sissiesmama ASN, RN

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    anyone working A TCU unit in A Hospital setting?

    sissiesmama replied to momnmotn's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Hello - I know I sound like I don't like to work there, but I did. It's not too often that we have a peds patient, the MDs usually expedite them to keep them from having to wait in this unit. I...
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    Eicu

    sissiesmama replied to nyck76's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello - I wasn't sure if the topic was still up today, but I just had to ask... My dh and I work at a large hospital. I ran across this thread this afternoon and had just never heard of this at all....
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    anyone working A TCU unit in A Hospital setting?

    sissiesmama replied to momnmotn's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Ok, thanks! The facility where my dh works and where I was employed has one, in an ICU unit that was renovated and then not used, of course. We put anything and everything in there, from Tele, OB,...
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    anyone working A TCU unit in A Hospital setting?

    sissiesmama replied to momnmotn's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Hello - I am sorry, this may be a stupid question. A TCU unit? Is that a transitional care unit, like after a patient is admitted inpatient, but for one reason or another they have to wait? Not...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! That is what I had been wondering myself!! In our home state, we don't have the union reps and such, but these are some of the thoughts that I had been wondering about. And, another point...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    Karen, you are right that the rep. wouldn't be there on a weekend, of course, maybe someone on call, but all that could have been avoided if her director had taken a few minutes when she was making...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    You mean that not only your boss has arranged this big secret meeting AND called your union rep to be there even before they have given you any info as to what kind of crap is going on, ..... YOU...
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    Prayers thoughts check-ins re Gustav

    sissiesmama replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    Zoe - You are TOO funny!! He camps out in that BR it seems like, as I'm typing now on my laptop, he's been in there about 30 minutes or so. I finally called to him a few minutes ago, "...Baby, you...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    Sue - you are right!!! I've been in that position before, and didn't get fired, but was left to sweat it out over a long holiday weekend until we had our little meeting. And it is rotten, to say...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    Nerdtonurse - Exactly!!! It's like they feel like they HAVE to have the last word, or something. So when the employee turns in a professional month notice, they can't just leave werll enough alone...
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    Prayers thoughts check-ins re Gustav

    sissiesmama replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    Our family lives in West Monroe, La, so got just some of the wind and rain, fallout and such. Big tree , or what used to be a big tree in the front yard. Thank God it didn't hit the house, if it had...
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    Grievance leads to physical conditions?!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Me too!! I have been caught by my dh and step sons more than once talking to them. My dh understands, my s.sons think I'm a little crazy at times for it. After my 1st ex and I divorced, I moved...
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    Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    sissiesmama replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

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    Grievance leads to physical conditions?!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Southern - Hello and thank you for your reply. You had some really good ideas! I know it is hard for some people who don't have or like dogs to understand where we are coming from at times, and I...
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    Grievance leads to physical conditions?!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Michelle - thank you so much for taking the time to share your story with me. I do appreciate it. You are a very strong person having to go through the grief that you did. I can not imagine being...
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    Grievance leads to physical conditions?!

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Stanley - thank you so much for your response. I do appreciate it. I know some people don't understand the connection that people "like me" that fet so attached to an animal. Quite a few years ago,...
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    Loved one soon to be passing

    sissiesmama replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Elizabeth. Just wanted to check in on you. You and your family have been on my mind this afternoon and I was hoping I wasn't interupting you. I am glad that you were able to see her today. I...
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    Migraines and work

    sissiesmama replied to Price 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Price - Hello, it is nice to hear from you, but I am sorry you have to put up with migraines like I do. I would not wich them on anyone. I started having bad migraines when I was 18, and now I am 38,...
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    do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    sissiesmama replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    OMG!!!!! And I thought that the only "know it all" students were in my class when I was in school. Most of the time, they had "the look" and you could ID them on sight. Sometimes, they would fool...
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    Gustav Roll Call

    sissiesmama replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Hello grandee! I am glad you and yours are doing ok. We live in West Monroe, La. That's wild, your patients getting evacuated to Bogalusa. All of my relatives live there. You just never even...
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    Prayers for the hurricaine victims

    sissiesmama posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had never really thought much about the tragedy that is created when it is hurricaine season until Katrina and Rita. My father had a MI (thank goodness he had evacuated up here before that!) My...
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    Loved one soon to be passing

    sissiesmama replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Elizabeth - Just wanted you to know our family is thinking of you and yours. We are praying for Granny, that she is comfortable and her nurses make sure to give care to your family during this time....
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    Prayers for the hurricaine victims

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Hello - Thank goodness the worst is over. We only had a small amount of damage to the rose bushes in the front yard. We only lost power for a few hours last night. My doggies are still kind of...
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    Gustav Roll Call

    sissiesmama replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I hope the worst is over! We didn't get too much damage, just trees and such. And I am really surprised we didn't lose power. I took some pics of some of the damage and posted them on the...
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    Loved one soon to be passing

    sissiesmama replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear Elizabeth - I am so very sorry to hear about your granny. I also hope and pray that she will not be in pain, your pain with her passing is more than enough to go around. As leslie said, the...