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  1. Sexual relations with patients

    RNmom08 replied to camille217's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering - Did the patient and the nurse have relations before she was hospitalized? This is just for my own curiosity I guess. No one else had asked this question so I figured I would. I do...

  2. Functioning on Halodol

    RNmom08 replied to camille217's topic in General Nursing

    If it's just out of curiosity, I can see you asking this question. If your looking to get someone in trouble over this that's a different story... One of my family members had a mental illness and...

  3. Compensation for being on call

    RNmom08 replied to BennyRsMom's topic in General Nursing

    One of our residents accidentally left his contract at our nurses station. Their on-call pay is $25.00/hr and ER is $45.00/hr. Now, can anyone tell me why their time at home is worth more than mine?...

  4. max hrs worked in a row

    RNmom08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am from Iowa and I have looked through the IA BON website and couldn't find any information. How many hours can a nurse work in a row legally? Also how about in an emergency? We were talking...

  5. ANA is worthless

    RNmom08 replied to Transplant Nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I believe this article to be true as well. At our hospital, a the VP of nursing was asked to resign after she stood up to the president of our Hospital over safe staffing issues. Now as far as the...

  6. what are these people thinking???

    RNmom08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok. I brought myself a can of diet coke to work today. I knew my day would be messed up because I worked a couple hrs off a couple hrs took a kid to the doc then back on an hr. I came back in in the...

  7. what are these people thinking???

    RNmom08 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! No way was someone else getting to enjoy my ice cold dt coke! :nuke: My kids told me that I should have dropped my gum in the can for the ultimate revenge but I couldn' do that.... It's...

  8. what are these people thinking???

    RNmom08 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    well...if there was another diet coke in the fridge at all I could see your point of view. But there wasn't. We all bring our own drinks. There were 3 of us and the other nurse had her diet dew....

  9. Why is nursing considered a sexy career?

    RNmom08 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I think it boils down to two words: Sponge

  10. What do you wish for in a break room?

    RNmom08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is revamping a breakroom for nursing staff. Actually, they are finally making one. This is one that is a central breakroom in addition to small mini breakrooms (that are actually unused...

  11. I'm just trying to help you!

    RNmom08 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    There's one I work with that freaks out/overreacts whenever ANYTHING is going on. Then at the end of shift is huffing and puffing saying "I've got soooo much charting to do!" But if she'd just be...

  12. bilirubin lab draw site on newborns

    RNmom08 replied to llc333's topic in Pediatric

    We always do heel sticks... BTW Don't know if you know this or not but when lab is drawing the blood on those bitty bilibabies - make sure that the bili lights are OFF. if the blood is exposed to...

  13. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line

    RNmom08 replied to Implacable's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I do this, I am usually at least 2-3 feet above the trash can. I would NEVER EVER put the end of the tubing near the trash can. I cannot see how this would be a problem the way you make it...

  14. What surprised you most in nursing school?

    RNmom08 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I must agree with you there. With our instructors, the only one that seemed to care for us was ONE instructor who taught us for about a month in the last semester. By that time and all the struggles...

  15. American Nurses Association

    RNmom08 replied to shabbychic23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Homework or

  16. PediaTRICKS- Share your PEDIATRIC TRICKS OF THE TRADE

    RNmom08 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Pediatric

    We use arm boards and occasionally have issues with the beeping. I'm afraid that goes with the territory for Peds. We have a way of taping that really really minimizes it though. THat's something...

  17. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    RNmom08 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    i need to clarify that the nurse is my coworker and is so not witchy to me... just students and the instructor - i don't understand why. i'm not nor do i condone such behavior, in fact - i make it a...

  18. Hipaa

    RNmom08 replied to Penny8611's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand why you cannot get info if you are POA and have the code reguardless if you were present or not. I'm in Peds and our parents give us code words to use. THey can give the code word...

  19. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    RNmom08 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I so totally understand where you are coming from. When I was a student, we worked our bottoms off to know our stuff- I would very very RARELY take a break and if a nurse needed a chair I jumped out...

  20. What do you wish for in a break room?

    RNmom08 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Great ideas everyone!! One of the reasons that they are giving us a breakroom is so that patients - not employees can gather in a nice sunny area at the entrance of the hospital that has comfy...

  21. Can one wait to take the NCLEX for more than a yr .......

    RNmom08 replied to Poochee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Take them and get it over with. Statistics show fail rate increases with time. Just my

  22. Parent Pet Peeves

    RNmom08 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Pediatric

    Or..... If you are going to come into the hospital and refuse to have an IV put in the scalp even though it is THE only vein that looks even possible to be able to get because of the dehydration your...

  23. Hourly Rounding

    RNmom08 replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Forgive me if I'm wrong, but "back in the day" patients weren't as demanding. That generation is about gone. Now patients want things and they want it

  24. Anyone willing to answer a few question?

    RNmom08 replied to Mcdermot's topic in General Nursing

    1)Pediatrics 2)Depends on who I work with. I'm with 2 nurses during my orientation right now (I was hired last month.) With one is hectic as all get out:bugeyes:, with the other, the whole day goes...

  25. has anyone ever

    RNmom08 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    has anyone ever ordered from Uniform Corner's online site? I have ordered a pair of Landau shoes size 7.5 and got them today. They are a bit small which surprised me because I have bought Landau's...