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  1. sumitting resignation letter via email?

    This. Also, be certain that you blind-carbon the message to a non-work private email address of yours so that you have a clear record of when you sent it that isn't dependent upon your work email or...
  2. Would manager or HR be impressed?

    Wow. If anyone's keeping a Top Ten list of prospective-job-related decisions, I'd like to nominate this idea. Please tell your friend this is a BAD
  3. Nurses, Clients and Power

    @GEPDAR: There are in fact options for potential patients to seek out information about hospital rankings and reviewed quality of care data, patient satisfaction data, information about doctors, etc....
  4. Off-topic, agreed. Things that horrify me in other parents (like keeping a kid inside what amounts to a hypo-allergenic bubble and running him to 13 different classes in Mandarin Chinese, baby...
  5. Report or not?

    I agree with the general consensus on short notice being better than no notice and the at-work martyr routine - but Moogie, I've been there with ya! What really drives me crazy is when HR and...
  6. I need some Advice please

    Any possibility that you could be farmed out to another part of the hospital? Maybe HIM to help with chart review/coding or something of that sort? Perhaps you could ask, but you are basically left...
  7. Knowledge or Information Hoarding

    I haven't experienced this in a direct patient care setting, but I've been through it in other professional settings, and it's miserable. The situation I went through was similar to cookienay's, and...
  8. Told to have tougher skin!

    This is one of the most eloquent explanations of a nurse's work I have ever read. Thank
  9. Today had just been awful around here but this story made my day. I'm really glad you were there and able to help that poor girl. I wonder what happened to her? You should be proud of your awareness...
  10. Day/Night with young children at home

    Given that your kids aren't school age yet, nights aren't a bad way to go if you have some reliable help. But switching shifts back and forth can be awfully tough on your body because you never really...
  11. position 1hr 15 mins away..should I?

    My advice is to do a trial run of the drive before you make a decision if at all possible. Obviously, you probably drove there for an interview, but make sure you do a trial during the time you'd be...
  12. Seeing loved ones before death?

    Those who had never heard of Jesus probably wouldn't know his name if he did visit, unless he offered his business card.... I understand and share your skepticism to some degree, but I have to say...
  13. What do you carry...

    No one. Just like those godawful hospital
  14. Forced to Engage in an illegeal Act!

    I interpret tone from the printed word by reading the combination of specific words and phrases used and then absorbing the overall attitude expressed thereby. Admittedly, it is more difficult to do...
  15. Forced to Engage in an illegeal Act!

    Er, I understand that the OP has a Canadian notation next to his screen name, but does that necessarily mean he is working in a Canadian facility? There are nurses from Canada who work in the States,...
  16. Voicing an opinion

    I took medical ethics as a separate class (I know, a future paper-pusher taking a medical ethics class - there are about a million jokes that can be made here, so insert your favorite!) and I really...
  17. What do you carry...

    I can totally see this becoming the new hip accessory for CNAs and nurses. Or at the very least, a nice pocket-filled messenger bag slung diagonally across from left shoulder to opposite
  18. Voicing an opinion

    Perhaps the prof is using this as a jump-off point into the way ethics truly works? Some teachers and professors will do that sort of thing. They'll give students an easily jumped-on topic that...
  19. Dont want to get anyone in trouble

    Good God! Was anyone hurt when she hit the mobile home? Did the media get all over it or did it stay quiet? I can just see something like that turning into a media circus. OP, I agree with the...
  20. Voicing an opinion

    Maybe the way I put it wasn't quite right...I didn't so much mean that you might be overwhelmed by the topic as that you might be overwhelmed by trying to find a place to start writing a paper about...
  21. My school's estimate is for $21,000 - at a state school! The problem is, the majority of it is comprised of a variety of loans. You need to look carefully at the breakdown of your aid package and...
  22. Need Help with hostile enviroment?

    I completely agree with the boundary-setting suggestions made by the other posters. However, I have one caveat to add. The parents may well become hostile when you start to set boundaries with the...
  23. Hostile staff

    I hope the session helps quell the rude behavior, OP! Make sure you're prepared for some blowback, though. If it makes you feel any better, this sort of thing happened to my husband a few years ago,...
  24. Forced to Engage in an illegeal Act!

    Coming at it from the paperwork side of things, you're right. And you could end up in serious trouble if you just go along with this, even if you're "the only one who has a problem with this!" Your...
  25. Voicing an opinion

    Sometimes the issue with a situation like the paper you're attempting to write is that the topic is vast and in some ways murky, and it seems like every possible argument has already been voiced. It...