DManAZRN

I refuse to pay another insurance company that prolly won't honor their word anyway! Know what you are responsible for, respond to it, notify MD's and document, they can't touch you. If they know you have it, the prosecuting party is MORE LIKELY to ...

Self-governance is a FARCE. If you really want to study it, look for a Magnet hospital, usually it's one of the conditions of becoming a Magnet facility. The Farce part is that they set up committees of "floor nurses" that are carefully groomed an...

I would have to advise avoiding ortho. Dependent on the facility and ratios of course. Lots of heavy equipment, anyone here enjoy moving CPM's all night? More likely to pull something and ortho docs think they're really special, well, they are. "...

Wow, sounds like you need to report you manager. Don't you have a union or are you not in California? Report it to them. You made the right call. I tell oversedated patients that it is too dangerous and they could OD, but only if they are exact...

Thank you, so much for your heartfelt story about your relationship with this patient. It shows what a nurse is capable of emotionally, mentally, physically... You give me reason to continue. We should all have time for true mind/body/spirit care ...

Wow, someone missed some data here! Sure would like to know if Tamiflu/Antivirals were given? Duh. Some article. Typical media. Guy was prolly having an ALL Rxn to something they gave him he'd never had before..... hmmmm My Immune system is so st...

OK, you need some more advice on this...... Really you do, Do not let anyone else know they exist, if they flub and someone spills beans like, to a lawyer, they can subpoena your notes..... just 2c. A tactic I used recently was simply to say, "The p...

At every charge meeting I go to after the start of the shift, the ER talks allot about they're BH patients. They are always filling up beds. Maybe we should start a suicide hotline or something... As far as saying "I want to kill myself", wow, t...

Of course they are valuable. I am not implying anything like that. The RN just cannot take on two high ratio assignments worth of pain shots (IVP), central lines, all other IVP meds, "oversee" the LPN (most LPN's don't need much oversight) and stil...

Exactly!, natural birth is so inconvenient these days... Maybe they're medicating with THC for the morning sickness, since their HMO won't cover the meds? (Natural medicine?) hahaha, JK I saw a true natural childbirth once, in Africa. Woman just squ...

401K is better than a company pension. If the company goes belly up, no pension. Did'nt we see this somewhere recently? What's the street with the big wall? I thought the new retirement age is now like 72 or something.... My plan is to die right a...

Go with AHA guidelines for the intervals, the push rate of administration you have is 2min small dose, 5min larger dose of 5mg, That is standard for us. If the hospital P&P even mentions it, go with your hospital guidelines always, so they can ...

Well, making less than they're current experienced RN's helps... it motivates them to hire you OVER someone WITH experience. Pretty good advantage I'd say. So much for that fake nursing "shortage".

Speaking of coats.... I had a ratty lookin' family member steal my leather jacket once. At least he will be warm I thought. Warn out anyway, matched what he was wearing. As for a cynicism... how can you not be? Of course nurses are cynical. We wat...

As far as the salary I would put "negotiable". Take a look at new grad RN pay in your area and you will have an idea where to start.

Buy an NCLEX study guide. Read it. Remember it. Is the Hesi like a Pre-SAT for nurses? Silliness. Why do we demand such smart and good people just to burn out and throw away? This society throws away it's best people and then wonders why it is so ...

You take a "mental health day" and call in sick. You talk to your doctor. You go slower at work on purpose. Don't rush. Save yourself for the real battles, like coding somebody. If they're not coding, it can wait. Take your 30 minute federally manda...

A surgical tech just sets up equipment, cleans the rooms etc... Like a CNA/Houskeeper for the OR. Cheaper than a nurse too... Probably got Hep C from prior theft of syringes too. How poetic. So much for that medical career eh? Yeah, the Media is...

Of course there's a demand for surgical nurses. (OR nurse) As far as being gender specific, what's with that? Male/Female/Not sure, still a nurse right? Men work in L&D sometimes too, not my cup of tea, too many patients don't want you to asses...

OK, it's your notes.... as long as you DO NOT allow the information to be comprimised and it's in your personal residence AND you don't talk about it you are pretty much untouchable. And if for some unknown reason somebody is in your house that you ...

Any response? I wrote my representative.... not even a form letter in return. Of course, I thought nurses could only make progress like management does... By making vague sugar coated threats.... like..... Ahem..... If you don't do something to regu...

I love caring for my elders. I love not being the "typical" man. I love values from 200 years ago. How about a society where health and happiness are more important than greed and how much stuff I can fit in my big garage? I can't recommend soci...

Sorry to post twice but I have to say..... Litigation will only cost you more than it's worth. Blow it off and find something else, do you really want to go back to the same? You have a better chance of getting money falling down in a store on a w...

Hey, a warning is just that.... (your bad, be gooder) If your manager can add, which is quite unlikely, as they are always "over budget", maybe they'll begin counting them and figure out they need to talk again.... Just to hear themselves. If they w...

I think the first answer you got would be the best, and yes the trough is first for that exact reason. The equipment is pretty specific. Ask for information on your particular PICC brand. Our PICC lines are now larger and some are "power picc's" th...