sjoe

sjoe

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  1. Nursing issues that need change

    sjoe replied to efy2178's topic in General Nursing

    7. Is your supervisor even reasonably competent--or even interested in becoming competent? If interested, exactly what is she/he doing to increase his/her competence. 8. Is management at your...

  2. Awesome!

    sjoe replied to shannon8282's topic in General Nursing

    "I want to make a change...I hope that sometime in my career as a nurse, I will only have the amount of patients that I can comfortably handle. I want to have time to sit and talk with them, and to be...

  3. Dear Nurse Manager

    sjoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    "I can only conclude that you don't care why." That seems to say it all. Move on and let it

  4. What does the midwife market look like where you live?

    sjoe replied to LuvsOB's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    You are wise to thoroughly explore the job market before investing this kind of time and money. The last article I read on the subject, about 7 or 8 months ago, reported that nationwide there were...

  5. I Quit My Job Today! I'm so relieved!

    sjoe replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    cheerful writes: "I'm never sorry for standing up for myself as a nurse. I always stand on what I believe in...always always always! Now..........if the rest of the world's nurses would only follow...

  6. Hospital industry seminars advise administrators how to evade RN ratios

    sjoe replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    Surprise!!! (You might know that Tenet would be intimately involved in all this, as

  7. "but she's so nice!"

    sjoe replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Let' see, you are doing another person's job in addition to your own. You have, essentially, no manager or supervisor and are covering that up through this unpaid extra work. Far be it from me to...

  8. What is good supervision?

    sjoe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Some thoughts paraphrased from Selling the Sea by Bob Dickinson and Andy Vladimir: "Supervisors have the responsibility to encourage open communication by creating in their employees: Self confidence...

  9. Do you see the pendulum swinging the other way?

    sjoe replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    P rn writes: "The last line says: Nurses have a lot of creativity and hospital administrators need to let them tackle this problem. " I disagree with the tone and the approach of much of the article,...

  10. Do you see the pendulum swinging the other way?

    sjoe replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    Those who still entertain the fantasy that training more nurses is any solution to the "nursing shortage," might want to read this article in the current Nurseweek:...

  11. Talking to the Press???

    sjoe replied to rmprn's topic in General Nursing

    1) If you did the interview while you were at work (i.e. "on the company's time and dime"), you should have gotten authorization first, since they were paying for the time that you were spending with...

  12. Schools

    sjoe replied to RN Zeke's topic in California Nursing

    1) every school has its own waiting list 2) waiting list lengths vary from school to school 3) as a rule of thumb, the less expensive the school, the longer the waiting list 4) community colleges have...

  13. What does everyone think about this situation?

    sjoe replied to TonyafutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Assault and battery are not really issues here as she would have to take it to court to be valid and she is in no position to do that. Obviously the daughter who is the one who could bring litigation...

  14. What does everyone think about this situation?

    sjoe replied to TonyafutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    these would be good things to know: 1) are we to assume that this patient has made no advance directives? no living will? no durable power of attorney for health care? if she has done this...

  15. I'm not a people person....

    sjoe replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    "people person" is one of those "cutsie" terms that mean a variety of things. a term with no denotation, only connotations, in short, like the word "love." so you don't know what this person meant...

  16. are NAS, equipment,and a secretary a luxury?

    sjoe replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

    "how much worst is it going to get? " A LOT worse, IMHO. Why? Because nurses are very reluctant to organize, set limits, and stand up for themselves and each other. It is as simple as

  17. help re:salaries in N.Carolina

    sjoe replied to robger99's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.salary.com Reputable facilities are not reluctant to give salary

  18. help re:salaries in N.Carolina

    sjoe replied to robger99's topic in General Nursing

    see next

  19. IV suggestions

    sjoe replied to NsgTiger's topic in General Nursing

    You may be maintaining too steep an angle after the flashback. If this is the case, try lowering your hand more toward the patient's arm to decrease the angle before advancing the

  20. help..need info re short term memory loss

    sjoe replied to hmccartn's topic in General Nursing

    There was a Perry Mason show that dealt with this kind of injury. If you watch enough recycled television shows, you are bound to run into

  21. Anyone been diagnosed with this?

    sjoe replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.google.com Do a search using "Posterior polar cataracts" and you will find a LOT of

  22. Safe Staffing Ratios too?

    sjoe replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    It was another good move by Arnold. To pick and choose which regulations to suspend and which ones to continue before having this time to evaluate them all would be begging the original question....

  23. Not Good Enough For Medicine - Be A Nurse!

    sjoe replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    Since this issue has come up repeatedly, I'll just say this: Don't a lot of LVNs think/feel that CNAs aren't smart/good/capable enough to become LVNs? And don't a lot of RNs think/feel the same...

  24. Fired for no cause

    sjoe replied to sammy004's topic in General Nursing

    "TROLL ALERT!!" Exactly

  25. Gastroenterology Nurses!?!?!

    sjoe replied to crp2000's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.salary.com for salaries and you might check out the gastroenterology nursing forum on this BB for other information. Given this topic, you have an interesting