tewdles RN

PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice

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    Assisted Suicide

    tewdles replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I work with terminally ill patients daily. IMHO, we are not prepared to take any sort of national stand on assisted suicide. The public is poorly educated on issues surrounding this topic and too...
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    Fired but asked to resign!

    tewdles replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    general statement...if your employer no longer wants you in their employ, do not resign - let them terminate you. to resign forfeits your unemployment benefits. on the other hand, the employer may...
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    Volunteering

    tewdles replied to sistasoul's topic in Public, Community Health

    First off, community health is a wonder field...good luck. Secondly, education is always worthwhile. Thirdly, there will be a pay discrepancy (most likely) between acute care in the hospital setting...
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    What could have been done differently?

    tewdles replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    this sounds like a can of worms... Does the facility supervise his visits? Does that mean that he can only have visitors if the facility has adequate staff to supervise him? Do they staff with...
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    Five Reasons Why Congress Should Enact a National Right to Work Law

    tewdles replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    what is clear is that the working conditions for APNs is, by and large, different than for the avg ADN/BSN working at the bedside. what is clear is that the compensation package for APNs is, by and...
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    Please help me and tell me why bedside nurisng MUST be the 1st step

    tewdles replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    That was my point...interview for the job...but I am surprised that a hospice agency would hire a nurse as a staff educator who has no hospice
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    and caroladybelle, you are a contributor to society...but unable to obtain affordable health insurance outside of an employer benefit package... we need
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Medsurg...I did not actually propose a solution in the post you quoted, so...I am not certain how to respond. In terms of health care being a right...I posted previously that I believe that health...
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So...we have a portion of our society which does not see the death of fellow citizens for lack of health care access as problematic...we have citizens who base the value of fellow humans upon whether...
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    New Grad LPN from Michigan!!!!Need a job!!

    tewdles replied to kikwon89's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There are definitely nursing jobs in michigan, but the competition is fierce. Good
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    Defiant and Insubordinate

    tewdles replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This has gotten outta hand my friend. Sorta shoved you??? From what you have posted here you are a professional and fair nurse who is trying to get the best things for her patients. This level of...
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    How long will it take you to admit a new patient to L&D?

    tewdles replied to Jiayou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are not incompetent...just inexperienced. You will get faster with practice and experience. Don't try to hurry, but do ask your more experienced peers for tips on ways to fit it all into a...
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    We had problems out of YOUR patient.

    tewdles replied to KatieNoelLPN's topic in Home Health

    I think I must have worked for this homecare and nurse manager...for about 7 months...a nightmare
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    Changes to On Call Job Description

    tewdles replied to pixiec11's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Not all hospices operate this inefficiently, jeannepaul, thank goodness. My current hospice contracts out the telephone triage. We employ our own oncall visit team for after hours, weekends, and...
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    Name a situation that is not your responsibilty...

    tewdles replied to NurseCallus's topic in General Nursing

    Please say that you took some other action relative to this "lab staff". It is important that nurses have professional relationships with ancillary departments and staff, and this sort of behavior is...
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    Please help me and tell me why bedside nurisng MUST be the 1st step

    tewdles replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    I have reservations about a hospice educator who has no clinical hospice experience. In the PICU, the NICU, or L & D settings I would not have considered putting an RN in a staff education...
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    Can turning down a job cost you a chance later?

    tewdles replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience it has more to do with how you decline their offer of employment than other
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    Disorganized Doctors? How To Handle, How To Help

    tewdles replied to bigbub3000's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the docs I have worked with understand the importance of keeping track of these things and their method of insuring that this is accomplished is to have either an office manager or other staff...
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    med error and Sick about it

    tewdles replied to hello2you's topic in General Nursing

    ativan/advil I love the generics for opioids...patients must discern the difference between morphine ES and
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    Immunization Ordered 0.5mL---Instructor says give whole vial

    tewdles replied to 4Karrie2's topic in Pediatric

    Vaccine dose is not negotiable by your instructor...to change the volume is outside of her scope of practice. Aspirating prior to injecting a subQ injection is more of a professional preference these...
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    thug got shot and crying

    tewdles replied to C-DIFF PHIL RN's topic in Emergency

    Kudos to you for putting your distaste for his actions aside to the degree that you could provide good nursing care for him. It is NOT easy, every, in any job, to put aside personal feelings and...
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    would like to share my evaluation by my Head OR nurse

    tewdles replied to Lorodz's topic in Operating Room

    My management training and education suggests that it is generally counter productive to compare one employee with another in an evaluation
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    HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

    tewdles replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    well...Michigan Nurse is a publication of Michigan Nurses Association...it is about 20 pages long and about 15 were related to NNU or a march on Lansing in one way or another. Honestly, I haven't...
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    onekidney is
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    E.R paper

    tewdles replied to amy1129's topic in Emergency

    What is the emotional aspect of working as an emergency