Lie. Tell em' you got the shot. Go to Walgrens, get a receipt for something, tell em' you bought the shot. Photoshop someone else's receipt. Flu shots are a pharmaceutical gold mine. The flu kills OLD...
blondesareeasy replied to Allison007's topic in General Nursing
The income. That, and the job security. Sooner or later you'll be working beside a coworker with an iffy background, but "nurses are a dime a dozen " so they'll take anybody. You won't find a more...
An MD threatened to "kill that nurse." The nurse involved and I have reported it. He is suspended and ordered to take classes on "Anger Management." 1.) We don't believe that's adequate punishment....
YOU are correct and way ahead of the game. It's the rare patient in my ICU that is there because of some non-self-contributory disease. I've heard that in England, you can't get a knee replacement if...
blondesareeasy replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing
Makes no sense and is illogical. If you follow that theory, you would have to use a separate and complete IV SET and TUBING for each antibiotic. If the antibiotic runs through the piggyback tubing,...
Eight percent of nurses are Democrats. No one else to blame for Obamacare except for the people who voted for it. Coincidentally, about 80% of prison inmates are ALSO democrat. Nothing strange about...
My diploma nurse friend runs our hospital. It's folly to believe that a BSN should be the only degree allowed. That would be nothing but protectionism for an already overpriced "degree." Look at...
I wrote this. Not really, but this was EXACTLY my feelings 20 years ago when presented with the same ********. I simply ignored it and followed the medical dx. I quickly realized that the purpose a...
Lately I've been asked to have a female nurse fill in for me when doing bedpans, pee pee, etc. I'd rather have the women do it anyway...less work for me. But I'm surprised at the number of female...
blondesareeasy replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Students
Imagine working in a heart unit and you've dealt with a patient all day post-op, with diet instructions, etc. And then you hand off the assignment to a night shift pig. Doesn't work. I'm glad Texas...