kemper1974

kemper1974

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  1. Disability paperwork

    kemper1974 replied to Rascal1's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I don't have to apply for disability yet (I have RA and Fibro) but have gone thru the process with my husband. The most important thing is to document everything! My sister in law worked for SSDI as...

  2. Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    kemper1974 replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you clocked out and stayed over to chart on a patient, would that not be a HIPPA violation, since legally you are not a paid employee with a right to access a medical document at that

  3. Do you have a baby nurse at delivery?

    kemper1974 replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we have 100-120 deliveries a month the nursery nurse is present at all deliveries, anlong with Respiratory for meconium, decels, preemies and C/sections. Peds will come in from home

  4. Couplet care - how do you handle float pool nurses?

    kemper1974 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, our unit has thrown ortho/neuro elective suregerues in to our pp/gyne

  5. Has anyone taken an interest in OB after other areas?

    kemper1974 replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I spent 8 years working ortho/neuro before I switched to OB in 1985. I learned so much on the ortho unit, but was starting to need a change. I have worked L&D, mother baby, management and NICU. I...

  6. Mixed Units

    kemper1974 replied to kemper1974's topic in General Nursing

    When this mix was initiated, several hospital employees from other units were worried about the unit having male patients on the floor, even tho they were on the other hallway. Personally, I don't...

  7. Mixed Units

    kemper1974 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone work on a unit where there are 2 polarly opposite patient populations? I work on a 24 bed OB unit as a primary nursery nurse. We have to capability to have 3 extended transition/special...

  8. How many miles/minutes do you drive to work?

    kemper1974 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    28 miles each way, and I pass 4 other hospitals to get

  9. Mandatory Flu shots

    kemper1974 replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ******* My husaband got Guillane Barre after surgery last year. He is no longer independent after 16 weeks in the icu and rehab. I am currently starting my second round of chemo (rituxan) I got my...

  10. Getting called off

    kemper1974 replied to pottie's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it funny how when you are hired in to the job FULLTIME nobody ever tells you that you can be put on call with no pay, flexed or cancelled and you must use your PTO to make up the difference?...

  11. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    kemper1974 replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    1) Hellllllooooo....let me see you do my job, because you are so far removed from reality you have no clue 2)You really believe that staffing has nothing to do with acuity or patient

  12. Nursing Staff Pictures. .. . .

    kemper1974 replied to SmileyGirl210's topic in General Nursing

    When our unit used to be a great place to work (5 years ago) we had all sorts of bulletin boards. We had a monthly theme...Mother's day was pix of us and our own babies, HS graduation, nursing school...

  13. Do facilities sometimes try to get rid of more experienced, more expensive nurses?

    kemper1974 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital system I used to work at closed our unit to make way for more med-surg beds to accomodate our growing ER. We were all able to transfer to another hospital in the system, after we...

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    kemper1974 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had been an RN for 5 years in charge of an Ortho/Neuro unit. One night the supervisor begged me to come in extra and be in charge on the medical unit, whcih I had done before. This particular night...

  15. Rheumatoid Arthritis

    kemper1974 replied to Jeanine1970's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have had RA since 2001. I have been on MTX since then, and have been on and failed humira,remicade, orencia and am currently on enbrel, which by itself helps a bit. I started on a clinical trial in...

  16. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    kemper1974 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    We had a unit secretary who passed away rather suddenly, and she visits from time to time. She had a very distinct perfume (old lady fragrence) and we still smell it all over the unit. She has been...

  17. Any one getting down sized yet?

    kemper1974 replied to Qwiigley's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Nurses are not laid off, but overtime is forbidden,extra shift bonus is gone, our on call pay was done away with (now we have flex hours where we are not needed, and they have to re-evaluate staffing...

  18. Managers asking me to forgo sleep for meetings!

    kemper1974 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    We have our meetings at 1730...right in the middle of dinner for those working or home. What irritates me is that I have to drive in an hour each way for them to read stuff off a paper. This could be...

  19. Nursing cutbacks

    kemper1974 replied to winter13's topic in General Nursing

    I just hate that we had to use PTO hours when we were called off. We finally persuaded HR to let us choose if we want to use PTO or not get paid. The difference for me between 60 hours and 72 is only...

  20. Retention

    kemper1974 replied to tclema's topic in General Nursing

    Hire Managers that have actually worked bedside in the area they manage within the past 2 years, Managers that come from other areas or non clinical jobs have no idea what we do on a day to day...

  21. Nursing cutbacks

    kemper1974 replied to winter13's topic in General Nursing

    Florida....no overtime,low census days, on call instead of work, hiring freeze.If we do work someone is usually floated (I am on OB, most of us have not worked anywhere else for years, so we really...

  22. Rituxin for RN...help!

    kemper1974 posted a topic in Oncology

    Hi...I am starting Rituxin for my rheumatoid arthritis this week.....I am also on Enbrel and Methotrexate. My hair thinned a little when I started the MTX, but the folic acid I take seems to have...

  23. Opinions on "Therapeutic Sleep"

    kemper1974 replied to bee1006's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Brings back memories..in the 80's we would give most of our patients 100mg of seconal or nembutal and 1/4grain of morphine. When they woke up they either were 8-9 cm and then delivered, or if no...

  24. New computer charting killing me.

    kemper1974 replied to lorster's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Oh yes.....we have little notebooks we have to take room to room. (we are just starting since Jan. 1st) Not only is the notebook difficult to see, especially with bifocals, i have difficulty with the...

  25. Where Is The Worst place to work in Florida?

    kemper1974 replied to MsMorningGlory's topic in Florida Nursing

    Have to agree with you! The ORMC sytem has the lowest nursing morale I have ever seen, and safe staffing is sacrificed. Then when the unit doesn't get good surverys back ftom the patients, it get...