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  1. Coworker was fired yesterday.

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...after reading my post, I don't think I'd want her taking care on my plants! I think her problems built up so slowly and over so much time that we sort of either didn't notice or we overlooked...

  2. Is is possible to overcome attendance problems...

    flashpoint replied to lovemyguys's topic in General Nursing

    I don't disagree that lovemyguys recent illnesses can cause a hardship for the other nurses who have to work short or pull extra shifts to cover, but everything that has gone on with her is totally...

  3. Prisioners as Patients

    flashpoint replied to June55Baby's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time, our inmates are released from jail so th ecounty doesn't have to pay the hospital bill! When we have more serious offenders who cannot be released, we have a jailer in the room with...

  4. $$$ For Births, Deaths, Weddings, Farewells of Co-workers

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

    We do a meal for everyone who has a baby, death in the family, etc...the person in charge draws five names from a hat and those five people are asked to contribute something like a vegetable, main...

  5. Low census days (whine)

    flashpoint replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...I got called for low census just a few minutes ago. I am going to go in for the first half of the shift and help with things like beds and baths. They have a patient in ICU that they are...

  6. Low census days (whine)

    flashpoint replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Our census has been really low too. We take low census on a rotating basis, so no one really ends up being off more than anyone else and we are never off more than once in a pay period. We also have...

  7. Betadine? Alcohol? (one, the other, or both?)

    flashpoint replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    Our latest and greatest is phiso-hex...one of our surgeons orders plain old soap and water. What do you all use to secure your sites? We're debating that right now. We're using tape and a sterile...

  8. Nurse Cuts Off Baby's Toe ?!

    flashpoint replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We cut the bands off ourselves because we put one on the chart to help verify that the right mom took home the right baby...seems unfair to expect the parents to do it. They probably aren't used to...

  9. Chronic Tardiness

    flashpoint replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I just don't understand how someone can always be late. Once in a while is understandable because sometimes things just happen, but every single day? Come on...if you're ten minutes late every day,...

  10. Seniority?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    We recently had two day shift nurses resign. When they posted that the positons were available, four nurses put in requests to transfer from nights. Out of the two that were hired, one has been...

  11. Fun THings to Do at Work

    flashpoint replied to Puddin' Cheeks's topic in General Nursing

    We do potluck every weekend and just about any time a nurse resigns. We also bring a meal to every nurse (nursing assistant, unit secretary) who has a death, birth, or just about any major event in...

  12. Hospital Acuities.........or NOT!!!

    flashpoint replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    One of my biggest complaints is that acuities rarely consider how much work the patient actually is. A lot of patients who are AAOx3, ambulatory, and self sufficient are more work and take more...

  13. Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    flashpoint replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    I have a HUGE amount of respect for the CNAs here. They work their tails off and do a lot of care that saves us a ton of time. They are, however, NOT nurses. They do a lot of nursing care, but that...

  14. Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    flashpoint replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    If the guy in the J&J commercial is an LPN, why doesn't the commercial identify him as an LPN at the end when they show everyone's name and title? Every nurse on the commercial is identified as...

  15. Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    flashpoint replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital here gave the RNs gifts for Nurses' Week and the LPNs and CNAs got nothing! I'm know CNAs are not nurses, but they are an important part of the nursing team and should have been...

  16. Does YOUR licensing body give out your address?

    flashpoint replied to nell's topic in General Nursing

    Mine actually shows my street addres rather than my mailaing address (PO box). I think patients have the right to know my name and title, but that is it! What business is it of anyone else where I...

  17. Does YOUR licensing body give out your address?

    flashpoint replied to nell's topic in General Nursing

    Nebraska is the same way...they even used to publish National Registry (EMT) test scores! Per Nebraska law, people have the right to know about the people who are caring for them...disciplinary...

  18. charge nurse duties?

    flashpoint replied to shannonRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I guess we have it ealy here...LOL. Our charge nurses DO NOT take patients at all. We have a 22 bed med/surg/ob unit. One RN/charge nurse, three LPNs, and 2 RNs (unless ICU is open or there is a...

  19. Migrane Headache Treatment in the ED

    flashpoint replied to keaston's topic in Emergency

    We give a lot of demerol and phenergan. Once in a while, we'll see the docs order fluids or a migraine cocktail (compazine 10 mg, reglan 20 mg, and benadryl 50 mg IV followed by ergotamine) but...

  20. Sent home after 4 hours...AGAIN!!!!

    flashpoint replied to NURS4GOD's topic in Agency Nurses

    I'm confused....if the facility cancels , you don't get paid? Every agency our hospital uses gets paid whether their nurses work or not, so if an agency nurse is scheduled and census is down, a staff...

  21. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    flashpoint replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL...I was pissed beyond belief. I was so mad I was crying...very glad that the PA was standing there in the hall and saw the whole thing. I showered in the doctor's lounge and my house supervisor...

  22. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    flashpoint replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of our well known patients was in the hospital again. Got drunk, fell down, hit a cop, had a choice of going to jail or to the hospital, and guess what he chose? I was tryingto nice to...

  23. Dispensing medications

    flashpoint replied to RainbowSkye's topic in Emergency

    Your pharmacy situation sounds just like ours. Our policy allows the physician or mid-level provider to dispense enough medication to get the patient through until there is a pharmacy open....