alwaysthere

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1. Overcoming for Mario

   alwaysthere replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is deadlines... Things have to be done at certain times...or another human being could be harmed. Nursing is taking responsiblilty for ones own actions because we are also responsible for our patients. If you are really serious about this (an...

2. Overcoming for Mario

   alwaysthere replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

   Nice to see you posting againg Mario I missed you! And dont lose Heart..something similar happened to me...but I REFUSED to let it stop me.

3. 3 - 11 shift

   alwaysthere replied to Jolly's topic in General Nursing

   well im a confirmed 3-11 shift person i hate working any other shift, I am not a morning person, I will usually go to bed at about three or four in the am ...after coming home from work at 11....cleaning ...cooking for the family and checking email/d...

4. Do you nurses get breaks?

   alwaysthere replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

   I havent gotten to the point where i tell my co-workers im going to go pretend to be a smoker now..and i will step off the floor... usually outsde and just breath the freah air for about five minutes....i do this about twice a night...especially if w...

5. CNA graduation/gifts

   alwaysthere replied to GraceyB's topic in General Nursing

   Would you like me to write one? Also i was also prez of my class when i did it and gave out little bottles of hand lotion and purell everyone loved it.

6. Survey: Does your facility use a paper or computer based charting for patient record

   alwaysthere replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   We chart with a program that was designed for caregivers who speak minimal english..it has little pictures and you have to go through hoops to record any relevant information..I hate it

7. "Shift goes to the lowest bidder..."

   alwaysthere replied to fab4fan's topic in Activism

   Sigh..... Just another slight to nurses My facility has a different way to deal with this... We do use a lot of agency But when one of the reg staff wants to pick up some ot they just go to scheduling and tell her they can pick up some shifts at such...

8. "Shift goes to the lowest bidder..."

   alwaysthere replied to fab4fan's topic in Activism

   Sigh..... Just another slight to nurses My facility has a different way to deal with this... We do use a lot of agency But when one of the reg staff wants to pick up some ot they just go to scheduling and tell her they can pick up some shifts at such...

9. Shoes

   alwaysthere replied to AmyLiz's topic in General Nursing

   I find that if i bye GOOD athletic shoes and wear the inserts that my ortho doc says ive got to i have very little leg/back pain.

10. funeral of LTC res..

    alwaysthere replied to lpnga's topic in Geriatric

    there is only one chance in life to do many things ..things that you will regret doing or not doing when the moment has passed....follow your heart and you nursing judgment... There have been many times when a family has invited me to the funeral pro...

11. You Know You're a Nurse When...

    alwaysthere replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

    Prolly means Student Nurse

12. Cna

    alwaysthere replied to ava'smomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Was for 6 yrs

13. Nursing Week B.S.

    alwaysthere replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility the nurses and aides are the only ones recognized during nurses week and Nursing is the only dept that has a facility wide/sponsored week.....Other depts put on there own recognition programs independantly....However handing out little...

14. uniforms are killing us

    alwaysthere replied to parklandtrauma's topic in General Nursing

    I do agree... Does one see lawyers wearing something that looks like their childrens pyjamas? Does one see paramedics wear cartoons as part of their uniform? Point being that the nursing proffesion seems to be the only one that thinks its ok to wear...

15. how is your aim?

    alwaysthere replied to 2ndCareerRN's topic in Humor

    47275....Every man in the land should hide his head in shame...