polish nurse replied to nursprl's topic in Maryland
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 reputation.
polish nurse replied to Scrub Monkey's topic in COVID
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 teachers being required to be vaccinated? After all...
today's New York Times (10/14) has an article stating that the NY Civil Liberties Union is requesting the Health Commissioner to withdraw the requirement.
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 African countries. Speaking anything other than English ...
polish nurse replied to HU_nurse's topic in Washington DC
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 non-residents. Check out the crime rates in surrounding c...
polish nurse replied to take2dskye's topic in Washington DC
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 excellent.
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 checked we have degrees and are licensed and NOT certi...
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 tried to look for something non nursing but it's hard ...
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 regs. In defense of the CNA's they were paid $9/hr ...
polish nurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric
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 ever heard of them? I had to interview with 8 differ...