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dekatn

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  1. When the boss makes an error

    I think we should be really careful about what mistakes are posted for all to see. Especially details, we never know when a poster is someone looking for an excuse to sue someone. I'm not in any way...
  2. I completely understand the part about some pt. coming in 2 to 3 days in a row trying to get what they want. We don't have an urgent care so our small rural ER is the after hours clinic! We have this...
  3. A nurse is a nurse is a nurse. Is that true?

    What that means to the powers that be, is, a license is a license and a warm body is a warm body!!!! But, the ones of us holding that license don't think along the same lines as the ones that are...
  4. Should I rock the boat??

    I'll apologize ahead of time for this comment, but when I saw the topic,"should I rock the boat", the first thing that popped into my feeble little brain this a.m., was, "make sure you have a life...
  5. ETOH Abuse

    I have my moments with the etoh abusers. We have a few, the same ones, every month. They spend every penny of their disability check for etoh,regular as clockwork, the second week of every month, they...
  6. Can you not call the M.D. yourself? As a previous poster stated, what would you do for hypo/hyperglycemia if you don't have standing orders or protocol in place? How often do the parents check this...
  7. We have a person on our unit that has looked, or been told about things, such as an employee background check and has spread things about this employee. It's hard to go to anyone about it because the...
  8. Maybe nursing's NOT for me? :( Suggestions/Advice?

    So, basically it's the nasty physical aspects of nursing care that you have an aversion
  9. Maybe nursing's NOT for me? :( Suggestions/Advice?

    During the four years that you were an EMT, did you not see things that made you sick to your stomach? That might have given you a
  10. Having the "Right to Fall"

    You know as well as I do that some of the diseases facing the elderly today, that as they age the more childlike they become. If we use safety measures to prevent injury in an elderly person, we are...
  11. Ok to take care of family as a patient?

  12. Am I in trouble?

    Just call them and tell them you forgot to tell about the
  13. At our hospital, they ask all of us nurses to sign a card to send to the pt. after discharge, thanking
  14. Just be there for your friend, she will need you. She will be a major candidate for
  15. I think you have to already be an LPN in order to obtain your RN training thru excelsior, if I understand your post, you mention that the nearest LPN school is 2 hours away, does this mean that you...
  16. Fed up of losing working hours

    Where I live if you are a FT employee and you are available to work when scheduled, but get called off or put on call, if you don't get your FT hours, you are eligable for unemployment benefits. There...
  17. Duties/Responsibilities

    I would sit down with a cup of coffee or tea, pen and paper and think myself through what I do, write these thoughts down as they come to you, when you finish the list, see if you can summarize it in...
  18. Prayers said for you and your family. My heart goes out to you. Please, please take care of yourself. I lost my brother to suicide. You have to take care of
  19. Relationship based care/Playing the game

    We started the same thing a couple of months ago. Supposed to cut down on call light use etc. Yeah, sure. We do our best to do the hourly rounding, I work nights, at ten we start every two hour...
  20. i need some support with an injury

    I couldn't funtion without my
  21. Puny job situation

    I have to agree, this is our home, we grew up here, raised our family here and all of our family is still here, I couldn't imagine moving. I feel I have to put my family before my
  22. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    Something that kind of irritated me was, I was doing a search for a particular member recently, I noticed that there are numerous names that haven't posted in years are still listed in the members...
  23. Med Surg Week! Help!

    I don't think they make poster board that big!!!!! lol I like RN1989's ideas. If I think of anything that might help I'll let you know. Good luck and what a neat
  24. Working After the Bypass

    I had triple bypass in May 1999, I went back to work in August of that year, haven't stopped since. I work med surg. The doctor that I had let me know right up front that this isn't a disability. I...
  25. So I'm fired. Again.

    (((((hugs)))))