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UGH - I provide case management for peds and often need to contact parents... once had a CPS level medical neglect case and trying to reach mom. Called the dad, who was listed on file, nothing on file to state he wasn't to be in contact with child, ...

Hi, Let me just start by saying that our union rep is awesome - just would like to see if anyone else has any input for us since I am so new to all this union biz. Kind of a long story, but our administrator is a non-licensed person overseeing nurs...

I work as a nurse case manager for a state/federal mandated program that is supposed to be nurse driven; office is 45% nurses - other positions are to support the nursing team. 1 of 2 nursing supervisors announced her retirement last February with a...

I work in a smaller office for an organization that is supposed to be nurse driven. Our 'celebration' was held today and I stayed home because I couldn't stomach the fakeness of it all. Our non-nursing admin has been nothing but hostile toward the ...

Hi All... First let me say how much I admire and appreciate all you do to take of this special population! Thank you! I know the majority of nurses take great pride in the care they give and do a great job with the limited resources and support. T...

Thank you so much for your response ktwlpn... much appreciated. I will set something up and keep pushing.

No bullying from physicians here... have had some wonderful experiences though. Had a nightmare 3 hour "Code Grey" (out of control pt) on my birthday no less! My pt was becoming more and more delusional and her roommate had borderline personality d...

Laughter was what got me through many a rough days, especially working at a bush hospital overseas... my favorite black humour moment was in the States though. I can't remember what the patients diagnosis was but they came in for a procedure. He w...

I wasn't even in nursing school yet when I was at a conference with a group and an older lady in the group pulls me into her hotel room to show me the boil on her butt before I had a chance to even know what was going on.... needless to say, I avoide...

If you are an employee you get a discount... esp for the noc shifts. The $20/day is if you pay what the visitors pay. I either paid $30 or $60/month for nocs full-time. (sorry about not knowing the exact... I'm per diem now and canceled it a coupl...

We recently had 2 gals in the same room that had whining down to a fine art... called the room 'the vinyard'

Oh, I soooo wished that would work in my situation. There are only 2 of us for a 12 hours noc shift, so it is pretty close quarters and I tried that tatic only for her to get really defensive and say that she wasn't/doesn't complain and sometimes th...

There are several... The closest is San Antonio Community Hosp... I worked there right out of nursing school (6 years ago) and really liked it... my step mom has worked there for over 20 years. Pomona Valley Kaiser Fontana Arrowhead (county) Loma Li...

I can't really help you since I haven't been in the area since the 2nd grade - but...OT I was born at Elmendorf in a broom closet (1969) - I was my mom's first and they didn't believe her when she said I was coming. The had run out of rooms and plac...

I PM'd you... Lori

We just started allowing any family member to stay the night - doesn't matter what gender - and we have double rooms (one triple). According to our administration we are trying to catch up with other US hospitals in providing family centered care. ...

I had the privilege of being shown my friend's grandmother's BM diary. She has kept one for years - states the date, time, consistency, color, odd smell etc. Honestly thinks that the doctors want all that specific detail... and no - she does not ha...

Hi - Glad to hear that there are so many other nurses interested in missions! I have gone on 4 short-term and am in the process of going full-time in Zimbabwe. Just waiting for my work permit and Zim nurisng license. There is already some great i...

We have a patient that comes in quite frequently who started taking collodial silver for UTIs years agao. He is literally battle ship grey - you could stand him next to the ship and he would blend right in. When he is asleep he looks like he has be...

We give it PO all the time for our pts who need it pre-angio... but our pharmacy carries it in the pill form... NO SMELL!!!! We had one pt refuse the liquid stating that he had the 'pills' in the past - asked pharmacy about it and sure enough... it e...

Hi... I was just wondering what the standard of care was re: the frequency of changing dialysis cath dressings... Thanks! Lori

Thanks... that's what I figured but wanted to get an 'experts' opionion/thoughts before I raised holy heck. I hadn't been in there for a while due to being out of town/work... I passed on the info to her daughter and hopefully something has been don...

Thanks... my friend went into DIC/TTP which resulted in renal failure and required temporary dialysis but hasn't needed it since Aug 17, and they hadn't changed the dressing since then and it was falling off. The nurse was being pretty unreceptive a...

I have only had a couple of run ins at the teaching hospital I work at, and they were quickly dealt with. When I was a new grad I worked at a community non-teaching hospital that had several docs with known God-like complexes. I made it my goal to...

I don't remember being asked to do anything different or that the administration did anything different than protect privacy... only that I was notified about it. I did take care of one of our hospital's medical attorneys - she was really nice and ...