tipsplease

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1. Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

   tipsplease replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan Nursing

   Mandatory staffing rations are a good start, but they are not absolute. There have been times I have had 7 patients and could work on the crossword puzzle on my dinner break; there have been other...

2. What subject or subjects would you take out

   tipsplease replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

   I really agree with roser 13. I find it humiliating for RN's to use improper grammar and misspell words. You don't find physical therapists or OT's doing this; I know a PhD nurse who uses double...

3. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

   tipsplease replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

   The only way to motivate any addicted person to change his/her habit/s is through motivation. Unfortunately there is a big school of thought out there that it is perfectly okay to be obese. As...

4. HELP! Social question-over the line?

   tipsplease replied to jlove1821's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Don't know if this helps any, but maybe sharing my experience with an attorney friend will help you make up your mind. I was in an awful car wreck a year ago; car was totaled, I was injured (hit by a...

5. HELP! Social question-over the line?

   tipsplease replied to jlove1821's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have been a nurse for a very long time; over the years I have found it necessary to detach myself from my patients (all of them). I am an emotional, touchy feely type of person; years ago I had a...

6. What does your username mean?

   tipsplease replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

   I must confess that I picked my user name after a particularly frustrating day of fetching food and drink for a batch of drug seekers.....it was one of those days that I honestly spent at least 50% of...

7. Moral/Ethical Advice

   tipsplease replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

   This is not only a moral and ethical issue, it is a competency issue. Writing papers is an integral part of nursing school, and if this person is either unwilling or unable to comply with this...

8. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

   tipsplease replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The worst part of all of this is that management is so worried about patient satisfaction that they never, ever stand up for the nurse to a patient, no matter how egregious the behavior is. It is...

9. Atlanta area nurses...I need to vent!!

   tipsplease replied to TeeTee,RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Just a thought.....if job security were the only reason a person went into nursing, he or she wouldn't last. You have to really love it to put up with all the stress and politics

10. Is this a good offer?

    tipsplease replied to ttbird1's topic in Georgia Nursing

    There are nice apartments near all the hospitals. Shop around using apartment finder; you usually get a 100 buck rebate if you use them. Also barter with the complex manager. Sometimes you can find an...

11. Wellstar Kennestone

    tipsplease replied to unknown99's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I worked for Wellstar Kennestone twice; once in the early 90's and more recently for a year and a half. The powers that be at Kennestone have no clue how to realistically manage a hospital. It's not...

12. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    tipsplease replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    The person who mentioned being able to look up nurses on the internet riled me about something I think should be illegal....in Georgia all you have to do is put in a nurse's (or any other...

13. Enough is Enough

    tipsplease replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am amused by all the preaching to the choir here. I have been an RN for more than 30 years and during that time I have seen trends come and go....here's hoping that the "customer service" gimmick is...

14. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    tipsplease replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Think about this: if you don't sign the hourly rounding sheet you are not following hospital policy. If you do sign it and have to wear a locator badge, the hospital can easily check whether or not...