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2BSure

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  1. I Wonder How Long...

    Now that is funny. If any CEO I knew worked a month with no pay it would hardly impact
  2. No I am not with you. We are ALL individuals and there is no way I could even begin to assume to measure another person's
  3. Archetypes in Nursing

    The Princess The one that requires a personal, embossed invitation to participate in her job. Also, thinks she is a beauty queen and that the product of her elimination doesn't
  4. Is it me or does a lot of this argument come down to whether or not one operates with an "every man for himself" attitude. Seriously -- when I read some of the stuff posted here, people may as well...
  5. My frustration with inconsiderate classmates

    Wow! Feeling superior much? You may wish to learn some tolerance. I wonder what prevented you from explaining the term to your "international"
  6. Work Injury

    Has anyone ever injured themselves at work but not realized the severity of it until quite a bit later (i.e. did not report it)? What did you do about it? I just got MRI results back and have a torn...
  7. Work Injury

    Aaaaagh! I just can't believe I was so stupid. I'm getting it scoped mid-July. It never even occurred to me about my own insurance not paying...doh! As the Aussies would say..."crickey (crikey?)"....
  8. Work Injury

    Thanks. I think I will go in today (my day off) and do the paperwork. There was a radiologist with me at the time of injury. I have never had a work injury before (unbelievably). My question to you...
  9. Practice of Nursing vs Practice of medicine

    I agree about ego protection being a bit much. It will be extremely interesting to see where we are in about 20 years with all of
  10. Student nurse gives out number to patient !

    Exactamente!
  11. Student nurse gives out number to patient !

    Sorry I should have said.... It is a terrible idea for us to give out personal contact details on so many levels (most of which other posters have covered). Also, from a patient perspective, when I...
  12. Well that isn't true because they have had it in the UK since WWII. It also exists in EVERY other major economic power and a good few minor ones. Also, how would people abuse a free healthcare...
  13. Clinic job??

    I have to say you may not think it is glamorous but I am sure you know how valuable a clinic that that is. Also, I suspect you might get to establish some excellent nurse-patient relationships....
  14. Student nurse gives out number to patient !

    There was a young, new nurse on our floor who accepted a 50 dollar tip. When I asked her why she accepted the tip she told me that the guy (her male patient) wanted to give her his phone number....
  15. How to keep the faith in triage?

    I really understand. I walk in and the waiting room is bulging and it is still bulging when I walk out. I have insisted on a rotation for triage but I don't know an ER that
  16. Unions

    Join it. It may save your butt
  17. DIDO is a little too close to another
  18. With respect "common knowledge" is not a fact. Also, you specifically said "preventable chronic disease" and presented it as if it was the only reason insurance premiums get raised -- that is a...
  19. Personal questions from patients and visitors

    I don't like this either. I though it was the European in me. Work is work and all that. In fact I still get surprised by the questions I get asked by patients family/friends (and even sometimes...
  20. Unit now overstaffed, and we keep getting floated

    holy
  21. Gosh and I thought it was the healthy ones who were messing up the system (at least according to my good bud Rush
  22. Really? What is your source of this
  23. Nursing Shortage

    dear, you have no idea what my experience is and don't accuse me of a self-satisfied attitude because i have a job in a hospital. also, i was not referring to you but the op, who did say that ltc was...
  24. Nursing Shortage

    What really worries me is that we will end up with a host of newer nurses who are terribly dissatisfied with the jobs available and then they leave the profession (worse might be that they stay in the...
  25. Last Name on ID Badges

    We have our first name, credentials and picture on the front. On the back has our first and last name. We are also obliged to give our last name if asked by a patient or family