TDCHIM

TDCHIM

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  1. Giving notice related to health issue

    TDCHIM replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that you are having a rough time of it, but the concern about insurance is entirely valid. You can suffer for many years because of a lapse in insurance. You can face periods where you...

  2. Additional Duties As Assigned....

    TDCHIM replied to Redhead28's topic in General Nursing

    Oh good lord, what next? I understand trying to contain costs in a bad economy, but making your nurses serve as your cleaning crew is just plain stupid on about a dozen different levels! If it makes...

  3. Burnout?

    TDCHIM replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with the previous poster - it sounds like you're trying to be all things to all people in all situations and have gone on overload as a result. Is there a way you can relax our load to...

  4. Giving notice related to health issue

    TDCHIM replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    You have my heartfelt best wishes for your future. I hope this break helps you to regain the health-ground you've lost while trying to be a great employee. When you're feeling a bit better, I still...

  5. Mandatory cut-off age for being a bedside nurse?

    TDCHIM replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there's any harm in kicking around the notion of a required retirement age. It's an interesting idea to debate, which is what I gathered the OP intended. There are other types of work...

  6. Great Private School with Outstanding Financial Help

    TDCHIM replied to stingray_on's topic in General Students

    It sounds like she could make it out of school more cheaply by relocating to another state (like Ohio) and attending a state school there after establishing residency (it used to take one year; I'm...

  7. Giving notice related to health issue

    TDCHIM replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, there's one other option I can offer...you could try getting hooked up with your state's Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation/Rehabilitation Services Commission. This agency helps those who are...

  8. Giving notice related to health issue

    TDCHIM replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Hold it. You said you've been working at this site "a little less than a year." How much less? FMLA is a good option to give your body time to recover, as the earlier posters suggested, but you cannot...

  9. Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    TDCHIM replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    I'm there and I'm voting! Her site is awesome!!!! I laughed so hard at her latest post that I pulled a couple of abdominal

  10. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    TDCHIM replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have read about this phenomenon on a site about adhesive arachnoiditis. Moreover, my board-certified pain management specialist has also spoken to me about it. This idea is starting to take root,...

  11. Take your spouse to work day.

    TDCHIM replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    Weeelll...yes, I suppose it would clear up a few misconceptions. However, I think it'd have to be a reciprocal agreement! I did work with my husband for several years before going back to school, so I...

  12. rotator cuff surgery

    TDCHIM replied to cannoli's topic in General Nursing

    My husband had extensive injuries to his shoulder (his rotator cuff was only part of the problem) and left humerus following a car accident years ago. After his second surgery, he had a regional...

  13. Things you wish you knew when you were young?

    TDCHIM replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    It's never too late to learn! My mother never really taught me how to do anything in the kitchen, so I grew up knowing how to make three things: authentic tomato-based pasta sauces (from my father's...

  14. Things you wish you knew when you were young?

    TDCHIM replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I'd known how to stand up for myself and what I wanted. I passed up on some terrific opportunities because I allowed others to manipulate me into feeling unsure and selfish. Now I wish I could...

  15. Dead end job

    TDCHIM replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    Try being a print journalist if you want to experience a real dead-end job! The entire profession is dying, roughly 35% of the total workforce has been cut in the last 10 years, and there's no end to...

  16. IF you WEREN'Ta nurse, what would you be???

    TDCHIM replied to sjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, now I'm just going to cry! Working with illuminated morificecripts with those gorgeously decorated covers from the time of Eleanor of Aquitaine or the Wars of the Roses, researching Old English...

  17. what do you think of this pain med schedule?

    TDCHIM replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    From a patient perspective, I would hope this individual could be switched onto something a little less oral-med-intensive. As others have mentioned, a pain management review might not be a bad idea;...

  18. Fraud and wow...I'm disappointed.

    TDCHIM replied to akRN68's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for putting your patients first. Even though it was clearly your duty, it couldn't have been easy for you to do so. It always hurts when someone you thought was a great mentor turns out to be...

  19. Pushing Dilaudid?

    TDCHIM replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    Whether you like it or not, people with low incomes are permitted to seek medical attention at a hospital and have the bill partially or fully dismissed, based on their income level. It is a woefully...

  20. Quirky Habits?

    TDCHIM replied to dorisc1981's topic in General Nursing

    I'm totally there with you. As I type this, I have a light blanket thrown over my legs and lower body while the air conditioner is running. Weird and environmentally awful, but it's just something I...

  21. Pushing Dilaudid?

    TDCHIM replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    I agree that narcotic databases are a good screening tool, particularly for those displaying some drug-seeking characteristics. However, the database doesn't tell the whole story. What if the...

  22. Pushing Dilaudid?

    TDCHIM replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    Every hospital has drug addicts who try to scam narcotics. However, your post is a little disturbing to me, because you appear to assume that doctors and nurses are always capable of determining who...

  23. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    TDCHIM replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    Forgive me, but this issue is in fact about patient comfort, not just about who you as a nurse "want in [your] room." Most of us have no issues with mixed-gender teams providing treatment, but to...

  24. Insensitive nurses

    TDCHIM replied to MHSA LPN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What kind of health care provider makes fun of an 11-year-old patient? How could anyone be that cruel? I know your options had to be limited because of your student status, but I'm glad to hear you...

  25. Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

    TDCHIM replied to castle's topic in General Nursing

    I find this statement disturbing and unrealistic. I am personally aware of three very happy marriages that began as workplace relationships (one of them being my own marriage). In none of those cases...