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  1. Holiday Nursing

    flashpoint replied to lsad78's topic in General Nursing

    Well...someone has to work the holidays. I doubt that many people thought they would have holidays and weekends off when they enrolled in nursing school...if they did, they were misled, in denial, or...

  2. Fired: Practice/personality problems or politics?

    flashpoint replied to JacknSweetpea's topic in General Nursing

    My termination (being asked to resign) was a combination of things. 1. I had a lousy attitude. I was not allowed to do the job I was hired to do and I was a real ***** about it. When I was doing what...

  3. references...who do you pick?

    flashpoint replied to Rnis's topic in General Nursing

    I took a webinar on how to write a resume and the people teaching it suggested...1) someone with a "title" (doctor, nurse, minister, teacher, CPA, police officer, etc.), 2) someone who "works for a...

  4. Interview answer to "How do you deal with CNA's that don't do their job".

    flashpoint replied to raggyrehabRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good answer, CNA2day! I would also want to find out WHY they aren't doing their job. Do they for some reason not know how? We had a CNA that was fresh out and she had never used a sit-to-stand...

  5. Nurses not speaking english at work

    flashpoint replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone who works in our lab and half of our x-ray department is Filipino...I was told that when I was hired. The lab and x-ray directors are both very proud of their departments and their heritage....

  6. Why aren't pt phones & TV free?

    flashpoint replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Paying for TV might discourage some patients from staying forever, but it doesn't seem very customer service oriented. We just had a big thing on customer serivce and now they are thinking about...

  7. Really need a Help."citation"

    flashpoint replied to jabwemet's topic in General Nursing

    In some states they allow people to make payments for such things...I know my state does. I have a friend who didn't renew her CNA and she got fined for working two years without appropriate...

  8. My God, these family members!!

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

    Personally, I don't want family members doing things like taking their loved ones to the bathroom or giving them their baths...that is my job. I get paid to do it and it provides me an opportunity to...

  9. Calling out sick. How much notice?

    flashpoint replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    It's sad...we encourage patients to speak up when they don't witness us washing our hands....we encourage patients to refuse their meds if we don't check their ID bands prior to...

  10. Do you think this is fair?

    flashpoint replied to bigmona's topic in General Nursing

    It may not seem fair, but you prpbably knew (or should have known) what you were getting into when you accepted the position. The hospital I used to work at didn't include shift or weekend...

  11. Students requesting help with HW and interviewing a nurse for HW purposes

    flashpoint replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    I took an English class that required a ten page research paper. Part of the research paper, was doing a survey of at least twnety-five people on the research topic. I asked for people here to take my...

  12. About transgendered patients

    flashpoint replied to YEGRN's topic in General Nursing

    Touchy situation! I ran into a tochy sort of situation a few years ago. We had a male who was taking female hormones while awaiting surgery come to the ER with chest pain. The lab tech wasn't sure...

  13. What is considered the weekend shift for 7p-7a?

    flashpoint replied to muesli's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at uses Saturday and Sunday. The nursing home I used to work at required everyone to work a three day weekend and gave a choice of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday or Saturday, Sunday,...

  14. home remedies you would NEVER try

    flashpoint replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I had an instructor in paramedic school that recommended "inducing a fever" for just about everything. He would take 100 mg (yikes!) of Benadryl and put on flannel pajamas, socks, and a hat and crawl...

  15. home remedies you would NEVER try

    flashpoint replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have yougurt "tampons" at the hosptial I worked at. We used tampons with plastic applicators, took the tampon out, filled them with plain yougurt and froze them. Apparently they worked...

  16. Helpless Visitors

    flashpoint replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    And while I am stuck in a bathroom with someone's helpless visitor, who is taking care of the actual patients? There is a HUGE difference in making a patient wait because you are busy with another...

  17. Helpless Visitors

    flashpoint replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    When I have time, I am happy to get drinks for a visitor. We are a TINY hospital and our "cafeteria" has all of the cups and drinks and things like that locked in the kitchen. Getting them some water...

  18. When do I initial the M.A.R.?

    flashpoint replied to neophyte's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your facility's policy. Some places require that you sign them out when you put them in the cup...then circle or cross out the initial if the resdient / patient doesn't take them for...

  19. What I Know About: The PITA Patient

    flashpoint replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think this should be intended for students and new nurses...everyone needs to read this one! When ever I have a PITA, I try to remember that they are one of the most important people in the...

  20. I got fed up!

    flashpoint replied to orlycst's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly...we used to have a charge nurse who assigned by room number...didn't even think about acuity. We could end up with eight patients who were total care or eight patients who were almost...

  21. I think I was terminated from my PRN position...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Well...I guess not. They called me and I am working later this week...haven't been there for a while...should be fun!

  22. I think I was terminated from my PRN position...

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I changed jobs in June...I went from full time in a nursing home to PRN and started a new full time job in a hospital. I haven't worked at the nursing home since July 16th...we are required to work...

  23. Ratted out a co-worker and now feel guilty

    flashpoint replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    "Ratted out a co-worker" is a lot like "got someone fired." Unless you reported your co-worker because you, too were guilty and you were covering your self or if you were dishonest when you reported a...

  24. If you could create the visitors policy....

    flashpoint replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    That covers it pretty

  25. legal blood alcohol

    flashpoint replied to yankee nurse09's topic in Emergency

    Some states have an implied consent law that states that by operating a morot vehicle, you are consenting to breath / blood testing for alcohol. It could probably be argued that if you were sober and...