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  1. Nursing Harm Reduction Network (NHRN)

    fins replied to sibadeben's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not a big supporter of the idea of having nurses help addicts shoot up. It just doesn't seem like the sort of thing that nurses should be doing. What really gets me though is how hard you have to...

  2. Breaking the contract

    fins replied to KellyMcNeil's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're signing a contract for two years, but you're planning to leave after a year and a half? As a new grad? I'm sorry, but that's just foolish. Six months isn't all that long a time in order to...

  3. ??Is there a shortage: Nursing Supply and Demand

    fins replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "It is against Immigration and Dept. of Labor laws to pay immigrant nurses at lower rates than comparable American nurses." Roy, you're missing the point. It isn't that American nurses are working for...

  4. Neurosurgical ICU or Medical ICU?

    fins replied to NSURN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Vasoactive drips, and hemodynamic monitoring. Whichever provides the most of that would be the best preparation for CRNA. NICUs can vary quite a bit on that, depending on the type of cases they...

  5. yet another intervetion for birth.....

    fins replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, it has two advantages. First, it provides continuous monitoring, instead of the episodic monitoring of cervical exams. Second, it doesn't involve having someone repeatedly shove her fingers up...

  6. Reasonable time frame for raise???

    fins replied to sun_chica's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where you got the idea that you're automatically entitled to a raise. Unless you have an employment contract that explicitly covers compensation, then management can do whatever they want...

  7. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

    fins replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Talk to a reporter, even if it's just the local fish wrapper. HR at the hospital may not want to pay your benefits, but if some higher up starts to smell the beginnings of a "sick nurse fired for...

  8. Whats a Sore throat got to do with rectal problems???

    fins replied to danissa's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe he thought your mom was in hospital administration - they always seem to have their heads up their a**es, which would affect the

  9. Hospital contract in exchange for tuition

    fins replied to betty7321's topic in General Students

    "so I might as well get my tax free sign on money " Be very careful about this. If you get tuition in return for a work agreement, the IRS doesn't consider it a scholarship, which is tax free. It...

  10. Hospital contract in exchange for tuition

    fins replied to betty7321's topic in General Students

    If your husband being relocated is truly a possibility, then you should look carefully at the specific contract being offered. I had all of my tuition paid in return for two years working at my...

  11. Applying for Job and Being Pregnant

    fins replied to Lynn07's topic in General Nursing

    Just keep in mind that family medical leave act doesn't cover you until you've been with an employer for a year, so they could conceivably replace you while you were on maternity leave. It would be an...

  12. big bad nursing myths busted

    fins replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    "We need more "male" nurses (Why can't we just have more "nurses", period? )" I'm sorry, but I can't consider this a myth. We do need more men in nursing. Think about it - if women are 93% of the...

  13. ICU Nurses with OCD!!!

    fins replied to nursern20's topic in MICU, SICU

    Two separate issues: 1) Obsessive cleanliness. Here is a TYPICAL patient in my ICU. A-line, ventric (sometimes two), Swann-Ganz through a cordis, intubated. Maybe with a second arterial line in the...

  14. Compete America Ask Congress to Reform Broken H-1B/EB Visa System

    fins replied to ddsd's topic in International Nursing

    WhoooHooo! That's great! Now the hospitals won't have to waste time trying to make working conditions bearable, or waste all that money paying nurses a decent

  15. Discrimination...You think??!!?!

    fins replied to Jamie Dale's topic in Men in Nursing

    Gender discrimination is only considered discrimination when it's against women. When it's against a man, it's ALWAYS explained away. Change your gender, change careers, or learn to live with it. (I'm...

  16. Heparin IV administration

    fins replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this is your facility's reason, but this is why I always run heparin piggy-backed into a maintenance fluid. I had an IV infiltrate once when it had only heparin infusing into it. The...

  17. help! My g/f stuck herself...

    fins replied to Malloy's topic in General Nursing

    Malloy, This should be a reassuring staticstic: Less than 1% of nurses who get stuck with a sharp contaminated by a HIGH risk patient develop the illness. (I was stuck last January - I found that very...

  18. Womens interest in male nurses

    fins replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Johnny, I think you may be missing something. You say the women's attitudes change when you tell them that you're a student nurse, and you assume that's because of the "nurse" part - that they no...

  19. Measuring big for pregnancy, eyebrows raised

    fins replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    Look at it as your NM trying to do you a favor. She's just giving you a heads up that IF your doctor puts you on any restrictions, you're going to need a note saying so. That way, you save an extra...

  20. Wasting narcs. What's the correct procedure?

    fins replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    Happynurse, we have pyxis too. If there's nobody around, you can say you're giving the entire dose, and then document the wastage in the pyxis later (there is a "waste" function.) Otherwise, there'd...

  21. End Of Shift Report - The Sapnish Inquisition

    fins replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    One thing that can be kind of fun to do - if you aren't in a hurry at the end of your shift. If you have a nurse like the one you're describing, give her the most mind-numbingly detailed report...

  22. Jay Leno slams nurses!

    fins replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, he wasn't even slamming nurses. He wasn't saying nurses are making Mediao films, he was saying that a lot of Mediao films have nurses as characters. Now I, personally, have NEVER seen a...

  23. Ideas for nursing quotes

    fins replied to bellaluna's topic in General Nursing

    "I love the smell of C-diff in the morning. It smells like...victory. Enjoy your

  24. Will LTC nurse go to jail?

    fins replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the St. Rita's deaths, the owners didn't just leave the patients to die. They decided that because of the acuity of the residents, they wouldn't evacuate them unless there was a mandatory...

  25. I was passed over as charge...given to new grad instead

    fins replied to amurdock's topic in General Nursing

    It could also be that she considered the night charge assignment as an unofficial part of orientation. She may even have thought that having an experienced nurse like you there made it safer for her...