMgr1 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have the power to change a lot of things....but, today I do. Enough

  10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    CseMgr1 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your point is well-taken. But, we are finding that our Clients who have next-to-nothing don't complain when they are asked to pay a cost share...vs. our well-to-do, who complain the loudest. They want...

  11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    CseMgr1 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you can afford three cars and a $250,000.00 home filled with antiques and furniture straight out of Southern Living, then you can afford to pay a monthly Cost Share in order for an Aide to come in...

  12. If you weren't a nurse...

    CseMgr1 replied to jhns9vl's topic in MICU, SICU

    A writer of short stories. My 4th grade teacher told my Mom that I had "quite an

  13. Caregiver Burnout

    CseMgr1 replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in General Nursing

    If she does have bedsores, encourage him to have her evaluated by her physician and ask for a referral for Home Health skilled nursing and aides. This way he can at least get some in-home help until...

  14. Caregiver Burnout

    CseMgr1 replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in General Nursing

    Here is another useful link:

  15. Caregiver Burnout

    CseMgr1 replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in General Nursing

    Have him to contact your local Area Agency on Aging regarding information about and eligibility for Community-Based Services:

  16. My RN venture ended today.

    CseMgr1 replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    Good for you! A classmate and I were accused of copying each other's care plans by an instructor whose propensity towards presumptiousness far outweighed her ability to teach. Well, guess who got the...

  17. Casualties: Nurses struggling with burnout

    CseMgr1 replied to Xbox Live Addict's topic in General Nursing

    This tactic is Standard Procedure where I work. I cannot do the jobs of two nurses. The people I work for know this, but they don't care. Maybe they will start caring, when I submit my

  18. Poll: Do you like taking call?

    CseMgr1 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I didn't mind taking call when I was getting paid for it. I am not getting paid for taking call (among other things), with my current job. Administration is of the opinion that we get paid "enough"...

  19. Getting Fired or Resign?

    CseMgr1 replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the above posters. I was faced with the same situation a long time ago when I was a fairly new LPN and went from working in a very supportive environment to another in which I was basically...

  20. Fed Up With Understaffing

    CseMgr1 replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    My last stint as a nurse manager ended two years ago, as what little authority and credibility I had been given were constantly being undermined by an administration equal to the one that you have...

  21. Fed Up With Understaffing

    CseMgr1 replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    You've made some valid points. My frustration lies with the CEO's who reap multi-million- dollar salaries and bonuses in the process of selling their employees and patients down the river along with...

  22. Fed Up With Understaffing

    CseMgr1 replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    You've hit the nail on the head, Valerie. A co-worker and I were talking about this same issue just the other day. They want us blindly follow orders and to keep our mouths shut. I have kept mine shut...

  23. Fed Up With Understaffing

    CseMgr1 replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    Amazing. I am waiting for THE "call", which will enable me to turn over hundreds of files, referrals and admissions to my own Manager, who thinks I should have *NO* problem completing. Let's see how...

  24. Fed Up With Understaffing

    CseMgr1 replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really think "Management" gives a flip about whether or not we or our Clients live or die anymore. They have made Beggars out of the lot of

  25. Interviewing for Charge Nurse Position on Child/Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Unit

    CseMgr1 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I will be interviewing for a Charge Nurse position on a Child/Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Unit this week. Has anyone worked on one of these units? If you have, please let me know what to expect....