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ZootRN

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  1. Nursing as a service industry

    ZootRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, duplicate

  2. Nursing as a service industry

    ZootRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I think LPNs would become the primary caregiver in hospitals and the number of RN-BSNs/unit would drop. ---------- Many hospitals in my area do not even hire LPNs anymore. Besides, grandfathered LPNs...

  3. What is wrong with me?

    ZootRN replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing seems so be wrong with you, but something is wrong with you job. If it's affecting you that badly, it's probably about time to move on to different shift/unit/hospital. Good

  4. New Nurse Fired for wanting more training

    ZootRN replied to dimplez's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you even want to work for people like that. You should feel lucky to get rid of them. They try to save money on your training, it shows how desperate they are, and that nobody else wants to...

  5. Nursing as a service industry

    ZootRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    In my personal opinion, when nursing workforce will shrink enough to interfere with hospital operations and their money-making strategies, all this BS, pressured by corporations onto health care to...

  6. Showing up to work SICK

    ZootRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    This is crazy. I can't believe the employment conditions that some of us have to put up

  7. Hourly Rounding

    ZootRN replied to neneRN's topic in General Nursing

    They may be mandatory, but if nurse is too busy, she'll initial another BS piece of paper without doing it, because you can't leave the patient who is about to code and do your "mandatory" rounding,...

  8. Leaving a job in less than a year... is it okay?

    ZootRN replied to NextSummer's topic in General Nursing

    Do what feels right for you. It does not make sense to stay in position you hate. You may miss your nice hours though, with 12 hrs shift you do have more time off, but you'll be working every possible...

  9. Anyone work in Surgical /"boutique" hospitals??

    ZootRN replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe they are allowed to do that. No medical coverage for the post-op patients?? This is crazy and waiting for the big lawsuit to happen. One day the head surgeon may decide to do open...

  10. Showing up to work SICK

    ZootRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion many nurses are coming in sick because of this martyr attitude they have to come to work unless they are dead or else something horrible will happen, like the hospital will close down,...

  11. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    ZootRN replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    Tampa area, new grads start at $18-19. I am amazed how lowly nurses are paid up north. I used to think the worst salaries are here in Fl. Also, $25 for new grad in California, where cost of living...

  12. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    ZootRN replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    We need to recruit more young people into nursing and figure out who will teach them ------- I don't know how about recruiting more young people. The problem is to make them

  13. Protect your profession...

    ZootRN replied to markdanurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm kind of glad we don't have to intubate, mix drugs, do a physical therapy, put in central lines and what else is in a list. Imagine having 6-7-8-10 patients, 12 hours shifts and having to do all of...

  14. Should I write letter?

    ZootRN replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    You should see a lawyer. He would write a much nicer letter on your

  15. Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

    ZootRN replied to Fairlythere's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thanks for the machines, if you would have to do manual blood pressure in critical care unit, if will take up all your time, especially if somebody on pressors and you are checking vitals every 5-15...

  16. No pain meds for you, mother

    ZootRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been taking care of this 80 years old women for total of 4 or 5 shifts now. Diagnosis of ARDS, intubated on the vent, FiO2 from 70 to 100%, off sedation, alert, awake and somewhat appropriate, on...

  17. Helping the goof offs

    ZootRN replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I remember once sitting at the nurses station, gulping my lunch, and another nurse was charting. CNA approached her and said her patient is on call light. She turned around and asked me to check on...

  18. Can students be helpful, or are they just in the way?

    ZootRN replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    I had a student with me last week. Very sweet girl, willing to learn and to help out. I had a very busy day, and tried my best to give her best possible experience, but never had a minute to sit down...

  19. No pain meds for you, mother

    ZootRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    it's a good question. They are white middle class Americans. No cultural or religious issues noted so far, but I could

  20. No pain meds for you, mother

    ZootRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, she does not have advance directives; according to family, never said anything about her wishes. They question everything you do to the point I just can't deal with it anymore. Once her son told...

  21. CNA training scared the he** outta me!!!

    ZootRN replied to dorselm's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have CNA's in ICU, so please don't think once you are RN, you'll never wipe another behind

  22. No pain meds for you, mother

    ZootRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you guys, for your responses. I personally think they are afraid of the label attached to the Morphine. I tried to ask them directly what are their concerns, and they just say "She is not in...

  23. I need some Help, I'm at a FORK!!!

    ZootRN replied to U12beme's topic in General Nursing

    15 to 1 is crazy, does not matter how many cna's you have. If you want to work ICU, why don't you apply to

  24. TPN and ABX

    ZootRN replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    TPN should be run through separate line, not to be mixed with anything

  25. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    ZootRN replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Where you guys getting those masks? In last 3 weeks, 2 people (complete strangers) passed out in front of me, and although they did come back pretty quickly and I only had to ease them on the floor...