nope nope nope. only 2 @ a time. only immediate family. only during posted visiting hours. never +/- 1 hour of shift change. no pets, kids, food, or anything else unless pre-approved. what's next,...
amen! nursing as a profession is targeted for marginalization in a health care system under siege. profit motivation driving growing public demand is transforming health care into just yet another...
i believe the topic is professionalism. provider order is to transfer patient to ed. is it the nurses' prerogative (ed or ltc) to overturn the order or contravene facility policy for convenience sake?...
No. I have a dog and a cat but, they stay at home. Animals - pets aren't permitted in eating establishments for good reason. Why do people insist on having animals in hospitals? It's not a barn yard...
hmm, well... being perfect does require a great deal of focus and persistence. it's exhausting and overshadows the entire nursing process. nevertheless, living and working in a toxic, paranoid,...
have you considered ob nursing to start? what better experience to attain some perspective of the initial conditions these fragile lives were delivered from. maybe a year of ob followed by a year...
It seems that I am frequently assigned pts & their families who have psychosocial dysfunction. These are people who know just how to blemish a nursing career or are searching out-right for grounds...