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  1. Starting Over at 64

    kcmylorn replied to Cathy4836's topic in Retired Nurses

    Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com Hey Cathy,- check you out. Who ever said us old nurses are 'techno' challenged must have been reading a strange "Sci-Fi book" You go

  2. Why are some aides so disrespectful?

    kcmylorn replied to onthemark's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another tactic is to do exactly as the OP suggested- listen the aid's refused, check out their story. Stop what your doing. Carry out the task that was delegated to the aid- get patient to church...

  3. Why are some aides so disrespectful?

    kcmylorn replied to onthemark's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another tactic is to do exactly as the OP suggested- listen the aid's refused, check out their story. Stop what your doing. Carry out the task that was delegated to the aid- get patient to church...

  4. Why are some aides so disrespectful?

    kcmylorn replied to onthemark's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Legally and technically- a licensed nurse is not 'obligated' to give any explain to the UAP why they are requesting something be done, The licensed nurse does not answer to the aid. Read the Nursing...

  5. Stupid q's: Has smoking cigarettes kept you from getting a job?

    kcmylorn replied to mls4455's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, it has. I bet if every nurse had to buy their own health insurance- the smoking discrimination would stop. The employer wouldn't care what we do. I remember reading some where we it is illegal...

  6. Why are some aides so disrespectful?

    kcmylorn replied to onthemark's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the solution to this disrepect to the licensed nursing staff by UAP's is : get rid of all aids/UAP's. Hire the new grads in their place- the new grads will no longer be forced to work for...

  7. Why are some aides so disrespectful?

    kcmylorn replied to onthemark's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is where the problem lies. Justified by this: ( I doubt this poster will be an" RN in a few months"- that close to graduation, one would hopefully have learned the accountability and...

  8. does anyone regret this career?

    kcmylorn replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    After reading some of the posts here- I think it's going to be very interesting to see when the economy and job market picks up, just what the Number's of nurses's actually left in nursing are,...

  9. Newsflash: Med/Surg RN's have the toughest job

    kcmylorn replied to Guttercat's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I remember thinking this very thought back in the 1990's when I was doing med/surg/onc. We were given no pats on the back for busting our bunns. I remember ICU got all the glory and the doctors...

  10. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    kcmylorn replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Did I specifically insult you in any way- Now I will miss BSN- you have just made my

  11. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    kcmylorn replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm not stereotyping That's the problem. I'm taking each and every one as an individual, with no relation to the one before them, and the response seems to be the same without provocation.So it must...

  12. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    kcmylorn replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Perhaps you would like a long lengthy explaination of what learned socialization skills, mannners and respect are. What I have found with younger less experienced nurses especially BSN's is that know...

  13. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    kcmylorn replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have to agree with where Patty is coming from. i too am a diploma/ADN RN, and an older experienced nurses- The discrimination didn't start with the ADN/Diploma Nurse, It started with the BSN's It...

  14. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    kcmylorn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    and if the employer gives any guff or lip service- take it like a "good little nurses"(to their faces) and write their butts up/a complaint letter to your state Department of Labor-- Wage and Hour...

  15. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    kcmylorn replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The only MSN's I know - are not bedside- one with only the required not even 2 yrs said to me "I didn't get an MSN to wipe

  16. Incompetent Supervisors

    kcmylorn replied to GhostWindRider's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    GhostWind- have you tried complaining to the EEOC? if I am not mistaken, they also deal with retaliation complaints. it seems you were retaliated against by questioning patient care safety. Have you...

  17. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    kcmylorn replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    After 32 years of acute care bedside nursing and seeing the way things are going with the corporate disease influencing and drowning out the core values of nursing - all I want to do is get out of...

  18. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

    kcmylorn replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The Nursing hiring managers do

  19. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    kcmylorn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That sounds like a threat. No one in managment works for free why should the hourly paid staff nurses. if the CEO's would take a pay cut like the rest of us have had to do- there wouldn't be the...

  20. Rejection Galore

    kcmylorn replied to CP1983's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I am wondering after reading numerous posts about large numbers of new grads when seeking employment going ahead and getting ACLS,PALS and EKG courses without having positions in areas that require...

  21. med/surg nurse needing feedback from Psych nurses

    kcmylorn posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm an adult med/surg nurse and I have a growing concern that our medical patients with psychiatric disease are not receiving proper attention to their MH issue and thus worsening their mental health...

  22. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    kcmylorn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can't say it enough- It is critical that each and every one an insident like this happens to - document it for your records with name, date time, brief senerio of what occured and manager involved...

  23. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    kcmylorn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    So true- these CEO's don't work for free, why are we

  24. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    kcmylorn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nurses- we really need to start calling in the complaints to our labor boards.!!!. Or these corporate CEO's and their Nurse manager entourages will soon have a free workforce!!! They have the young...

  25. ADN's being pushed out

    kcmylorn replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I guess we can start writing our nursing assessments in APA format complete with foot notes, references and don't forget to "exactly quote the patients" to prevent plagerism. example:"No, I don't...