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  1. Most stressful moment as a nurse?

    tavalon replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    The one I'm going through right now. After 18 years as a nurse, being sued, learning about the meat grinder that is the legal process of malpractice. I'm unsure that anyone survives, except maybe the...

  2. meeting with the hospital attorney next week

    tavalon posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Should I bring my own

  3. meeting with the hospital attorney next week

    tavalon replied to tavalon's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks. I'm currently looking for a lawyer and will bring him/her to the meeting. Do I need to notify the risk manager/hospital attorney that I will be bringing my own attorney, I

  4. I'm moving to the Dupont area

    tavalon posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    I was a Labor and Delivery nurse for 17 years until I blew out my C5 trying to keep a patient from falling. Now, for the last 9 months, I have been a NICU nurse in a level 3 (really more of a level 2...

  5. Funny OB things people say

    tavalon replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a patient tell me she was having contraptions in her eucharist. As I knew she was a Catholic and that she was trying very hard to get it, I was able to walk out before I laughed. This was 15...

  6. Does This Place Exist?

    tavalon replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! Magnet is such a

  7. L & D nurses routinely deliver babies?

    tavalon replied to midwife sarah's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nope. Not unless they are risking their licenses. However, every L/D nurse ends up delivering a baby from time to time, when the doctor doesn't make it in

  8. Making a difference for our profession

    tavalon replied to healinghand's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Uh-oh what happened with Laura? Yes, we need a national union. We need to stop acting like the abused wives and we need to join together. They always have us over a barrel because we are so quick to...

  9. RN call outs, how do you handle them?

    tavalon replied to Carotid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think a fair policy would be the same policy that is implemented for physicians. They are professionals and we as RNs are professionals so we should have the same policies. What, you say the...

  10. Toxic Nurse Managers and how to deal...

    tavalon replied to Stitchie's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Alas, that won't work here because every hospital in Austin has the same sort of BS. I'm moving to the great Northwest and it isn't soon enough. Goodbye to the South.

  11. Toxic Nurse Managers and how to deal...

    tavalon replied to Stitchie's topic in Patient Safety Issues