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  1. Where do you buy your scrubs?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure this question has been posted a million times or more, but I'm not having a lot of luck when I search. Where are some of the best places to get scrubs either online or through catalog orders?...

  2. Anyone ever pass out at work....I just did :'(

    flashpoint replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Two years ago on New Year's Eve, one of the nurses brought a really yummy shrimp dip for all of us to share. It was sooo good and I honestly pigged out on more than my fair share. About 30 minutes...

  3. CNA's in control

    flashpoint replied to FlorentineBird's topic in General Nursing

    If this or things like this happen all the time, I would report it now. If this was a one time thing, I would pull the CNA aside and let her know how inappropriate it was adn how upset you were....

  4. How Does Your Unit Handle Vacation Time?

    flashpoint replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    The place I worked gave a certain amount PTO for every hour worked, so part-time staff, PRN staff, etc got PTO too. The amount of PTO increased after 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 20 years. I had been there...

  5. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    flashpoint replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    A lot of the time, dispatch is at fault...we were recently dispatched ten miles in the wrong direction after we had dispatch repeat the address THREE times. We also often get really weird directions...

  6. Kicked out of CNA because of RX

    flashpoint replied to Shannon RN 2be's topic in General Nursing

    I can honestly see why they would not allow people to take the class if they are taking medications that could have side effects that could be detrimental to the patient...sedation, lethargy, decrease...

  7. Threats from Management

    flashpoint replied to kittyrose's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Our mandatory meetings were the first Monday of the month from 1200-1600...attendance was 100%mandatory unless you were on vacation or worked the night shift both Sunday and Monday night. No other...

  8. How do they post DNR in the patients rooms at your LTC

    flashpoint replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The last LTC I worked at had red dots on the charts, pink med sheets instead of plain white, red hearts on the over bed light, and red ribbons tied to one of the handles on the WC for all residents...

  9. Nurses Week Gifts

    flashpoint replied to Tagtg2006's topic in General Nursing

    Food is always good...just make sure that all shifts are included. The hospital I used to work at had a lunch catered in at 1200 and only 1200...not really fair if you work nights the day before and...

  10. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    flashpoint replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Several of us brought up our concerns to our manager and were told to stay out of it. She agreed that there was abuse / misuse, but felt that it was not our place to report it...she did turn over...

  11. "Work short" Love, mgmt

    flashpoint replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    There may be plenty of jobs out there, but in a lot of rural areas, the jobs are more than 60 miles away...sorry, but I don't think it is logical to drive 120 miles a day in the snow and ice to work....

  12. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    flashpoint replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Well...when you work in an ER that is so small that the nurses take care of doing the admission paperwork (putting informaiton in the computers, copying the insurance cards, etc) you know what type of...

  13. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    flashpoint replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I honestly don't recall seeing any cases of fraud, but I have seen a lot of cases where Medicaid is abused by people who actually need it. We had one couple who came to the ER once a month for a...

  14. LPN in charge in the ED?

    flashpoint replied to carribeanbound's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've done "flow control" as an LPN. It makes much more sense to have an LPN keeping track of which patients are where, who still needs to go to x-ray, who the doctor has seen, who we still need to...

  15. Need to vent about not being able to VENT!!!

    flashpoint replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I just dreaded weeks like that. I always had the brand new nurses who only had two patients or the CNAs who got assigned to 1 SNF patient telling what a good night "we" were having as I ran my you...

  16. Best approach to looking for a new job...

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was terminated from my job a the end of November. My husband and I decided it would be a good time to take some time off work, especially with the holidays, my sister dying, kids being out of...

  17. Graveyard Shift

    flashpoint replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    This is something that everyone who went to nursing school should have anticipated might happen. Sure, nights are less than ideal for some people, but someone has to work them. I know that working...

  18. Funny patient names by nurses

    flashpoint replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    I once took care of a little boy named Neon. I see really unusual spellings more than I see really unusual names...Kgauge (Gage), Brytkneigh (Brittany), Dayvod (David), Meloni (Melanie), Tielor...

  19. Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is sort of long, so please forgive me in advance! I was recently asked to resign from my job...not fired, but asked to resign. My manager felt that I am "not a good fit for the team" and that I...

  20. **Organ Donation**

    flashpoint replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    My husband's uncle was the recepient of a heart-lung transplant three years ago. Before the transplant, he HATED bananas...made him feel sick to even think about bananas...now, he CRAVES them. He...

  21. Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Probably the reason I got so annoyed with this nurse is because of my history with her. She has a long history and multiple complaints in her file regarding her way of pushing her work onto others....

  22. **Organ Donation**

    flashpoint replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    It sucks, but no one gets health care for free...I hate the fact that a price is placed on someone's life, but again...what are you supposed to do? I have never seen anyone get poor care or less...

  23. **Organ Donation**

    flashpoint replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    My sister died a few weeks ago and her tissues were donated for transplant...organs were donated for research - because of a long down time after cardiac arrest, they weren't suitable for transplant....

  24. Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I don't deny that my response was catty...she just stood there giving me her "who do you think you are to say no to me?" look. She has a long history of sitting behind the desk with her feet up while...

  25. Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Yup...when I worked there, they used to call me in to talk to me about things that I did when I was working with the ambulance service...weird stuff like missing something in documentation, patient...