CaptGaston

CaptGaston

CCU,MICU,SICU,CTICU,Renal, Recovery

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  1. Nurses writing up nurses?

    CaptGaston replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    Risk Management....Risk Managment... Toyota study... Blah Blah.. I have submitted simple solutions for ideas in a half of dozen hospitals for reoccuring problems that could be fixed, but they always...

  2. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    CaptGaston replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think there are some nurses on this site who have been taking that new

  3. Nurses writing up nurses?

    CaptGaston replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    Being in this profession for as long as I have I will never understand why nurses expire so mush effort cut each other down. Confront each other, communicate. Not this write you up behind your back...

  4. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    CaptGaston replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Good for you Autumn. Hang in there.. and be patient. One of my best freinds is a stay at home dad of 3

  5. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    CaptGaston replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    She would be a director of health care if she gets her socialized medicine plan through. "HI WE ARE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU!!" Scary

  6. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    CaptGaston replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Obviously I am one of those people who was old enough to remember such a statement, and others have not. We easily forget what political statements were made 1, 5 , 10 , 15 years ago... It is one of...

  7. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    CaptGaston replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Am I just that old, or is it that I am just one of these people who retains such information. When a President's wife said something so demeaning to my profession, I just do not forget it!! Lets go...

  8. Commute?

    CaptGaston replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I love this website just because I now have learned that we have Whitetailed deer to contend with and they have Kangeroos!!! I bet they can wreck a car

  9. Commute?

    CaptGaston replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I Commute 65 minutes.. No red lights until the last 1 mile. I do it because its worth living in the country. I used to live half as far away, but it still took 50 minutes to drive home because of all...

  10. Computer charting-what do you think?

    CaptGaston replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I have used paper in the past, and a mix of both and computer charting for the last 8 years at my full time job with paper charting @ my agency jobs and to be quite honest.. computer charting is far...

  11. Mercy now UPMC Mercy, ob/gyn group goes to AGH, WP

    CaptGaston replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Beware!!! Another causualty of the octopus called UPMC. I heard Weirton is next... Anyone hear

  12. Opinions Needed: Straight to RN or LPN first?

    CaptGaston replied to flynntastic's topic in General Nursing

    DO the RN. Your hands are tied anymore as an LPN along with pay. Our facility is trying to phase out LPNs in the acute setting.. The push for all these magnet status hospitals is to be 100% BSN!!! I...

  13. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    CaptGaston replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    From the sticks in harrison county. Originally from PA moved to a red state, commute to the 'burgh plus some agency emergency relief work in ohio. Work in ICU's of all sorts right now SICU/CTICU ....

  14. Does anyone else like working night shift besides me?

    CaptGaston replied to Joyfullme's topic in General Nursing

    You are not alone in the dark if you are a nurse!! Love it.. Fewer suits, fewer docs to babysit... Codes are not a complete zoo because somebody is incharge.. etc.. less traffic, better pay, easier to...

  15. What do you guys during your off-time?

    CaptGaston replied to mcknis's topic in Men in Nursing

    Kudos to running 25 miles a week!!! Somebody / Bodies better be chasing me with large sharp objects to get me to run that much

  16. deaconess/chamberlain college of nursing

    CaptGaston replied to Alibaba's topic in LPN to RN

    OK, I am a fairly new member here and after 16-17 years of being an RN, I am looking at rn to bsn online programs... looking at chamberlain hard because of the short amount of time, but I invite...

  17. What do you guys during your off-time?

    CaptGaston replied to mcknis's topic in Men in Nursing

    Run a Fishing Boat on Lake Erie, Sit in a Tree in the Fall, Watch NASCAR , the Indians, Steelers, Penguins, Buckeyes, Walk the 3 Labs, Spend time with the wife and her Family, Cut damn fire wood all...

  18. Dating co-workers

    CaptGaston replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I was a stern believer in the do not SH__ where you eat policy and dated and married LOSERS!! So I broke a major role and well there! Happy Marrige baby on the way!! She was a coworker not a boss...