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  1. Nursing issues that need change

    passing thru replied to efy2178's topic in General Nursing

    I love sloejoe's #

  2. as good as it gets and it ain't that good

    passing thru replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Oramar, I love your Pittsburgh Christmas Carol. That is exactly how you all sound to me....I always think Pittsburghers' are speaking a different language than the rest of us. Re: your job Yep,...

  3. Wrote Dr. Phil yesterday....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    When I wrote my first letter, I sent it to four different newpapers. Three published it. It doesn't have to be a "whistle-blower" letter. Politicians get there points across without alienating...

  4. Why all the fuss? Influenza.

    passing thru replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    Lord Have Mercy. Let me write this one more time- - - one more time. MAYBE I will be understood. (I'm NOT holding my breath.) (I am now taking my own sentence out of context of the post.) "This...

  5. Why all the fuss? Influenza.

    passing thru replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    C'mon girls, cut the guy a break. He/she is simply saying the media's response to the flu outbreak is out of proportion to the actual flu situation. The media is hyping it...scaring people...

  6. Wrote Dr. Phil yesterday....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Fab 4 might be onto something with that print reporter idea. A reporter told me that the week between chistmas and new years........you can get ANYTHING printed !! 'Cause everyone who writes at the...

  7. "extreme makeover'' comes on at 9 PM EST...the one about BARIATRIC SURGERY

    passing thru posted a topic in General Nursing

    The show about the 500 pound guy who lost a lot of wt and now is having the hanging folds

  8. Advice for first travel assignment?

    passing thru replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Travel

    I love traveling.... I can survive anything for 13 weeks.... I've met some fun travelers too...., seen some cool places and things I otherwise would never have seen.... I always remember I am a...

  9. disciplinary nightmare

    passing thru replied to rosieposie's topic in General Nursing

    Agnus, I want to clarify. I did not mean to imply guilt when I asked how she decided to hire an attorney. Also, a court of law and a board of nursing inquiry are 2 very different situations. There...

  10. Hey you guys, Im an RN!!!!!!

    passing thru replied to FullMoonMadness's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations !! What a relief !! Feels great , doesn't it?? You have really worked and sacrificed and stuck with it .... Now, in the real world, you will occasionally have to put up with some...

  11. "extreme makeover'' comes on at 9 PM EST...the one about BARIATRIC SURGERY

    passing thru replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies and information. wish I could have seen the before and after. My co-worker wants to lose 200 #'s. But she says she would never be able to afford the tummy tuck- apron removal...

  12. Whatever Happened to SARS????

    passing thru replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about it too. I think if it reappears, it will be in Jan and Feb. The media is over hyping this flu bug..... Tom Brokaw & NBC should be ashamed for the way they are exploiting...

  13. Wrote Dr. Phil yesterday....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, Agnus. What you say is well said. I'd point out though that the American Rifle Association and the AARP both began decades ago. Every organization has to start somewhere. This is a...

  14. Wrote Dr. Phil yesterday....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Re: Agnus's post about the letter mailings. I'm not sure I agree. I've been told that a letter is '"Noticed"' and paid attention to by bigwigs. I was told that for every letter writer, (especially...

  15. Flu epidemic?

    passing thru replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    To the poster who wrote they didn't know why /or what people were expecting from the ER............ The newspapers and t.v. have been advising people to go to their ER's within the 1st 24 hours of...

  16. "extreme makeover'' comes on at 9 PM EST...the one about BARIATRIC SURGERY

    passing thru replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Darn !! I missed it !! My cousin dropped by and we stirred up a couple of strawberry dacqueries and wrapped Chistmas presents . Did anyone see it? I promised a co-worker - who has an...

  17. Nurse Fired for not....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, we were told we could not even take the baby all the way into the room until the bands were checked. I rolled the baby from the nursery into the moms room and stopped just inside...

  18. Nurse Fired for not....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Be4 I get flamed, yeah yeah, I know it helps to know more..... the point being made is: At my hospitals, the nursery and post partum nurses say ............... we can forgive/fix/undo/redo...

  19. Nurse Fired for not....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    When I work nursery and my co-workers asked "How is it?" I always respond, " It's fun." " There's only two things you gotta know. One, always check the baby's armband number with the mom's arm...

  20. disciplinary nightmare

    passing thru replied to rosieposie's topic in General Nursing

    Rosie. I have read your original post 3 times and read all the other posts. Here is my opinion/advice. First, the BON has NOOOOOOooooooo interest in any excuses that you had a baby, "Maybe my...

  21. Wrote Dr. Phil yesterday....

    passing thru replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    You go, Cheerful ! Many times we start down a particular path, and a new turn in the road presents itself. Sometimes our expectations are unfulfilled. I've done this many times. Initiate something...

  22. 'Have your views on aspartame changed? DO you use it?"

    passing thru posted a topic in General Nursing

    Several docs at work are ADAMANT that no one eats/drinks anything containing aspartame.... They all say it has a distinct adverse effect on brain cells. What are you all hearing? Anything? They...

  23. What does you hospital give you for Thanksgiving ?

    passing thru posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ours gave everyone a $10 gift certificate yesterday....for the local grocery store. And they are having a big Christmas party with band, buffet , champagne , in two weeks. I don't know what the...

  24. well now... THAT was "short and sweet"...

    passing thru replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    It's mind-numbing to think about. I'm putting myself in the patients' place. What if I HAD to be a patient there? (And I do not go to the hospital unless I'm at deaths door...) What would happen to...

  25. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    passing thru replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    OBRNTEACHER, It has been in the Charleston, WV newspaper for months that the WV Kroger's employees are not paying a cent for their insurance....never have. It has been written every week that the...