ZZTopRN BSN, RN

Gosh, Tiffany RN: I thought mine was bad. I can't imagine the Versed hurting you. Doesn't seem right to me. That seems strange. I have had to go about 8 times for endoscopy cautery for my "watermelon" stomach (GAVE, now under control). Through a...

Hi Guys: Thanks for the encouragement. It seems like it is slowly, slowly resolving. I think the reason for the lawsuits as Sharon mentioned, are not just the hematomas. I think if there is nerve damage, extravagation and some kind of lasting disfi...

Clee1 How can you have a leg to stand on or any protection just because they can only say certain things. Just saying you are not eligible for rehire ruins you right there.

PRN: Please tell me what happened after she looked around and saw that "she was not like them" and was healing. My recording of the movie cut off at that point. I saw it when it came out and have always remembered it, so I am dying to how the rest...

I was in a RN refresher program until a few days ago. I got through the 2 months of classroom with an average of 92%. No problems there. But when I got to the clinicals in a hospital seeking magnet status, I really got trashed. I am older than th...

lilpeanut: Sorry for the sarcasm. Did I not write in one of my posts that some hospitals are good to work for and some not. Did I really say "every single hospital and every single floor?" Check it out. I do understand about people slanting thing...

Hi JentheRN: You don't think that lilpeanut could be the instructor? I'm sorry, but I had to laugh. Thank you for standing up for me. I will take you up on your offer of communication.

Wow Lilpeanut: I'm glad you were there and know the facts. There really must be something wrong with me when someone writes and signs things like I said I didn't have the take the IV course, only to show the paper work that I registered for it, and...

I have a girl friend in another state and she says that they are not reliable and I think a lot of the time they cannot be used in court. But just because they can't be used in court doesn't mean that the results are not known to specific people.

Hi JentheRN05: Thanks for your ideas. I get from all hospitals, they like my resume but say, call us back when you have done your refresher. The sad things is I did all the things that needed to be done and because of this instructor, I lost all I ...

P.S. Clee1: I loved the last part of your post about the insurance companies "getting real." Oh, to have that happen.

Clee1: You did not "hijack" this thread. Corporations are not separate from nursing. It is they who govern what will be for the nurses. Just as you say, the government puts healthcare into boxes. I understand about your friend the MD, taking for ...

Clee1 Your post was very good and informative. I have seen it from so many viewpoints. I had posted a question on the board asking what a "non-profit" hospital was. The answers were that they invest profits back into the hospital. I can understan...

Gaby baby: Your points are well taken. But I did not criticize the instructor to her face. I only asked questions that weren't answered and documented them, then I brought all the facts as they were. The untrue things that were said, like putting ...

ZZTOP here again. I had my 3rd (lst meeting with lower board of education). I was offered an opportunity to go back and do my clinicals again. But no one had to take responsibility for the instructor making the statements that weren't true. I aske...

p.s. The changes. The restraints, strait jackets, the terrifying "water treatments." Being treated as "crazy" and a non-person. The stigma, that unfortunately remains somewhat today. No patient rights, dictatorial. It is a strange dichotomy bet...

I see very wealthy hospitals building and adding equipment and still floating bonds. Why are they called nonprofit when they have the best of everything? Dum Dum

Stevesf: I mean to say "Greening of the Hospitals, not America. I think you will find it interesting reading.

Spider Monkey: Thank you. Yes, lap choles, T&As, and when I was oriented in the cath lab, I was astounded that these patients were sent home the same day after a cardiac cath. Maybe this is not news to all of you, but my eyes were really open....

Hi Stevesf: I didn't go from one instructor to the world-wide corporations. It is all in the same system. The games are the same. As old as I am, I am getting wise to the ways of the corporate world. Ever read the Greening of America? Are you a ...

Panay, Clee: Aren't we professional. Old bag, old hag, old bat. I like old bat most. That really made me laugh. A sense of humor is needed, especially when you are not hurting anyone. I guess I have a warped sense of humor. I love most nurses, ...

RN4MERCY: I just called the Board of Education and told a counselor that I was filing a grievance, and although I understand the person handling this is dealing with her husband's terminal illness and I wondered if someone else could step in and hand...

RN4MERCY: HI: I'm glad I came back to this topic because I forgot about the book you recommended, "The Bully at Work." I am glad reading back over this post reminded me of it. I had gone to the meeting with the instructor and the DON, they brushed...

Hi Curious Joe: I don't know for sure what the MCV is about. What is your H&H and Ferritin? I found out I had severe iron deficiency from occult bleeding in my stomach. Felt the very same way you do. Fatigue, flu-like, depression. When thes...

Hi: I am also a re-entry nurse. I took a refresher class and the classwork and theory was the best. However, in clinicals at a large hospital that I was totally fascinated with all the outpatient surgery and procedures. Unfortunately, the supervi...