StNeotser ASN, RN

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    Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    StNeotser replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i'm sure that people leaving their children unattended because they had to stay at work for several days won't fly with cps
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    Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    StNeotser replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh and I meant to add, I have been through a snowstorm and power outages at work. I had to sleep in a room with five other coworkers, one of whom was heavily pregnant and had to get up every hour to...
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    Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    StNeotser replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Before anyone gets too judgmental on those who do not want to stay during an evacuation, I'd suggest they read this blog from a nurse who stayed during Hurricane Katrina. auryn24: Hurricane Katrina...
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    No one bothered to call me before my shift

    StNeotser replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I work for a hospice seeing patients in their homes. Sometimes a patient will die over the weekend and they will not notify the week day folks. This hasn't happened to me yet, but a colleague turned...
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    What are your tricks for leaving work at work?

    StNeotser replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If it's summer, go for a long walk or bike ride. Something about the fresh air is good for
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    Nursing is slavery Period!!!

    StNeotser replied to sonia211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think I'll ever be able to work in a hospital again. I now work for hospice doing home care visits. I like nursing again suddenly. I think most of the abuse is because it's a predominantly...
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    Lidocaine with Rocephin IM?

    StNeotser posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Just a quick question really. I have given IM Rocephin reconstituted with saline a few times until last night my charge nurse told me to give it with lidocaine solution. My drug book had a small part...
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    do you wear those clogs?

    StNeotser replied to EDnursetobe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear either Danskos or Sanitas clogs. They're fine, all day. Plus I'm short and could do with the extra two inches of
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    Should i be a nurse?

    StNeotser replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    No you shouldn't EVER become a nurse. Go directly to
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    "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    StNeotser replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the insight MJB2010. I always wondered why people got sent back
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    whinny nurses

    StNeotser replied to Nurse-One's topic in General Nursing

    Whinny? Neigh, say it ain't
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    Facebook almost cost me my job

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

    I let it go. I used to be a user of facebook and now I'm not. It's not that difficult to
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    A patient's experience with RUDE nursing staff.. Should this be reported?

    StNeotser replied to digoe74's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Report it. It's BS. We don't get paid any less for treating any kind of patient and we shouldn't have any kind of bias in the nursing profession. What happened here was
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    Patients Are Not Consumers

    StNeotser posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Patients Are Not Consumers By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: April 21, 2011 Recommend Earlier this week, The Times reported on Congressional backlash against the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a key...
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    The thing about 12 hour shifts...vent

    StNeotser replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I've never done any job as exhausting as floor nursing. It drains you physically and mentally. Consider the source, and you're welcome to vent about your MIL. She might never "get
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    A Matter of Respect and Dignity: Bullying in the Nursing Profession

    StNeotser replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/04/22/135608823/many-bullies-get-pushed-around-at-home
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    Money Won't Buy You Health Insurance

    StNeotser posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/opinion/20Dubinsky.html?src=me&ref=general Money Won't Buy You Health Insurance By DONNA DUBINSKY Published: February 19, 2011 THIS isn't the story of a poor...
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    Money Won't Buy You Health Insurance

    StNeotser replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's not an issue of socialism or political ideology. In Germany they manage to have private health insurance and a public option and nobody gets stiffed. The insurance companies still make money...
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    how long until nicotine and byproducts are flushed from your system?

    StNeotser replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    It took me a great number of times to quit smoking and I'm still not sure I'm quit. A bit like an alcoholic I feel that if the situation was right I could start up tomorrow. The only positive I can...
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    What's your favorite shoe for 12 hour shifts?

    StNeotser replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Dansko or Sanita clogs. I have some Shape Ups but only use them for walking recreationally. I wore them to work once and they hurt my legs big time. I've heard z-coils are excellent but they are...
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    Never enough-vent

    StNeotser replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I had a patients daughter tell me this when not only was her room mate complaining about her mothers loud TV but the patients in the next room were too. She said "for the amount of money we're...
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    A Matter of Respect and Dignity: Bullying in the Nursing Profession

    StNeotser replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I respectfully disagree with those that say that the victims make themselves targets. I assume when you make these statements that you are talking about lateral violence. I am not. Currently our...
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    Do nurses get fired often?

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

    Yes, nurses do get fired often. Those that do not get fired often don't stay very long in the same place. Honestly, the facility can find a reason to fire the best nurse ever due to the workload and...
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    What makes you irritated by student nurses?

    StNeotser replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    I was merely pointing out the fact that this response would be better understood under a thread with the title "what makes you irritated by nurses in clinicals" in the student nurses forum. That's...
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    What makes you irritated by student nurses?

    StNeotser replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    This is written as an insight as a student nurse. Yes, when I was a student I had to babysit the whacky dementia patient from the nursing home at the bequest of a nurse on the payroll, no, I was not...