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1. WHY are nurses so catty??

   ldkrn replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Relations

   You know, though, there are different power dynamics at work in your sister's situation. An attorney of any status in a law firm has a lot more power over the clerical staff than one new staff nurse does anywhere. Cattiness and pettiness are endemic...

2. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

   ldkrn replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

   There's no excuse for harassing people, and even less for lying to them. I guess I have a much lower tolerance for abuse than most people, because I would have given notice the next day. When I interviewed for my next job, I would have told them exac...

3. I made a med error

   ldkrn replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in Geriatric

   We make mistakes. Fortunately, most of them don't kill people! Your physician needs immediately to take responsibility for writing her own orders completely and you need immediately to stop doing it for her.

4. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

   ldkrn replied to stuRN6's topic in Maine

   It's about 40 or 50 miles from York to Portland, all turnpike though. There are actually quite a few small community hospitals in the York/Dover/Portsmouth area. Portsmouth Regional is probably the largest and is always advertising, especially for nu...

5. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   ldkrn replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   I am an RN instructor who does not work full time in a hospital and never intends to again for all the reasons above. However, the difference is that I GOT OUT OF IT!! There really is no reason, as an RN in 2005, to stay at any position you hate-ther...

6. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

   ldkrn replied to stuRN6's topic in Maine

   MMC probably has the best program and never tires of letting everyone within earshot know they were voted one of the top 100 hospitals in America. It's the only teaching hospital in the seacoast area, I believe. Just so you don't die from the sticker...

7. I am looking to relocate to my husbands hometown state of maine

   ldkrn replied to sunlovin35's topic in Maine

   If you are looking for staff positions, you shouldn't have any trouble. If you are looking for NP, CNS, instructor positions the well is pretty dry around here and I wouldn't recommend it. Salaries aren't bad but the cost of living in York and Cumber...

8. Boneheaded Nursing: A Cautionary Tale

   ldkrn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for sharing your experience. Obviously part of the issue is that you just had too much for one person to safely do. I am a firm believer-and research backs me up-that for the most part, unless we are completely incompetent (and there are a ...

9. Why do so many nurses seem to dislike working in Med/Surg

   ldkrn replied to LovePeaceJoy's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a nursing instructor in an A/D program, and I disagree w/many of my peers that new nurses need a year of med/surg to "learn the ropes." That's unfair to the unit, the manager, and the hospital to just put your time in and move on (although that's...

10. I'm sorry, but some nursing diagnoses are just ridiculous!

    ldkrn replied to klone's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry up front if I'm offending anyone, but Martha Rogers and her starry eyed protege Delores Kreiger are both crackpots, IMHO, and a significant reason nursing as a profession is dismissed by other healthcare providers and the public at large-th...

11. Do we all lack confidence and feel freaked out when we are new nurses?

    ldkrn replied to jennanlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered a refresher course before going back into the work world? might shore up both your skills and your confidence.

12. Oasis on Newborn

    ldkrn replied to barryg's topic in Home Health

    Oasis is not typically required on pediatric patients.

13. Responsibilities of Home Health Nurses

    ldkrn replied to MelissaZ's topic in Home Health

    Hi, Melissa, I've been in home care for ten years, first as a staff case manager in a nonprofit Medicare certified agency and now as a clinical specialist in a private pay for profit. You can feel free to contact me if you'd like. I never get tired o...

14. Poll: Nurse for life or do you have an "after nursing plan"?

    ldkrn replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse a long time now, and currently work as a gerontological care manager and part time nsg instructor at the local community college. In no other profession-not even medicine-do you have the diversity of choices that you do as a nurse. ...

15. ER the T.V. Show

    ldkrn replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    I just wish we spent less time talking about doctors in these forums. Do you think they spend one tenth of the energy thinking about us as we do thinking about them?? They're coworkers and colleagues is all, just like the PTs and social workers. I ha...