I have only worked Tele at the hospitals. I went from corrections to Tele to Hospice. Personally I think that Tele is the way to go for experience. You will get some classes to read the monitors and...
I think the thing about staffing models is that it doesn't take into account how sick the patients are at the time. I have taken care of 8 patients at a time without any difficulty. They had been...
Seems like an appropriate response to me. I can't imagine asking a man a question like that! The one where she basically tells people he is a child molester is so far over the top, I think as a...
I would go straight to you manager and HER boss, since she didn't speak up the first time. This is beyond snide. I would tell them both, This will stop, now. I agree with all others. Watch your...
Ok, really. Truely. Is this post from the pre-med students over at the "other site"? If not. Triple D? Your 28? Your boobies are going to be in your socks by the time your 40 if you are running...
Ok, first of all, I don't know how you can work without a bra. I am NOT by any means a large busted woman, but big enough that I even wear sports bras to bed. I mean, it actually hurts without...
Many, many, many nurses started out as STNA's. I don't bark orders, but I do have expectations of my stna's. One, that basic patient care is going to be met. If I ask something to get done, I...
There are quite a few in my career: The inmate who faked a seizure. Looked at me while he was having his "seizure" then pushed himself away from the wall before he hit his head. Then there was the...
One time I had a COPD pt tell me that while I was a great nurse, she needed someone else to take care of her. Couldn't handle my "smell". I for the life of me couldn't figure out what she was...
I don't CARE if you are taking care of that patient (while the code bells are ringing and crash cart in the room next door with MANY nurses/doctors running in and out) my mom needs fresh water and...
A nurse that works at the hospital recently told me that a new doctor from out of the area started recently. He is amazed that doctors still abuse the nurses in our area. He said that at the...
Another Gemini checking in! Work hospice and love it. Have also worked Corrections and Tele. Currantly work occasionally for agency, but I am not so keen on
I am so thankful for: 1) A wonderful supportive husband who supports me through any decision I have made since nursing school. 2) My two beautiful children who are healthy and happy. 3) A wonderful...
Our NM decided to post a new policy. If you get called off for low census you must be on call and be able to be at work within 45 minutes. Now, when I get called off, I don't want to use all my PTO....
In defense of Chatty Cathy's roomate, she was probably afraid to tell her it wasn't ok to be on the phone all night. If she was a witch to her nurse, imagine how she would treat her roomate when...
Thank you all for your replies. I did tell NM that if I was called off, I wouldn't be available to work. He didn't like it and I am sure if it happens I will be written up. I am at a loss. I love...
Nurse met with DPOA and primary care giver daughter to sign Hospice consents. She has been caring for elderly mother>15 years and is aware of terminal diagnosis and just wants comfort care. Other...
I cried tears of joy the whole way home from work as I listened to President-Elect Barak Obama's speech on CNN radio! I really feel this man is the who will lead us out of this horrid era in
I guess I am guilty of this, but this is how I think of it. How many people go to the grocery store after visiting patients? How many moms change diapers and don't wash their hands, THEN go to the...
Anyone who has been in nursing for any length of time knows all too well that sicking feeling of making an error. It sucks, I know. However, look at the "bright" side. It was phenergan, not...
Waterboard torture Dick Cheney's companys non-bidded billion dollar Iraq war contracts Wiretapping US citizans overseas Holding people for YEARS in prisons without cause/trial Collapse of our economy...