abbaking

abbaking specializes in Telemetry, Med-Surg, ED, Psych.

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1. Sticks and stones...

   abbaking replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have a life outside of work --- Makes me sound like an addict, but I have a drink and a cigarette among other things in my orificenal outside of the hellhole of work - peace

2. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

   abbaking replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The good old Philly Side Car --- with our society the way it is, Im surprised its not happening more often or that its not in Media -- but sooner or later, it

3. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

   abbaking replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   If the dad was a hospital administrator, then things are making more

4. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

   abbaking replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   sense!

5. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

   abbaking replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   also known as a philly side car --- ahh, working in corrections and juve has enriched my feeling about

6. Literacy: A good quality in a unit secretary

   abbaking replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   One of the unit secretaries we used to have was a very beautiful young lady. She was thoughtful most of the time and polite, but an airhead and very unenlightened. She did not know or had no clue as...

7. Best CNA experiences

   abbaking posted a topic in General Nursing

   After having read yet another RN/LPN vs CNA story, I got to thinking what are the good experiences we have had with our assistive personnel. I think the positive experiences outweigh the bad and...

8. Disrespectful

   abbaking replied to martymoose's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   You are my

9. Family Members/Patients Who Write Down Your Name

   abbaking posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Do you ever have those patients or family members who write down everything? Your Name, Your title, your care provided, etc. I get annoyed sometimes but If its a once in a while thing, I am okay. If...

10. I must make a confession

    abbaking posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is something that is so dumb and so stupid, but I must confess this because it is eating me up inside. The other night at work (1800-0700), I was so massively busy I didnt have time to get my...

11. Cost Cutting/Budgeting --- the patients suffer the most

    abbaking posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So, In an effort to "control costs" the hospital has taken DRASTIC and UNSAFE steps to save money. Honest to God ( NO JOKE) a partial list of the new policies are listed below. There are three 20-bed...

12. Bad Dreams ---- What does this mean?

    abbaking posted a topic in General Nursing

    Was out of work for 3 months of medical leave/Stress leave. Returned full time on 10/26/12. All has been well up to last thursday when i was fired by a patient. No specifics were given to me by my TL,...

13. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    abbaking replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Can you confirm that Bellevue Hospital has been

14. How old is your hospital?

    abbaking replied to NevadaFighter's topic in General Nursing

    Current hospital I work in was built in 1967, but its roots go back to 1905. There used to be an old sanitarium that housed the patients in large open wards. This building is still used for...

15. MD screaming at RN's in front of patients regularly

    abbaking replied to AtivanIM's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You could always politely ask her to change it out. You can smell the tuna - Toxic Shock Syndrome can cause major mental and mood disturbances. Sorry, I know its wrong but I couldn't resist - In...