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Money would be most important to me.

If i were you, I would look for a job elsewhere, where you could be part of the crowd instead of always left out.

Yaaaaaay!! My hospital is getting rid of PG.... Yaaaaaay!

We are replacing them with that new hospital-compare thingy by the federal government. I am sure that replacing PG with something else will just continue the absurdity, but hey, I still love the idea of canning PG.

Upon re-reading it, neither do I! Sorry.

No, but it will sure help hospitals to save money.

I enjoyed reading the things you wish you could tell the patient, here is something I wish I could have told the doctor: We are standing at the foot of the patients bed... Doc: Has her foley been d/c ed? I'm not even going to say what I was thinking...

That excerpt from ADVANCE is interesting. I haven't noticed the hourly rounding thing boosting nurses morale. If anything, it seems to reduce morale. To be fair though, it's really not all that bad. It only takes about 5 minutes to run around all...

I think there should be a 'no transfer, no admit' between 6-8am and 6-8pm. In the end, the most important factor should be patient safety.

I too will not risk my life to come into work. If the hospital wants to send someone way the heck out into the country to see what my hour long drive is like, they are welcome to come. I will give them hot chocolate. But I am not getting in a vehi...

I personally would look elsewhere. 5-6 patients with less than usual help from cna's is too much for me. Also, are you sure it pays 40 for 36? That seems unusual. Usually, they consider 36 full time for benifits, but they only pay you for what you ...

true, maybe, but she could divorce him years later, and have half his money for free...lol to the OP, you could work 60 hours a week till then. It may not be pleasant, but you could certainly do it.

Nurses have always followed doctor's orders, since the beginning of our profession. If I wanted to be autonomous, i would have chosen another profession. I agree with other posters that we have never been autonomous. Also, no offense, but I don't ...

I used to be the manager of the Foreign Languages Department at a major university. I can tell you for sure that to meet many college and university requirements for foreign language, you may test out. In some cases you may have to test as well as in...

Press Gainey doesn't help.

I worked at nights for a while while I was in school. I thought it would be great because the floor wasn't too busy at 2-4 am, I could get in some studying. That did not work out so well for me, I would get a sentence or two in an be just about asl...

I was in a patients room, asking on the way out...'what else can i do for you, sir?' He said: 'Your absence would be nice' Lol, how nice. This was after I gave him his oxy, of course.

What part of our image do you think we have to change? Nurses are very well respected here in the Northeastern United States.

Hi everyone, I passes the boards! Yaaaaaay!!

I provided AM care to a woman, she said, while I was performing it that she was embarrased. I continually asked her if she wanted me to get someone else to provide this care to her. She continually said no, she was just embarassed. I also told her th...

I am a new nurse, and a male. I find this to be very offensive. Men have never felt that a man needed to catheterize them, and I refuse to accept the reverse. That is just wrong. I will be no more or less careful in providing care than my female cou...

I wouldn't have said a thing. I would have been glad if another student had complained to the instructor and all the students got caught... But I would not have said a thing myself. Also, I would not treat the student who reported the others like ...

Im sorry, of course. Especially in nursing homes. I din't mean to come across that way.

So what did the doctor order in this situation and why is that he RN's fault? She can only do so much. She must have been smoking a cigarette, eh?

This forum is such a good resource for us!!