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  1. write-up for insubordination because I turned my back to cry...

    mazy replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not a crier, and sometimes I feel like there must be something wrong with me because stuff that sets off the waterworks in the women AND men around me does not make me cry. It's strange because I...

  2. Discharged at the point of death.

    mazy replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It is a very good thread about a very complex issue. We aren't going to solve the problem but it is important to talk about it. I agree that we should stop thinking in terms of us vs. them. For a...

  3. A good answer to those who ask our salary

    mazy replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I find it cringeworthy and I guess it's because when someone asks you what they make, what they want to know is what do you make. It's not that they want to discuss the profession of nursing per se....

  4. Surviving a passive aggressive co-worker?

    mazy replied to TheOracle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Women. The word is

  5. Surviving a passive aggressive co-worker?

    mazy replied to TheOracle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with this. For some reason this issue has been coming up a lot on the site these days. He is a manager, he needs to refer to staff in a professional way, and not just to their faces. The use...

  6. Discharged at the point of death.

    mazy replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was talking about the patients I get from ICU who are only days away from dying, but the families are still caught between wanting to do everything (when there is nothing more to be done) and coming...

  7. Discharged at the point of death.

    mazy replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, it happens a lot. Although I think it depends on the facility because it happens less where I'm working now. One place we were getting people right out of the ICU. They were DNRs and way too sick...

  8. facility responsibility to the obese

    mazy replied to onthemark's topic in General Nursing

    We educate diabetics about proper dietary/lifetyle choices, same as with any patient with any healthcare issue; however, never have I seen a situation where a facility educated and then forced a...

  9. Advice for pre-nursing student

    mazy replied to nhunter6's topic in Nursing Career

    Most nurses that I know go into nursing school with the expectation that they will work in a hospital setting, and are adamant that they would never in a million years work in a nursing home. The...

  10. Nursing hours

    mazy replied to GivingLove's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that the preferred term now is "bat." Gender neutral, and can be adapted to circumstance: see "crusty old," "baby," and "vampire," or "batty," for those nurses who are overworked and over...

  11. I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    mazy replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Now this is an official nurse's creed that I can get on board

  12. Advice for pre-nursing student

    mazy replied to nhunter6's topic in Nursing Career

    With the job market as bad as it is these days, the enormous competition for jobs, and the aging of the population, you really need to think about your statement that you don't like old people. I know...

  13. I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    mazy replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I grow up I want to be a crusty old bat. Grateful to all of you

  14. Would you have called?

    mazy replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like the order of a dr. who really really did not want to be called. Did this happen on Thanksgiving? His orders were clear and specific and covered all bases. If that nurse wanted to...

  15. write-up for insubordination because I turned my back to cry...

    mazy replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  16. Nursing hours

    mazy replied to GivingLove's topic in General Nursing

    School nurse: you work with kids, more decent hours, you get to be a nurse. I don't think the pay is very good though. There's a sub forum on this site:

  17. Nurses eat their Young

    mazy replied to NYLiz's topic in General Nursing

    If you did that in my facility, the police would be escorting you out the door. And the BON would be

  18. Agitated terminal agitation or a hospice nurse's worst nightmare

    mazy replied to laynicrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I had a case like that once, patient so agitated he kept trying to stand up and throwing himself out of bed -- he had been wheelchair bound for years before that. I had to physically hold him down til...

  19. Oncology RN Forced to Resign

    mazy replied to Done's topic in General Nursing

    This post came up first in a rather generic google search:...

  20. Finding Medical Practice Laws Pre-Mission Trip

    mazy replied to ltcajh's topic in General Nursing

    If you are going with an organization wouldn't they be able to offer any helpful

  21. Is LTC really a kiss of death for new grads?

    mazy replied to studentchar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldn't officially commit to any job for that period of time, LTC especially. You won't know what kind of facility you will be working in, how you like working there, how they treat their staff,...

  22. Oncology RN Forced to Resign

    mazy replied to Done's topic in General Nursing

    I really worry sometimes about whether it is a good idea to be posting such specific information about an ongoing investigation on a public forum. Done, it sounds like you have had a lot going on in...

  23. how to handle coworker

    mazy replied to purple10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If your friend is stressed out to the max and is ready to have a breakdown, then it's just possible that your new co-worker is as well. But it sounds like she is someone who is willing to share with...

  24. I really need some advice ASAP

    mazy replied to jocelynlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't pick up on the fact that the OP referred to the aids as "girls" and then said 90% of them were older than she is (at 21). That's kind of strange. A couple of things. I don't know if people on...

  25. scab nursing

    mazy replied to defyinggravity2009's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have the