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1. Getting nurses to come to your inservice

   YADA-YADA replied to lita1857's topic in General Nursing

   Oh I forgot one more thing. Please dont tell us that if we dont do these inservices it will negativly impact our yearly evals........most staff nurses i talk to consider that a joke anyway,,,,,I read...

2. Getting nurses to come to your inservice

   YADA-YADA replied to lita1857's topic in General Nursing

   Speaking as a staff nurse...we generally dont want to give anymore time then we have already given to the hospital. Staff educators see this as necessary,I know alot of girls see it as another way...

3. Minimum PACU staffing, Maximum hospital hours

   YADA-YADA replied to mirage's topic in PACU

   what is unbearable hours and

4. Difficult patients and families

   YADA-YADA replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Im glad you brought this subject up. This area drives me nuts. We are not there to fetch coffee but to provide nursing CARE. We are supposed to be able to back up from the patient and see the big...

5. Hospitals with IV, or Vascular Access Teams

   YADA-YADA replied to Daniel1115's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Our hospital is 250 beds. We have an IV team on 24/7. The floor nurses do flushes but all restarts are done by IV team. It is great. The IV nurses are excellent, one stick and they are in. No more of...

6. Is no news good news?

   YADA-YADA replied to Karen Cicero's topic in General Nursing

   I feel the doc should notify either way, good or bad that way I know he as at least looked at the results. Recently my husband went and had his ankle x-rayed and the MD never called back to give him...

7. Do you feel that Nurses are underpaid and overworked?

   YADA-YADA replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Well I definately think nurses are underpaid. It does not warm my heart that after 20 years of service I can look forward to 65,000 a year. (posted by BC512RN) Personally I think that stinks. No...