NurseDiane

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  1. Flu Shot or Mask?

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably be more inclined to be vaccinated when I hear that the efficacy rate was over 50%. As it is right now, it doesn't even get close to 50%. So, even if a nurse has been vaccinated,...

  2. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    NurseDiane replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    The best thing you could do is to tell your daughters to change their major & get out of the nursing curriculum. Nursing has gone down the toilet & it's only going to get worse. I'm a CRNA,...

  3. Got Fired - Need help writing resume

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    If you were fired based on lies told about you to management, you have good cause for a lawsuit against the facility. If you can prove that what was said about you is not true, I'd get an attorney...

  4. I'm Stuck - Need to Make a Quick Decision

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    So, this was a sudden, "last minute change" in your curriculum? When did this "change" take place? I would think that if they changed the rules after you enrolled, where as before you did not need...

  5. Why Do Nurses Quit?

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are being treated like glorified service workers, because reimbursement is being based on patient surveys---which is ludicrous. Healthcare has turned into a major for-profit industry where the...

  6. Helping patients kill themselves

    NurseDiane replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are many different opinions & beliefs about the ability to choose to end one's own life. People have beliefs based on religion, primarily, and what "God" says they can or cannot do in the...

  7. Clinical Judgement Call...Not sure if I did the right thing

    NurseDiane replied to AvaRose's topic in General Nursing

    A non-STEMI MI during this latest hospitalization was "in the distant past" to the administrators? Maybe the facility would be best served finding people that are familiar with clinical signs and...

  8. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    NurseDiane replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    When the nurses didn't wear gloves because it made the patients feel "dirty"!!! Back rubs during PM care. Needles & IV catheters that weren't "safety". White uniforms, pantyhose & white...

  9. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    NurseDiane replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Additionally---I would never have gone in on my day off, unless I was going to get paid overtime for it. The issue was a work issue, not a personal one, and should be dealt with on work time....

  10. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    NurseDiane replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your Clinical Coordinator & Unit Manager & "the nurse before you" were not there at the time you were assessing the patient, were they? And, didn't your charge nurse tell you to call the CAT?...

  11. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    NurseDiane replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    NEVER believe anything that comes out of Washington/government. The ACA is a giant failure that is going to collapse in 2017. There is no nursing shortage. There are plenty of nurses around....

  12. I am a new nurse trying to figure out how to get a doctor to stop bullying me at work.

    NurseDiane replied to Mississippideer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I re-read the episode you described. And I stick to my initial opinion of letting it roll off your back because the hospital is not going to do anything about it since he generates lots and lots and...

  13. I am a new nurse trying to figure out how to get a doctor to stop bullying me at work.

    NurseDiane replied to Mississippideer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good luck on this one, fellow nurse. NOTHING---and I mean NOTHING---will be done about this doctor because he brings in lots and lots and lots of revenue for the hospital, so he can behave however...

  14. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    NurseDiane replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    Having been in the nursing field for over 25 years, I have seen it change drastically, and not for the better. However, I can say that nurses have always been at the bottom of the "s*** roles...

  15. Why I'm leaving nursing

    NurseDiane replied to UK nurse88's topic in General Nursing

    Please tell me this was a joke. Unions do not "give a stronger voice regarding complaints". The healthcare industry in the U.S. has become a highly for profit industry, legally not a socialized,...

  16. 58 years old - Am I too old to start nursing school??

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Don't bother. While it may be interesting & you think it is a good career & want to help people, it isn't worth it. You will never get a job. New grads that are half your age can't get...

  17. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am so sorry that you had to go through that. The lack of accountability is a MAJOR problem, especially considering the power they yield over nurses' licenses. I don't know how anything has not been...

  18. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What needs to be changed is for the rights of the nurse----the BON should be able to be sued for defamation, libel and slander. As it is now, BON's can't be sued because they are looked at as a...

  19. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    NurseDiane replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would raise the issue of HIPAA & if it isn't in your contract that they are privy to your medical information, would refuse to give it to them. They are not entitled to your entire medical...

  20. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The whole problem is that with the BON it is "administrative", not "legal" per se. The rules are very different. And that's how the BON "traps" the nurse-----because nurses are usually not schooled in...

  21. Judge Sends Man to Prison Because He Can't Pay Hospital Bill

    NurseDiane replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Nursing News

    Where is the part in this article that pertains to this man not being able to pay the hospital bill & being sent to jail for it? He wrote bad checks to local businesses & that's what he got...

  22. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    State Boards of Nursing will not allow the nurse facing charges to know the name(s) of the person/persons filing the complaint(s). I think that is total crap. Many nurses have faced bogus &...

  23. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    NurseDiane replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    Another idea is this: If you can take out a personal loan or home equity line of credit if you own a house, you can probably get it at a lower interest rate than what the student loan is. Take out a...

  24. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    NurseDiane replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    Wow----that's a lot of money for a BSN. I think the only thing you can do is to make paying off those loans your priority---no new car, no major purchases. Pay off as much as possible every month to...

  25. "Your job is to make me happy"

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As soon as healthcare turned into a for-profit industry, it became a service industry by the MBA's who think they know how to provide care to the sick. And of course, CMS jumped on the bandwagon by...