CaregiverGrace

It's a medication. Yes, they are being unreasonable. The risks of hanging a bag of chemo are so minute as to be laughable, certainly compared to many of the other "accepted" daily routines of nursing care.

Fair enough. Personally though, I'd at least be looking at one of the countless LPN-RN online programs. This would be MUCH more amenable to a full-time work schedule.

lol, I doubt your employer is going to support any "at-work" study times, even if you are not particularly busy. They are after all paying for you to, you know, work.

Anyone else think it just seems unhygienic to be putting meds into your pockets? Who knows what's been festering in there after a few hours on a shift. I can vaguely look past the diversion issues, but the infection control issues here seem concernin...

I know this is never a great option, but have you considered taking out student loans to pay off after graduation? These loans of course can include money to cover aspects of your living situation. You may need to still work part-time, but a loan can...

Is it any wonder that nursing is on such a downslide as a profession when clearly no one stands up for themselves? I see many other professionals in the healthcare industry that have not bowed down to management the way that nurses have, and they hav...

Well, it's not hygienic and it looks unprofessional. However, we've all done it and if there's no one around and your surface is wiped down, I don't see the problem. The habitual eaters that sit there, eat, and gossip for half an hour are the ones ma...

Again, not true. From the Statistical Abstract of the United States: "The wealthiest 1 percent of the population earn 19 percent of the income but pay 37 percent of the income tax. The top 10 percent pay 68 percent of the tab. Meanwhile, the bottom ...

For every occasion that I've entered a higher tax bracket, I've paid a higher % of my income in taxes, for every lower tax bracket, I have paid a lower % all the way down to zero. This is a system that penalizes financial success. SS is just one spok...

This argument lacks logic. Those that make more money still pay more taxes, and those that make the most money pay the most taxes, and those that make the least pay the least (or none). There are some corporate tax deals that I disagree with, but for...

I don't see anything wrong with pointing out that a large percentage of the population abuses the system, and a different, large percentage of the population ends up paying for it. "Life is not fair", I get it, but at a certain point you have to say ...

I guess I'm not sure why a doctor, who has spent probably hundreds of thousands on their degree, and which they're still probably paying off, owes the public "freebies". I can't think of any other profession that is expected to pay so much for the ed...

Well, again though, you're missing the point which is that this nurse wants to do MORE bedside nursing. Going into nursing informatics is a bad idea for someone that prefers actual bedside nursing. Just because someone is good with computers, does no...

Not to be devil's advocate here, but why would you suggest nursing informatics as a career choice for someone that simply wants to do more "true nursing care"? Being frustrated by computers because they take you away from the bedside is certainly not...

I guess it would be like if I was going to buy a used car and the dealer said he had a couple good deals, but they had permanent bumper stickers such as "93.7 KDFM FEVER!" or "I HATE STUPID PEOPLE". I'd probably say, you know, these are ok cars but I...

Tattoos to me basically say "I was dumb when I was younger, and I'm cheap now that I'm older (to have it removed)". If God didn't give ya a half-faded rose of thorns on the crack of your ass, you have to think there was a good reason for it. To me it...

i agree with the previous post. It is easy to fall into that trap of second-guessing a pain med administration, but ultimately it is not in the nurse's role to determine "seeker" vs "non-seeker". Of course, a nurse can inform the doctor of other issu...

Regarding speed and efficiency, I will bet you anything that this individual spends inordinate amount of shift time on break and/or on their phone. Their goal from the minute they walk in is to complete their task as quickly as possible. Not because ...

You haven't graduated, and you haven't passed your NCLEX yet. Might be jumping the gun a bit by harassing your boss about a job that you currently are not even qualified to take. Now if 3 months from now they're still blowing smoke up your butt, then...

Code gray, or more commonly code silver, is weapon in facility and lockdown procedures. Is this a facility with a known criminal element in the area? You may be trained on basic self-defense techniques or disabling a threat.

Sure, but there's a difference between unique nursing practice and not following protocol. Having a cynical attitude about PRN pain med administration is questionable, but not delivering the med because of that attitude is unquestionable wrong. Deliv...

Pretty huge disparity. Where to even start.

Maybe now it's time for China to start recruiting US nurses to work over in Beijing. The whole "import employees" operation has always been a scam to lower corporate payroll, but they could get away with it when the economy was better. Now, with unem...

Do u not have pockets or choose not to use them? I also lose pens on occasion, but I believe it is overthinking it to come up with some sort of contraption to keep them on your person.

Just out of curiosity, why is this current program you're in a "nightmare"?