interleukin

interleukin

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  1. Tips for Nurses: Dealing With Annoying Coworkers

    interleukin replied to Bugaloo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your article misses a fundamental point; it explicitly implies that a nurse should do whatever she can to maintain the status quo--however regressive and/or unhealthy--and affirms the historical fact...

  2. The Unwritten Rules of Nursing

    interleukin replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    "The nurse who calls in on holidays and weekends is always the same nurse and they always get away with it. You call in sick once in 6 months and you're made to feel like you've committed a cardinal...

  3. I experience physical symptoms when I think about my job!

    interleukin replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    "Respectfully, I don't think that advice is appropriate in this case. Every one is different, you can't lump everyone together especialy not guys and cry babies...we are very different indeed." I...

  4. Frustrated Nursing/Patient Ratio!!!

    interleukin replied to bubba143's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My heart goes you to you guys who deal with head injury all the time. They are the very difficult. Regarding how to complain...always be sure to tell the DON that family members and/or the public...

  5. Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    interleukin replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    Your philosophy is understandable considering your very young age. But any attempt to micro-manage life like you have stated would be folly. There are so many holes in your plan you could push a...

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

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

    Yes, The RESIDENT does comes FIRST...but for god's sake take you break and lunch. You make it harder for anyone else to take a break when you deny your

  7. No nurses, pt died.

    interleukin replied to mandi131's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "The pt's family will probably get paid off from settlement and the whole thing will be swept under a carpet somewhere." Not if you have the guts to editorialize the incident should no real change...

  8. No nurses, pt died.

    interleukin replied to mandi131's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My humble advice...let the director of nursing know that family members were witness to the chaos and/or near catastrophic event. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will move them faster than; 1. they are...

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

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

    Paradoxically, it is precisely those who are "in it for the money" who do more to help out our profession that those who feel a, "calling". It is music to administrators' ears when they hear the...

  10. What does a Respiratory Therapist Do That An RN Can't?

    interleukin replied to steve0123's topic in MICU, SICU

    Too many people(and this society perpetuates it) seek to define themselves by what they do, rather than who they are. For this reason, people are terrified that they will not be seen as, "Commander...

  11. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    interleukin replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Why do we continue to respond to this foolish question? Smacks of an executive or human resource surreptitious inquiry into what the minimum nurses will work for. How about if we pay the hospital for...

  12. Dealing with family

    interleukin replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    That nurse should have been reported! Too many nurses forget who is working for whom Setting limits does not mean acting in an un-professional manner. Setting limits is professional behavior....

  13. Dealing with family

    interleukin replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    "The way I see it is that when I keep getting interrupted this is taking away from the care I am providing." Be careful not to fall into the, "They're keeping me from my patients," excuse. For it is...

  14. Nursing as a service industry

    interleukin replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, your pay may be, "quite good," but I would respectfully ask for a definition of quite good? Remember, it must be based upon the awesome responsibilities that bedside nurses incur, plus the daily...

  15. Nursing as a service industry

    interleukin replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    "The reason nursing is underpaid and disrespected is that we, as nurses, permit it to continue - by accepting substandard wages and conditions." That, my good friends, is the beginning, middle,...

  16. Shift and weekend differentials- what are yours?

    interleukin replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in General Nursing

    My God!!! After reading these posts it is so clear that nurses will... -turn their lives upside down -miss every other important family/social events -even shorten their by working...

  17. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    interleukin replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    Bingo!

  18. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    interleukin replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    "but what kind of trouble will I be in." I'll tell you what we know for sure...when you accept that untenable assigment, and you screw up, you'll be hung out to dry. Be sure to submit a from stating...

  19. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    interleukin replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    That's always a great situation... They'll pay someone from an agency who has no allegiance or dedication or history to the facility rather than pay someone who has been there years the bonus to work...

  20. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    interleukin replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    If there was one thing, and only one thing, I could get nurses to do, collectively and without reserve, it would be to make them stay home when they're sick. Nothing bothers me more than hearing these...

  21. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    interleukin replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    "The lesson I learned is this: now that the nurses have enough staff, they have come up with a whole new list to b... about." If their complaints are legitimate, then you must pursue them. If they...

  22. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    interleukin replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    "**I** am not leaving my coworkers even more short staffed, the hospital is." Right on! It's vital to focus on those who support the inequities and not fall for these lame and tired attempts at...

  23. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    interleukin replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    "And remember to blame the hospital for not hiring enough. Magic wands only work in fairy tales. Sorry for being "testy". Just spent a weekend trying to cover for multiple call-ins and 2 no shows....

  24. I made a boo boo!!!

    interleukin replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    We're forgetting the fact that unless there is a reason to check, i.e. there was a discrepency in the narc. count, the chances of a random check of a perfectly accurate med count is remote. Now, if...

  25. Shift change, ding, ding --Doc's here !.!.!

    interleukin replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I just say "sorry, I just got here and can't really tell you anything yet." End of story. Well said...there's no need to, ever, to apologize for what you are doing. They all know when you change...