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  1. Ratio on step-down unit

    AmericanRN replied to cp24001's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain I'm on a so called step down that is 6:1. The acuity rating is freaking joke. We are most likely going to 7. Its all about filling up a bed with no regard to quality of care for the...

  2. Wife wants all-female personnel in OR. Is this reasonable?

    AmericanRN replied to SuperSixEightMD's topic in General Nursing

    SuperSix, It can't hurt for you and your wife to ask if this can be accomodated. At the hospital campus I currently work at they would not be able to fufill that request since their OR resources are...

  3. Nursing vs. Occupational Therapy vs. Speech Pathology

    AmericanRN replied to RosePMHNP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I had to do it all over again I would be an SLP instead of an RN for a multitude of

  4. I'm not sure if this is the right place for it.

    AmericanRN replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Rabid Response, GHGoonette and Jennifer Sews said it ALL!!!!!!! This has nothing to do with CNA certification, being mandated reporters or needing an MD order for restraints or any of this...

  5. 2 weeks notice

    AmericanRN replied to Powerof3jlw's topic in General Nursing

    If you resign you will not be able to collect unemployment. What happens if they do indeed let you go after this extended orientation and you can't find another job? If they let you go because you are...

  6. Name Tags

    AmericanRN replied to WSU_Ally_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you should take a vacation if the word "cute" set you off to that level. It is a PICU, all their "clients" are children. Children like bright & shiny. No where does it say that a...

  7. Is it easier to juggle family as a nurse or a nursing student??

    AmericanRN replied to wannabecnl's topic in General Nursing

    Being a full-time nurse is easier for me than being a nursing student was. I worked full time & was in nursing school. Now I do my shift come home and relax. Not that being a nurse is a walk in...

  8. Do give up your seat for a doctor?

    AmericanRN replied to Pmkn10RN's topic in General Nursing

    The old school nurses on my unit would not give up their seat for the second coming of the Messiah let alone a mere mortal like a doctor or another nurse while they are busy charting. Our unit doesnt...

  9. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    AmericanRN replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    We have bonus kids

  10. Are nurses smarter than resident physicians?

    AmericanRN replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    Well said and thank you. As a relatively new nurse (RN) my first nursing job was in an LTC where I was not oriented appropiately and regularly belittled by most of the nurses on staff there with the...

  11. Anyone know anything about American nurses working in Mexico?

    AmericanRN replied to klone's topic in International Nursing

    Mexico has changed. I love Mexico and enjoyed traveling there but it's not safe. The small cities, large cities, villages, rancheros, coasts, interior, are being affect by the cartels. Don't forget...

  12. Just get out of nursing already

    AmericanRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    yeah baby dragons become old crusty

  13. High contact sports and nursing?

    AmericanRN replied to mochamonster's topic in General Nursing

    Theres a bunch of nurses participating in girls roller derby around here. Its freakin hilarious to watch. Everyone knows what they're signing up for. Its not any different than cops &...

  14. PRN vs Full/Part time

    AmericanRN replied to EZsmom's topic in General Nursing

    PRN is Latin abbreviation for "pro re nata" an occasion that has arisen, as circumstances require, as needed. Nurses can work PRN status.PRN usually means no benefits or limited benefits....

  15. What is the longest long day anyone works???

    AmericanRN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Be afraid be very afraid of some of the shifts we work here in the USA. A lot of the things we are doing are not safe for ourselves. Snow is easily handled in the northeastern, midwestern and plains...

  16. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    AmericanRN replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Great idea I'm with you, in fact lets get rid of dietary outright since they don't want to do what they are paid to do. We'll divide by having nurses & PCTs make toast. Lab techs make the jello...

  17. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    AmericanRN replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    In all seriousness we bedside nurses have too many patients with ever increasing levels of acuity. 70% of the time I have a pt who is detoxing , NPO or high risk for aspiration. Last thing I need is...

  18. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    AmericanRN replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    That may be the case for the UK. This is the USA a lawsuit or fatality will follow shortly. Trust me I can see someone suing over a piece of burnt toast. Better yet raggedy toaster from the 1970s...

  19. Can't wait for tomorrow......

    AmericanRN replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

  20. nursing and paperwork; what paperwork?

    AmericanRN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't you the same person who did not see the importance of keeping a sterile field even though you were in scrub tech program? Now you want us nurses to explain to you what we chart about when you...

  21. acute care and ICU the same?

    AmericanRN replied to RossayRN's topic in General Nursing

    The only exception to that is the now growing numbers of facilities that are going from LTC to LTAC. Many hospitals are creating their own stand alone LTAC facilities. These pts are acutely ill for 25...

  22. why nurses cannot have a nail polish..?

    AmericanRN replied to ar.en.greta's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My hospital allows nail polish as long as it is not chipped on most units. OR and some of the ICUs have a no nail polish unit specific policy. Acrylic nails are banned hospital wide. Slightly off...

  23. inappropriate work attire

    AmericanRN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    What good would it do? 1) is the behavior affecting the business as far as profits or customer satisfaction? 2) as many people can tell you often times a spouse will not believe people when they are...

  24. Mucomyst

    AmericanRN replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

    I let the pt if they want juice or coke. No getting around the stuff stinks. Your story is awesome. I have never heard of anyone liking the taste of mucomyst let alone looking forward to the next...

  25. Warning: Stay away from...

    AmericanRN replied to SDALPN's topic in General Nursing

    Please report the company STAT. Re-using needles, having patients undergo unnecessary treatments are the two scariest things in the list of horrors you listed. You, the other nurses and the doctors...