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  1. How Much Orientation is Normal?

    flashpoint posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I recently started working at an LTC. The first shift, I just observed the preceptor. The second shift, she handed me the keys and told me to get started. The medication pass took me about two hours,...

  2. Don't You Just Love It?

    flashpoint replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I can sort of relate to that one. I once had to do a research paper on call-in policies. I had to interview at least twenty people for it. If I only interviewed people that I know locally, I would...

  3. "It's Not That Special --

    flashpoint replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with you! A lot of questions that are posted in specialty forums are very general questions. Fussy preceptors are everywhere. Blue, petite length scrubs are no different in ICU, L&D, or...

  4. How Does Your Hospital Decide Who is Called Off for Low Census?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is an issue that is new to us. We normally staff with just two nurses, so no one is ever told to stay home or on call because of low census. In the past few months, days that statistically are...

  5. an RN is a practicing Jehovah's witness

    flashpoint replied to strawberryrnc1611's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    The law actually does not require that religious accommodations be met if it causes undue hardship. Several states consider another staff member having to pick up extra weekend shifts or having the...

  6. AIDS during the 80s

    flashpoint replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBDRL.pdf This is a link to a copy of the pamphlet on AIDS that was sent out by the government in

  7. AIDS during the 80s

    flashpoint replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was a nursing assistant in 1988. Universal precautions were new in the nursing home industry (at least in that area of the country). Nurses were appalled that we wore gloves for things like pericare...

  8. Racial Refusals In Nursing

    flashpoint replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She actually doesn't want ANYONE that isn't Caucasian...male or female. Are you saying that in some cases, people who can afford it should be able to discriminate? Someday in the future, money...

  9. Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired: Sleeping on duty

    flashpoint replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I am very lucky to function very well on night shift. I feel bad for people that don't do nights well, but can't find another position. I'm not really thrilled when my coworker (we only staff with two...

  10. Nurses Notes: Guidelines On What Not To Chart

    flashpoint replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    One thing an attorney told us is to make sure we quote correctly. There is a vast difference between them. The patient states, "This is the worst pain I have ever had." The patient states...

  11. Racial Refusals In Nursing

    flashpoint replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, if someone doesn't want me to care for them or their loved one for any reason, I think there should be attempts to appease them. We are not going to change their feelings during their...

  12. Racial Refusals In Nursing

    flashpoint replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree...it is a disgrace when patients make such requests. But...I have been left assigned to patients that have requested a different nurse and it make the shift miserable for both of us. If I...

  13. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    flashpoint replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, I was not "bashing" you "and all single moms" when I told you that I hope my daughters wait until they are married to have children Yes, I was a little offended when you suggested that I will be...

  14. Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired!- Medication Errors

    flashpoint replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    LPNs / LVNs also make medication

  15. Is this a legal part of the job?

    flashpoint replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ooops! Double

  16. Is this a legal part of the job?

    flashpoint replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At my previous job, the night shift staff was expected to clear a path from the parking lot to the employee entrance. Their logic was that when the day shift arrived, they would pack the snow down if...

  17. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    flashpoint replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You make me want to throw up...seriously you do! You REEK of cigarette smoke...perhaps it is because you smoke at least twice every hour. How dare you hang your stinky, smoky, pet hair covered coat...

  18. Did being unattractive hurt your career?

    flashpoint replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Nursing Career

    I have really deep set eyes...short of plastic surgery and major reconstruction, there is nothing I can do about it. When I was young I had a head injury and ever since then, I have had "dark circles"...

  19. Orientee Horror Stories?

    flashpoint replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    I was preceptor for a nurse who was very naive and innocent. She was really bothered by things like pericare on men, placing catheters in men, and putting telemetry electrodes on men. We had a man who...

  20. Do you have a nickname at work?

    flashpoint replied to Rhi007's topic in General Nursing

    I am also the "Magnet"...and it is not a postive type of magnet status. I am also referred to as "Breaking Bad" and "911." For the past few months, we have had something weird every night that I...

  21. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    flashpoint replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL...so well regarded that someone named a baby after them...and in all CAPITAL letters, no

  22. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    flashpoint replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well...either way, she named him after the logo on the side of the rifle scope...I guess I should have researched the company further before declaring that they make such things...forgive my...

  23. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    flashpoint replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    I know someone who named her son ZEISS...after the rifle scope (Zeiss also makes microscopes, some sort of photography something, and things like that). Zeiss isn't so bad, but the mother insisted on...

  24. Unusual Names for Medical Diagnoses

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the help everyone...I present my speech tonight and really appreciate your

  25. And then the MD said.....

    flashpoint replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We once had a mentally challenged young man that refused to get off the toilet...he had been sitting there for three hours when we got there at change of shift. One of the doctors was passing through...