Hellllllo Nurse

Hellllllo Nurse BSN, RN

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  1. What unions?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN4NICU's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Where I work, there are horrible OSHA violations every day, simply because the company is not willing to spend the $$ to remedy the situations. Also, there is no housekeeping staff. Nurses...

  2. What unions?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN4NICU's topic in General Nursing

    Applause, applause! Fantastic post,

  3. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    I agree,

  4. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    I would not call working for free dedicated, I would call it foolish. If you are a volunteer, that's one thing, but if you are an employee, you should never work for

  5. overtime law

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    I am also a Texan, and I agree! Let's get Bush out before he totally ruins the

  6. Resignation Via E-Mail

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    True. Besides, people who are jerks (like the nurse's supervisor) never realize they are jerks, or if they do, they don't care. Even if everything and more this nurse said in the email is true, the...

  7. When did we stop washing hair?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to LaNorteBellaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in dialysis so I can no longer do bed baths, shampoos or "fluff and buff" pts. Those are my favorite nursing duties- the providing of hygeine and physical comfort for pts. I really miss doing...

  8. my D.O.N. frightens me

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In LTC facilities where I've worked, even RNs are not supposed to change a diet order without a doc's order. Of course it happens, but not

  9. Arizona nurses- please help!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to JMP's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Wow! Is everyone moving to Tucson? I am a native Tucsonan. My little home-town now has more than 1,000,000 people and is getting so polluted and crowded, not to mention the crime rate going up. I...

  10. my D.O.N. frightens me

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's not that they want "the paper/degree not the knowledge" it's that they want their butts to be covered. If nurses are practicing outside of their official scope, it leaves the facility (and the...

  11. Nurse Salary Survey

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nightingale's topic in Nursing Career

    It truly does depend on where you live, along with the cost of living there, and the demand or lack of demand for nurses. My best friend has been an RN for 25+ years. She works agency in KS, no...

  12. The BIG word - RETENTION!!!!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RNPATL's topic in Nurse Management

    Yesterday, I had been busting my butt for 12 hrs, and my immediate supevisor came in to the unit and had a fit about something miniscule and stupid (I had a pack of gum on the counter at the nurses'...

  13. Have you ever done freelance nursing?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to James Huffman's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I did freelance nursing as a self-contracting RN consultant for several adult day care companies. I really liked it, but moved from the area. Where I live now, there are not many elderly or...

  14. Signing new grad contract?

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

    An orientation fee? $11.000.? If a facility is a good place to work they do not have to pull tricks like this to keep employees. Obviously, this facility has to set traps to keep employees. Anyone who...

  15. Isn't this illegal? Even in Texas?

    Hellllllo Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    A nurse who works at a clinic where I used to work was on light duty from just having had a cervical laminectomy when the old DON left and a new one started. The new DON let it be known that he does...

  16. Seven Lines

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Lovely, lovely post, Marla. Brings back memories of my four years as an inpt hospice nurse. Here is my favorite poem on dying- it brings tears to my eyes every time I read it. Gone From My Sight by...

  17. Curious-why not another helping profession?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Chevelle's topic in Nursing Career

    I have always been interested in law enforcement, but I am not at all athletic or aggressive, so I don't think I would have been a good

  18. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    Post deleted because I was confusing one poster w/

  19. What unions?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN4NICU's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, lizz. I'd love to be able to work in Cali sometime. I'd love to be able to march w/ the CNA. What a thrill that would be! As I always say, it's not whether the bedpan is half full or have empty,...

  20. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't change very much for nurses right now. The "shortages" are always cyclical. what happenes in a few years when there is a surplus of

  21. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    Spoken like a true republican. Do you ever actually work

  22. When One Child Is Enough

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Very, very interesting POV. I have never thought of it this way. I think it is because wanting to be a mother is seen a natural, and admirable, even if embyros are killed in the process. Whereas, a...

  23. When One Child Is Enough

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Although I was disturbed by the attitude of the woman in the original article, I found the posted editorial response to be highly biased to the

  24. When One Child Is Enough

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This expresses my beliefs

  25. "How old are you?"

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been asked all of my life "Are you a natural blonde?" Pts (and staff) frequently ask me if I have kids. I don't. Dh and I are childfree by choice. People are usually threated by this, so I do...