familychick BSN

As one who has been a nurse for a long time and have been a manager, I've had this happen more then once. One time in particular was a nurse whom I actually fired for creating a hostile work envirement. She used me as a reference without checking wit...

Excellent topic, thank you for bringing it up. I'm 57 years old, single, and have been giving this much thought this past year. I would love to retire. right.now. but realistically can't afford to. I am single and did not start preparing/savin...

Yes! I feel this way about bedside nursing too. I've been a nurse since 1995. The beautiful thing about nursing is there are soooo many different jobs we can do. I've done acute care in different areas. I'm good at it, but to be honest, I've alway...

Not even close to too old. This is a great age.

I have never heard of this either. Thank you for the information. I am going to read up on this. I hope you are able to get the help you need.

When I worked the floor, I always answered the calls/texts or called them back. If I didn't want to work I told them "No, thank you for asking though". No excuses, no reasons, just a polite and firm no. If they try to badger, just rinse and repeat ...

Patient/family member Entitlement is the A#1 reason why I left bedside nursing, and why I'm seriously considering leaving healthcare altogether.

I completely disagree with the notion of just putting up with her behavior. We need to get away from allowing nurses to eat their young. We need to get away from turning a blind eye to bullies. That behavior is simply not OK. It is not OK in the ...

My recommendation would be to buy a home near your husband's work in the less expensive area. There are so many nurse jobs, maybe you can get another job closer to your new home. I have done long commutes before. For me, it depended on the...

Just in case you are not able to read that PM I will give you my contact info here at work. I am the Supervisory Clinical Nurse (Unit Manager) of the inpatient pediatric unit at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, NM. This is an IHS facility...

Are you able to receive/read PMs? I sent you one with my contact info. If not, we will figure it out.

Hi MickeyJ, Shiprock is a town on the reservation. I live near the reservation, not in it. The little city where I live seems to be family friendly with lots of activities. I just moved from one town to another a couple of weeks ago and really lik...

I've never tried anything edible with it in it. How about the cookies?

Well, personally I don't drink or smoke (now that is just plan stupid) or do any type of narcotic, but only because I don't like the feeling. I do not understand why it would do any harm in smoking a little as long as it is out of the system prior t...

That sounds like a rough way to grow the much needed tough skin of a nurse. The reason you gave sounds very reasonable to me. I have been in management and in charge of hiring (and firing). I would not have batted an eye at that. Honestly many fa...

Hello, I do understand the anxiety. Last month my daughter and I moved near Shiprock, NM and I began a job at the Northern Navajo Medical Center through IHS. That hospital is near the edge of the reservation and we do not live on the reservation. ...

Again it would depend on that particular insitution and what their needs are. We do not have elevators at our facility and we have about 10 buildings that are spread out over a city block. We have a bag that weighs about 30 or 40 pounds that we ha...

That totally depends on where you are interviewing. When I interview people I take them on a tour of the facility. We walk up and down stairs and up a hill. They don't even know they are taking a physical test.

Did I plan on being a corrections nurse? absolutely not! My plan was to continue school and become a certified nurse midwife. By the time I graduated (BSN) in '95 I was burned out of school. I've done a little of everything and stumbled into the ...

I work in a womens prison. We currently have 27 pregnant offenders. We also have a mother baby unit. Among other criteria, the moms have to be within 18 months of release at the time of delivery. They also must have never have had Child Protectio...

Sorry you felt beat up after that. Just keep in mind that we tend to learn more on the not so good days and on the terrific smooth sailing days. Hang in there. Corrections is the bomb!

depends: I do keep a couple pair of scrubs on hand. If one of my nurses came to work that way I'd send him/her home IF staffing allowed. If acquired at work I'd encourage him/her to go home and change IF staffing allowed and IF he/she lives close an...

I work in a women's prison. What is the environment like? The grounds have a college campus atmosphere. How do the prisoners respond to you? Generally respectful Are the guards supportive of your caring attitude towards the pt/inmate? Some are, so...

I worked there for a minute. Well, o.k., for a few months. I worked in the Med-surg area and hated it. It would have been great if there was enough staff. They don't have enough techs and the nurses have too many patients. I just didn't feel lik...

Absolutely YES! It has such good medicinal ues...glaucoma, appititate inhancement, and antiemetic. What I want to know is, if it does become legal, does a patient have to roll one with the pharmacist when he/she goes to pick up the 'script?:roll