Hi Everyone Brigham nurse here, I thought I'd comment on a few things. Brigham is one of the best paying facilities in Boston. In my opinion, the decision to strike had nothing to do with pay. I...
per wikepedia: the arm of the condemned is swabbed with alcohol before the needle is inserted. along with its antiseptic use, the alcohol also causes the blood vessels to rise to the skin's surface,...
Hi Everyone, In Boston, in a union hospital (under our current contract), new grads. start at $26/hr Remember though, it is EXPENSIVE to live in the Boston area (where studio apartments start around...
Hi Pam Housing costs here are going to scare you. :chair: A lot of people live in N.H. and commute to northern Ma. or Boston They don't call it 'TAX - achusetts' for nothing! Long commutes are the...
ok, i have to comment on the turn the discussion is taking... do you see what's happening here? initially, the discussion focused on what a great thing organ/tissue donation is, how it saves lives...
i think as nurses, we are, in general optimists and tend to view issues like this as black or white, not realizing - or wanting to acknowledge - all the shades of gray and the 'dark side' of this...
TechieNurse replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing
"...I LIKE the smell of perfumes..." One more comment: So...if everyone liked the smell of your perfume Jerico, they'd only be that particular brand on the market, right? I agree, sensitivity is...
TechieNurse replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing
GR8RNPJT, could she have singled you and the other woman out because you and the other woman wore scents that bothered her and everyone else in the office that wore perfume/colonge that didn't bother...
TechieNurse replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing
gr8rnpjt ~ not being confrontational here, but I have to ask you this: Even though you were a perfume that you think works well with your body chemistry and that you have received a number of...
TechieNurse replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing
my 2 cents: i suffer from migraines and certain scents can be the trigger. i may even like the scent, but there's something in it that causes the reaction; my stomach rolls, my head explodes. we have...
hi missboo, good luck on your paper! i thought i'd give you my 2 cents worth, i fully expect to be flamed regarding this viewpoint, but, i thought i'd share it anyway.... just because we have...
TechieNurse replied to blufoxtrot's topic in General Nursing
Hi Kelly911, I have some practical suggestions, some tried and true, some just ideas: At a team meeting, or call a meeting, attach a piece of paper to everyone's back, give everyone the same color...
quoting from: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/352/24/2471 new england j. of medicine volume 352:2471-2473 june 16, 2005 number 24 "...as mahatma gandhi said, "in matters of conscience, the...
TechieNurse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing
First, let me say that my heart goes out to you nursejoey. What a terrible thing to happen while you're trying to support your husband, go to school and raise a family! Second, there are some valid...