MultipurposeRN

I do about as well salaried as I did hourly, except when I was doing In house registry at premium pay. Of course, I was PRN for years so didn't usually work full time, either. If I went back to bedside I would definitely want hourly. But the salaried...

Forgive me, I haven't read very many posts. In regards to this proposed law, our hospital has a disproportionate share of charity as it is.

Where are the instructors in these situations? When I had students I tried to put them with nurses who didn't mind students and also nurses that could teach them a lot. I was pretty fortunate in finding staff who fit both criteria. I figured they wer...

how old are these kids, anyhow?

LOL, Helllo! I like your terminology and vote that we make it official! :rotfl:

Nice to see a positive post about nursing. I still believe nursing is a great career, no matter what it's flaws may be. What other job gives you so many different kinds of areas you can work in? How many other jobs can you moonlight in a different ar...

I hate to see, "Patient complaining of _____" Makes it sound like they're all just whiny and gripey.

I keep reading on the report 'child' this and 'child' that. But a 16 year old who's having a baby is no longer a child. My daughter had my granddaughter at 15 and signed all her own consents. I couldn't have even looked at her chart without permissio...

Well, you could say most patients w/ obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc who have lived an unhealthy lifestyle and diet have brought their problems on themselves, but they are still entitled to the best care that is available out there. No less sho...

My youngest son's dad worked 7 12 hr nights in a row then would have 7 nights off. Sounded good, but after a few years he was terribly stressed and run down. I would say your hubby might do ok for awhile, but eventually it will wear him down then th...

People complain about spending money on the war in Iraq, but have no problem w/ the millions if not billions of dollars spent on the useless 'war on drugs' that has cost countless lives. It hasn't worked, it will never work, and it's costing a fortun...

The main reason I won't join the ANA or the state association is because they are too political. That's fine for them, but I'm a nurse, not a politician. And I almost never like the candidates they endorse. The Democrats will be just like the Republi...

have they thought about getting a psyche eval for this guy? Have you thought of filing stalking charges?

My most recent resignation letter had the reason, that personal and work responsibilities had increased and I felt it best to cut back to just one job, I enjoyed my experience at X hospital and the people I worked with and for, blah, blah. I was quit...

We just had an LPN retire after 58 years of working for our hospital. She always wore her cap. She did wear white uniforms but was modern enough to wear pants. Now we only have one RN in the hospital who still wears her cap. We had another on the sam...

"I was foolishing hoping to work with people who cared about others, regardless of where they come from or the language that they speak."Wait til you have to deal w/ people who bilk the system..whether illegal or not. Then you'll find your compassion...

Thimerosol caused so many problems when chemical cleaning first got started for contact lenses that I'd be a little leary about having a flu vaccine with it. 2 of us at work got mild cases of the flu already, before we even could get the darn vaccine...

You might consider working around Joplin MO, too. There's 2 big hospitals there. Wages aren't bad, COL isn't bad either. There's kind of a slump in sales of new homes, so it's a good time to buy. YOu can get a nice 2 story newer house around here any...

People talk weird (kidding). They don't know what a freeway is; they say Missour-ah instead of Missouri and sun-dah instead of sundae. YOu must be from a different part of MO than I am . I've lived here my whole life in the SW part, just on the cusp ...

again i say: scrubs are what nurses wear. everyone else should not be wearing them. what about nurses' aides and surgical techs?

Got my GED years ago..took it and the ACT in the same week; started college 2 months later after dropping out of hgh school. Won't affect anything except possibly some branches of the military don't like it unless you've been homeschooled. My son too...

If anyone can direct me to a site that discusses menopause symptoms more in depth, I'd be grateful. All I can find are the usual hot flashes,irritability, possible vaginal bleeding and dryness. I'd like to know if other women suffer chest pain, nause...

I never bought the arguement against liability insurance that lawyers only look for those who have it to sue...I just can't see a money hungry lawyer letting that stop them. After all, a nurse has a guaranteed job for life one way or another and what...

Thanks for the responses. Not to wish anyone ill, but it is nice to know you're not crazy and that some of these severe symptoms really ARE hormone related. I will definitely czech some of these books and sites out.

But the onus should not be on the patient to "figure out" who is the nurse. We have wax boards where the CNA's write who the RN and the aide is for the day, we have photo ID nametags, and we always introduce ourselves as the patients' nurse.