Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. Fingerprinting Texas Nurses

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mattsmom81's topic in Texas Nursing

    I feel the fingerprinting nurses in TX is just another "subtle" way to remind us what our "place"

  2. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Most CHRONIC units barely have enough room for staff to care for pts. There is no way a bedside commode would fit. Also, blood lines are not long enough for a pt to move much at all. A pt would still...

  3. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    My best friend (RN) is highly skilled and patient in dealing with borderlines, bipolars, schitzophrenics, etc., but she can't start an IV, and can barely take VS. Once, we were out together and were...

  4. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Different states have far different regs for dialysis practice, just as different companies have different policies & procedures. One nurse with two pts? I'd be interested to know the staffing...

  5. Why don't nurses join the ANA?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to gauge14iv's topic in General Nursing

    The one and only time I've ever heard from the Texas Nurses' Assoc was when they sent me a solicitation in the mail for me to apply for a Visa credit card with their logo on

  6. CNA loses in Flagstaff Arizona

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The ballots should remain secret. BTW- native Arizonan here. I'm very pleased that a union could even get close enough to nurses in AZ for a vote to be possible. Smells like

  7. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to glenwood's topic in General Nursing

    [quote=1940Nurse # 3 BTW the Air Traffic Controllers went on strike too.. What happened to them. And what about the big Airlines. They are slowly but surely pricing themselves out of the market...

  8. traveler n need of advice asap

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to wbeth74's topic in Travel

    Hmmmm.... My contracts are always just one page and don't have a non-compete

  9. Celebratory Tattoo?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hygeia, Goddess of Healing The asteroid Hygeia is the embodiment of the archetypal feminine healer and wise women. Hygeia’s symbolic glyph is the caduceus and her lineage is in the healing arts. Her...

  10. Celebratory Tattoo?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "His seven children were his assistant physicians and nurses. Hygeia, one of his daughters, washed and scrubbed patients from morning till night. When one noticed how quickly they regained their...

  11. Celebratory Tattoo?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Meditrine, Hygeia and Panacea: The children of Asclepius included his daughters Meditrina, Hygeia and Panacea who were symbols of medicine, hygiene and healing (literally, "all healing")...

  12. Celebratory Tattoo?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The "snake around the pole" is a caduceus. I've read that the orginins of the caduseus stem from the greek goddess Hygeia (sp) and that the symbol was originally associated with nursing, prior to...

  13. CNA loses in Flagstaff Arizona

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Obviously, you're against the union. If the nurses really voted the union down, why stress over a recount, or any actions taken to be sure that this is what the nurses want? As we know from our 2000...

  14. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    It is against policy, and I'm told, state regs for dialysis personnel to clean up after incont pts at every HD unit I've worked at. I've actually been reprimanded for doing it. Cross contamination is...

  15. "Those who can, do. Those who can't..."

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to AnonymousCanadian's topic in General Nursing

    Psych reimbursment and length of stay will soon be governed by DRGs. I could not tolerate nursing conditions and was trying to find a way to leave direct pt care, when I became a traveler. That is my...

  16. Patient behavior that ticks you off

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Or as I like to say, you can lead them away from water, but you can't get them to not

  17. Patient behavior that ticks you off

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Not so. I spend 9-12 hrs a week in the same room with each pt. The other nurses, the dietitian, the social worker, the techs, the clinical manager and myself all do continual pt teaching with them...

  18. Patient behavior that ticks you off

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The manager does not even have to be a nurse. I worked in one unit where the clinical/unit manager was a tech w/ a bacheler's in art. Of course, she had no clue and was very ineffectual. What bugs me...

  19. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to glenwood's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you think that the hard-won California ratios will have marked impact on pt safety? Haven't you read the landmark Akin study? I once told a manager that I would take a 30% pay cut in order to...

  20. traveler n need of advice asap

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to wbeth74's topic in Travel

    You have to shop around. My speciality is not ER. But, in one case, one company offered me $13. per hr less than another company, for the same assignment. Both offers included housing, utilities and...

  21. Relocating to Texas

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nursebear168's topic in Texas Nursing

    Tell me something I don't know. I stated that I reported violations of the nurse practice act. I did this in order to protect the public from potential harm by nurses and allied health personnel. I...

  22. If all nurses left a facility, would it still be in existance next month..a year?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm unsure/undecided. I think if all the nurses left a facility, the powerful hospital and physician lobbying groups would push super fast legislation through allowing Med Aides, CNAs and PCTs to do...

  23. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to glenwood's topic in General Nursing

    Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN :pumpiron: :caduceus:

  24. Is the Grass Really Greener Stateside? Honestly.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Lone Stranger's topic in Philippines

    The situation is different in differet areas. Where I live in the US, there are no jobs. I've been looking without success for three years. I became a traveler and work far from home because of this....

  25. Relocating to Texas

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nursebear168's topic in Texas Nursing

    She tried, and in the meantime no job, no money coming in , a disabled husband and mortgage due. I have wittnessed many violations of practices and standards here, including several violations of the...