RN4ustat

RN4ustat BSN, RN

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  1. Psoriatic Arthritis

    RN4ustat replied to Mandarella's topic in General Nursing

    I too have psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis. I was diagnosed with it in 1996 when I was only 27 years old. I struggled with it for the first 2 years. I tried numerous NSAID's with no luck. I...

  2. Do you have a living will?

    RN4ustat replied to Dixielee's topic in General Nursing

    I was discussing this with my son today. He is only 16 but is very intelligent and reasonable. I was expressing that I would never want to live in a chronic vegetative state and was rather surprised...

  3. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    RN4ustat replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    What a terrible and tragic situation for all those involved. It is unforunate that this situation has reached the point that the government feels that they should step in and intervene. I don't mean...

  4. When you call in sick...

    RN4ustat replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    As a previous nurse manager, I can say that call-ins, although necessary at times, were very frustrating. When I first took over the position, we had a tremendously high amount of call-ins. I...

  5. Twist on Bailing out of LTC...advice please

    RN4ustat posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Last week I resigned my position as DON of a 112 bed facility. I accepted a contract with a local staffing agency at a hospital an hour away from me. This is where I worked prior to taking the DON...

  6. Bailing out of LTC

    RN4ustat posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well I resigned my job as DON of a 112 bed LTC today. I have been an RN for 11 yrs; all of that experience has been in acute care. I started this job in February. I liked it at first but the first...

  7. Bailing out of LTC

    RN4ustat replied to RN4ustat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  8. Is this legal? What can we do?

    RN4ustat replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The health insurance thing is defiantely illegal. There is a federal law that mandates any employee that works more than 20 hours per week is to be offered health insurance. I can't recall the name...

  9. Chronic absentee-ism

    RN4ustat posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How do you handle the employees that call in all the time? I have changed the attendance policy and enforce it. Every unexcused absence is a write up and 3 write ups is a termination. A no call, no...

  10. Chronic absentee-ism

    RN4ustat replied to RN4ustat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The problem is poor work eithic. Probably something I can't fix but not all of us have it, including some of my professional nurses. I watched my dad go to work at the same job every day for 31...

  11. Happy Nurse's Week

    RN4ustat replied to StatBlues's topic in General Nursing

    This is my first year as a Director of Nursing and I got my nurses a gift certificate to the local uniform shop and am catering a luncheon for them. I went to a lot of trouble to plan it and one of...

  12. State Requirements in LTC

    RN4ustat replied to CRNAsoon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello to my fellow Oklahomans!! Glad to see you here!! I recently accepted a position as DON at a LTC in rural central Oklahoma. It was a little bit of a difficult transition for me as all my...

  13. RN, Nurse Manager

    RN4ustat replied to shince's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good luck on the interview!! I was surprised when I went for the interview and found out that the salary was nearly the same as I was making as an agency nurse. I was driving 180 miles round trip,...

  14. RN, Nurse Manager

    RN4ustat replied to shince's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would have to agree. I just started a new job as DON and these nurses are truly starting to try my patience. Had to suspend one the other day for the most unsafe thing I've ever heard of in my...

  15. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    RN4ustat replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a very small community and I have had the pleasure of doing headlice checks before. There is another nurse in town that thinks she is the school nurse. She is about as dumb as a stump, but...

  16. Any other radiology nurses??

    RN4ustat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently changed jobs and I am now an RN working in the radiology department. It is much different than anything else I had done in the past, but I couldn't beat the schedule: M-F 8:30-5, no...

  17. Any other radiology nurses??

    RN4ustat replied to RN4ustat's topic in General Nursing

    Diana, I would like more info on the ARNA. Can you tell me where to find it?? Do they have a journal or a website? Any info you have is very appreciated.

  18. Any other radiology nurses??

    RN4ustat replied to RN4ustat's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with Frann. The atmosphere at this hospital is so different than anywhere else I have ever worked. And the people are all genuinely nice to each other. There isn't as much bickering...