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  1. Nurses at Disney

    AmericanRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I"m in FL & know some former Disney workers who are now nurses. They wish they were back at Disney cuz even Disney recognizes the fact that "being on stage" requires breaks, lunch and water during...

  2. Ok, what's the real deal with new grads?

    AmericanRN replied to future nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    You probably won't have any problem finding a job.You're judgmental, snide and think everyone else is an idiot but you. Welcome ladies & gentlemen we have just found the newest CNO for XYZ...

  3. Is there a nursing shortage or not?

    AmericanRN replied to nurse.sandi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not in Cali but I have a BSN and it took me & 85& of my class about 6 months to find a job. Since I've graduated there have been 3 more classes behind me and the average on them is also 6...

  4. ALWAYS called to work on days off?

    AmericanRN replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:I'm not the least bit religious but

  5. Is The Doctor Missing It? Stepping on Doc's Toes

    AmericanRN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I never said for the nurse to CALL a physician consult, what I said was to ask ANOTHER doctor who is covering for the regular attending that night if they think an endo should be brought in based on...

  6. is it wrong to sit on a patients bed?

    AmericanRN replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    lol I never thought I would do that but I have.I'm a hospital nurse and I definately sit at bedside with certain patients when I'm going over surgical or blood consent forms, especially if they were...

  7. With-holding resuscitation on pt in the absense of a signed DNR order form? What?!

    AmericanRN replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Everyone involved would be the entire legislative body in Florida and every single hospital, EMS provider, LTC, you name it. I posted the link in an earlier post the "yellow paper DNR" is state law...

  8. Is The Doctor Missing It? Stepping on Doc's Toes

    AmericanRN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Does this pt have an assigned endocrinologist? If not is it possible to get a different attending who is covering for Dr. "I can't hear you" to write an order for a consultation with an...

  9. With-holding resuscitation on pt in the absense of a signed DNR order form? What?!

    AmericanRN replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I actually saw a case manager run to Office Depot to buy yellow paper so we could transport a pt from the hospital back to their ALF. We giggled too until she & the social workers explained no one...

  10. With-holding resuscitation on pt in the absense of a signed DNR order form? What?!

    AmericanRN replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i am in florida. the yellow paper is specific to the state of florida not a facility. your don had better re-read what the fl department of health states along with the statuate. we have a lot of...

  11. Can someone reassure me?

    AmericanRN replied to clarabelle81's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe not, I used to work in a facility that only 6 sharps containers (one for each med cart) and those 6 med carts & sharps containers covered 2 floors and about 150

  12. Watching Procedures vs Doing Them

    AmericanRN replied to SkinnyLatte's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting you should bring that up. Years ago there was a show on Discovery health called Nursing Diaries. One of the OR nurses that was featured said she became very ill when she saw the footage of...

  13. New Grad Co-worker driving me NUTS!!!!

    AmericanRN replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    Easy as the OP mentioned the nurse in question is a family friend of some of the higher ups. In many US businesses including the medical field it's not WHAT you know its WHO you know. We have a...

  14. Do acute care nurses look down on LTC nurses

    AmericanRN replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    I started in LTC but I'm an acute care nurse now. Most of the acute care nurses don't know much about LTC other than some vague memory of clinicals. Once in a while I meet one who says something...

  15. Sigh. Is this really how we are graded?

    AmericanRN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    On our unit if a pt says to hang the abx 2 hours late, we document the time they refused and then we come back 2 hours later to administer it. If we don't do exactly as the patients request the NM...

  16. "The Code Blue Disturbed The Other Patients" - Shame on you bad nurses!

    AmericanRN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    whispering back "I'm bad at reading lips especially when everyone is whispering so fast what did you

  17. Another Five Star Management Decision!

    AmericanRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:lol no joke I can't imagine a

  18. question: 1 on one what to do?

    AmericanRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the US and at most facilities that I've been in a nurse, tech or actual "patient sitter" would be terminated STAT if they left a 1:1 for any reason at all without getting someone else to cover....

  19. Telling The Truth: A Nurse Who Stutters

    AmericanRN replied to RN0310's topic in General Nursing

    PS other famous actors who stutter: Nicole Kidman, Samuel L Jackons, Anthony Quinn, Bruce Willis, Peggy Lipton & RIP Jimmy Stewart. Singers who stutter Carly Simon, Mel Tillis, John Lee Hooker,...

  20. Telling The Truth: A Nurse Who Stutters

    AmericanRN replied to RN0310's topic in General Nursing

    Remember one of the finest, most magnificent voices in our time stutters/stammers, Mr. James Earl Jones. In fact what we hear is a result of him working with speech therapists throughout his

  21. Are you insulted????

    AmericanRN replied to CNABESS's topic in General Nursing

    No you were not wrong. You have a right to pursue or stay in whatever position you like. Personally I wouldn't have become a nurse if I had it to do all over again. I have met several PCTs & CNAs...

  22. A cold-hearted manager

    AmericanRN replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I could have written this post how eerie right down to the tachycardia minus mine being as high as yours. I feel ya on

  23. How about a reality show about Nurses....like "COPS"

    AmericanRN replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    The producers of COPS don't work out any legal details. The law enforcement agencies & their legal department involved TELL the show which cops they are going to film, what night & time and...

  24. If you could do it all over.....

    AmericanRN replied to GeminiRN2007's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No I would not do it again and I've been a nurse for a very short amount of time in the big scheme of things. Many posters have already covered the reasons why and I agree with them. As far as the...

  25. Doctors get free food...ALL the time?!

    AmericanRN replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    Our doctors pay with cash, credit or debit cards like everyone else in the hospital. When I was a student not a single MD got anything free from a cafeteria out of 6 different hospitals I rotated at....