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  1. What do you think I should ask for?

    correctlywrong replied to PA_CoffeeFreak's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am also a pittsburgher. The hospital new grad rate is right around $20, give or take. With over three years of experience, I am not at $25. You can always ask. They can always counter-offer....

  2. Help! How do you stay awake on drive home after night shift?

    correctlywrong replied to neetnik461's topic in General Nursing

    I take the bus. Drive? After a 12+ hour night shift? Some nurses do it, but then again, they all seem to have stories about how they caught themselves driving in their sleep/on autopilot. And...

  3. Non-detectable street drugs?

    correctlywrong replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in General Nursing

    LSD basically does not show up in urine drug tests. There is a very short window after administration during which it can be found, using a test more sensitive than most facilities will have access...

  4. You know your pt is a jerk if........

    correctlywrong replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    There are certainly some folks that I have this approach with. Some, but not all, of the frequent flyers. But usually, I try to arrange it so that if someone is leaving AMA, that they work out a plan...

  5. Not allowed to say "I was busy w/ another pt"

    correctlywrong replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    "I was busy with another patient just then, but I am here now to help you. I will give you the same respect and take care of your need before I go on to help someone else." "Yes, I do have other...

  6. New options for handling disruptive patients

    correctlywrong replied to 3rdcareerRN's topic in General Nursing

    We call it Condition M for "mental" and I have had to call one before. Saved my patient's life and maybe kept me from being injured as

  7. Hippa Gone Wild

    correctlywrong replied to 9309's topic in General Nursing

    They are covering their tails. If, later, you tried to say that they had given a copy to someone in your family that you hadn't wanted to have it, they could pull the release and be able to prove...

  8. Race during report.

    correctlywrong replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    I have issues with the idea that race is readily visible or that it equates to culture. Skin color isn't everything. Muslim patients come in all skin tones, and I know some Arabic folks who would...

  9. Is it okay to give an IM through clothing?

    correctlywrong replied to njinsky's topic in General Nursing

    If I had been exposed to a nerve gas agent and was stabbing myself with an autoinjector antidote, I would give it through clothing to avoid exposing any more skin to a possible irritant than...

  10. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    correctlywrong replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    You state that the rules don't depend on sound, but the rules you point out do take sound into consideration. The difference between a vowel and a consonant is one of sound. The whole reason for the...

  11. Is the Magnet designation working for bedside nurses?

    correctlywrong replied to forrester's topic in General Nursing

    The attempt to attain magnet status at my hospital has translated into more meetings and paperwork for the nurses, taking more time away from bedside care. It has meant busy work trying to get one...

  12. Who is in Nursing for the money?

    correctlywrong replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    I work for money. Period. If it weren't for the money, I would not be employed by anyone. I work in nursing because it is the best work that I have found that I can do. I can apply my heart and my...

  13. I Quit!

    correctlywrong replied to Super Nurse JoshuA's topic in General Nursing

    I regularly have been working 8 patients to a nurse on daylights, with 12 to 24 patients per PST/CNA. This is on an acute med surg floor that gets fresh neuro and vascular surgery post ops,...

  14. Most Humorous Call-In Excuses

    correctlywrong replied to jeffrey_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Re nurses leaving d/t personal incontinence... I keep two extra sets of scrubs in my locker, anticipating the worst. Why do we wear white? They've been handy when I dropped a full hemovac and it...

  15. Terms we will not admit to using

    correctlywrong replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    I didn't actually mean to thank you for this post, but to hit reply. Telling a patient that they are recieving a medication for pain which is not actually an analgesic, even with an MD order, has...

  16. Most Humorous Call-In Excuses

    correctlywrong replied to jeffrey_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Prior to nursing, I once had a co-worker call in with: "I'm drunk in Sharon, PA (a small town an hour or so away) and I don't know how I got here, so I can't come in." I work with a nurse who had to...

  17. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    correctlywrong replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'd go to work and stay there for the duration. I would expect that my family recieve sufficient supplies to weather the storm in quarantine, but I would take my chances doing my duty. I knew it was...

  18. Renal Nurses Income

    correctlywrong replied to NephroTorch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I don't have the info you want, but I do want to say that I don't think it is unethical at all to inquire about compensation. The work we do is valuable, and we deserve to be able to support...

  19. Compassion....Why is it lacking?

    correctlywrong replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    It is true that there are nurses who become overinvolved. It is true that there are often priorities that get in the way of giving everyone the exact care that they want right when they want it. Not...

  20. Compassion....Why is it lacking?

    correctlywrong replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse who is frequently complimented by patients and their families, I have often wondered about what I do differently than the nurses on my unit who receive mostly complaints instead....