hock1

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1. Unwillful Mandation How legal is it??

   hock1 replied to Nurse Loo's topic in Michigan Nursing

   A nurse has the right to refuse, but the employer has the right to terminate. Most nurses have families to support, but tyvm

2. Be Counted! Make safe RN:PT Ratios NOW!

   hock1 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

   Please forword to anyone you think will listen. Like a chain letter sort of. Somebody has to help the nurses before you all come to an American hospital to die. Cant make it any clearer. I am writing...

3. Unwillful Mandation How legal is it??

   hock1 replied to Nurse Loo's topic in Michigan Nursing

   OMG, Dearborn? We work for the same system my friend. Same happens in the Taylor facility also. We usually find out we're mandated 30minutes prior to shift change. The awful truth....it's usually...

4. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

   hock1 replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

   Agreed!

5. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

   hock1 replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

   That was the part I found channel surfing. My case exactly though. She had to expose herself, while tearful. Why couldn't they have showed her saying, "yeah, so, what's the problem" . I mean for...

6. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

   hock1 replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

   I refused to watch the show because of the commercials and briefly caught a scene while channel surfing...first the line "you're walking around me half naked". What, is his Dick so powerful he can't...

7. I did something stupid... no, embarrassing and stupid

   hock1 replied to JessicaInOr's topic in General Nursing

   I sincerely believe people know when they're being talked down to or insulted. This woman knew the term co-wife was not deragatory esp when she couldn't come up with a term herself. I see no...

8. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

   hock1 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

   My calls are picked up by the answering machine first

9. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

   hock1 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

   No. I called them back and said I was not on the schedule. I also stated in an email if there was any way our floor could inform staffing who was on and who was off just to let us know. I was P**SSED...

10. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    hock1 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    You are

11. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    hock1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just finished dealing with staffing. I received a very angry call. "Where are you. You are scheduled to work today. You have to come in". I explained that my copy of my work hours says I'm off, that...

12. Trach Care..How do you keep from gagging?

    hock1 replied to AdobeRN's topic in General Students

    I call it, "rainbows, butterflies, and unicorns'. Some people chuckled at work, but it helps me. I hum and think about a unicorn in a field with butterflies flying around and a huge, vibrant rainbow...

13. I'm thinking about trying to get pregnant and start nursing school? Yes or No?

    hock1 replied to rayofsunshine's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of good posts on this subject. I recommend a search. My advice, for what it's worth, if you are young why rush it. If not, then it might be something to think about more urgently. My...

14. New Grad Being Eaten Alive

    hock1 replied to Phenomenon's topic in General Nursing

    I too felt this way when I was new. Through standing ones ground and making sound nursing decisions, peers will gradually trust and respect you. It's taken me a year to get to this point. Don't give...

15. Youngest labor patient?

    hock1 replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Youngest LD pt was 13. She was very excited about being a mother. Her mother had her when she was 15...also excited about being a grandmother. As far as my 13, 10, and 9 year old. They know all about...