fronkey bean

fronkey bean

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  1. Introductions...........

    fronkey bean replied to CardioTrans's topic in Alabama Nursing

    :welcome:Welcome StudentNurse. you'll have to change your name soon! Congrats on your med

  2. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    fronkey bean replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Good luck at UAB. I applied for the '08 CRNA class but I haven't heard back yet. You may be right about the mgmt here which is kind of depressing. I always thought it was greed that made them turn a...

  3. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    fronkey bean replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    That's still not that bad a ratio. here they split the pts up b/t the Rn's and LPN's. the LPN's take more pts but the RN's cover their IV meds, etc. and I think there is one tech per 10+ pts when they...

  4. Introductions...........

    fronkey bean replied to CardioTrans's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses Notime and I love your name. It says it all doesn't

  5. CRNA Questions

    fronkey bean replied to gapeach427's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    ERush, are you applying at UAB? Just curious. I applied for the '08 class but haven't heard anything

  6. CRNA Questions

    fronkey bean replied to gapeach427's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    have you googled CRNA jobs? I didn't see any that specifically said part time but judging by the sheer number of jobs listed I bet you'll be able to find part time work if you want

  7. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    fronkey bean replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Really Snic., where do you work? We don't have that ratio in our ICU. Our stated ratio is 2 patients to one RN but P&P states we can have three under certain conditions, however,they will give us...

  8. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    fronkey bean replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Hey A J. I agree w/ totally except for one detail. I think admin. and management know for the most part what we want. They know that they can risk a few of us walking out b/c most won't and even if...

  9. Sick Day

    fronkey bean replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    You know it is funny that management always says they don't want you to come to work sick but then admin. makes policies that just about garuntee that you will. For ex. the punitive actions taken at...

  10. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    fronkey bean replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is no such thing as "minimally functional" in nursing. I do not want a minimally functioning nurse to take care of me. You need to know enough right from the moment you're off...

  11. Lets do this differently for a change.

    fronkey bean replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    That is different, you are held accountable to teach them certain things which should be spelled out clearly in writing b/f your first day w/ the preceptee. If you don't follow the written guidelines,...

  12. Labor & Healthcare-The Issue of Our Time

    fronkey bean replied to lizzyj's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I really think nurses need a union to safeguard their interests but I wish they would stay out of the political spectrum w/ my money. If they want to send their members a fact sheet w/ info on...

  13. Labor & Healthcare-The Issue of Our Time

    fronkey bean replied to lizzyj's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This is one of the reasons I do not like unions. I don't believe single-payer gov't run health care is the best solution to the problems w/ health care in the US yet, if I were in the NNOC/CNA, my...

  14. Nurses that write their own orders

    fronkey bean replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't you just hate to be the pt. of the doc that nurses are afraid to call?! I wonder if they knew we told people which docs won't respond to nurses and that these people listen and go elsewhere,...

  15. Nurses that write their own orders

    fronkey bean replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    NEVER?! Wow, I'm absolutly astounded. I've honestly never met a nurse before who didn't have at least one story about a doc that never called

  16. Nurses that write their own orders

    fronkey bean replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I may be showing my ignorance, but I didn't think you had to have an order to irrigate a foley (Kind of like you don't need an order to do a sterile dsg change on a central line, when it needs to...

  17. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    fronkey bean replied to bethin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good

  18. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    fronkey bean replied to bethin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, there is some truth that cost goes up across the board when one segment of the population is costing the providers more money. But the insurance co.s have built in increases for those who have...

  19. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    fronkey bean replied to bethin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    robert byrd (d) west virginia, who was was a recruiter and an exalted cyclops for the kkk, for one. and he is just one of the most obvious. newshound.de.siu.edu (i'm not sure why the link is not...

  20. Sick Day

    fronkey bean replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    It is a good thought but we work so short so often that nothing short of bubonic plague is an acceptable excuse at my

  21. the big change

    fronkey bean replied to 2beanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am 13 years into my nursing career and have finally hit my stride. This is kind of cliche but time management is the key to a successful shift. It took me several years but I finally came up w/...

  22. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    fronkey bean replied to bethin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know this is a little off subject, but the reason we send money to poor nations is b/c they really are POOR. I've been on medical missions in third world countries where the only thing we had to...

  23. Is nursing defined as a profession, practice or simply as work?

    fronkey bean replied to 2B_RN_2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Mabey some day I will. For now w/ two kids and a single income, my 25/hour is stretched pretty tight. Even Putt Putt golf is out of my

  24. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    fronkey bean replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Check into any time unions have been proposed and I think you'll see stiff resistance in all cases. Also, the South just tends to be a very traditional area and anything that sounds like something new...

  25. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    fronkey bean replied to bethin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why does someone have to pay for it? I know that sound heartless but, if they made a decision they have to live w/ the consequences. Is it pos. that some opt out of insurance programs that they could...