StNeotser ASN, RN

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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    StNeotser replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The proof of the pudding in which system is more inefficient. Health care spending in the USA is 17.5% of GDP (private) Health care spending in the UK (public) is 9%. 100% of British residents, not...
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    Being directed to get a patients son a ride home

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

    As someone else said, if there was no responsible adult to give him a ride, what was he going to go home to? An empty home. Definitely a social work problem. Furthermore, it was not your...
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    Aren't You just Incredibly Proud?

    StNeotser replied to Carpediem1012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not proud exactly. Glad that I can do a job that I feel is ethically sound. That at the end of the day I did no harm. That I work for a non profit. That I am not involved in screwing anyone over...
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    I Lost a Medication: Controlled Substance

    StNeotser replied to GreenApplesauce's topic in Patient Medications

    Oh I lost an 0.5mg Ativan once too because a patient refused it. Years ago. Of course I wasn't going out of the room with my hands empty, I had the souffle cup with the Ativan in it and a bag of...
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    Do you get paid for your break?

    StNeotser replied to Faby's topic in Nursing Career

    Ooops. I meant to say I get paid for my breaks when I have no choice but to work through
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    Do you get paid for your break?

    StNeotser replied to Faby's topic in Nursing Career

    This type of stealing from employees is common and unfortunately the US Supreme court didn't uphold one nurses claim...
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    HIPAA Violation? Article about nurses caring for Tsarnaev.

    StNeotser replied to Spidey's mom's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I did wonder about that. The only two occasions that I took care of someone "high profile" (and they weren't really) we were told if the press contacted us that we should give them the name of a...
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    happy blame the nurses week

    StNeotser replied to s-whnp's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I don't hate being a nurse..........the title of the thread is highly amusing
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    I Ask For "Nothing".

    StNeotser replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting. I always maintain that nurses day seems to be like a wilted bunch of flowers offered in an abusive relationship. I don't want nurses day, I just want safe working conditions for...
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    CNA job + nursing school??

    StNeotser replied to AMV1014's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, I did this in my late twenties. However, I only did two eight hour CNA shifts a week. I don't know about now, but it was around twelve years ago for me when any newly graduated nurse could get...
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    I Hate LT: How I Want to Fix It

    StNeotser replied to libran1984's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Probably not. We had an A/B house but the two areas were separated with a locked door. A was alzheimers, B was behaviors. When I worked in LTC an LPN could not do new admission paperwork. I...
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    I Hate LT: How I Want to Fix It

    StNeotser replied to libran1984's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nursing homes like you have described above have been operating like that for years. Most people work in them for a year or so and then move on. When there is any media coverage on nursing homes...
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    "Difficult" Patients

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

    And this is the sad thing. The one time a family complained about me, and they were being thoroughly nasty and disrespectful to me, they couldn't come up with a single rude thing I said or did or...
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    "Difficult" Patients

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

    Sometimes it takes a pysch consult or some labs. I remember ducking a woman who was trying to lasso me with her catheter bag. Very low sodium as it turned
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    Tying Patient Satisfaction to Medicare Reimbursement is Problematic

    StNeotser replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I do believe that the posters who have said they think it's to cut reimbursement rates are right. Obviously people aren't happy when they're in the hospital. Reimbursement should be paid on medical...
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    Working in retail/food service/minimum wage

    StNeotser replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Congratulations!
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    How do I know I am smart enough to become a RN?

    StNeotser replied to tkesh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well..............my nursing program had a 98% success rate at the NCLEX. So I thought...........well if I can't get through the program then I won't make RN. Take the pre reqs. Taking biology and...
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    Can visitors be 'forced' to wear PPE?

    StNeotser replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose in a perfect world your hospital could just not admit visitors who don't want to abide by the rules but we all know how that goes..................once they scream and have a hissy fit...
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    Why Do People Bully Me?

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

    I see the point of the article..................best to provide potential victims with some defense against bullying...........but why do employers tolerate bullying in the first place? Unfortunately...
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    Unrecognizable without scrubs...

    StNeotser replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Ha! Yes, any time I go in for a meeting wearing regular clothes people always ask me if I lost weight! Of course I haven't but scrubs don't show that we have any shape at
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    Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

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

    Once we had a woman who attempted to hide under the bed of her mother (the patient). The CNA on the floor alerted me to this fact when she was doing a room check on change of shift. So we both went...
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    Medical Marijuana and Hospice Patients

    StNeotser replied to StNeotser's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We have medical marijuana dispensaries as it stands right now. I'm not sure how things will look when amendment 64 goes into effect where anyone can buy it for recreational use. Marijuana isn't a...
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    Medical Marijuana and Hospice Patients

    StNeotser posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    So, I've been working hospice for a little over a year. In that time I've had around three patients who have had medical marijuana cards and taken marijuana. (I am in Colorado) I know it has worked...
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    I want to be a nurse with a 9-5 job w/ weekends and holidays off

    StNeotser replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work Mon-Fri 8-5. I do home health for hospice. Sure it's a lot of driving.........but I finally work office
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    60 visits a week quota ?? sound possible?

    StNeotser replied to SweetRN007's topic in Home Health

    I do hospice home health but only four or five visits per day. Twelve sounds ridiculous however we don't do any quick med admin