nurse0541

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1. Patient Advocate

   nurse0541 replied to barb4575's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Those anonymous tip lines really do work. I have recently had a situation where I had to use one and positive changes were immediately put into effect to right the wrongs and protect the patients. It...

2. tough being a patient advocate

   nurse0541 replied to nurse0541's topic in General Nursing

   i'm just so tickled right

3. tough being a patient advocate

   nurse0541 replied to nurse0541's topic in General Nursing

   I am still a babe in the nursing field. I have been in healthcare since 1992 in EMS, but only a nurse for two years. After this experience and after some of the other things I have witnessed, I may...

4. tough being a patient advocate

   nurse0541 replied to nurse0541's topic in General Nursing

   HAPPY ENDING! - Thank you for all of your responses! Very shortly after originally posting this concern I filed a complaint with the county public health dept and the department of health services. I...

5. tough being a patient advocate

   nurse0541 replied to nurse0541's topic in General Nursing

   I really loved that job, but left for the reasons you stated. I also began to feel unsafe myself. If people are going to be dishonest in the workplace and endanger patients, it's amazing what they...

6. tough being a patient advocate

   nurse0541 replied to nurse0541's topic in General Nursing

   The nurses suffered retaliation in that the work place became hostile, uncooperative, they were humiliated in front of the patients, unfair work loads heaped on the ones who spoke up and they were...

7. tough being a patient advocate

   nurse0541 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've had a recent experience at a public health clinic. I went in as a registry nurse to work in a clinic. While there I noticed that the other nurses were using unwrapped syringes and needles. I...