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You have lost your confidence. You do not feel you measure up as an LPN and project these feelings onto your coworkers. You have a few options, first, believe you are qualified for this job. That your LPN and experience have given you the knowledge t...

LadyJane, This is the book, that changed my perspective on boundaries...excellent! Peace!

Nope, still stay up till this day. Sorry:(

Love the article. Hoping for a part two and possible part three. Having been raised by an alcoholic, I never had boundaries. No, I never had the "finer" boundaries. As a matter of fact, I did not know they existed. I knew, folks should not steal, r...

Yes, 15 days documentation, but other things must back it up. Say, on a treatment for O2, was it merely signed off...or was there a dx, a written shift saturation note written, the outcome of such treatment, inhalation treatments...was that same O2 ...

Let it go...my perfect wisdom:)

Wait.

WCVB channel five Boston, is now airing, Healthcare Uncovered. A live panel show discussing healthcare and it's cost in Boston. The moderator, Timothy Johnson, MD. One of the panelist, Zane, the CEO of Tufts Medical Center whose 1100 RN's just vot...

you betcha SharonH, RN!!

I have issues with thick accents too. But will admit my issues with thick accents, regardless of where they are from, are entirely selfish. I have very little patience and hate asking the same thing over and over again. I also fear a mistake being ma...

LMBO!!! actually that is what I was thinking, a dislodged bloody cup...Yikes!!! Loved the way you put it! Peace!

Sorry doll, please don't ever use it. It is now a banned abbreviation. Years ago we used it liberally and legally. Many of the old abbreviations have been discontinued d/t med errors. Mag sulfate and Morphine Sulfate in this instance. I'll take ...

Well I'll be, never heard of such a thing.........so you can use these for regular periods and opt out of tampons and pads? Are they cost effective for regular cycles with no other underlying issues? Just curious, have a 13 year old, with a very h...

You are so sweet! Thank you Poi Dog!!!! Peace!!

Im going to play devils advocate. Humor me for a second, those that know me know how I stand on this issue. Being old school, very, you dont have to know me to guess. Anyway, we had a nurse in MA, an old, but famous case, of a nurse who killed her pa...

See your doctor. Two cigarettes are not likely cause, please see a health care provider, ASAP. Peace!

What he actually did, was accept your two week notice. When you refused to sign, you were saying you quit. I have seen this happen before and unfortunately if HR okay's this, there is not much you can do. It is seriously unfair, but listen carefully,...

Your new boyfriend I take it:)

I concur! Whether it was professional or not is neither here nor there. It was human care and compassion at it's best! It was advocating for your patient. It was going above and beyond. Your superior should never have put you in this place, she ab...

I think the point is being missed....they are doing this, because they can. It is not about fairness, red tape, who asked, who didn't....it is only about the lack of power by you, the RN. This crap will keep happening and I fear will get worse, unti...

Let the director of your school in on this. There is a way to inform her, which will both save face for the instructor and leave no harm to any student. This absolutely must be done. Lawsuits and the board are sure to follow if this is not rectified ...

Get tested right away, for piece of mind. I think you are fine, but I am not you and I know how our minds can take over, when we feel we are or may be in danger. My last CPR class, we were told, if you did not have the tools to protect yourself, don...

Agreed. The only time I could not control my emotions.

I got sick reading this...

And here in lies the key...your truth! It does not matter what they would nor would not do. We should do the right thing for that reason alone. Especially when it is something so simple as this. It is also called growing up. Yes, some things seem e...