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TRN, it is not that things can't be changed. Some things can. Work toward those as best you can. It is "the bigger picture" that is so hard to change. It really involves money, budgets, and cuts, that they give nurses no control over. Everyone has th...

I haven't tried all thoses other routes b/c of the time and money involved, but I was able to start my own home based business part time. It was one of the easiest things I have ever done, and it has given me that light at the end of the tunnel I ha...

The best I remember from the last survey I was involved in, JCAHO requires that nurses be properly oriented to areas that they float to. Of course, as long as it looks like it is done on paper, some facilities will fudge this as much as possible. Tak...

I find it sad that nurses who are mothers themselves have no compassion for fellow nurses who are pregnant or caring for their children or for the father of their children. Once, when I called in due to my young son being ill with an asthma episode, ...

It's nice to hear from someone with such enthusiasm. It reminds me of myself when I first got into nursing about 10 years ago. I am sorry to say that after many years of trying to change things, and your ideas being turned down or pushed aside, my sp...

I have my own home based business I do part time. I would recommend it for anyone who wants a change in their lives. The company I work with makes it really easy to get started. I was so surprised. This has been my light at the end of the tunnel and ...

Most of the time I don't feel there is enough time to safely care for our patients with all the added paperwork, etc. they expect us to do. Safe patient care loads are a rare thing. That is one reason I am getting out of nursing and going into my own...

Our Doctors, not admin, had lunch catered in, chicken and such, and the nurse admin. served and provided cakes. It was pretty nice. On our unit the clerks and our pediatricians bought us lunch the day before and smelly-good bath stuff. Our unit staff...

I agree that you should talk with this nurse, express your concerns. Surely she realizes that she could be missing a really important detail about the patients condition by not actually performing her assessments and documenting accordingly. If she d...

I am so glad I no longer work where I have to put in OT like I did before. Administrators should realize it is policies like MO that causes nursing burn out and high turn overs. I feel for you who are having to put in more than 40 hours a week away f...

There were several infant deaths in Oklahoma that have been linked as nosocomial infections caused by nurses artificial fingernails. I have been told by our infection control officer that hospitals in OKC and Tulsa have policies now that restrict art...

I find sometimes it works to "kill them with kindness". Also try to remain professional even when they are not. I had a ortho surgeon that belittled everyone on the floor. Eventually he ended up treating me with respect when he figured out I was a co...

I think the safest way is to get into the habit of first giving the med, then signing it off. There are just too many distractions that may cause you to forget to go back and to chart that the patient refused. [This message has been edited by bshort ...

Being overworked may not be the issue as much as working unsafely understaffed as most nurses do. The pay is not a big issue either other than when you compare other jobs in the hospitals where I've worked. A position requiring a license is often pai...

The duties as the charge nurse have never been outlined. We feel like they just want to name someone to blame if something goes wrong. In name, we are in charge of clerks who make more than most of us and whose job we are expected to cover when they ...

I want to say that I am proud to be a LPN. No one should ever be made feel ashamed of what they do (or for what they are not able to do). I could not afford college, but I have my own internet business and am excited about my future. Life is good fo...

In our goverment facility the bottom line used to never be an issue, but as budget crunches have hit even the goverment over the past few years, it is now much like everywhere else. Admin. has to worry if we have enough to operate which means cuts to...

We have an RN as the charge nurse in our outpatient clinic. When she is gone one of us LPNs are considered charge. No extra pay.

At our clinic, some of the doctors schedule the patient to come back for test results unless it is routine lab. Other doctors keep a log of test results they are expecting and call the patients with abnormal results. Most normal test results are not...

I have never actually refused an assignment, but at a legal inservice we were told a nurse could refuse an assignment if it was considered beyond their scope of practice or if the assignment was considered a danger to the nurse themselves. That could...

I would have to say that most of the pediatricians we work with do respect us all, but they seem to have more respect for the one RN than the three LPNs in our outpatient clinic. The RN is always the first one called to assist them with procedures, t...

I say go for what makes YOU happy. The wonderful thing about nursing is the many areas you can expand your horizions. I have expanded into an internet business in preventive health that is a great experience for lots of nurses. I have yet to be sorry...

We have two hospitals in our town, and I have worked in both over the past ten years. These types of "wars" go on in both, so I don't think it has anything to do with being an isolated facility. I found a home based business I am getting started in m...

All the above plus not being totally able to be the kind of nurse I really wanted to be because of all this. I want the time to really care, to really share. This has been a disappoint me for me personally. I became a nurse to help patients not only ...

Not a pretty picture you are painting there. Why not do what I did, and start a home based internet business. Set your own hours, even eat thoses fries instead of sniffing them. Just a thought.