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  1. Wrongful termination? Age discrimination?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to TomCCRN1991's topic in General Nursing

    After watching three of us in my unit in our late 50's fall prey to this kind of discrimination, I am wondering just how prevalent this trend is. I left my job when paperwork started to accumulate...

  2. Bedside Report...

    janetjanetbobanet replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    When this first started at my hospital, we were giving each other the basics of face to face report at the desk and then going into the room to introduce the oncoming nurse to the patient and discuss...

  3. ***** Am I doing something wrong?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to wabashcannon's topic in General Nursing

    You definitely are not doing anything wrong. There are a lot of hiring freezes going on right now, and those of us who have been out of school for eons are getting called off some of our shifts and...

  4. Low census = shift cancellation.....help!

    janetjanetbobanet replied to TX_nurse_08's topic in General Nursing

    The mall job doesn't sound too bad, but it might be hard to get one these days with the high unemployment

  5. Colorado Licensing

    janetjanetbobanet replied to bburgess's topic in General Nursing

    I think it took them a few weeks to do mine, they go on a first come first serve basis and some months are busier than others due to graduations from nursing school, I think. You can look on the...

  6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    A coworker of mine who had a near death experience in her younger days could sometimes see people leaving their bodies. She even spoke to one that she found leaning over himself looking at his dead...

  7. restructuring the hospital into the Hilton

    janetjanetbobanet replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Why would anyone ever want to be dismissed from such an environment? Thinking I need to visit your neck of the woods and develop some kind of illness that won't keep me from enjoying the room service...

  8. Anyone work for the VA?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for the VA for quite a few years until I moved to a city that didn't have one. The five weeks of vacation for RNs is nice and I miss that. The retirement benefits are pretty decent. You...

  9. Drinks in the nurses station...

    janetjanetbobanet replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    as a night shifter, i have worked where you could eat at the nurses station for the sake of safe staffing, and have never gotten sick because i washed my hands before i ate anything and i didn't put...

  10. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    Bullying is alive and well in some hospitals, I have seen it happen. I have experienced one on one bullying myself and found that standing up to the bully is the best way to deal with it. But group...

  11. My hospital going to provide scrubs and wash them!!!

    janetjanetbobanet replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    So will you get your own scrubs back or do you have to dig through a stack of them in the linen room to find your size? I had a job like that once and we all ended up hoarding our size scrubs in our...

  12. Thoughts/Experiences working in a V.A. hospital?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

    You would be happy, too, if you were getting paid what they are. It is the top paying VA in the country. Two of my co-workers from my VA in Kansas transferred there to take advantage of that, and...

  13. Nursing and unionization...

    janetjanetbobanet replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree there will always be incompetents, but there has to be a way to deal with that, union or not. I like the idea of being protected from harrassment or firing from management for unfair reasons....

  14. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    janetjanetbobanet replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Doctor, is there nothing I can take, to relieve this bellyache? Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up, put the lime in the coconut and call me in the

  15. court ruling affects all RN'S

    janetjanetbobanet replied to rnpatrick's topic in Agency Nurses

    There will always be people who will work for a lower wage rather than have to sell a house and move. It takes a while for supply and demand to

  16. Durango

    janetjanetbobanet replied to NikRN's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Somewhere on this forum http://www.city-data.com/forum/colorado/ I have read some posts that would be helpful. Don't know exactly where, though, but there was an RN who was recently hired in Durango...

  17. Interviews in Colorado springs area....any advice?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to alexan18's topic in Colorado Nursing

    My son was hired as well at Memorial North on the med-surg-telemetry unit and starts nights in July. He was also told the ratio is around 4 patients but he might sometimes have to take 5. He told me...

  18. Nursing and unionization...

    janetjanetbobanet replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Very good book. All of you should read it, but be aware that it may make you angry. It had that affect on me. There are a lot of stories about abuse of one kind or another against

  19. Co-worker stole my ID

    janetjanetbobanet replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm missing something here, but I would have RUN to a very good lawyer before I would put up with being threatened with termination and not being allowed to submit a drug screen! I know there...

  20. Promethazine IV Question

    janetjanetbobanet replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not trying to change the subject of this thread, but seeing this on reglan makes me want to add my two cents worth. I got undiluted reglan given directly into a free-flowing IV on my way to a lap...

  21. Crazy stuff can happen

    janetjanetbobanet replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Me, too. Eating egg mcMuffin here. Mark of a truly experienced

  22. Drawing blood from a PICC line

    janetjanetbobanet replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know this about the culture medium, neither did most of my co-workers. But then we always use 10cc syringe for wastes, draws, and flushes so it hasn't been an

  23. Co-worker stole my ID

    janetjanetbobanet replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    What type of recovery programs do the different states have? I know someone in Colorado who is probably getting out of nursing because the one they have there is so difficult to work with and costs...

  24. The Risks of Nursing.....

    janetjanetbobanet replied to mzstacia's topic in Health, Stress Management

    A male co-worker had an aids patient spit in his eye, deliberately. But generally I think women are lashed out at more and patients tend to settle down more with a male

  25. Night Shift might be killing me

    janetjanetbobanet replied to NICU_3_RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've worked nights for about 20 years now and love it, but then I was the kid who read comic books under the covers with a flashlight at night when I was growing up and was a real pain to drag out of...