pennyaline

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1. Anesthesiologists being replaced by CRNAs???

   pennyaline replied to MONEJA783's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Sounds like sour grapes. Shine it on. Meanwhile, I hate you for vacationing in the tropics. Damn you and your pina coladas! (OOOoooooo! Imagine the evil look you're

2. They are closing my nursing program

   pennyaline replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   I read somewhere once that nursing programs are great money losers for colleges and universities. This college no doubt totted up the enrollment and financial aid numbers and decided that the loss had...

3. Whyyyyy? Rant from a Lab Tech

   pennyaline replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

   If someone from the lab comes and draws the trough, that person wouldn't necessarily know that Vancomycin was running. It's not up to them to know what meds are

4. anthro & nursing

   pennyaline replied to js0314's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   could you restate this, please? i can't figure out who said what and what you want us to do in

5. When HIPAA can KILL

   pennyaline replied to Zookeeper3's topic in General Nursing

   Disclosure of a patient's confidential information is done on a need to know basis only. If the patient died of a reportable disease, it is up to the hospital to report it to your state's DOH. You can...

6. Nurses as secretaries

   pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

   Many of us have expressed that we understand why. We don't want to be secretaries either, but we are often asked to do what we know how to do and fill the clerk's position. And in some cases, when...

7. Nurses as secretaries

   pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

   No. I'm saying that for years I, as well as many others here, have worked units without secretaries and done the clerical stuff ourselves. And I'm not saying that we should accept this treatment in...

8. This is a shocker

   pennyaline replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

   I'll wait until I hear the other side's version of

9. Nurses as secretaries

   pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

   I fail to see how stating that I have worked more without secretaries than with them has anything to do with allowing myself to be used and encouraging others to be used. I am simply stating facts....

10. Nurses as secretaries

    pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Just answer the

11. Nurses as secretaries

    pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand your point. Is being expected to take a turn at secretarial duties on your unit equivalent to being treated in an illegal and immoral fashion? Or are you using "nurses as...

12. Nurses as secretaries

    pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Right, and they hire cheaper yet still experienced nurses whenever they can. Meanwhile, it makes no sense to the business mind to pay two people (nurses who are already on staff, and unit secretaries...

13. Nurses as secretaries

    pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    And vice versa,

14. Nurses as secretaries

    pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's not because it should be like that. It's because it IS like that and under current economic conditions it's going to stay like that for the duration. Reinforcing that this is how things are...

15. Nurses as secretaries

    pennyaline replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    You do understand that the work you're downplaying as "administrative" (which is erroneous, by the way, as it is supportive and not administrative in any respect) is what we were taught to do in...