Vito Andolini

Vito Andolini

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  1. Change of shift calls to MD. Who should take the call?

    Vito Andolini replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    :loveya::smokin::pumpiron::w00t::yelclap:

  2. Change of shift calls to MD. Who should take the call?

    Vito Andolini replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you realize you spelled "definitely" correctly? OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

  3. New to college and don't understand

    Vito Andolini replied to Tonyapate's topic in General Nursing

    Try to make sure that any classes you take actually count toward degree requirement fulfillment! What an expensive waste if they don't! True, lots of classes broaden us, deepen us. But taking them...

  4. Question for managers who do the hiring

    Vito Andolini replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you have to worry about being forever branded. If you explain to anyone hiring who asks why you made a move from ER to Rehab, just tell them what you told us. I thik it shows good...

  5. New Grad/night shift Questions to ask DON

    Vito Andolini replied to RNLola035's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think you should be asking yourself why you are going to be the only nurse, since it's Nights and you're a new graduate. Sounds dangerous and frustrating and ridiculous and wrong. But maybe I'm...

  6. Does DNI mean no CPR?

    Vito Andolini replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    To me, Do Not Intubate means just that. No more, no less. You still do CPR and meds. DNR is no CPR, no meds, no intubation, nothing. Comfort measures only. O2, treat infections, just no heroics in...

  7. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    Vito Andolini replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but how about the ladies having to wear those caps just because they were

  8. Difference between RN and LPN responsibilities in the hospital setting?

    Vito Andolini replied to RebeccaJeanRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't think of a single bad LPN I've ever worked with. I wish they would all go back for their RN and get paid what they are really worth. OP, the answer to your question is a legal one, primarily....

  9. Seattle Times- Why We Do Not Trust the Medical Profession

    Vito Andolini replied to NDXUFan's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting,

  10. what should i do?

    Vito Andolini replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    First, take a deep breath. then, look at yourself in the mirror and say, "I am a good person. I can figure this out. There is no problem that can't be solved. I can do this. Lots and lots of...

  11. judgemental nurses/students

    Vito Andolini replied to k_r_ah's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I am pro being genteel and civilized toward everyone, whenever humanly possible. But I wonder what the definition is of "Progress". I think it should not be defined by

  12. judgemental nurses/students

    Vito Andolini replied to k_r_ah's topic in General Nursing

    i also never used to give a thought to what insurance people had, if any, or to their occupation or lack of any, or anything but giving the best care i could give to every single patient i had. i...

  13. Nurses that are late for report

    Vito Andolini replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree that those with poor work ethic won't advance in their careers. I have seen so often where people who advance should really have been shown the door long before. We all fall short...

  14. Nurses that are late for report

    Vito Andolini replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals do not have to go to other countries to get nurses. We just need more managers like you - courageous, willing to correct problems quickly,

  15. Guys- what made you want to become a nurse?

    Vito Andolini replied to glamgalRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I had a religious calling to enter Nursing. Some family members and my pastor got the same leading - all separately - we had never discussed it prior to my telling my pastor and my Mama that I was...

  16. Options needed for student nurse

    Vito Andolini replied to georgeoftheforge's topic in General Nursing

    You ask some excellent questions, which I am sorry to be unable to answer. I would like to know, too, just as you do, who is the Dean's boss. However, I do hope you will persist and get the truth out...

  17. Nurses that are late for report

    Vito Andolini replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    If you do this, she's likely to get mad at you. Inform the manager what's happening and let her do what she gets paid to do. If that doesn't work, just tape your report, leave it with the boss, and...

  18. Nurses that are late for report

    Vito Andolini replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    So many of you let other nurses walk on you. You are afraid to speak up and tell them they are causing you to leave late. If you don't say anything to them, they probbably think you don't care, if...

  19. I got people fired where I work, and now hate my job

    Vito Andolini replied to shannieliz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    it's pretty darned lonely to have no friends on the

  20. I got people fired where I work, and now hate my job

    Vito Andolini replied to shannieliz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She had the choice to not report. The one who talked to her would likely not have thought to say, "Oh, I told her" while she was being terminated. I agree that she did the morally and probably...

  21. I got people fired where I work, and now hate my job

    Vito Andolini replied to shannieliz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    But how would anyone know that you knew but didn't report? In the future, just keep your mouth shut if you were not the primary witness. Your job was not at stake, I don't think, if you had no first...

  22. overheard a CNA badly verbally abusing an elderly patient

    Vito Andolini replied to Cyndi_1985's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is the reality. The facility talks a good talk, threatening severe repercussions for abuse or neglect of patients. But they lack the guts to actually walk the walk, even in New York, I dare say....

  23. Calling in....

    Vito Andolini replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    You are not obligated to say anything more than that you are ill and will not be in. you can express sympathy for them being left shortstaffed and say you'll be back ASAP. In real life, it's...

  24. One on ones are killing us for staffing!

    Vito Andolini replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather have eleven accuchecks than eleven poopy

  25. One on ones are killing us for staffing!

    Vito Andolini replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    But then the pendulum will swing too far to the side of using restraints right away, without trying other