tk3100

tk3100

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  1. Gasoline prices/ mileage rates...etc!! need input on a decision.

    tk3100 replied to Homie's topic in Home Health

    Our agency is currently paying $0.40/mile also and we are awaiting an answer on our request to increase to $0.45/mile. We have had a couple of aides call in due to gas prices. I'm sure they will...

  2. Alarmism??

    tk3100 replied to RNdudeNNJ's topic in General Nursing

    Although I agree that there is some good common-sense ideas in the article, the fact that this is even in print appalls me. It is already hard to maintain a positive image of the profession, then an...

  3. Going against the Dr.

    tk3100 replied to beautifuldays's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Document extremely well. Also, the hospital I worked for had an ethics committee comprised of various disciplines, including physicians, pastoral care and hospital legal counsel. We were encouraged to...

  4. new nurse biggest mistakes

    tk3100 replied to smtwinfalls's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you have any doubt about something, ask first. It may take more time to look up a med or disease process that you don't know about, but it is essential to developing real life skills in your...

  5. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    tk3100 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes....I do understand all of the above. I am sure that to people who live in a culture that is not accustomed to guns, the thought of anyone owning one is apalling. I live in a culture where many...

  6. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    tk3100 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't at all disagree. As long as a clear line is drawn that requires contribution on the part of the recipient except in extreme cases, I'm sure something is workable. It very much depends how much...

  7. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    tk3100 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  8. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    tk3100 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry DarrenWright, I did not mean to address you with this. I am just confused as to how co2emission intended to relate the ownership of guns by law abiding citizens to socialized

  9. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    tk3100 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Huh??? How in the world is my right to bear arms affecting the abilities of law enforcment to do their jobs?? Even if a law were passed banning guns, criminals could still get them. They don't abide...

  10. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    tk3100 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    Serial abuse of nurses will never stop unless we stand up for ourselves. The management, the public, and the families will not do it for us. I don't care if she is 177, letting this go is just the...

  11. "I do everything an LPN can do" Oh,my gosh !

    tk3100 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    RSR is regular sinus

  12. Upset about being yelled at by MD (long)

    tk3100 replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Despite the delusional state this doc was in, you have every right to repeat the information until this thick skulled fool got the message. One would think that a candidate for medical school...

  13. Nightmare Families and Hospital protocols

    tk3100 replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    After 8 years in an open visiting ICU, I don't even have the energy to recount some of the rediculously entitled s*** I have observed. I would rather slit my throat than go back to that hot mess. I am...

  14. Nursing from a hygienist perspective....

    tk3100 replied to hygienejunkie's topic in General Nursing

    My back, neck, and feet hurt a lot when I worked at the hospital. Not so much now that I do home

  15. Biased Care...

    tk3100 replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, also I had a breast reduction and they were very good to

  16. Biased Care...

    tk3100 replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    No, I have worked in outpatient surgery and have seen many plastics procedures. It was a much happier occasion when someone bought themselves some new bewbies than when a patient came in for a D &...

  17. Pay Per Visit/ Salary Question

    tk3100 replied to bshaw96's topic in Home Health

    I work for an agency where I am per visit, six visits or equiv per day average. I do not have to take call. Starts are $60, reg visits (30 min to 1 hour) are $30. I have 3 school age children, so the...

  18. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    tk3100 replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I for one agree with your previous analysis. I have seen so many people with the attitude that whether not they choose to sit and drink or drug all day, they DESERVE to be taken care of by those of us...

  19. Nursing intervention~yes or no??

    tk3100 replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would, if lungs are clear and remain so. I don't know that I would have felt comfortable doing so as a new nurse. Years in ICU taught me, however, that in a crunch you do whatever needs...

  20. Nurse Phobias?

    tk3100 replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the eyeball thing. I am also abnormally afraid of electricity. If I am the one doing the defibrillation in a code, I look like a ballerina trying to lean as far back from the pt's...

  21. Please ... any ex-ICU, now ER nurses for advice!

    tk3100 replied to bluesky's topic in Emergency

    I worked in ICU for 8 years. I came to hate each and every day that I worked. I did not do much in the way of ER, but I liked it much better. I have now left the hospital altogether. Something to be...

  22. My newfound respect for Nurses

    tk3100 replied to PegRNBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What goes around comes around, good or bad. You are in my

  23. I am so flippen mad!!!!!!!!

    tk3100 replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, society seems to have arrived at a point where he who cheats and does not suffer the consequences wins. It is not only nursing that has this attitude. Wait until you follow the policy...

  24. Have any of you..

    tk3100 replied to CH080605's topic in General Nursing

    I was pregnant with my second child during my last 2 semesters of the ADN program. When I had graduated from my program, I had a 22 month old and a newborn 2 weeks later. I took boards the day she was...

  25. What are your thoughts on Disney or AIDET "customer service" training?

    tk3100 replied to marie-francoise's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the hospitals are paying mega-bucks to teach "customer service" to the staff, when 99% of us would do this genuinely if we weren't so busy putting out a thousand little fires. The purpose...