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...when certain hateful nurses are on duty!

"You engage in admitted illegal and unethical behavior... you just think your personal preference is that important...You're willing to risk your license...I don't get people...Your attitude of entitlement to evade the rules and dishonestly/unethical...

Hi RNsRWe, You tone is hostile. And you seem so invested in that tone you made comments without good reading comprehension coupled with unfounded assumption...sad. I work in a private office at a hospital where 60-70 % of the nursing staff are fore...

Hi Red Kryptonite. Your tone is hostlile. Are you having a bad day? I see you are a new member to this web site. This a great site for professional opinions and education please don't bring blog attacks. "Mandatory" Flu shots is relatively new. There...

YES! Unfortunately it is legal if the hospital policy states it is mandatory or terminated; but not logical, because: - visitors and patients do not have to get the flu shot so the protection is not universal - the vaccine is only one strain common ...

YES! "CE Direct" membership is free through some hospitals but you can sign on for $45 /year. ha an awesome 30 CEU course pre-approved by the ANCC and doubles as a great study / practice course for the exam. That same course is $70 in nurse.com.

We need support for the awesome bill in our 113th Congress (2013-2014). Write your congressman or congresswomen ASAP to show support for the bill passed to law. Thanks to the hard work of the American Nurses Association (of which all nurses need...

In the words of Dr Phil: "How's that work'in for ya?" Violated any HIPAA laws lately? Patients, family members, blasted you with tangential comments / questions or issues discovered that hold you there much longer than you should stay? Sneaky off-go...

YEA!!!

Google Congressional Bill H.R. 1907.IH Soon it will be against the law to be out of compliance with the minimum nurse staffing requirement. An excerpt: “(A) One patient in trauma emergency units. (B) One patient in operating room units, provided tha...

Hi. Not sure, but make the congress representative for your district do the research work. Contact your rep's office frequently to keep tract of the progress on the bill.

Google Congressional Bill H.R. 1907.IH Soon it will against the law to be out of compliance with the minimum nurse staffing requirement. An excerpt from the bill: “(A) One patient in trauma emergency units. (B) One patient in operating room units, p...

Google Congressional Bill H.R. 1907.IH Soon it will against the law to be out of compliance with the minimum nurse staffing requirement. An excerpt from the bill: “(A) One patient in trauma emergency units. (B) One patient in operating room units, p...

To Seasoned /Experienced Nurses, Well have they taken or intend to take your kardex away? The powers that be are probably calling the kardex outdated, a dinosaur, calling you addicted to it. Maybe they are proud of the electronic records they spent...

:cool:We have the "EPIC" EMR at my facility. If you have that system I can help with how you can replace getting virtually the same information though it is slightly time consuming (about 20 min for 23 patients). 1st - CREATE the actual kardex format...

"I told her to check the phone records and see if that particular MD called on the date and time tht I charted her telephone order. She said she can check to see who was on call tht day. I JUST got my license a few months ago, and I'm shaking at the ...

wait!!!! hold everything!!! how sad is it that with our nursng shortage any usa citizen believes she / he has to leave the country to become a much needed nurse in the usa!!!! the time, money, and effort you are using to come in the back door (for...

WOW! It seems to be getting worse for nurses in relation to bullying. But it really is more of us talking about it. Bottom line it is very real and out of control. So fight or flight? Weigh options of which has priority for "you". Do you want to be ...

["i don't have a problem with a grad nurse being a charge nurse, but with no experience at all? has management in this hospital lost their minds?"] :eek:yes! they have loss their minds from a liability, patient advocacy, comraderie, even magnet statu...

:icon_rollI started my nursing career as the charge nurse over seasoned LPN's just because I was an "RN" - in a general acute hospital. Talk about scared! Your employer is just finally placing themselves in compliance with nursing standards of practi...

congrats noyesno!:w00t:, please! find a way to get your pin!!!!!!!! it's a hertiage / legacy thing. don't wear it. (at the risk of losing it or it getting broken). arrange your photo in a scrub with your stethoscope around your neck and your pin on...

hi ya, krhknob, geez that sucks that you had to quit just because of money! have you looked into that ut - arlington; rn-bsn; a 100% online 13 month program? the government definately has grant money to complete it (so no pay back), that is if you ...

:cool:Hi again BurntOutRN, Well you certainly have a healthy, realistic approach in your rationale to change fields. I think what most of us are conveying is what you already know that no nursing is completely:uhoh3: stress-free but based on your p...

:idea:A tip regarding changing specialty: Work full time in your current field in a large city hospital especially a Magnet hospital. The offers in other fields show a greater need. They already know your quality of care so it's not a big risk man...

FunvirgoRN, Just a note: :eek:"Psych" Nursing inpatient is extremely stressful involving sporatic physical take-downs of all age groups child to geri, psychotics out-of-control transporting to seclusion rooms, placing in restraints, coworkers who are...