Fribblet

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1. Bedside Reporting starting Monday :(((

   Fribblet replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   How to end this in 3 easy steps: 1. Just say in front of the patient everything you'd normally say in report. 2. Watch complaints skyrocket and patient satisfaction scores plumet. 3. LOL in break...

2. Magnet Hospitals

   Fribblet replied to Carrie_MTC's topic in General Nursing

   IT'S A TRAP! Also The general rule of thumb is this: Whatever HR and management tell you about a place, it's actually the

3. Nurse's getting younger

   Fribblet replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

   *Facepalm* She's bemoaning the edging out of experienced nurses by employers eager to hire newer nurses who are more desperate for work and willing to work for less, thus driving down wages and...

4. Johnson & Johnson commercials

   Fribblet replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

   Preach it,

5. Johnson & Johnson commercials

   Fribblet replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks! Waaaaay back in the days of dial-up I went by a handle of Fribbles. For some reason I couldn't use that when I signed up for this site, so I went with Fribblet. Apparently, it's also used as...

6. Nurse's getting younger

   Fribblet replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

   I'm confused. What exactly is it that belongs to the nurse that's getting

7. Magnet Designation

   Fribblet replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

   Lobby or no lobby, with the economy in shambles and more and more people trying to get into this "recession-proof" job, employers have the upper hand. Why, then, would you not hire a bachelors...

8. Nursing is not easy money, no gain no pain

   Fribblet replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

   I've held a job ever since I was able to work. I think nursing sucks. The amount we're dumped on by administration, patients, families and other departments, our responsibility, and the detriment...

9. Magnet Designation

   Fribblet replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

   I'm going to have to check that out. That would quite an interesting tid-bit of information. Although my hospital just received Magnet shat-us, and we're an University affiliated

10. Magnet Designation

    Fribblet replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not. They just know this hospital is CERTA-FRIED! So it must be good. Now tell that nurse to move her perky ass to the cafeteria and gimme a

11. Magnet Designation

    Fribblet replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    How much cash your facility is willing to pony up. That's my cynical response anyway. Per the ANCC website, a Pathways to Excellence facility "is earned by healthcare organizations that create work...

12. Magnet Designation

    Fribblet replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    If hospitals spent the same amount of time and money they waste getting magnet status, to actually improve working conditions, care would improve, and happy nurses make happy patients. Word spreads...

13. Magnet Designation

    Fribblet posted a topic in General Nursing

    Magnet designation exists for three reasons: 1-For an additional PR marketing tool for the hospital. 2-A way for the ANCC to rake in piles of cash. 3-For management to engage in a...

14. Hospital Using FirstNet in ER?

    Fribblet replied to midge121787's topic in General Nursing

    We use it. It's the worst program I've ever used. I, and my coworkers, hate

15. Is their a way i can get a hospital to pay for nursing school

    Fribblet replied to cellphone's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No hospital is going to pay for a volunteer to go school, and some tuition reimbursement programs require you to be in an actual program (each program is different), so they likely would not reimburse...