dnnc52

dnnc52

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  1. Nurses with depression

    dnnc52 replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have often looked for articles R/T the mental health of our healthcare workers. Even wonder what percent of our folks are on medications. This would reveal the condition of our profession . When I...

  2. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    dnnc52 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse is a lot easier to sue than the hospital. Most likely the insurance at the desire of the hospital will settle to have less news coverage. So thats why ALWAYS carry your own mal-practice...

  3. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    dnnc52 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! What part of the country are you working. That sounds like a sensational place to work. So rather than deny your conditions of work they actually admit the problems and address it. That really...

  4. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    dnnc52 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    OUCH: Sorry not up to date on the newspaper and media staffing problems. But don't you think it also has to do with the fact that at least here where I live I see ad about how great the hospitals are...

  5. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    dnnc52 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    The media needs to level with the public about the problems in healthcare. So many studies support that the nurse/pt ratio has a major effect on the pt outcomes, also less medical errors, If the pt...

  6. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    dnnc52 replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    hey folks I am so paranoid even about this site that I try hard to cover my tracks. I think ? But I do know that there are people who would love to quote some things I had said on here. This should be...

  7. Truth behind lifting patients

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! This post is getting HEAVY a play on words. I wish that more of our co-workers knew about the guidelines on lifting and the harm that we are doing to ourselves by being the good corp supper nurse...

  8. Truth behind lifting patients

    dnnc52 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i know we have been told for year that if we lift a patient with proper techniques that we will not injure ourselves. i spoke to retired nurse of 60yrs who told me they told her the same story, as...

  9. Chronic back injury...losing hope

    dnnc52 replied to KWFACE's topic in General Nursing

    But still in the long run would you not be better off with at least a paper trail of your injury if it ever got as far as needing a lawyer? regardless of the disability claims being

  10. Truth behind lifting patients

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in General Nursing

    My fear is that I am already at an unfair advantage, regardless of what people think I am an older nurse. In spite of my experience and the fact that I do keep up with the latest trends, hey (after...

  11. Truth behind lifting patients

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in General Nursing

    Great

  12. Chronic back injury...losing hope

    dnnc52 replied to KWFACE's topic in General Nursing

    Can not stress how important reporting injuy to your managemnet can be. I give a true but sad story that I am invloved with at this time. I gave my 2 week notice to my job with another one waiting....

  13. relocating to charlotte/matthews NC.....NICU/PICU RN

    dnnc52 replied to kat,rn's topic in Nursing Career

    well this time of year a lot of new students will be hitting the work force. less money,some will be paying off the loans with a few who,made payback deals with some of the hospitals. All these...

  14. relocating to charlotte/matthews NC.....NICU/PICU RN

    dnnc52 replied to kat,rn's topic in Nursing Career

    You have Presbyterian, Carolinas Healthcare Services, Gastoinia Hospital and Lake Norman, of al the hospitals I always preferred Northeast Medical Center which has always be a progressive nurse...

  15. What you wished you had known before you started your first job?

    dnnc52 replied to AndreaBallard's topic in General Nursing

    BE HUMBLE!!! Even the gray haired slow moving nurse, who you may look a wonder why, will still have a lot to offer you, but in the same token realize your worth to the team as an

  16. Can't do anything right

    dnnc52 replied to prinsessa's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It just seems that this is a steady trend in the feeling we go through as nurses. The main thing is to in all your efforts think pt first'Do no harm, or as I say do not intentional harm, as a old...

  17. Do CEU's expire?

    dnnc52 replied to patientadv's topic in General Nursing

    But then again can't we use our ACLS,CPR TNCC and course of this nature over and over again? as long as we

  18. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    dnnc52 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay we all agree we are short staffed!. as nurse lets do what we canb do best. Come up with creative ideas to combat this problem. can we go back to the older ways of. taking the non-nursing duties...

  19. Blindfolding: Is this an intervention or abuse?

    dnnc52 replied to dicecream's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know how everyone feels about this but I think that if we base our judgment centered around empathy, and not what is the easiest resolve then I think we are doing justice. From my point of...

  20. Another fun music video...

    dnnc52 replied to Larry77's topic in Nursing Humor

    WOW! nurses and healthcare workers really happy and with real smiles. Could they be enjoying their jobs? Ah remember it's just

  21. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    dnnc52 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am not in much of a praying person much these days. But I will make an exception. Perhaps we should have a national day of prayer for all nurses.. CAB: I am without words,but I pray that the worse...

  22. "Taking A Mental Health Day"

    dnnc52 replied to slmnewrn07's topic in Health, Stress Management

    you know it seems so odd that as nurses we are one of the strongest work forces in this country but still it seems we have no power. In reality without us healthcare would cease...Wheres Woody Guthrie...

  23. Cardiac Markers and stress test

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    well she came to me from the tele unit, but then was transfered to our unit 2 hrs post the stress test. Which I assume was the usual trendmill without chemicals, since she was considered to be in good...

  24. Cardiac Markers and stress test

    dnnc52 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Okay folks pardon my lack of knowledge and it's true that this old dog has a prblem with some of the new tricks. I had a 42 yr female pt HX: Woke out of sound sleep with chest pain, mid-sternal with...

  25. Union in NC?

    dnnc52 replied to Venetian's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    NO not yet! But perhaps you can bring them here from Illinois . We are are probably more ripe and willing then ever for a Union. staff/pt ratios, so many non-nursing duties placed on the