NurseDiane

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  1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    NurseDiane replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    What do you think "quality measures" and "meaningful use" is all about? Providing the least amount of care possible without injuring or killing anybody. If doctors don't order diagnostic testing &...

  2. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    NurseDiane replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to break it to you, but a union is not going to win this battle. It is controlled by Washington/Medicare. He who controls the money controls the entire industry. Reimbursements are being...

  3. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    NurseDiane replied to Sspino's topic in General Nursing

  4. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

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

    I've had more kidney stones than I can even count over the course of 14 or so years. They're wicked, and the only thing you can do is flood your body with water & take pain meds so that you don't...

  5. Another reason unions suck!

    NurseDiane replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's too bad you weren't wearing a wire to record being told to lie or lose your job. That would have gone over really well in the

  6. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    NurseDiane replied to Sspino's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of one of my nephews. Many years ago, during the summer after he graduated from high school, he was looking for a job. His mother was the office manager for a local landscaping...

  7. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    NurseDiane replied to Sspino's topic in General Nursing

    My question to you is how are you going to manage anybody or anything if you don't know what you're managing? If you've never done clinical work, how can you possibly manage the nurses that are doing...

  8. Another reason unions suck!

    NurseDiane replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Maybe I'm one of the odd ones, but I do happen to think that vacations should be seniority based. Now, that doesn't mean that the senior nurses should be able to get all the holiday weeks, the prime...

  9. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

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

    I just wanted to say one thing about this situation, and it doesn't really have anything to do with the initial question. I have had dozens of kidney stones in my life, been to the ED for a few,...

  10. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  11. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  12. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

    NurseDiane replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I would think that there would be some legal implications to base annual raises on attendance at meetings that you are not getting paid for. You don't say if your hospital has a union or not, but I...

  13. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

    NurseDiane replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

  14. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  15. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  16. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The point is, nurses should not have to "forego a raise" to have safe nurse-patient ratios. They should have

  17. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Because they consider it part of the job. That's not something new----it's been going on since the beginning of time. It gives support to old saying, "You can please some of the people, some of the...

  18. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The reason that hospitals are reliant on the surveys is because their Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement is dependent on it. So, they want to make sure that nurses are behaving like concierges in...

  19. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NurseDiane replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have picked up the phone and dialed 911 to report an assault if I were you and a doctor threw a chart at my

  20. Mobile IV infusions... for hangovers

    NurseDiane replied to Dogen's topic in General Nursing

    I work for one of these companies. It is so well organized---if healthcare was run as well as this company is, it would be completely different. The patients are low-risk, no medical problems and...

  21. have any of you left nursing

    NurseDiane replied to StillRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've been a nurse since 1985, in some capacity or other, LPN, RN, CRNA. I have seen the downward decline of nursing and healthcare in general. I used to love going to work, I used to love my job....

  22. Nursing Student Mistake

    NurseDiane replied to Wb003's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Never tell them any more than what you absolutely have to. Don't volunteer any information. Let them ask questions, and answer as close to a yes or no answer as possible. You can explain the F's as...

  23. lost license, now what

    NurseDiane replied to rnnolonger's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What can you do with a BSN but no RN license? Not much, unfortunately. You can use the BSN to go back to college & transfer credits to another major if you want, though. I think referring...

  24. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    NurseDiane replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Awesome!!! Enjoy your

  25. IPN issues- 2015

    NurseDiane replied to NurseEmRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have chronic kidney stones, and drink about one gallon of water every day. If I had to do UDS, I'd have my urologist write a letter stating that my one gallon water intake was mandatory to avoid...