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  1. The flu shot making people sick

    June55Baby replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Last October, my then 10 month old grandson received his first flu vaccine on a Tuesday and by Friday night was having full blown witnessed, video-taped focal seizures. After being hospitalized for...

  2. UMC vs. St. Dominic, Jackson Mississippi

    June55Baby replied to amandagayle's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the update... So glad you are happy, challenged and respected where you are practicing. Wish you all the

  3. UMC vs. St. Dominic, Jackson Mississippi

    June55Baby replied to amandagayle's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think you have thought it through, weighed it out, and made the right decision for yourself! Best wishes on boards and your new

  4. UMC vs. St. Dominic, Jackson Mississippi

    June55Baby replied to amandagayle's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Amandagayle, I was curious to find out what you decided? Did you go with St. D or

  5. UMC vs. St. Dominic, Jackson Mississippi

    June55Baby replied to amandagayle's topic in General Nursing

    as far as schedules, working 12 hr weekends, you miss parties, cookouts, kid’s ballgames etc but you have time off during the week for dr appts, grocery shopping, class parties and field trips....

  6. UMC vs. St. Dominic, Jackson Mississippi

    June55Baby replied to amandagayle's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, NICU is my first love, so there would be no question there. I have worked every other weekend and nights as well and now work straight M-F. Also, it's 2 totally different environments. You...

  7. UMC vs. St. Dominic, Jackson Mississippi

    June55Baby replied to amandagayle's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know your age or experience, but as a nurse close to retirement, I have wished many times that I had taken the offer from UMC back in the day. They offer excellent benefits and retirement. I...

  8. Does this happen at your hospital? (Staffing related.)

    June55Baby replied to nfdfiremedic's topic in General Nursing

    This is a "through-put" issue and Joint Commission has standards that apply to patient flow. I'm sure your patients are not "satisfied" with this arrangement either and poor patient staisfaction...

  9. Ordering aspirin tied into a part of ER MD salary ??

    June55Baby replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    Ordering ASA for AMI patients (not CHFers) is probably tied to Core Measures or the Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule from CMS, which impacts Core Measures and HCAHPS (Patient Satisfaction). Using...

  10. Acknowledgment system

    June55Baby replied to misswhitney's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital we use "Smarties". It is simply a post card with the hospital logo on it and we write a thank you note for what the employee did proving they are a "smartie" and we tape a roll of...

  11. Extreme Fatigue in a 26 y/o Female

    June55Baby posted a topic in General Nursing

    First I want to apologize for this post being so long, but I'm hoping to get some information and/or ideas on how to help my daughter. My daughter is 26 years old, married, with 3 children. During...

  12. Crappy Nurses Day

    June55Baby replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Yep! Good place with great administrative staff and a very strong CNO. Hospital has received "One of the Best Places to Work" awards more than once AND this year the State Nurses Ass'n gave us the...

  13. Crappy Nurses Day

    June55Baby replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    So far we have had a very nice Nurses' Week! Yesterday we had a Popcorn and Coke party ay 2 and again at 9 for all nursing staff (RNs, LPNs, CNAs) including non-clinical nurses like me! We were...

  14. Help: Taking out stains on uniform?

    June55Baby replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    If it's your blood... try this old quilter's trick and use your own saliva. I know for a fact my saliva gets blood stains out of quilts when I stick myself while

  15. Self Harm Questions in Triage

    June55Baby replied to KNARE's topic in Emergency

    KNARE, check with your hospital's Joint Commission coordinator... from what I understand according to The Joint Commission, that requirement is "...applicable to psychiatric hospitals and patients...

  16. Nursing Fun!

    June55Baby replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    With kids you gotta do Disney! ! ! Stay inside the park, use park transportation (bus, tram, boat, whatever is available), go early (one park opens early each day to people who are staying in the...

  17. Oh no she didn't!

    June55Baby replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, MissLo, for being an advocate for your patient and her family. I am SURE they will remember your acts of kindness setting up the music and aromatherapy much longer than the "meds" that the...

  18. Pregnant and not know it?

    June55Baby replied to ToxicShock's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the documentary on this topic on Discovery Health last night. Apparently, one gal was on BC pills and took an antibiotic which decreased the effectiveness of the pill and she became pregnant....

  19. Hourly rounding... I have the time

    June55Baby replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    As much as I agree that The Joint Commission often goes overboard with their recommendations and requirements, we can't blame this one on them. This comes from CMS (Medicare) who is basing our...

  20. Germ-X

    June55Baby replied to BlueTexas89's topic in General Nursing

    Michelle, I can understand wanting to smell wonderful, but when I was recently hospitalized, the nurses who wore/used scented products made my nausea so much worse that I hated it when they came in my...

  21. "Your attention, please. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A."

    June55Baby replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard about all kinds of pages to alert staff that The Joint Commission is in the building, but never Code J! What we do is announce the following overhead - "Attention, please join in...

  22. How nasty!!

    June55Baby replied to rnrae's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital every department, every shift has "embedded spies" who monitor hand hygiene and report offenders to the Infection Control Coordinator. The offenders are counseled as needed! Seems to...

  23. Any Diabetic nurses out there?

    June55Baby replied to turtletyme's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hey I also have diabetes for 22 years and wear an insulin pump (for about 13 years.) I worked clinical in Women's Services up until about 11 years ago and finally had to get a desk job (Quality...

  24. care of patients with a loss

    June55Baby replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Jrring.. I am so sorry that your baby died. One thing I have learned caring for families who have experienced the death of a baby is that each person handles grief differently. A dear friend lost a...

  25. Amniotic Band Syndrome? Heard of it? Seen it?

    June55Baby replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for your comment Criss. About the word "deformed", doesn't it exactly describe my extremities? According to my medical dictionary, it means- misshapen, distorted, malformed, distorted. And...