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  1. WHY are nurses so catty??

    ldkrn replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague 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...

  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...

  3. I made a med error

    ldkrn replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  4. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    ldkrn replied to stuRN6's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  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...

  6. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    ldkrn replied to stuRN6's topic in General Nursing

    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,...

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

    ldkrn replied to sunlovin35's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  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,...

  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...

  10. 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

  11. Oasis on Newborn

    ldkrn replied to barryg's topic in Home Health

    Oasis is not typically required on pediatric

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

    ldkrn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bingo. It is not doctors who abuse us. Most of them don't even think about us that much, or at least not nearly as much as we think about them. In 17 years of nursing-admittedly most of that in home...

  16. Be-littling CRNA's

    ldkrn replied to forane2001's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You know, I thought things were bad between the ICU and PACU nurses, or the med/surg units...but apparently they've got nothing on the OR staff. This type of petty behavior, folks, is why nursing is...

  17. Meet the Fockers

    ldkrn replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I saw the first movie, actually, and hated it, only because the situations were so contrived. The entire nursing profession wasn't put down, but the stereotypes of male nurses being somehow...

  18. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    ldkrn replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Four years ago my family had to make a similar decision when it became clear my father was not going to recover from a protracted illness. We had made plans for everyone to be together in the am to...

  19. MAT Test

    ldkrn replied to CRNAsoon's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I took the MAT after doing some practice tests and scored well. It just depends on which schools you're looking at what test you take, if any. I think they're a waste of time myself. My friend who...

  20. Not feeling to good about a co-worker

    ldkrn replied to susanna's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. So much of what I read in these posts concerns someone's reactions to another's action-be it physician, manager, coworker, whatever-and what can I do to change that person's behavior. Well,...

  21. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

    ldkrn replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    Holy smoke!! I can't blame you for being disgusted by some of the practices of these instructors. I've been a med/surg instructor for 2 years now, and I ALWAYS have assignments ready the day before,...

  22. COWORKER ~Ethical dilema ~LONG ~what would you do?

    ldkrn replied to ccrn28f's topic in General Nursing

    Your hospital by law has a Corporate Compliance hotline, and I would take advantage of it. You can make an anonymous report if you have

  23. accused of not passing meds (long)

    ldkrn replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Quit, and soon. As a professional, I have certain standards for how I expect to be treated, and this episode for sure would have violated those in a big way. Get copies of your glowing evaluations and...

  24. What should they teach in nursing school but don't. What do they teach but shouldn't?

    ldkrn replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from a BSN program in 1987, MS in 2002, and am in my second year as a clinical instructor in an ADN program. Nursing is not unlike many other educational programs where you learn the book...

  25. Am I the only one to feel this way?

    ldkrn replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    You know what? I've been feeling kind of bummed out lately, too, especially since meeting an old friend from high school who is also a nurse and who now seemingly has the kind of job and life I could...