fungez

fungez has 19 years experience.

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1. Anyone got any good nurse/doc/hospital/enema jokes?

   fungez posted a topic in Nursing Humor

   Okay, let's all tell a good medical related joke. The one who gets the most kudos wins. I'll start first. It's a little off-color but don't worry, I'll asterisk the bad words out. Question: What's...

2. Time off from nursing

   fungez replied to Laura_lee's topic in General Nursing

   I've yet to get a job with an online application. Never. What I do is this: I go up the unit in my scrubs, resume in hand, and say "here I am, I'm ready to work today". Yes, it's cheesy, and it...

3. Most ridiculous patient requests?

   fungez replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   OT, but goes so well with your story. Pt who'd been self administering interferon in his leg muscle comes in c/o redness and swelling at injection site. Me: Let's have a look at that. Pt: I don't...

4. Time to call a duck a duck?

   fungez replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Well said, wooh. "If nursing doesn't have time, don't worry, there will be some holier than thou nursing student or administrator that will opine how it will only "take a minute" and then it will all...

5. Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

   fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

   Wild guess here - was it Lucy and

6. Nurses Get No Respect

   fungez replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

   Amen, sister! (but you're preaching to the choir). What job do you have now and are there any

7. How much does your hospital ceo make?

   fungez replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, so we've determined you think the sky's the limit with CEO salaries. I, and it seems other people, acknowledge that companies can set salaries however they see fit. However, we also think that...

8. How much does your hospital ceo make?

   fungez replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

   From the article: In 2006-07, the year Central Maine Healthcare made up for Chalke's retirement contributions, his compensation was six times that amount. A year after that, back on track with...

9. How much does your hospital ceo make?

   fungez replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

   There is a salary cap for staff. I am capped off on my salary due to years experience. I don't recall anyone here saying that CEOs don't deserve a decent salary; in fact, the highest salary in the...

10. When did patients become "clients"?

    fungez replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    "Client" I can sorta tolerate. But I can't say "customer" without gagging. And it really messes with my internal mission statement. A patient is someone I feel a huge responsibility for, someone I...

11. I am an American.

    fungez replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're saying all the docs in Nicarugua harass all the females around them?

12. How much does your hospital ceo make?

    fungez replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    http://mt-pub2.seiu.org/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=22&tag=hospital%20CEO%20salaries&limit=20 scroll down to: The government move to regulate hospital CEO pay came from public outcry over soaring...

13. I am an American.

    fungez replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If these were directed towards female nurses only, you might have a good case for sexual

14. How much does your hospital ceo make?

    fungez replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    I hardly think an open debate constitutes a witch

15. How much does your hospital ceo make?

    fungez replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    You ever researched the Ford Pinto case? Ford could had used a safer design, but it would have added $11 (in 197x dollars) to the cost of each car. However, they also estimated, using X amount for...