pawsomepooch47

pawsomepooch47

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  1. My co-worker stinks like gin every morning!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    And besides that i know it's her flavor of choice, says

  2. My co-worker stinks like gin every morning!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you !! My thoughts exactly. some folks on here perhaps protest too

  3. My co-worker stinks like gin every morning!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to

  4. My co-worker stinks like gin every morning!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    Having been on the patient side as well as the professional side, I know how frightening it can be to be at other people's mercy in the hospital. And if my nurse smelled clearly like booze, I would...

  5. How powerful are hospital unions?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I didn't get it either. I guess that's pro

  6. My co-worker stinks like gin every morning!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    As I posted, this has been a REAL problem in the past. The smell clearly comes from her mouth, and it ain't mouth wash

  7. My co-worker stinks like gin every morning!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    I could NEVER address her directly. We aren't the best of friends to begin with, for obvious

  8. My co-worker stinks like gin every morning!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    She has worked at my hospital for 30 years and as long as I've known her this has been a problem. As an aside, her mother was also a nurse at our hospital, also drank on the job(I'm told) and...

  9. The Mockery of Nursing

    pawsomepooch47 replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think plenty of managers are in management because they disliked/ were lousy at bedside

  10. The Mockery of Nursing

    pawsomepooch47 replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry, sometimes the young need a little

  11. 50 years old and would like to work part time...

    pawsomepooch47 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a nurse for nearly 30 years, have worked full time all but 6 of them when my kids were little. I am tired of being tired. My quality of life could be better with one less day a week. Life...

  12. Abusive Doctors

    pawsomepooch47 replied to MJB2010's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I figure after 30 years in this business, I can give a little of their own medicine back at them. It takes them by surprise, knocks them off balance because they don't expect it and evens the...

  13. How powerful are hospital unions?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have belonged to a union for 20 years. There are good and bad in all things. I don't think for what I pay per year in dues ($1000) there is enough support. My job still sucks. Management finds...

  14. Mandatory Overtime-- what do you think?

    pawsomepooch47 posted a topic in General Nursing

    my hospital recently reinstated mandatory ot after several years without it. now we have so little staff as we are downsizing again, that mandated ot is becoming the norm for filling gaps. you never...

  15. Mandatory Overtime-- what do you think?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you very much for bringing this forward. I will be passing it on to my fellow union

  16. What's your favorite shoe for 12 hour shifts?

    pawsomepooch47 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i am interested to hear what floor nurses favorite shoes are at this time. i especially want to hear from the over 40 year old crowd. right now i have shape ups, which tire my legs out terribly and...

  17. Mandatory Overtime-- what do you think?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    Yes there is no set time period in which you can look forward to not being mandated again. Right now we have 3 travelers working the night shift. They cannot be mandated, nor can per diem staff....

  18. Mandatory Overtime-- what do you think?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    We do have a union--No mandated OT was one of the things we gave up to avoid a strike. I would have struck for

  19. How much do you get paid for being on call?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    $3/hr and straight time if we get called

  20. Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And why respect for REAL nurses might be losing

  21. Charge nurse and take patients?!!!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to reddellrn's topic in General Nursing

    On my med surg unit the charge nurse has a full assignment of 5 pts on the day shift, which depending on admissions and discharges may end up being 8 pts for the day by the time I'm done. In my mind,...

  22. in a difficult situation with "natural med" friend

    pawsomepooch47 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    You are a mandated reporter of abuse and neglect, which means you could be in big trouble for NOT reporting her. I would do it if I were you. You'll sleep better knowing you did the right thing. I...

  23. What's your favorite shoe for 12 hour shifts?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i've had my shape ups for over a year--have been thru 2 pairs, but now am finding out my skeletal alignment is suffering. so beware. neck and back have all been out of whack because of these, and...

  24. Give up patient care - how long did you last?

    pawsomepooch47 replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    29 years in med surg. No desire to be a boss. Love my 3 12 hour shifts. Not at all interested in 5 days a week! the only thing I would change would be to drop to 24 hours a week. Would love to do...

  25. Another Five Star Management Decision!

    pawsomepooch47 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    We can't even come up with a Hoyer lift pad big enough to haul these extra large folks out of bed, so we don't! We used to have them, where did they