Chiggysmom

Chiggysmom

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  1. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Chiggysmom replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was thinking this but didn't say it. Couldn't have said it

  2. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Chiggysmom replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Because people (patients/families) have been made to think that hospitals are like resorts

  3. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Chiggysmom replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Indeed! It only promises to get worst and worst for us too. Press Ganey scores are tied into Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements now so more and more pressure is sure to be placed on the nurses to...

  4. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree, that's just waaaaay over the top! Can that seriously be safe? They must have different regulations for nursing homes? I don't believe a hospital could ever get away with something like

  5. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    OMG NeedsHaldol we are specifically instructed that we are to NEVER tell a patient that we are short staffed, in fact we are told to make it appear that there is no problem even when we are truly...

  6. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This makes my point. JACHO inspections are a big joke! The point is they should be inspection ready @ all times and they are NOT! So obviously, they know that they are not ready at all times, so they...

  7. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I used to work at a hospital that had your 15 min. breaks on the board along side of your assignmnet (break 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) but the hospital I've been working @ for the last 7 years has nothing like...

  8. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is horrible that they didn't save your position when you were only off for 7 days! I've never heard of such a thing? We have people that are on medical leave for weeks where I work and they...

  9. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sadly, so

  10. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have always thought and said that the JACHO inspections are a big joke because they know months and months in advance of when they're coming and are able to get their acts together and of course...

  11. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Definitely I think so and "they" know it and use it to their best

  12. Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    Chiggysmom replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wowsers! I can relate to EVERYTHING you've said here! Your observations are so right. I think we've been brain washed into believing that this is just the way it is and there's nothin we can do about...

  13. Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

    Chiggysmom replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan Nursing

    We only work like that with 1:8 ratio on night shift if we're in crisis state!

  14. My Microbiology Teacher told me I can't become a Nurse

    Chiggysmom replied to louis345's topic in General Students

    I have no idea how this instructor came to the conclusion that you don't have what it takes to be a nurse just because you're having difficulty with a microscope? Nurse's don't even ever use a...

  15. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Chiggysmom replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeh, we were just talking about this at work yesterday. The hospitals and administrators "mouth" patient care and all that but we don't see them demostrating that's their priority. When we work long...

  16. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Chiggysmom replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sadly, this is how I feel and so many of the nurses I work with as well. What's really sad, is watching the brand spanking new nurses come to the reality of the situation. They're so excited when they...

  17. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

    Chiggysmom replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I second this. I don't think we're paid particularly well and we certainly don't have good benefits or retirement pensions like other careers do. Nursing is a very stressfull, demanding job and I...

  18. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Chiggysmom replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    CoffeeGirl, this wouldn't even be up for debate for me, because like I said in earlier post, I wouldn't even entertain this "offer" for than 1/2 a second. End of story. I think it's completely...

  19. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Chiggysmom replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Exactly! I was horrified when I first read it as well and thought surely this must be in error but then I started reading the posts and saw all these happy butts out there saying that it's a fine...

  20. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Chiggysmom replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Exactly! They need to get

  21. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Chiggysmom replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I agree with you DisneyBearRN. I think it's really sad that this is what they're offering and obviously by reading the posts on here there are plenty that don't see anything wrong with this and even...

  22. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Chiggysmom replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I could not agree with you more and you said it perfectly. They are only proposing such an absurd rate because we are not in a nursing shortage situation any longer (or at present time) but they are...

  23. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Chiggysmom replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I would never even entertain for one second working as an RN for $11.44 an hr and especially in a busy ICU. As it is, I think nurses are underpaid for what we're expected to do, the patient...

  24. What does your username mean?

    Chiggysmom replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Chiggy is the name of my favorite Italian Greyhound in the whole world and I consider myself his

  25. Moral/Ethical Advice

    Chiggysmom replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

    I think you should just let it go as well, it's her deal, not yours. If that's how she wants to conduct herself then it's her business. She's not hurting anyone (yet!) and like others said, if she...