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  1. If I hear this one more time....

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    WOW HAVE YOU EVER HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD!!!! The entire application process in this country is an absolute joke! Talk about a department that has increased their importance while decreasing the...

  2. Pronounce buccal ... help

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to KitkatPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Taber's Dictionary: buk al. short u sound short a sound. sounds like buckle. Iphone with Skyscape and Taber's Dictionary. Instant disputer solver at work!

  3. ANA Handle with Care Program-Injury of Nurses

    WhichWayIsUp? posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, it happened again yesterday! I got notified that I had an admission coming to RMXXX and it was canceled. The reason that it was canceled was because they had a different admission for us due to...

  4. ANA Handle with Care Program-Injury of Nurses

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to WhichWayIsUp?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    actually, just getting nurses to focus on this issue would go a long way. there are millons of nurses and if we would come together we would have a mighty voice. here is some results from nurses...

  5. ANA Handle with Care Program-Injury of Nurses

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to WhichWayIsUp?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks! I have started my literature search for information. I intend to present an entire packet early Feb 2011 to our new CNO. I want to get it on her Agenda at the top. That is one of the reasons I...

  6. ANA Handle with Care Program-Injury of Nurses

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to WhichWayIsUp?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks for reading and responding to my post. Is that a pic of your cats are is it a stock photo? I have 3 little girls myself and they are the joy of my life. One of them is laying on my desk trying...

  7. ANA Handle with Care Program-Injury of Nurses

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to WhichWayIsUp?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This particular patient was 5'6" and weighed 405 lbs. 69 years of age. Extremely limited locomotion due to her obesity caused joint issues. Her daughters and sisters all weighed above the 300 lb mark....

  8. ANA Handle with Care Program-Injury of Nurses

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to WhichWayIsUp?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    [color=#aa5522]nurses have historically been trained to use "proper" body mechanics to prevent injury...however, questions arise as to the true value of body mechanics training... [color=#aa5522]...

  9. ANA Handle with Care Program-Injury of Nurses

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to WhichWayIsUp?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    great point! here is some information that supports your remark: patient characteristics as a risk for injuries to nurses patient characteristics are particularly meaningful when determining the risk...

  10. Looking for a job in the Atlanta area?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I truly appreciate the efforts that this OP made in creating the original thread. However, unfortunately, the Atlanta job market has completely changed sinced 2006. I wish a new thread could be posted...

  11. Becoming a nursing professor?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to jojo2011's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi. I have a BSN and a MBA and I am currently finishing my MSN. I am interested in finding a teaching position. How do I start? Do I just find the local nursing schools and check for a job posting?...

  12. New grands & RNs looking for new work

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to Blouis's topic in General Nursing

    I just hope all the nurses remember the way we have been treated during this down economy! When the economy comes back up and nurses leave the bedside and the hospitals are really hurting for nurses...

  13. Normal interview questions/process?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to TallRNBB's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think the interviewer had already decided to screen you out and was trying to get you to crack under the pressure and remove yourself as a candiate. Her/His motivation for this action is unknown and...

  14. Need to vent

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to NurseLily22's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I think your best course of action is to go to your direct supervisor and tell him/her how you feel about your unit. Then you need to advise this supervisor that you need to be allowed to transfer...

  15. Jobs! Jobs! Where are the Jobs in Atlanta?

    WhichWayIsUp? posted a topic in Georgia Nursing

    As one poster stated the the "sticky above is waaaayyyy out of date!" LOL! Well, that is true. The information is useful though. But jobs in the Atlanta job market are hard to fine. I am in school...

  16. Jobs! Jobs! Where are the Jobs in Atlanta?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to WhichWayIsUp?'s topic in Georgia Nursing

    It says in your profile "Suncoast," where is that exactly? All of Florida? Fortunately for RNs, the high percentage of unemployment is in blue collar jobs, primarily related to construction and it...

  17. Nurse pay in Jacksonville?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to priss614's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks. I thought Shands was in Gainsville? Is this a hospital they own in Jax? Are these hospitals posting jobs for nurses? I applied to a hospital in Jax, one owned by Memorial and got back a thank...

  18. What to do about pay?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe we take the for-profit motive out of health care? I remember when hospitals were not for profit. All of the profit goes into salaries and equipment, not to share holders that only want to see...

  19. Nurse pay in Jacksonville?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to priss614's topic in Florida Nursing

    How is the job market in Jacksonville? Who is hiring? Who has the best patient to nurse ratios? These would be very useful things to know.

  20. Feeling Cornered

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to BabeX2's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Georgia is a "right to work" state whch has the opposite meaning of what you think it does: they can fire at will and without cause. Firing for not coming to work due to childcare issues is common....

  21. Getting paid for classes?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to YankeeHater's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital does not pay for anything. We are for-profit and they do not spend any money on

  22. What to do about pay?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the article on the speech: Are healthcare workers paid too much? January 27, 2010 | Richard Pizzi, Editor LAS VEGAS - Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and...

  23. What to do about pay?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for yet another justification for a union. I think nursing has reached an all time critical level due to the economic fallout. Hospitals are crushing nurses at the same time the shortage is...

  24. What to do about pay?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, everyday, more and more examples of why Nursing needs UNIONS!!!! Even the non-union hospitals have to compete for nurses when a union hospital is close by. Hopefully one of the outcomes of all...

  25. What to do about pay?

    WhichWayIsUp? replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! What a throw back to the 50s, 60s, and 70s! This post was just another reiteration of "you should be in nursing for the satisfaction, not the money." Baloney Sauce! Today's hospital environment...