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  1. 9 months to plan this...buy a camera!

    flashpoint replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's reasonable for parents to expect pictures liek FirstFoto or whatever to be taken, but a lot want candids, pictures of the baby being weighed, etc. That is above and beyond. People should buy car...

  2. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    flashpoint replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    I do it all the time and it is horrible. I am looking for another job. Hopefully, since they terminated another nurse, they will manage to put me on one shift instead of bouncing all over the...

  3. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    flashpoint replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...I can relate. I am working 6 am - 6 pm tomorrow, 10 pm - 2 pm Sunday, and 6 am - 6 pm Tuesday. My schedule was a little less messed up until today, but they fired a nurse for refusing to come...

  4. Duties other than nursing?

    flashpoint replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Our night shift does laundry and all of the sweeping and moppping in areas other than resident rooms. The charge nurse has to help dietary clear tables after meals and the night charge nurse has to...

  5. Venting and Advice Needed...Just Can't Do This Anymore!

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK...this is going to be long, so get comfortable! I was hired for nights...and worked nights for the first three months I was at my new job. There was an occasional day shift thrown in here and...

  6. Calling In Sick.

    flashpoint replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I was very spoiled when I worked at the hospital...if you called in, you called in. If they couldn't find someone to cover for you, everyone just pitched in and got the job done. If census...

  7. Venting and Advice Needed...Just Can't Do This Anymore!

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    As soon as I can find another job, I am out of there. I will give two weeks notice but that is is...I think they want 30 days from licensed staff, but I wouldn't know because I still don't have a...

  8. Venting and Advice Needed...Just Can't Do This Anymore!

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    One of the biggest problems with the schedule is that they have a contract with the agency nurses and they are not willing to pay whatever penalties it would take to get them out of it. So...they...

  9. Medication Time

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://cafeoflifepikespeak.com/Videos/Licensed%20To%20Pill.swf This probably belongs somewhere else, but here it is. Make sure your speakers are on!

  10. Internet at work?

    flashpoint replied to Kait's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work for doesn't view it as any defferent than reading a newspaper while on break or going outside to smoke. Certain sites are blocked, but we have pretty free

  11. HIPAA between patients?

    flashpoint replied to EMTSNA's topic in Emergency

    The hospital I did my paramedic training in had little pictures of bumble bees all over the hospital. Every floor had an explaination that the bees were to remind people to "bee alert" that while...

  12. Working while sick!

    flashpoint replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We're expected to come in if we are sick and can't find a replacement. The worst part is that we are short staffed already...everyone is working 48-60 hours a week. We literally have no one to come...

  13. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    flashpoint replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

    In the nursing home I work at, I think the term “nursing assistant” is not the best description of what CNAs do. CNAs truly are the backbone of the nursing home…they provide the majority of...

  14. Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    flashpoint replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not an alarm clock...I might be busy at 0500 and I might not have time to call you at home to make sure you are awake. Set more than one alarm clock if one doesn't wake you

  15. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    flashpoint replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it is OK for anyone to refuse care from someone based on gender, race, weight, etc...however, if someone is uncomfortable with a staff member for any reason, there should be an effort to...

  16. Rules for the ER (long)

    flashpoint replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I don't always agree with this one...I get kidney stones once or twice a year and I always tell them what works for me. Morphine does not work...demerol does not work (but they both make me VERY...

  17. Need help with article about EMS

    flashpoint replied to Ridryder 911's topic in Emergency

    One of the biggest problems I see is that nurses don't really understand what sort of training EMTs and paramedics have and what they can do. On the flip side, EMTs and paramedics don't fully...

  18. Wrong reasons

    flashpoint replied to oldshoes's topic in General Nursing

    The really bad thing about a lot of these places that are advertising is that their credits are unlikely to transfer...check out the fine print in the commercial. I wonder how many people are going...

  19. Wrong reasons

    flashpoint replied to oldshoes's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen this one and I never took it as the MA was hooking up with the doctor. The way I understood it was the MA met the doctor when she was in clinicals in her MA program and he was impressed...

  20. This is a basic med pass question

    flashpoint replied to blingbling's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably go with the 0800 - 1400 - 2000 schedule. Things like antibiotics should be given every eight hours, but pain meds are often ordered while awake. Check your policies or clarify with...

  21. Medicare Abuse

    flashpoint replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I used to see a lot of misuse of Medicare when I worled in the hospital...not really abuse, but misuse because people were admitted when they didn't need to be, came to the ER for everything from...

  22. phone calls no outsider would believe

    flashpoint replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Caller: Hi...is there any nurses there? I have a question. (Nope...no nurses here...I'm a patient and the phone woke me up, so I answered it.) Sure...I'm a nurse. Caller: Oh...I didn't know if...

  23. Think I could get fired for this.....

    flashpoint replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I am sort of in the minority here. I love working as a CNA...I'm not all that good at it anymore, but I really enjoy the one on one contact, getting residents out of bed, soaking myself...

  24. Nursing Home/Assisted living nurse question

    flashpoint replied to OKRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I make $4.50 more an hour working in LTC than I did in the hospital. It is honestly not what I plan to do forever, but I like it. It's busy, but still laid back...everyone pitches in to get things...

  25. Ooops. Dropping pills.

    flashpoint replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    If I drop a pill on the floor, it is history...I make sure I leave a note for pharmacy so that the patient doesn't end up being charged for both the pill that I dropped and the pill that they actually...