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I vowed upon my graduation from nursing school (second semester into nursing school really. I skipped graduation.) that I would devote my career to abolishing the utterly useless institutions of NIC, NOC, NANDA. It's now been 2 years since my gradu...

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 self-congratulatory circle jerk while staff nurses are overburdened ...

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 room. Optional step 4: Have another job lined up.

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 opposite.

Does anyone else hate them as much as I do? That stupid jingle: "You're a nurse. You make a difference." I mean, could it be more corny and condescending? Also, why is Johnson & Johnson running a nursing ad anyway? Anyone know?

*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 driving out older nurses. It wasn't a commentary on you...

Preach it, Sista!

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 an alternative term for Dingleberry as another pos...

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

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 prepared nurse at the same price? More effective/safe/...

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 this job has on our health does not correlate with o...

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 hospital.

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 sammich.

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 environments where nurses can excel in their practic...

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 fast. They wouldn't even have to spend money adver...

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

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 you for your pre-requisite corses. With the econo...

Why u no ask them? I no harm pt.

Lol. "drug attic". Actually, Nick, the only thing that's obvious is that YOU are offended. Generally speaking, I couldn't care less about your experience at some unnamed ER, or what you think about ER nurses. Sounds like you got back what you gave.

Once you've brought those suckers into your home they are almost impossible to get rid of. The easiest way to rid your home of bedbugs is to burn it to the ground. Those suckers can live for months on a single bite. Fumigation and a weekend away wo...

The ones who are complaining the loudest are usually the ones who have no business being in the ER for their non-emergency. I remind them that they are free to leave at anytime and to "just sign here, please." Our ER is too busy and too crowded for m...

Medhost is awesome. FirstNet is terrible. It should be banned.

Belch. Gross. I couldn't get out of my OB rotation fast enough. I also couldn't say "pushpushpushpushpushpushpush!" 6000 times a day and stay sane. :) It is very popular, but I can't figure out why either.

How do you like your job? Also I can't seem to come up with what GMF stands for.

In before "OMG! I'm a med aide, nd I've never called myself a nurse!"