Quailfeather

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  1. Fired-need advice/opinions

    Quailfeather replied to Kirsti1181's topic in Legal

    I would most definitely contact an attorney or the EEOC since you may have a claim against this employer. Under the ADA, an employer must provide "reasonable accommodation" to an employee with a...

  2. Child Sexual Abuse: Are Health Care Providers Looking the Other Way?

    Quailfeather replied to sirI's topic in Forensic

    I think that, in some cases, the perpetrators have become so clever that it might prove difficult for even the most trained professional to recognize sexual abuse. We have a recent case in our county...

  3. License Surrender

    Quailfeather replied to frankpjrd's topic in General Nursing

    Frank, I am so sorry to read about your troubles and I agree with the other posters that you need legal counsel. As a matter of fact, you have two separate legal issues; W/C injury and the board of...

  4. My Face Feels Big

    Quailfeather replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Bipley ~ I can certainly empathize with you since I had the same thing last week. High fever, lungs that feel as though they are filled with fiberglass, gunky wheezing cough, aching all over (even...

  5. Please help me understand/Domestic Violence Question

    Quailfeather replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    One reason that women stay in abusive relationships is fear. Many abusers threaten to kill their victims if they leave. Statistics have shown that during the first few weeks out of an abusive...

  6. Worst patient experience

    Quailfeather replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, everyone, for your kind words. Yes, it is every nurse's worst nightmare to have someone they love come in under tragic circumstances while they are at work. In retrospect, though, I have...

  7. Worst patient experience

    Quailfeather replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a small ER in a rural community. One Saturday afternoon, last June, we heard the medics get toned out to a possible child drowning in a local lake. A Life Flight helicopter was also...

  8. Interesting Study...

    Quailfeather replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Great picture! For those who only see a box with the dreaded red X in it, this may help:

  9. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Quailfeather replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    RTT w/a BBB Ratta tat tat with a baseball

  10. How to deal with unexpected deaths of nurses and other health care professionals

    Quailfeather replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    This thread brings up an important issue. We really need a place on this site where nurses can go to share their grief and/or offer support to others who are grieving. Sometimes it is hard to just...

  11. Puuuuuuulese!!

    Quailfeather replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Our local pain clinic has had so many patients claim that their narcotics were "stolen" that they have instituted a new policy. Any patient presenting for a refill because of stolen meds must also...

  12. Reality Shock

    Quailfeather replied to RnAngl's topic in General Nursing

    I began working in the ER shortly after graduation from nursing school over 17 years ago and have never regretted that decision. I would at least go for the interview and see what you think. Find...

  13. "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    Quailfeather replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose that if a patient asked me, "Are you saved?", I would have to reply with, "No, I'm spent." It would be a truthful answer on most days. Actually, I do have a button that says,...

  14. My achin' veins

    Quailfeather replied to kellyo's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, VV-sufferer here. I underwent that newer procedure, radiofrequency ablation, in 2003. At the time, my surgeon said it had a 80% success rate. Well, I was one of the 20%. Bummer. Not only did...

  15. Alcohol Withdrawl

    Quailfeather replied to zambezi's topic in General Nursing

    We use pretty much the same protocol that I have seen mentioned here. I remember back in the days when we had no such protocols. As a matter of fact, it seemed that MD's rarely screened for...

  16. TPAPN Problems--need advice.

    Quailfeather replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Have you checked out NurseProtect? I believe they are based in Austin and they help nurses who are having board issues. I have read good things about them.

  17. TPAPN Problems--need advice.

    Quailfeather replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    It's too bad that our state boards of nursing can't be more uniform (and more user-friendly). Oh well, if the Governator has his way, we won't even have a board of nursing in California. He wants to...

  18. Terminated, but never worked for them

    Quailfeather replied to RE Agent's topic in General Nursing

    What an odd thing to happen. Hmmmm, maybe you ought to ask them if they have a termination paycheck for the hours you never worked. Better yet, ask them for your W-2 that will be filed with the...

  19. "A monkey can be trained to do what you nurses do"

    Quailfeather replied to angel337's topic in General Nursing

    We once had an orthopedic surgeon who thought he was God's gift to medicine. He came into the ER one day to see a toddler with an angulated wrist fracture and found the mother nursing her child. The...

  20. Offended by Prayer

    Quailfeather replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. Merricat, I just wanted to say that I agree with you that people should not be suppressed from observing their religious faith. I believe in religious freedom. That includes the right to...

  21. Offended by Prayer

    Quailfeather replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    The notion that the world was flat was never based on logic. It was a belief held by some theologicans based upon their interpretation of biblical scripture. There are passages in the Bible that, if...

  22. Offended by Prayer

    Quailfeather replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    Freedom of religion, if it is going to apply to everyone, also requires freedom from religion. We do not truly have the freedom to practice our religious beliefs, including non-belief, if we are also...

  23. Is your place of employment offering you the flu vaccine?

    Quailfeather replied to RN~in~CT's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility usually provides free flu shots for all staff, but they just sent out a bulletin that there is no vaccine available this year...so no shots for us. I work in the ER, so I guess I will...

  24. Life Can Really Sux

    Quailfeather replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    That is your physiological Zen Master keeping you in the moment.

  25. Newborn Safety

    Quailfeather posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi all ~ I am an ER nurse, so I have never had a reason to post to this forum until now. A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the birth of my first grandchild. It was a wonderful...