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  1. People think you are rich because you are a nurse

    kcochrane replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    At least on vibrate. My phone is on, but all sounds are

  2. People think you are rich because you are a nurse

    kcochrane replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Also, if you can set a ring tone for each contact, try setting a no tone for the people you don't want to hear

  3. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    kcochrane replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly.

  4. People think you are rich because you are a nurse

    kcochrane replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm lucky in that my husband and I are probably the poorest in the family. We have let some family members borrow money, but they have always paid it back. And we have borrowed from them at times....

  5. Where are the professionals?

    kcochrane replied to mswim's topic in General Nursing

    It is not like this everywhere. My last job in LTC was as you described. Manager set the tone and loved the drama. My new job is so much better. Teamwork, support, etc. Manager again set the...

  6. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    kcochrane replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, BTW, it was a NP mascerading as a MD that found my son's heart murmur many years ago. That was after several MDs told me it was colic. She spent the time to

  7. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    kcochrane replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to take over this thread...but I too would love a lively debate on this subject. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree. I don't believe that ABC/CBS/NBC delivers any better...

  8. Should she be suspended?

    kcochrane replied to desro1986's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. There are so many things that can go wrong if you don't immediately sign out a narc. At least putting the last name down as you pull is going to help. I don't know how many times I went to...

  9. Do LTC nurse-resident ratios reflect how society feels about the elderly?

    kcochrane replied to ehooper80's topic in General Nursing

    Filling beds..the common theme for LTC and

  10. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    kcochrane replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    What a wonderful blog!

  11. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    kcochrane replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    True journalism doesn't really exist anymore. Fox news isn't any worse or any better than the rest out there....just a different slant. I miss

  12. Do LTC nurse-resident ratios reflect how society feels about the elderly?

    kcochrane replied to ehooper80's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I think that the residents coming in have a higher need. It isn't just your general geriatric patient. We as a society have a real issue with realizing when the end is near. We try at...

  13. Can the DON make you stay for OT if the next shift doesn't show or is called off?

    kcochrane replied to TonyaM73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually the new NYS law covers all nurses and it prohibits being required or mandated to work beyond your regular schedule hours. So if you are scheduled for 8, that is all you legally have to do....

  14. Handling New Admits in a Fair Way

    kcochrane replied to monicanurse's topic in General Nursing

    If there are alot of empty rooms, they will try and break up the assignments so that everyone has a empty. If not, they will rotate

  15. IV stop times

    kcochrane replied to Josh's mom's topic in General Nursing

    They don't at our

  16. Administering pain meds to narcotic seekers

    kcochrane replied to BobbieJo's topic in General Students

    As others have stated, tolerence builds up to pain meds the more they are used. So you may think its a large dose...and it would be for someone like my husband that never takes any pain meds. But...

  17. Tuition repayment questions

    kcochrane replied to mrodriguez's topic in General Nursing

    We have a hospital in this area (upstate NYS) that gives back $5,000 every 6 months that you work there. The total they will pay is

  18. When 2 New Grads are hired on the same unit

    kcochrane replied to Student2Registered's topic in General Nursing

    We were supportive. She had started a few weeks earlier and had no nursing experience. I had 5 years of LPN experience. I was overwhelmed at first, so I knew it had to be tough for

  19. Are grades in your school shared?

    kcochrane replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    We made up our own 4 digit number at the beginning of each semester. Grades were posted with those numbers. You could see how everyone did, plus they broke it down with %. Worked fine in my...

  20. Study groups... To be or not to be?

    kcochrane replied to RPN_2012's topic in General Students

    I find that study groups don't work for me. I have to sit down and understand the material first before I try and work on it in a group. But many people do well in groups. So it really depends on...

  21. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    kcochrane replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    I was just thinking more about this. A lot of us were struggling the last semester and dangled on the edge of failing (below a C). What if taking that 5% caused someone to

  22. From frying pan into the Fire

    kcochrane replied to mswim's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked in dialysis, but the nurses I shadowed loved it. The only thing you can do it try it. You may find that you love it too. Hopefully you will get some input from nurses that are...

  23. Plague-ridden because of family member.

    kcochrane replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    What makes people think it ok to visit someone in the hospital if they are sick?? I understand if you are the only one or are a parent, but if not - stay home. Sorry you are

  24. New nurses thinking of leaving nursing

    kcochrane replied to mswim's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree that the backbiting probably always existed. But I have found it exists in all the different jobs I have been in. I think it has always been a job where there is too much to do in too...

  25. LPN??? RN???

    kcochrane replied to dorothyrose's topic in General Nursing

    I was shocked when I was told in RN school that we would not be taught how to insert IVs. They just didn't have the time to teach each student. Is it funny that each state is so different.