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  1. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    nurseogden replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    so do any of you who share the dysfunctional family thing with me feel it has negatively affected you in nursing. I have a really difficulty time with relationships. After 32 years of nursing, I...

  2. How often do you work extra?

    nurseogden replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    smart

  3. How often do you work extra?

    nurseogden replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    Good for

  4. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    nurseogden replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for starting this thread. i definitely came from a dysfunctional family. basically i consider having come from no family at all. it had defintely affected me positively and negatively as a...

  5. Admission orders the day before?

    nurseogden replied to cockynurse80's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    [color=#5f497a]i have worked both in and outpatient settings. yes, the change in orders does wreak the occasional havoc with orders written prior to admission, especially in the inpatient setting....

  6. She switched my Hours now what?

    nurseogden replied to LVN2010M's topic in First Year After Licensure

    evening shift isn't all that bad if you are young and don't have children. It is a lot easier to go to the gym in the morning and get all your stuff done before work. If you get in the habit of...

  7. Nursing Uniform Policy

    nurseogden replied to theatredork's topic in Men in Nursing

    i have to be the devil's advocate regarding even walmart has dress code because i support coded uniforms for patient's sakes. nurses are supposed to be "professionals" and many feel like forcing them...

  8. Nursing Uniform Policy

    nurseogden replied to theatredork's topic in Men in Nursing

    with all the issues facing us in nursing, what uniform you wear should be the least of our worries!!! if it makes these older patients more comfortable and they recognize us better, then why not...

  9. will I be sued?

    nurseogden replied to dumaralos's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    One last note. For a lawsuit to be viable, there has to have been irreversible damage to the patient. Going one shift with UTI, if it didn't result in septic shock, is not irreversible damage. I...

  10. Two nurses quit without notice......

    nurseogden replied to Ling07's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most professional nurses do not quit without notice. More likely they were let go. It is the policy at our hospital that other staff are not notified when staff are disciplined and are not allowed...

  11. Are managers allowed to give ultimatums?

    nurseogden replied to ITALY123's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you live. I live in Indiana. There are no laws to protect your employment here. You can go in one day and they can look at you and say they don't like the way you combed your...

  12. nurse manager-request to work on the floor

    nurseogden replied to trulynurseatheart's topic in General Nursing

    It might be unrealistic to expect your manager to do actual patient care in and area that she is not used do working. More importantly, it might be a patient safety issue if she is not used to the...

  13. Possible ethical question about Clinical experience...

    nurseogden replied to Studying24.7's topic in General Students

    You seem to have misread the information. This student never said the nurse was hiding in a closet to

  14. Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    nurseogden replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    I grew up in Jacksonville Beach Florida. Lived there until I married at age 30 Loved it would go back in a heartbeat. I live in Midwest now and 20 years ago when I came here I took a 6 dollar per...

  15. Possible ethical question about Clinical experience...

    nurseogden replied to Studying24.7's topic in General Students

    it never pays to cause ripples in the water unless it will prevent a tidal wave? the nurse may have had an isolated day of having to text to her child because the child was ill or some other major...

  16. what is the worst part of the job?

    nurseogden replied to nursehopeful117's topic in General Nursing

    one mistake is enough to end your career. students have way more pressure on them today than they did 30 years ago. one mistake and they could be tossed out of the program. just like one mistake of an...

  17. Student nurses do the darndest things

    nurseogden replied to NurseNinaFla's topic in General Nursing

    just remember, life has changed over the years...99.9% is unacceptable in nursing now. one mistake is enough to end your career. students have way more pressure on them today than they did 30 years...

  18. Admission orders the day before?

    nurseogden replied to cockynurse80's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Other patients have orders sent the day before, why not LTC patients. Any changes in patient condition should be received with report on the day of arrival. Make it a practice to call sending...

  19. Nursing Uniform Policy

    nurseogden replied to theatredork's topic in Men in Nursing

    if what you are required to wear is the worst of your problems, then thank god for your blessings. it is evidence based practice. when hospitals have specific uniforms that identify the nurses the...

  20. PLEASE HELP! Can someone help me answer this?

    nurseogden replied to ChristianCare2010's topic in General Nursing

    I don't often offer answers that are not backed up with research.. You shouldn't give answers that are not backed up by research. So definitely research any of the answers that you receive here and...

  21. Do nurses really "Eat Their Young"?

    nurseogden replied to LVN2010M's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, it is often the case, but not all of us veterans are like that... I have been a bedside nurse for 32 years, and still remember how it feels to start and be insecure. I make every effort to help...

  22. associates or bsn?

    nurseogden replied to mandile's topic in Texas Nursing

    It isn't so much about the pay as about you opportunites. The BSN will afford you much more in the way of advancement and job choice. Many hospitals are trying to staff up to only having RN with BSN...

  23. Triplet PVCs or "3 Beat Run of V Tach?"

    nurseogden replied to na74te's topic in General Nursing

    3 in a row = vtach... it is called non sustained now and most doctors don't get too concerned about it. As long as you chart it, though, it really doesn't matter if you chart triplet pvcs or 3 beat...

  24. evidence re: subcut injection angle

    nurseogden replied to studentatthemoment's topic in General Nursing

    don't know the articles...but Americans are fatter than we used to be... for most people 90 degree angle works fine!!! Only reason to change that would be an emaciated

  25. How does the waiting list work?

    nurseogden replied to computer101's topic in General Students

    you have it...5th is a good place to be. some of the applicants might decide to go elsewhere or not make the final grades to get in. Good