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    Opinions please on for-profit LTC facilities

    StNeotser replied to Moogie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure if I can mention a company name but it's one of the ones you mentioned. I quit when I was an LPN in 2003. I hated it. As was said previously in this post, they're more worried about...
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    Would you use a cell phone at work? Do you need a cell phone at work?

    StNeotser replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I carry one and I've called out on it in four years. Once, my mother was admitted to hospital in the UK - I am in the USA. The next time my fourteen year old had called 911 because a carbon...
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    Is Nursing School Like Joining A Sorority?

    StNeotser replied to rollydrooly208's topic in General Nursing

    No not really in my experience. I had a group of three others that I studied with and socialized with. However, since leaving school every time I come across one of my classmates whether we were...
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    Abusers Win

    StNeotser replied to crippersmom's topic in General Nursing

    How awful. You can't win. If you know about abuse and don't report it then you are a party to the crime, no? Don't know what else to say but all the best in finding another job and remember that...
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    Why does free market economics NOT influence the cost of health care in the USA?

    StNeotser replied to thehcmgorg's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Because the individual does not pick their health insurance plan, your HR people do. There's no choice for the individual but to go with the plan that is offered by their employer. If health...
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    Patient Satisfaction: Where Does it Start?

    StNeotser replied to dRkazN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it would be nice if we could make people face reality and say "This is a hospital. Bad stuff happens here. It's not like the line in McDonalds, HERE, if the person standing in line after you is...
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    Quick Story about a Caring Nurse

    StNeotser replied to BusinessGrad's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for coming here to share this
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    Coumadin question

    StNeotser replied to starletRN's topic in General Nursing

    We do it in the evening because of the timing of when the labs are drawn. We normally get labs back around 11am to 2pm and the coumadin is given at 5-6pm. Gives us time to get an order to change or...
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    Patients and their crazy requests

    StNeotser replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    It's all kinds of ages. I'm tired of people who can reach and push a call button to tell you they can't bend a straw. I did tell someone this weekend to stop being so ridiculous, yes I did get the...
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    Opinions on scripting

    StNeotser replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    It's treating both the employee AND the "customer" like fools. Personally I can't stand hearing scripting when I call companies "Hi, my name is X, and how can I make you smile?" and "It's a great day...
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    Has Nurse's week been changed to "hospital week"?

    StNeotser replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing my utmost to ignore this week thus showing my true feelings for this stunt. And if we all did the same on a particular day, then they'd realize surely? The equivalent to telling the abusive...
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    I am SICK of male nurses who think they're Mr. Popular!

    StNeotser replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, forgot in the USA that P ussy was a rude word which is why it got starred out. I call my cats P - ussy all the time. Or Mr Pus
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    I am SICK of male nurses who think they're Mr. Popular!

    StNeotser replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sick of very ugly male nurses doing this. And to be honest they're only popular with females who haven't had it since ***** was a
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    Has Nurse's week been changed to "hospital week"?

    StNeotser replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    We are being invited to a "nurses luncheon" on a day I am not scheduled to work, so I won't show up. No doubt I'll get a coffee mug or lunch bag anyway with "thanks for all you do" on it. These...
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    Pleasantly Confused

    StNeotser replied to debRN0417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I use it too. Means they're a safety risk, self care deficit and all that but not a harm to other patients or staff but in shorter language. However, thinking about it, it's probably not pleasant...
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    Obama's Health Care plan. Is it a stepping stone to H.R 676, or a road to nowhere?

    StNeotser replied to GCTMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As it currently does for Medicare, the federal government would bargain for lower prices and upgraded care for every Health Care for America enrollee. Sorry, got a problem with this. Like they...
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    Mid-levels doing rounds who will NOT acknowledge or interact with nursing

    StNeotser replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a couple of awful NPs who will not talk to the nursing staff at all and if you don't notice them writing orders then they will just walk off. When we phone them to say that we needed an...
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    Hospital Waste

    StNeotser replied to gsjules's topic in General Nursing

    We banned styrofoam cups last year, and only have paper ones now. I stopped buying bottled water some years ago and use my bike
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    How far can a patient go?

    StNeotser replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen patients that have been d/cd to a psych facility. I've also seen a family member who threatened not the nurse but the nurses child be banned - (we have a day care on
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    Does anyone here have a baby sitter if you work night shift?

    StNeotser replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter is 14 but obviously I couldn't leave her in the house alone at night. I take her to her cousins house which is about two minutes walk from her high school if I pick up a night shift. I'm...
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    Did a nurse just violate hipaa?

    StNeotser replied to mclovin's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Apologize for my earlier comment - did sound very mean spirited now I look back and realize I wasn't getting the right gist of the
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    Did a nurse just violate hipaa?

    StNeotser replied to mclovin's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Why? You can look up hipaa violations as well as the rest of us. Are you looking for validation from this website for a witch
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    StNeotser replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My problem with the US health system is that most of us of working age are contributing the hard earned dollars to health care. However, it's most likely that we will use the most health care dollars...
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    Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    StNeotser replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not sure about availability of Tamiflu. However, here's an article you're bound to find interesting;
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    My God, these family members!!

    StNeotser replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To be honest, I don't blame a lot of family members. They're led to believe that there are a lot more staff around caring for their loved one than there really is due to management tricks that...