Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. CNA issue~can anyone advise?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she does feel justified, but she isn't. I was a CNA for three years. I worked agency, so I worked with many different nurses. Only 2 or 3 ever treated me badly. The others (at leat 100) treated...

  2. Nurses crossing picket lines??

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    You said

  3. Nurses crossing picket lines??

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think scabs (those who will cross picket lines for their own rea$on$) are beneath contempt. However, doing this is your friend's right, and no one should have to worry about violence being used...

  4. HIPPA Laws

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to robin_mds_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

  5. Learning Thread (Medsurg)

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nursbee04's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The alcohol wipe under the nose for nausea works with pts, too! I read a study about it and tried it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It

  6. Nose plugs?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    You can't plan for vomit- It happens when you don't expect it. You can't leave the pt and run to your locker, put nose plugs in and come

  7. CNA issue~can anyone advise?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I think I worked with this guy, too. And...some of his

  8. CNA issue~can anyone advise?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    "Of the 50 states, 38, as well as the District of Columbia, allow you to record a conversation to which you are a party without informing the other parties you are doing so. " The above was copy and...

  9. CNA issue~can anyone advise?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I told a CNA to clock and go home, once. She actually refused saying "I'm not leaving and you can't do anything about it." I was floored and didn't know what to do. I was not charge that evening, and...

  10. CNA issue~can anyone advise?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I asked a lawyer I used to know about this once. He told me that rights to privacy do not apply in the workplace. Any employer can tape calls or film employees without them knowing. Pts do retain the...

  11. CNA issue~can anyone advise?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Can you take a small, concealed voice activated tape recorder with you? You could get the CNAs inappropriate behavior and statements on tape. Plus, keep a small notebook w/ you. Domument every...

  12. Under what circumstances can a nurse LEGALLY refuse an assignment?

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

    My pay was $19.00/hr. Of course, I was told when I was hired that staffing was one nurse to six pts. The place even runs ads on TV trying to recruit nurses, in which they claim their ratio is...

  13. Under what circumstances can a nurse LEGALLY refuse an assignment?

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

    CeCiRN, You did the right thing. Great post and

  14. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, the most valuable skill a nurse can have is to be bilingual. I know of a situation where an AAS nurse was chosen over an MSN nurse for a public health job, because the AAS nurse was bilingual,...

  15. Under what circumstances can a nurse LEGALLY refuse an assignment?

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

    When I worked medical-surgical in South Texas (Rio Grande Valley), nurses were routinely assigned 13-15 pts each, with no CNA and no unit clerk. This is also where the unsafe assignments...

  16. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    I would go back to my first career, if there were any way to make a decent living at it. I worked in machining and manufacturing- factory work. I was very good at it, but manufacturing is all but dead...

  17. Pain Management CRNA

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to TejasDoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    In my 12 years as a nurse, I have yet to see nurses' parking, or anything else, even come within the same solar system as what the docs

  18. New arrival in Phoenix!!!!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to UK2USA's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I bought a new car from Honda/Kia of Tempe. I feel they were honest in their dealings with me. The service dept was good, too. I had relatives who lived on the south-west side of PHX off of Baseline...

  19. $12 an hour?!

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

    Where I work, the LPNs are started at only $10. an hr. The techs start at $7.00/hr. At the nursing home down the road, the CNAs are statred at $10.00/hr, the LPNs at $15.00, the RNs at $20.00. LPNs...

  20. Pain Management CRNA

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to TejasDoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    As a student nurse doing my clinical rotations, I was surprised to find that the "nurses' lounge" was in a tiny cramped room next to a dirty utility room. There were plumbing problems, and the room...

  21. Pain Management CRNA

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to TejasDoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yes, but the nurse is liable and responsible for intitiating the standing orders, as a professional nursing judgment. If there is an untoward occurance as a result of initiating a standing order, the...

  22. Working in Hospitals

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MichaelSSSS's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with RNMaven. The producers of the PBS program Fronline asked the same questions you're asking. Here is a link to what nurses told them "in their own words."...

  23. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    AAS nurses will not laugh at you. :imbar I think a good number of us are wondering if we should have gone for the BSN in the first place, or if we should go back to school for it. Where I work, the...

  24. Under what circumstances can a nurse LEGALLY refuse an assignment?

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

    Nurses- Thanks for your responses. I am not currently in a situation where I need to know this, but I have been in the past. I accepted an assignment that I felt was unsafe more than once. Both...

  25. HIPPA Laws

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to robin_mds_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, that's what I thought, too. However, we continue to see it as "HIPPA" instead of "HIPAA" on these boards on a daily