End Game RN RN

hey travel5o, you too have a great story! I have seen this many times and look forward to every success. By the way, the neuro-rehabilitation doctor referred to wasn't a neurosurgeon. Our guys are awesome!! and we have had some amazing results even a...

Just a quick response to the ICU thing..we have a lot of black nurses, male and female from a variety of countries/continents... We have a great ICU internship program that is very difficult and graduates many very well educated and qualified black n...

Hi firechalice, I agree with everything you wrote except "When others see us we are seen as black." Where I work, a very large University affiliated health care system, I don't believe that we see ourselves as being in any particular racial/ethnic gr...

Many, many years ago... O.K I have two I can write about. All the players in this drama are dead or have moved on. GSW to head..several intracranial procedures..head resembling a rotting halloweeen pumpkin ..meaning the top of the head collasped inw...

It was brief, but to the point. In the final analysis it did what it was supposed to do without all of the bells and whistles we had come to expect. It was, then it wasn't. Had a wonderful recognition ceremony for everyone..i.e. exceptional nurses in...

So true!!!

MrRacer98. I've also gone through cripling burnout. 2007-2008 I was absolutely exhausted. Managed to do very well at work since all my energy went to being the best I could be. Personal life revolved around horses, minimal human contact outside sick ...

Love it, been there and done that!!! Keep us the good work!!!

We have a great staff in our unit, many of them from other countries, even different continents. We are different in so many ways, but somehow this makes us more alike than you would believe. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with such a dive...

Great responses!!! I especially like Perpetual Student's reply. My family, some of my friends also have something similar in mind. Government can't control everything, it will fall apart in favor of family, community, regional, cultural, linguistic a...

I wrote about my horse in a posting in this forum yesterday. I performed MDT on complicated malignant melanoma lesions on her tail. We observed, accidentally I might add, that the little monsters made noises while chomping away at the necrotic cance...

Update..Geez, this particular issue has totally captivated me as it marches right along with what we are experiencing. This has me fired up!!! Not all change is good. The only good thing about bad change is that hopefully you can learn from it and mo...

Hey RainDreamer, I don't want you to think that I believe everything is bad here. So many others employed throughout this hospital are absolutely some of the best people I have had the honor of working with. I have had wonderful relationships and ex...

Just to let you know that I fear returning to work Thursday. I'm sweating thinking about this. I've already begun anticipating all the weird stuff that has been happening lately in our unit. On my days off, from the hospital that is, I'm spending hal...

Long time, no time. working 24/7.Missed you!!! Read some postings as a guest. Yes..to everything. Do this, go here, do that, be quicker, threats to address problems of staff members poor time management. "What do you mean you didn't have a break..let...

It was the end of Nurses' week 2007; I had just parked in the North garage and was heading toward the hospital. I walked down the short set of stairs leading to the cobblestone path in front of me. I looked towards the West, drawn by the unusual oran...

Through the glazed windows of my soul I watch as the scene played out before my eyes. I stood quietly observing the final hours of my patient and her family. Shadows danced on the walls in the room where she lay. Sunlight filtering in through the gra...

MDT for my beautiful horse Background for my questions. Require information from burn and wound care staff. Sorry so long, want the information out there so you know where I am coming from. My 7 year old mare, a grey Andalusian PRE has severe tail py...

I love precepting. When my orientee is through, has consistantly done well, I reward them with nursing tools, you know all of the stuff we like to keep in small plastic boxes,or decorative small shoulder bags. One nurse to this day uses old fashioned...

Hello out there I appreciate the input. It was excellent!!! I had a lot of fun writing this. Thought adding "Hit me with your best shot" would get a quick response. I'm a very strong proponent of free speech. I do not tell people what to do or what t...

OUCH!!! End Game RN

....and I am not afraid of him. So..fight. don't cave in to bullies, those who are jealous, racists or just those who go out of their way to wage war with people they perceive as weaker than they are. When these unstable staff win..you lose and you ...

Have an ongoing situation for years now. Nothing can be done. A male nurse went postal after sticking himself with a needle used to draw blood on a full blown AIDS patient in our unit. After some issues with immediate supervisors, this person began t...

get over this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. stop it!!!!!!!!!!don't some of you have other people to tear down??? we don't talk or gossip like this in our icu. perhaps because we are actually nice. we are a 24 bed neurosurgical designated icu, patients come to u...

We all make choices and most of us behave as adults. Celebrate a co-worker who returns to school/University and works hard for the next step in their professional lives. We throw parties for those to change their roles as their education and colleg...