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  1. Coworker quit/fired! Should we know what happened or not?

    hipab4hands replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    No one has the right to know why an employee has left. I've been on medical leave for several months, due to a job related illness. I'm going to be laid off in a few weeks, because there is no other...

  2. Hate my schedule...office or hospital

    hipab4hands replied to hunnigrl's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in doctors' offices at times. If you do this, you will get paid much less and not very good benefits. If you can make it on a salary for an office nurse, then go for it. It is less...

  3. What has happened to simple, basic care???

    hipab4hands replied to barefootlady's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, good hygiene went out when the bean counters decided that 1 aide =1 nurse, when it came to staffing. On our floor, if we had an aide to help with personal care for the patients, then...

  4. Help- White Nursing Pants!

    hipab4hands replied to AbDz41's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most of the white pants are most likely going to be see through due to the thin material that is used. A big helpful hint--do not wear any patterned or colored panties. They will definately show...

  5. disturbing article in Wall Street Journal

    hipab4hands replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Our department totally relies on the computer. Unfortunatetly, the powers that be insisted on using 20 year old computer programs and technology, rather than an updated system. As a result, when...

  6. Whose resposibility is it to ask a patient..

    hipab4hands replied to joeyrush's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in both a teaching hospital and a large medical group that has med students do their clinicals in the various outpatient clinic. The docs ir always introduced their student and asked the...

  7. Is your hospital DIRTY ??? Does housekeeping clean the empty room and bath in

    hipab4hands replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Our workplace is filthy. I've had 2 allergic reactions there , the docs thinks its from dust or other substances there. Management insists the facility is clean. However, there is always a coating of...

  8. working sick...need advice:)

    hipab4hands replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    You don't owe your employer anything to "fix" their staffing problems. There are always agency nurses, who can be called, but management doesn't want to pay the costs for them. If you had a fever and...

  9. Patient/Family Rage

    hipab4hands replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    People most certainly have changed.I'm sure as a health care consumer you have seen a decrease in quality of care, as have myself. But the public as whole has changed too. As another poster above went...

  10. I Double Dawg Dare You, Do It!

    hipab4hands replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    I took care of a cute little boy, whose favorite song was "Rosanna". He would sit in his bed and hum it or just start singing it out loud. I used to sing it with him, when I was doing his treatments,...

  11. Losing money being a nurse

    hipab4hands replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

  12. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    hipab4hands replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had 2 "sundowners". #1 patient insisted that that here were kittens running all over the unit and sometimes, at 2 or 3 in the morning, you would hear her calling, "Here kitty, kitty." #2 patient was...

  13. Patient/Family Rage

    hipab4hands replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sorry Granny nurse, but I have to respectfully disagree. I'm willing to bet when these folks are "stressed" in other situations, i.e. work, bosses, their own customers - that they are not allowed to...

  14. Greatest code brown stories!

    hipab4hands replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

    76 year old confused woman. She'd poop in the bed. Couldn't ring call bell, so she'd yell "help" when she pooped. Of course, after a while, she decided not to call for help, but instead start face...

  15. Do nurses get paid enough for what they do?

    hipab4hands replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

    I live in what is one of more affordable areas in California. The cheapest home you can buy is about $300,000- that will get you a cottage of about 1000 sq feet

  16. I Did It---I QUIT!!

    hipab4hands replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a big believer in that old saying that "when one door closes, another opens." When the time is right, the "new door" will open for you. In the meantime, take care of

  17. Patient/Family Rage

    hipab4hands replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It only happens and is tolerated because management and top administrators allow it! They want the hospital to be a spa like experience, but don't want to provide the personnel to do it. So, naturaly,...

  18. Do you feel valued in your current nursing position?

    hipab4hands replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a job interview earlier this week, where they are paying thier new grad RN's a starting wage of $33 an hour to work in Med-Surg. I have almost 15 years experience as a nurse and applied for...

  19. Getting staff to "own" the unit

    hipab4hands replied to nursemaa's topic in Nurse Management

    Attempting to get involved- which meant going to these meetings on my own time, volunteering to work on projects on my own time, doing needed research on my own time-resulted in zero changes on our...

  20. What is the complaint with nursing salaries?

    hipab4hands replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    fromm where I sit and can see: Hospitals always seem to have PLENTY to splurge on gifts and "extras" for dr's at Christmas and throughout the year--- no end of money is spent on oppulent decor for the...

  21. Getting staff to "own" the unit

    hipab4hands replied to nursemaa's topic in Nurse Management

    If you want staff nurses to participate more, than you are going to have to show that voiceing their opinions will result in changes. I work in a unit, where we go to meetings, discuss problems areas...

  22. Public Breastfeeding

    hipab4hands replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely right. It just shows respect for others. Again, I'm not against breastfeeding in public, but I don't need to see someone flop out a breast. I'm willing to bet most of these woman wouldn't...

  23. Public Breastfeeding

    hipab4hands replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problems with moms breastfeeding their babies in public. However, it can be done discreetly and there is no need to pull out a boob and display to the public that the baby is being fed. I...

  24. What is the complaint with nursing salaries?

    hipab4hands replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree. The last doctor I worked for bought a million dollar mansion, went to Europe for several weeks, had housekeepers/nannies and gardners and then had the nerve to tell me he couldn't...

  25. Funny song about the Drug Industry

    hipab4hands replied to lpnadmin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We get a lot of requests for meds that patients have seen on TV. When I explain that med is not covered under thier insurance, but they can pay for it themselves, then it is not so attractive to...