TDCHIM

TDCHIM

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  1. What do you do when you come across a...

    TDCHIM replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    Look, the volunteer may not be a mandated reporter, but that doesn't mean that she should just pass the buck to the RNs and LPNs on the floor to report and blithely assume someone else will take care...

  2. What is your opinion on this matter?

    TDCHIM replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you're getting involved in this, because it sounds like a major mess. The great thing about the net is it's a lot easier to get grass-roots organizations pulled together! So start small, by...

  3. Because thats really gonna help

    TDCHIM replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't agree more. Scripting is stupid and pointless, no matter who's reciting memorized lines. It annoys me when I hear it at a store, it annoys me when I hear it over the phone - but if I were...

  4. Great article re: death and dying

    TDCHIM replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Brownbook, you beat me to the punch! It's definitely a terrific, thought-provoking article. I'm planning on sending a message with a link to the story to my medical ethics

  5. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    TDCHIM replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am admittedly coming at this with an outsider's POV, but I think many organizations are blurring or even erasing the line between customer service and customer subservience. In some ways, an...

  6. Daddy Put In Bye-Bye Box

    TDCHIM replied to PiedPiperRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear God, I can hear my son saying things like that right now. I guess that's one Onion (story) that made me

  7. FMLA

    TDCHIM replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    AlsgalRN, that was an excellent summation of FMLA. I would just like to add that different employers administrate the twelve cumulative weeks differently - some seem to go by calendar year, while...

  8. IS IT TOO DIFFICULT TO TAKE A & P 1 and CHEMISTRY 101 AT THE SAME TIME???

    TDCHIM replied to LILYROSE11's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on where your academic strengths and talents lie. If you're strong in the sciences, you probably won't have any trouble with taking those classes at the same time. If you have difficulty...

  9. I desperately need advice

    TDCHIM replied to ElseeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry you're in such a horrible situation. Here are my suggestions: 1. Go back till you can find another job. I agree with Pers, if you leave immediately after something like that happens,...

  10. Working with pain

    TDCHIM replied to dhammond3's topic in General Nursing

    If you find someone offering back replacements, SIGN ME UP!!!! Either that or total body prosthetics, where someone just drops my brain in and makes me into a

  11. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    TDCHIM replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    The whole BMI/exercise issue is going to run head-on into the ADA. I'll be glad to participate in healthy eating programs (I already basically do on my own, although my sweet tooth gets me into...

  12. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    TDCHIM replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    The way ours works is something of an honor system, but if anyone from HR or management sees you light up, they note that you're a smoker and your premiums are changed to reflect that if you aren't...

  13. What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

    TDCHIM replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    So no non-nurses should post on

  14. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    TDCHIM replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak to the fines, but the health insurance premium increase? That's not unusual, at least in my experience. The last three health insurance policies we've had (through two different...

  15. What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

    TDCHIM replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I find the attitude that non-nurses should be seen but not heard, which has been expressed several times in this thread, a little distressing. I'm a non-nurse, and I make no bones about it....

  16. Dreaming about work

    TDCHIM replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I think dreams like that happen anytime you're in a stressful job. About eight years ago, when I was still working as a reporter, I was going through a particularly stressful time at work. I had this...

  17. The right to refuse has so many interpretations

    TDCHIM replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    We are not talking about hospitals. We are talking about LTC settings. These facilities are in fact HOME to their residents, who do not abdicate their personal freedom when they walk in the door. It...

  18. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    TDCHIM replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    In the situation I described, the huge old tree crushed the roof and part of the brick wall in, raining debris all over us. The tree itself landed a foot away from my then two-year-old, who was so...

  19. The right to refuse has so many interpretations

    TDCHIM replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    There has to be a better option than either warehousing the elderly or pushing LTC residents into activities and food choices regardless of individual

  20. Summer Sizzling Heat

    TDCHIM replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    that is almost the exact line i always use. :) the place i used to work (a newsroom, not a hospital) in had a poorly functioning heating and cooling system that would break down multiple times every...

  21. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    TDCHIM replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Not that this is terribly common, but I live in OHIO and my husband had to call in one day a few years back because of a hurricane! It was a really weird one that blew all the way from the gulf coast...

  22. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    TDCHIM replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Certainly I see the point of a doctor's excuse, verifying some form of illness, for sick leave. However, having to come in and reveal whatever illness you have to an employee of your company? What if...

  23. "Nurse" wins powerball

    TDCHIM replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    And your point would be....? As for the reporter having made a mistake - if someone ID's herself as a nurse for a story about winning the lottery, it's hardly cogent to the story to verify the...

  24. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    TDCHIM replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow. That's unbelievable. I'd love to see that one

  25. The right to refuse has so many interpretations

    TDCHIM replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what you described is Exhibit A for why I'll fight like a convalescent four-year-old to stay in my home if I last till deep old age! May a benign Providence keep my cognitive faculties intact so...