Old.Timer

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  1. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

    Old.Timer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just saw this Johnson & Johnson commercial on TV tonight. I think it is part of their Nurses Heal campaign. Some believe that it is a "touching" commercial. I however, am not even remotely...

  2. "No nurses of color....."

    Old.Timer replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about this..... " Just so happens to be your lucky night. Nurse Mary is assigned to all the aholes and she is not of

  3. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    Old.Timer replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Bingo. Obviously, not enough people at your facility want it. Choose battles that offer a reasonable chance of precipitating change. Doesn't sound like this is it. At least for now. I couldn't help...

  4. Childhood Obesity jobs

    Old.Timer replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    Go to chca.com click on member hospitals to see list with links of leading children's hospital search the various websites using weight management clinic or program and you will find lots of info...

  5. Is 2 years experience charge nurse ready?

    Old.Timer replied to C0252786's topic in General Nursing

    Your personality may be that you will never believe you are aequately prepared untl you've jumped in, done it, and actually have experience as charge. Sounds like you have insight into your strenghts...

  6. What does Florence Nightingale mean to you?

    Old.Timer replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Non- Conformist

  7. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    Old.Timer replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She delivers herself like a pizza right to his door at the hospital and he can't go anywhere else. Truthfully, otherwise, he likely couldn"t be bothered to invest the energy and his precious free time...

  8. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    Old.Timer replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm telling you. You can't make this s** up. LOL. It cracks me up that all of us that have been in the business for years and years are like,

  9. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    Old.Timer replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am so sorry for taking up space jus quoting and saying LOL when I've already liked it but that was just too dang good !

  10. NURSES II

    Old.Timer replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry, i just can't get on board going out all nursed up begging for money so we can hand out some little cha-cha or trinket or have a food party. I don't get into all the "fill in the blank"...

  11. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    Old.Timer replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    nurse156 and I are of the same generation of nurses. Regardless of your moral belief, this is something that our generation learned how to handle, especially if you worked in an academic facility....

  12. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    Old.Timer replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    I know I am in the minority but as far as I am concerned, one "ceremony" should be adequate to recognize the achievement of nursing degree which is what the graduation ceremony now is. Beyond that,...

  13. Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    Old.Timer replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    With an extra added surcharge for improper use of resources

  14. How to respond after shadowing experiences

    Old.Timer replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    I would just make note that you appreciate the opportuity to interview and observe and remain interested in working at xyz facility on xyz unit blah blah blah. Then state that your primary choice of...

  15. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    Old.Timer replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize if I am repeating what anyone else has said since I have not read the thread. There are very few things that I would not let a student do if they appear knowledgeable, adequately prepared...

  16. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Old.Timer replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    the fly in the ointment is this........ more often than not, in the healthcare industry, administrators and board members determine the organizational goals, priorities, and budgets etc; not...

  17. False documentation... more common than you think.

    Old.Timer replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The discussion is meaningless without some sort of consistency in use or agreement/understanding re definition for "false documentation". It doesn't make a lot of sense to compare someone fabricating...

  18. The Mockery of Nursing

    Old.Timer posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just a bit ago the top three threads involved: 1.I have a DWI. Can I be a nurse? 2.I am stupid. Can I be a nurse? 3.If it takes me five times to pass NCLEX, Can I be nurse. Not much left to add. Says...

  19. "Sir or Ma'am" when addressing physicians?

    Old.Timer replied to nurs4kids's topic in General Nursing

    For the most part, with a few exceptions, I have always referred to physicians the same way that they refer to me. If they call me by my first name then I call them by their first name. Has never been...

  20. Oh dear . .Audited for proof of CEUs and don't have

    Old.Timer replied to Norma_Saline's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing, you gotta love the mentality ..... the inservices provided at work, which probably have a more direct impact on day to day practice don't count but courses that are chosen for no other reason...

  21. HIPAA violation or just a bad decision?

    Old.Timer replied to concerned2012's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Go ahead and shoot me for not being pc....but it is total BS to use being from another culture as excuse for not knowing whether to report it or not.If someone does not viscerally understand how #@*...

  22. My mistake?

    Old.Timer replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    thank you

  23. New grad with a question

    Old.Timer replied to beeker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When the nurse calls and says patient has dementia, is on xyz narcotic and is confused, the doc says d/c the med and doesn't know what else to do, so does nothing. Unfortunately, lot's of patients...

  24. The Mockery of Nursing

    Old.Timer replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP here, stopping by to say ....... Little did I know when I started this thread that it would go to 1,000 and counting ......... Congrats to RNsRWe for #1,000 and to all for job well done.

  25. Another one for my journal

    Old.Timer replied to EmergencyNrse's topic in Emergency

    DFO's ususally start out as the W&D's ( weak and dizzies )