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Me, too. Five years and 127 credit hours= ADN for me.
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I agree, Canoe. I'm sure many of us have given a supp to a pt while they are in a w/c, as well. it's not hard- as long as they can lean forward and rest their upper body on a table. Also, many facilities have standing orders, which almost always include prn APAP, in any form needed.
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2shihzus, I'm glad you read the writng on the wall and resigned. It seems that so many nurses ignore these types of situations, just try to keep a low profile, and hope things will improve- then they are fired. Politics are one of the worst things about nursing, imo. Being a traveler has really helped me to stay out of work-place politics. Best of luck to you, and here's wishing you a much better job in the near future!
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When I worked in inpt hospice, I once had three pts die in one shift. It does feel awful.
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Oh, I don't think I could deal with having to do that stuff. Being real and authentic is very important to me. It makes me feel a litttle physically ill just imaging having to recite all that to pts. It's a sad day in health care when survey results are more important than pt outcomes. It sounds like this is what is happeneing in this situation. When you ask the three p's , if a pt says yes, they want something for pain and they need help to go to the bathroom, that's 15 mins right there. If just one person says yes, that screws up the hourly rounding schedule. Does someone else take over your hourly rounding, then?
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(my bolding) If ratios solved the problem or not, the reason there are no ratio laws in other states is $$$, and to prevent nurses from gaining power over their own practice. It has nothing to do w/ whether or not it would "fix the problem." Safe Harbor is a crock. Any nurse who fills it out is basically resigning from her job and asking to get black-listed. I have had 13 pts by myself in a med/surg unit in TX, no CNA, no LPN, no unit clerk. This is not safe by any standards. I protested. I was told that I was the only nurse who had ever complained about such an assignment, and to get back to work. I learned that nurses at this unit were able to take such high loads, because they didn't do assesssments, or give all their meds. I was even told by a charge nurse "stop doing assessments. you are disturbing the pts, and you don't have time, anyway. just copy was the last nurse wrote. That's how we do it." The nurse decides? In Texas, I have never seen a bedside nurse allowed to decide anything, except maybe when to quit.
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Maybe corrections nurses will soon be asking their "clients" to fill out similar a survey when the are paroled or their senteces are completed.
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Here is a link to Corona Ointment- it is the best stuff I've ever tried for dry hands and feet. When I get really dried out, I apply the ointment, then cotton gloves and socks. It works great! It was supposedly originally for horses, but they sell it at drug store. http://www.smartpakequine.com/productclass.aspx?productclassid=18&cm_mmc=Google-_-Health%20Care-_-First%20Aid-_-corona%20ointment
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agency pays a lot more than being a traveler. people don't realize this. a traveler needs housing, furniture, utilities, housewares, etc at the location. agency live in their own home. it makes a big difference in the pay.
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I have not personally made $30. or less per hr. I belong to a web group that is made up of travel nurses only, and many of them are reporting that they are working for lower and lower wages. Do the wages you are describing include furnished apt w/ housewares?
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:rotfl:
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happyday, I felt bad in the pit of my stomach after reading your post. I hope these rediculous inspectors come to their senses.