Effie, RN

i would absolutely be a nurse again. i've been doing this for nearly 33 years and have never done the same thing two days in a row. i've had to move (my husband was in the usaf) and never had to worry about finding a job with a decent salary, even ...

Good "old" Miss Manners has a great answer for questions like this from anyone: "Why do you ask?" That gets more to the meat of it, right? Are they concerned about their perception of your lack of experience or just making conversation? By turning...

Absolutely am an organ donor, have been as long as it has been an option. Have encouraged this with all of my family and most of them whole-heartedly agree. My parents and I were recently talking about how much more of a person's body can be donate...

re: FMLA, it applies to illness or providing care for an immediate family member and sister/brother in law would qualify. There are some conditions, i.e.: FT employment for one year, but after that it's pretty open and if you've qualified you have 1...

Re: Case Manager 1 getting fired: This situation is why FMLA exists...it is illegal for them to do this, you just have to go about it the right way!

the key here is knowing the knowledge level of the practitioners and everyone working as a team! it's not supposed to be about egos or letters after your name, it's about using everything you know and everything everyone else knows to make sure the ...

i have never thought this was a good idea. in missouri we have certified medication technicians who can also get insulin certified so they not only do the fingersticks but give the insulin too, all with training that is measured in hours not months ...

great post angie. you say so well something i try to teach all our employees...all nurses are educators even if it doesn't say educator on your badge! we all do it in large ways and small ways every day, we just don't often get (take?) credit for i...

i'm also one of those baby boomer nurses. been doing this for 32 years and have seen the job gluts come and go but the need for nurses does not change. i personally do not plan to continue working until i'm in my dotage and want to be sure that the...

been a nurse for 32 years, seen the ease of getting a job ebb and flow but one thing is for sure there will always be a need. every estimate i have seen in the literature says that unless there is some major miracle there is likely to be a shortage ...

all the more reason for you to get involved!

until we all realize that the politics of nursing is important then nothing is going to change. the docs, the hospitals, the insurance companies have each had a powerful lobby in dc and the state capitols for years speaking for them and getting the ...

it makes me very afraid when a bedside nurse is not interested in finding out about research based nursing care. this is evidence based practice in action. if you don't think it is pertinent, you should contribute something that is.

for anyone who cares to read it there is a very timely article in the current issue of ajn on this very topic. i would encourage anyone who has strong feelings to read it. i would also refer all nurses to the standards and scope of practice for ...

i do understand. but things were no better "way back when", just different. we had more patients jammed into smaller spaces plus family members camped out in chairs. we were trying to manage iv pumps and any other equipment we could squeeze in beh...

this is not a personal criticism of you but my own experience with nurses on all shifts, all days in the hospital i was in. thankfully i did not personally need a cardizem drip. what i did desperately need and did not receive was adequate pain cont...

in fact it is what my family members did, in addition to monitoring my medications, my respiratory status, my pain status, and making sure my iv didn't run dry. oh wait, isn't that all what my nurses were supposed to be doing?

what a wonderful article! i've been reading one of the other threads all day off and one and was feeling really disheartened about the attitude of nurses in general but your article has cheered me immensely. you describe what i have tried to do for...

wow. i guess i am just some kind of dinosaur or something. i too remember doing pm care and giving backrubs but i remember it a bit differently. i remember how much all of my patients appreciated it. i remember how much more relaxed they were, ho...

catherine- brava, well said. i've been where you've been (na to rn, started as an na in '71) and you are right on! it is all about professionalism, something that seems to be in very short supply these days in many professions, nursing included. c...

if more of us in the nursing and medical professions behaved that professionally, there would be far fewer unhappy patients/family members! (imho)

as with any other patient, someone with alzheimer's must be assessed for pain. just because they cannot tell you with words about their pain does not mean you cannot assess them for heaven's sake. would you give a placebo to all children? sorry, t...

wow...i don't have time to read through all the responses but what strikes me is the negativity here. have none of you been in the hospital? have you never had a loved one in the hospital? each of us as nurses knows intimately the kinds of mistake...

:igtsyt:imo, this is mostly speaking to a larger issue. if you look at any survey of "trusted professionals" including the latest, nurses are right up there at the top. yet it is only now becoming generally recognized around the world that violence...

i would absolutely recommend you go into nursing if you have experienced what it is about and know that it is something that will be rewarding to you for reasons other than just money. this has been a thread subject at other times and imo this is on...