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  1. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    snuggles49 replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    Where is this coming from?? How do BSN programs aim "to exclude men and other non-traditional types" (whatever a non-tradtional type is, I presume you are talking race) from nursing ? A staff BSN does...

  2. Questionable privacy violation on public forum?

    snuggles49 replied to kashyyykrn's topic in General Nursing

    Report her to the Board of Nursing ?? Really, have you talked to your Hippa officer at your facility?? Perhaps you

  3. Questionable privacy violation on public forum?

    snuggles49 replied to kashyyykrn's topic in General Nursing

    Hippa states you violate if you give out "Health information" which the FB poster did not. As another poster indicated the obits will tell you the name and often where they died such as at Any...

  4. Nurses who steal narcotics....

    snuggles49 replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    WHO dyes it blue ?? Your Pharmacy ?? You need to research this, oral morphine can be dispensed in clear, blue, red, depending on the Pharmacuetical company supplying your pharmacy. If your pharmacy is...

  5. K pack??

    snuggles49 replied to deelyn4's topic in Medical-Surgical

    No disrespect but CNA's don't interpret orders. I love all our aides but I would not ask an aide to interpret an order. Sorry The order was not clearly wrote therefore the nurse was unable...

  6. Hyperbaric nursing in Michigan?

    snuggles49 replied to RocknRollYogaRn's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    ''Also note that many wound care/HBO centers are run by for-profit companies. Just because it has a hospital name on the letterhead does not mean it is not run by one of these for-profits. These...

  7. TB Skin test question

    snuggles49 replied to new_worker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    my facility is seriously considering not doing routine tb test with employees (acute Care rural

  8. How does your nursing unit do scheduling?

    snuggles49 replied to marci3335's topic in General Nursing

    in my facility one area does a total set schedule. In the med-surg, cicu units the manager does the schedule or a designated staff person with final approval of the manager. Staff are allowed to...

  9. Unions anyone?

    snuggles49 replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What do they do with these "huge profits" ?? Administrators should make more then the staff. You would expect that if you were an administrator. Regulatory agencies (medicare, Jacho, HFAP,etc) are the...

  10. Cancelled repeatedly - is this normal?

    snuggles49 replied to CranberryMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    We also are unionized and we can be "cancelled" we call it HC or hospital convience time. Our contract spells out what order you start with - volunteers first, contingent, temporary, probationary then...

  11. Eligible for rehire - legal question?

    snuggles49 replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility we have employees that have left us with the knowledge that they will ineligible for rehire and this will be noted in their employee file. The only reasons for ineligibility for rehire...

  12. Unions anyone?

    snuggles49 replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Unions are not the answer to short staffing, missed breaks , madatory OT etc. We have had a union for 8 years we are on our third contract. The union contract benefits the union members as well as...

  13. Asked to reduce pointage...weird

    snuggles49 replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    Actually working part time will hurt you for FMLA. To be eligible for FMLA an employee has to work for the employer for at least 12 months and worked 1,250 hours during the immediately preceding 12...

  14. Staff RN's earn more than Nurse Manager?!

    snuggles49 replied to haitianrn's topic in Nurse Management

    PMFB-RN in my area the hospitals do not have the luxury of a "lg pool of casual RN's " At my facility we do not have "float nurses" I wish we did. Actually, we do not have any of the privileges your...

  15. Staff RN's earn more than Nurse Manager?!

    snuggles49 replied to haitianrn's topic in Nurse Management

    Are you a manager?? Why would you say it is reasonable to expect a manager to cover a short staffed unit to make up for "their failure to properly staff". You must be kidding !! There are call-offs,...

  16. 8 Days of just shadowing...

    snuggles49 replied to dinah77's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In our acute care setting our new hires , new grad or not, they "shadow" one to two days ( 12 hour shifts/3 days a week) On the third day they are starting to do hands on with their preceptors...

  17. Intermittent FMLA: The joke's on us

    snuggles49 replied to Orca's topic in Nurse Management

    Even if a pattern is setablished for using FMLA how to you discipline for behaviour ?? It is FMLA. My facility has mutiple, mutiple people on FMLA. It is the most abused policy ever. Yes it was for...

  18. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

    snuggles49 replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Michigan Rural Hospital Medical Type of Patients: Lots of elderly, Infectious (MRSA), Dialysis, Tele (Dialysis done by off site nurse who comes in to do treatment, Tele is monitored off unit),...

  19. No OT 12 hour shifts?

    snuggles49 replied to CCHP-RN's topic in Nurse Management

    send me your email and i can e-mail you a copy of our 12 hour shift

  20. "Nursing Staff"

    snuggles49 replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    in our acute care facility, nurses, aides, or techs, er techs, and unit secretaries are all under the Nursing dept. Therefore, a unit secretary is considered as "part of nursing" for puposes such as...

  21. Anyone ever heard of a policy like this??

    snuggles49 replied to martin738's topic in General Nursing

    I am surprised a facility is allowed to force someone to work another day for a call-off day. We have a strict absenteeism policy. After you call in 4 times without having FMLA you start a...

  22. Assessments and the Need to knows about different med surge patients

    snuggles49 replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Come on your not serious ? If you are a practicing nurse RN or Lpn you should not have to ask these questions ! Esp. working a year in med-surg. What nursing school did you graduate from ??...

  23. Nurses/patient care/cell phones

    snuggles49 replied to snuggles49's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I can tell most staff do not like the cell phones they are required to carry. I understand the many reasons why except: 1.If a family member calls the nurses station do you not get called/paged...

  24. holiday

    snuggles49 replied to mume2mykidz's topic in General Nursing

    We are 12 hour shifts but it doesn't matter 8 or 12 hours the night shift "holiday" is the eve of the holiday. We recognize 6 holidays a year: Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving,...

  25. Using BSN credentials(not a BSN)

    snuggles49 replied to funfunfun550's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you getting so upset over this since you are not the one "passed over for a promotion" ? When you started this thread you said "it" was "brought to your attention " like you were in a postion...