Pepperlady

well, i don't think i deserve an attack on a comment i made that was imho ... however, as the thread is about sick time and why some facilities are unreasonable about it, if someone feels that this is an appropriate use of sick time, then one cannot ...

I was not implying that you would not be very sad to put a dog down, I too have one ... but to plan to put your dog down over your work days as opposed to using your time off days, is, IMHO an abuse of the sick leave.

I am not an OB nurse but this topic was one discussed with friends recently. What I found disturbing was someone wanting a elective C/S because she wanted to fit it in around a wedding she was to attend and did not want to risk missing it. Very ver...

What does the union say?? If they pay sick benefits there may be other language in the contract that pertains to sick leave. We are also union (albeit at a public facility in Canada) and if we are going to be sick for a third day the management MAY ...

I am morth of you mamafeliz but our bulbs are up too, no crocuses quite yet but they and the daffodils will be up in the next couple of weeks.

Of course you did the right thing, just the classic description of her pain was enough, let alone her hypertension and a known "funky ECG"

Its totally different from PALS and ACLS for sure . I have done a bit of reading on ITLS and to me it seems more similar to what we have here called ATLS, but it is purely for physicians and nurses can audit it only. I have just received the text fo...

I don't think the commute is too bad between the two, you definitely want to be in Saanich area and not out towards Colwood and Langford or you get caught up in the "Colwood Crawl". I have a friend I work with that worked Saan Pen and I will talk to...

I have answered the phone at home with "ER, "me" speaking"

I don't do it always, but I am hard pressed to find a cheque that I have signed that doesn't have the RN, have no idea why I do it when signing cheques !!!

LaurelRN08 ... I am not missing the point. I am currently trying to return to work because a patient assaulted me. She is awaiting trial, but is out in the community. There is an undertaking upon her by the police that she not attend to the emerge...

http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/bios/Dionne.html The Dionne quintuplets born in 1934 in Ontario. Its very sad what happened to them but what a marvel of miracles to have 5 babies survive.

I am confused as to why your NM would not allow you to call security. The 45 y.o. was way out of line, no matter what she was in with or what allegations her mother was tossing around. Personally I would have had psych see her mother too. We have a...

I love 12 hours shifts . I (generally) do 2 days (7-7) and then 2 nigths (7-7) and then have 5 days off. It makes for uneven paychecks but I have long adapted to that. I find that, esp. on nights, the busier I stay the faster the shift goes. If I...

I really don't know about the HIPPA, sounds like you have gotten great advice from the others. I would take great exception to my boss telling others that I was terminated and I would most certainly be taking that to a lawyer.

I offer you my sympathies on your troubles with CGFNS. I am Canadian and going through the process of the VisaScreen. So far I haven't had any problems, but I certainly know many who have. They did send out an email a while ago saying that they wer...

So my guess is that he is about 5'6" tall and is suffering from what I (and I am sure others) have come to call short-man syndrome. He must attempt to make others feel bad in order for himself to feel good..... Its terrible that he has treated you t...

I do love the ER but about once every year or two I take off and do something that utilizes my skills but allows me to travel or meet new people..... This year I will be getting my credentials for the US and that will become my get away once a year o...

Excuse me if this is a stupid question but I am not in the US .... would her insurance have paid for the fertility treatments, whatever they may have been??

Still, there is a difference between hospital acquired pneumonia and community acquired pneumonia. Pneumonia in a post-op elderly patient wouldn't be considered abnormal and I would think it would need to be treated aggressively. If the patient came...

Any living wills I have seen usually differentiate between those conditions which offer some significant chance of recovery vs those that offer minimal chance of recovery. For example, I see it as different if a patient comes in full arrest and has ...

Interesting .... off topic a bit but yet similar On Vancouver Island there is a young couple who had quads, now they are appealing to the public to help them as they don't have enough money, they are paying on 2 mortgages because they moved to a rath...

I try to have an actual meal before my shift ... even just soup and toast/cheese. I know I need a protein in that meal. For the shift I try to take fruit, crackers, hummus and vegetables, things like that. And I have cereal at around 5 am, getting ...

If you come to the ER with a foot injury, or any injury that requres you to remove your shoe/sock, could you try to make it a clean pair of socks on a clean foot. Do not ask me to trim your nails for you or to "rub" them while you wait for the docto...

I also agree. Make it professional and make what you put on it be what stands out .... your unique qualities that you bring to the position, your knowledge, education