flymomrn

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1. Injury reports

   flymomrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you fill out injury reports for every minor injury you or another staff sustains at work? At my job they have a notice that we are to fill out an injury form every time staff gets injured "every...

2. Staffing Sucks

   flymomrn replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in General Nursing

   Any time I have to work a shift short, I always write a notice to management that the staffing was not what it should be to ensure patient safety and that I am taking my assignment on protest and that...

3. Help with a poor nurse manager

   flymomrn replied to INparrothead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I love the saying "A person who saves one life is a hero...a person who saves a hundred lives is a

4. What do you do about MA, GNA, etc calling themselves nurses?

   flymomrn posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Ok, we have all known someone who calls themselves a "nurse" when they are an MA, GNA, tech, etc. What do you do when someone calls themselves a nurse and you know/suspect that they are not? Do you...

5. Nurses with PCOS? Or Advice?

   flymomrn replied to Aly529's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I feel your pain. I suffered from PCOS for many years and went through 3 1/2 years of infertility treatments without ovulating once. I then got divorced, went on Atkins diet, started working out and...

6. Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

   flymomrn replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I agree completely. I prefer using Nurse Practitioners over doctors in most cases. My husband had a head injury recently and saw to doctors in the local ER who just dismissed our concerns and sent...

7. Standing up for "meal break" issue

   flymomrn replied to flymomrn's topic in Nursing Career

   So, there is a meeting today about the annonymous letter about the meal break issue. The facility insists they are in the right and that they did not give permission for the letter to be placed in...

8. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   flymomrn replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

   Next time you get one of those young guys with urinal issues, you should tell them that if they can't use the urinal without help, you would be happy to insert a foley catheter into their member...or...

9. Standing up for "meal break" issue

   flymomrn replied to flymomrn's topic in Nursing Career

   Thanks Kona2. In the state of Maryland, they do not need to give us a meal break, but they are to pay us for all time that is worked and can not deduct a 30 minute meal break if we are not fully...

10. Standing up for "meal break" issue

    flymomrn replied to flymomrn's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks Kona2. Not likely to get a union where I work. I have been involved with a couple of nurse lobby events and have connections with the NNU + SEIU + ANA. My husband works for a union and I have...

11. Standing up for "meal break" issue

    flymomrn replied to flymomrn's topic in Nursing Career

    I am likely to be fired soon here. My job has been firing people right and left since the new administrator started. I know that I am putting my job on the line by standing up for our rights, but I...

12. Standing up for "meal break" issue

    flymomrn posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Recently, I was called in to the DON's office and asked if I ever work out at the gym on my lunch break. I said that I hadn't, but have thought about doing it as I need to lose a few pounds and our...