martymoose BSN, RN

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    Oldest practicing Nurse?

    martymoose replied to RN&mom's topic in General Nursing

    Wow , good for her. She's lucky to have an employer who's willing to keep her. My father turned 65 with 41 years of service at his job, and they told him to get out ( forced him to retire). He would...
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    I resigned my first poopy nursing job but I have a question?

    martymoose replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is all nursing. this is why nursing sucks. the customer service aspect has made 95 % of pt's rude people. But unfortunately, this is what nursing is. Unless you find a non clinical job, which...
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    An Idea Whose Time has Long Come: EMPLOYEE satisfaction scoring?

    martymoose replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thing is , sometimes the biggest factor is lack of staffing. But per mgmt, that's the way it is. So how is some stupid survey going to help? Mgmt has been told to run lean and mean hahahaha.They...
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    Problems with ER

    martymoose replied to ReggieN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Bingo.
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    Problems with ER

    martymoose replied to ReggieN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Because no one cares if there is no proper transfer. As long as you open a bed up fro more to come in ED. Mass production. My pt's are usually brought up by a tech, who has no idea what the pt is...
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    An Idea Whose Time has Long Come: EMPLOYEE satisfaction scoring?

    martymoose replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Survey. LOL. Such a waste of time. We all KNOW what the problem is. Adequate staffing. Which will never happen . Stop wasting our
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    An Idea Whose Time has Long Come: EMPLOYEE satisfaction scoring?

    martymoose replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i noticed on our surveys there are to many identifiers,despite being told it's "anonymous". they ask what dept your in, your age group, and how long you've been a nurse. Not too hard for someone to...
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    Should I give up and find another job?

    martymoose replied to Crissy327's topic in General Nursing

    Actually age discrimination was my first thought. I am of this age grouping also. None of the youngers want to put up with us olders, and some of my co- workers are happy to throw us under the bus for...
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    The HARD Truth for most nurses

    martymoose replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    ^^^^ ok, that's taking it a bit too far :***: oh , and it's Mr Hankey
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    Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    martymoose replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    What gets me are the old large people " oh , I can walk "..... using a walker, but then fall with all their weight on you. And then get mad that YOU didn't hold them up!!!! Part of the problem is the...
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    Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    martymoose replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone ever given it any thought that since we're a dime a dozen, employer can just go out and get new workers? Ask anyone who has injuries( comp) and they will tell you how difficult it is to...
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    Med Error

    martymoose replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in General Nursing

    it's one thing to be thorough and do the right thing, but if you are going to be so anal about things this early on, you are going to give yourself a heart attack in short time. ( i should know, I...
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    Nurses can eat properly if they manage their time

    martymoose replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    geez , for being judgmental about all us fatties out there , cheezewhiz has got to be the most unhealthiest snack in existence - why would you have that as a name?? closet fattie?? oh im sorry ,...
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    To tell or not to tell!

    martymoose replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    not saying these are things to be ignored, but welcome to the reality of nursing. Some things have their ways of being worked out. As someone said,pick and choose your battles carefully. You still...
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    The HARD Truth for most nurses

    martymoose replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    cleaning up poop- sometimes many times a day , is what we do. if only cleaning poop were the worst thing.there are worse things believe it or not.like catering to the family members at the fancy...
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    safe assignment

    martymoose posted a topic in General Nursing

    lately we have been short, although it seems that this may actually now be a trend. So everyone is upset and says "this is such an unsafe assignment. My question is, is this now a new trend? I mean, I...
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    safe assignment

    martymoose replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    1.union's not an option. 2. Like I said ( i think) it's not so much the numbers assigned , its the acuity mixed in with the delirium/geripsych/reg.psych/severe alzheimers. Since we are spending so...
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    safe assignment

    martymoose replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't
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    96 year old refuse treatment

    martymoose replied to Vtachy1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    This is because FAMILIES want everything done. They have already had those discussions. why else do we have pts who have ulcers big enough to put your hand into, are incontinent into said ulcers,...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    martymoose replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    lol.Altho not a pronunciation- i've had 2 pts this week ask me if i'll be getting their "rat poison "
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    The FIT Nurse

    martymoose replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    martymoose replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    wow ,must definitly be regional. we say cue-pon. and yeah, cuuud you get me a glass of water? And I do say that
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    martymoose replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a lady say that I was mashing her arm.I was like , what?? oh ,im pushing on her arm. I apologized of course. I'm a northerner lol How bout davenport ,lol I'm an OLD northerner,
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    Dreading bedside report with The Interrogator

    martymoose replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no it
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    Dreading bedside report with The Interrogator

    martymoose replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I cant help but wonder sometimes if people do this so they can make sure nothing gets passed on ( as in the " that should have been done on your shift/your time/don't leave me any undone work.)...