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1. Shady Grove in Rockville

   polish nurse replied to nursprl's topic in Maryland Nursing

   as a home health nurse most of my patients are discharged from Shady Grove. Most give it a negative report and I myself will not go there. Suburban Hospital has a much better

2. A Link To Some Facts on the H1N1 Vaccine Controversy

   polish nurse replied to Scrub Monkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

   If "only the needle tips are changed"? OMG-WHERE is this??? For me, it's not the safety of the vaccine that is the issue (although I do have hesitations) it's the fact that it is being mandated. Are...

3. "English Only" Rule at Work?

   polish nurse replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

   I have been on both sides of the issue. When I was in management at LTC facilites staff had to speak English on the floors. During break and at lunch I didn't care as they were all from various...

4. Calling yourself a "nurse"

   polish nurse replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

   no need to correct an elderly person. Correct the

5. Why I hate DC

   polish nurse replied to HU_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   hey folks-raised in DC-have lived here all my life-never have had my car broken into, many juristictions have red light cameras, and yes-we DO give speeding tickets here both to residents and...

6. Radians College formerly hmi

   polish nurse replied to take2dskye's topic in General Nursing

   be careful. as I former nursing director I found students from these "private academies poorly trained. Look into the LPN program at UDC. It's

7. Calling yourself a "nurse"

   polish nurse replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

   i could get myself in trouble here but I agree wholeheartedly with everyone. Nothing irritates me more when people call a CNA or med tech a 'nurse." We've all worked too hard and the last time I...

8. SHOES: Are Dansko comfortable?

   polish nurse replied to ternerzero's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I love

9. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

   polish nurse replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

   Please-don't they have more serious things to think

10. Cousin commited suicide..could use some prayers guys

    polish nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    My prayers are with

11. I am in an absolute state of panic right now... need help

    polish nurse replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there. Don't go to an ER. I have been there and actually hate being a nurse. I used to love it, but the stress and overwork just grew and grew. Are you being too hard on yourself? I have...

12. Is this typical for an LTC facility?

    polish nurse replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience-yes. CNA's sleeping on night shift, on-going missed meds by med techs and terrible, terrible staffing. This was "assisted living", no less. Total care patients in violation of state...

13. What's It All About, ALFie?--Help and Support for Assisted Living Nurses

    polish nurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello everyone. I just took a position as Director of Nursing or whatever they call it at an assisted living facility. It's owned by a small company outside of Pittsburg called IntegraCare. Anybody...

14. resumes-do you put your license number on them

    polish nurse replied to tropical bound's topic in General Nursing

    never-and don't let anyone ever copy your license. they can verify it on

15. I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

    polish nurse replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    run, run, run. I just had a similar situation at an assisted living facility. Only my director was being investigated for not having the proper state license. I was asked to fire people who were...