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  1. Are nurse's and physician's colleagues?

    anonymurse replied to kaliRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, a good number of 'em are utterly unconscious of rank when in problem-solving mode, which is good, 'cause so am

  2. When did patients become "clients"?

    anonymurse replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    Can't figure out what's a good fit on the other end of a client-x relationship. A lawyer, I suppose. Seems that's where admin types stole the 'client' term from. Anyway, I know what a...

  3. A little HX please

    anonymurse replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My last term was to be a preceptorship on a specific unit. I nailed this down by interviewing for a job before my last term began. The job was conditional on my doing well in the preceptorship, which...

  4. Master's after 40, is it worth it?

    anonymurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I sure hope it is (I say as I begin going for my bachelor's well after

  5. Is there a Need for National Standards of Practice?

    anonymurse replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    Sure you can, no prob. Also if a RN from one state hoses a pt in another state, you don't think a BON-to-BON communication would be ignored, do you? Reciprocity facilitates communication. And speaking...

  6. CNA's not completing assignment. Vent.

    anonymurse replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is just an aside. It casts no judgment on anyone in this thread. It's just something that's been on my mind. Last week, a nurse complained to me that she had no help at all from the aides, that...

  7. Is there a Need for National Standards of Practice?

    anonymurse replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    From a Constitutional POV, mutual interstate recognitions are better than national anything. We have universal mutual interstate recognition of driver's licenses. So there's no reason we can't have...

  8. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    anonymurse replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Now remember, we're talking about success in school here. Schools want students who won't drop out. When I went for my school interview, I asked if my age would be an impediment to acceptance and the...

  9. Advice please?

    anonymurse replied to samilynn's topic in General Nursing

    So OK, did your NM simply mention that it could be considered abuse, or did you get written up? Big

  10. What would you do?

    anonymurse replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    What's your OB say? Bedrest? Can you afford to stay at home through the pregnancy? Will they hold your

  11. A nurse by any other name...

    anonymurse replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Call yerself whatcha will: I'm a nurse,

  12. To recommend or not to recommend?

    anonymurse replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    And what's wrong with doing anything for the money, anyway? Like we'd all go to work for free if we suddenly didn't get

  13. Is there a Need for National Standards of Practice?

    anonymurse replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    The designations don't matter, but reciprocity does, especially since hard times bring on lots of migration to find work. Other fields might want to try for the kind of portability enjoyed by nurses...

  14. RN to BSN online

    anonymurse replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Cheapest online RN-to-BSN programs appear to be U Wyo and Fort Hays State U. Both require clinical hrs (you can get them in a local free clinic or something). UT at Arlington doesn't require extra...

  15. FMLA

    anonymurse replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    It's got nothing to do with rewards. We don't do enough to punish bad

  16. Nurses don't diagnose! (wanna fight about it?!)

    anonymurse replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    When I call a doc, I'd better have either (a) a diagnosis for him (however worded, and complete with evidence for the dx) plus the solution I want, or (b) a request he come look at the pt now because...

  17. Just a change of pace.

    anonymurse replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have responded earlier, but I took a few family days off and had a complete blast. Yeah, I'm happy today. And that's because even before nursing school, I decided to take nursing as a legitimate...

  18. Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    anonymurse replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Many of our non-smoking nurses have discovered the value of taking a "smoke break" anyway. It's a true break to hand off the pager to someone else for 5-10 minutes and go outside where no one can...

  19. Benefits of being a male nurse vs Female nurse

    anonymurse replied to girtenbt's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yeah, there's a huge difference. It's in the way our families treat us. I see female nurses' work being thoughtlessly interrupted by phone calls on the most minor family non-issues. I hear about rude...

  20. Anyone have a Thinklabs electronic stethoscope?

    anonymurse replied to metfan's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Bought my Thinklabs Feb 07 from a RN. Didn't buy extended service. Replaced free under warranty Jun 07 (ear tube pulled out of main housing). Free pair of eartips and pair of complete ear swivel...

  21. evil.. just so evil...

    anonymurse replied to nurse441's topic in Psychiatric

    A nurse is always right to call the doctor when she has a gut feeling she needs

  22. ER trys to redirect non-emergency care

    anonymurse replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    "The new policy will impact about 10 to 20 percent of the medical center E.R. patients." The 10 to 20 percent non-emergencies who are truthful about why they're there, that is. The rest will be...

  23. "I don't need that medication... I've been healed"

    anonymurse replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    Pt refused, MD

  24. Disillusioned, Depression, or Both?

    anonymurse replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    Could it be that you're simply tired of having pts die on

  25. Is it me???

    anonymurse replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Because they don't have a doc to see in the