ShayRN

ShayRN

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  1. How much do your managers make?

    ShayRN replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    Too much, for the work (or lack of) that he

  2. Do you sign "RN' after your name OUTSIDE of the hospital?

    ShayRN replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I am so happy to see that others do it without thinking at times, lol. I will do sign RN behind my name at the grocery store, etc when I am distracted and trying to do it quickly. I will also sign my...

  3. IMCU - Can someone tell me about it?

    ShayRN replied to jla623's topic in Critical Care

    Intermediate Cardiac

  4. Love my new job

    ShayRN replied to Calibean's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and btw, congrats on your great new job. Hope it conitues to bring you so much

  5. Love my new job

    ShayRN replied to Calibean's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you read through posts it isn't that most nurses hate their jobs, they hate the abusive management techniques, poor doctor-nurse relations (usually with 2 or 3 of the same docs making life...

  6. Nurse abuse: managment just doesn't get it!!

    ShayRN replied to iluvivt's topic in General Nursing

    Seems to me this stuff should be reported to each nurse that is taking the patient. Sicking. The only way this is going to change is if a consistant law is put into place to protect us OR a huge...

  7. What to do?

    ShayRN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    *sigh* I know you are both right. I just get so mad when people are more concerned with getting out than a patient's needs. It wasn't even as if she came to look for me and I was making coffee and...

  8. What to do?

    ShayRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    :argue:Today, I went to work and it was pretty busy. I punched in and another nurse was counting narcs with the dayturn nurse. I made census sheets, then the phone rang and our liason was calling a...

  9. palliative pain management

    ShayRN replied to juliarn's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like our CADD pumps. We use those a lot in Hospice care. I am sorry for your friend's loss and that her husband had to suffer. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misconceptions that...

  10. Over sedated? Grrrrrrrr

    ShayRN posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    There is a nurse that works on dayturn that consistantly states we are "over medicating or oversedating" the patients. I am all for using as little as medication as possible, but when they need...

  11. how much is too much

    ShayRN replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    Get out! Run, don't walk. They are taking advantage of you and have no repect for nurses. My boss tried that, Oh well, the nurses can clean the rooms crap. No way. I told him, I refuse. I will...

  12. What would you have done?

    ShayRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand our kitchen mananger. She is lazy and incompetant. However, the administrator loves her. I keep hoping that she will leave, but Hey, where else can you get paid 40 hours a week for...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    ShayRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I can almost always tell when we are going to have a death at work. When I am sitting charting at the nurses's station I see things out of the corner of my eye. But when I look up there is nothing...

  14. Obama's health plan

    ShayRN replied to futureRNJaz's topic in General Nursing

    I, for one, am very excited about Obama's plan for health care. He wants us to KEEP our currant coverage if we are covered through our employers. If people don't have insuance they can BUY INTO a...

  15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    ShayRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember if I posted this one or not, so bear with me. We had a new STNA go into room 1. She was going to stock for the next patient and came out of the room running. Reports that...

  16. Nurse bashing, public view to a news item

    ShayRN replied to annmariern's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I once had a patient and family speak to me about the upcoming open-heart procedure he was to have. Based on the recommendation of someone in their church they were going to have Dr. A do the...

  17. The economy and your job

    ShayRN replied to StephanieS321's topic in General Nursing

    We have been as busy as ever. As a matter of fact, my agency job just sent out e-mails with open shifts every shift, until the middle of November for ONE

  18. How to make the nurse's day.

    ShayRN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Walk into another patient's room while I am doing an assessment to tell me that mom is cold. I love when you do

  19. everyone is afraid

    ShayRN replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    heehee:chuckle

  20. How do I pay my bills?

    ShayRN replied to PLM311's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time all the way through nursing school. I was married and had a home, and believe me it wasn't easy. Is there any way you can live in a dorm cheaper? Get a couple roomates? How...

  21. Got Yelled at by MD.

    ShayRN replied to angel36's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, Yeah. I would be all over that right up. You know, the one I write the doctor up for an unprofessional and hostile work environment. Arrogent

  22. Morphine doses while dying?

    ShayRN replied to Medsurg Mama's topic in General Nursing

    As always, Leslie, you post is well thought out, wise and articulate. Thank you. As another hospice nurse I agree with the wording of the order being the issue. My skin just crawled. I have told...

  23. Mandatory Overtime

    ShayRN replied to lsn5248's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe in mandatory overtime. I think it is harmful to moral and dangerous for the patients. (sorry for those that have "heard" this story before) I had one time only that I was "mandated"...

  24. Can Anyone Tell Me WHY.......

    ShayRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do admissions always come at the change of shift? Do families always ask me "How much

  25. Can Anyone Tell Me WHY.......

    ShayRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! That is so funny! Thanks for the