PPL BSN, RN

I tried posting a reply directly to your post, but when I typed in my ID, etc., it just flipped me back to your topic, and didn't let me post, so I started a new topic, but on the SAME topic. I can't help you as far as journal articles, but I am very...

Hi everyone. I am especially interested in how nurses are treated in the UK and Canada. I feel the US is moving more and more toward socialism, more taxes, more regulations, more government infringement into private lives and private property. That s...

The most recent garbage to come out of my mailbox at work was a script, with actual things that they want us to say when we answer a call, enter a room, etc. I wonder if others have encountered this, and what are your thoughts? I was so busy memorizi...

The red flag is up! Act! Good luck to you both!

Holy Smokes! This site has changed! I've been gone too long! Is it just my imagination, or are fair skinned, freckled redheads the worse/hardest to draw? What about the very obese, what tricks to use?

My sister is losing her fight with ovarian cancer. She was just released from a well known cancer center in upstate NY, and is coming back home, probably to die. She has failed chemo Rx's, most recently Taxol. Her latest crisis was hydronephrosis, du...

Dear nursing friends, it has been so long since I have been on the site; so many changes! I wanted to post that my sis passed away @ 10:28 am on June 24th. She was able to be cared for lovingly at the home of my other sis until her death; and I am so...

Hey, thanks for answering! Yes, I was dumbfounded to read that there's still fighting going on! I can't possibly read through everything that I've missed. I'm not sure I even want to. Anyone on the inside track? If so, what's up?

Hello nurse friends! I've been off the site FOREVER! I've been working full-time, learning a new job, and traveling every other weekend to see my sis, who some of you may remember, is terminally ill. I need to know the latest re the MNM. Is there goi...

Hi. I'm not sure what you're calling short, but I am somewhat vertically challenged too. I'm petite, 5'3" and female. I've worked lots of psych though and if the takedowns are well planned, with enough staff, you should be safe. Sometimes though, eve...

Dear Realnurse. Your letter moved me. There is a good letter in USA TODAY, written by a NY nurse. I don't know how to cut and paste, etc., but maybe someone can put it up on the BB. Please continue to speak out and do what you can, write letters, mar...

Hi. Our facility also allows meds from home, meds at bedside, etc., if the physician writes the order, and then pharmacy has to identify that the meds from home are in fact actually correct. If there is a question, it is not allowed, and the ordered ...

Yep, I agree with the above posters, in fact, the first thing I thought of is aortic aneurysm too, possibly disecting after the fall? They frequently C/O back pain, but compression fx is a good bet too. She needs to be evaluated and not written off b...

Jobo, you MUST get some help NOW. You are under tremendous stress! I was thinking that awhile back, I sent you a personal email, but when I bring up your profile, no email address is available. You do not have to quit your job, family leave allows fo...

Hi. I love this topic. I really feel there is one way and one way only, to keep weight under control; lifestyle changes. A reasonable exercise program and a reasonable diet are what works for me. I can't remember when I started all this, but it's bee...

Thanks guys! I'm betting it's the Triad Hospitals that you posted about. I know it's for profit. I'll check it out. Thanks again.

I am wondering if anyone is working in a facility(office and/or hospital)that is owned by Triad? I am considering a job in a facility that is "being bought by Triad." Does anyone have experience with them, and if so, can you post and tell me any part...

Still wondering about TRIAD, I believe that's how it's spelled. Anyone know?

Hi. I would be interested in hearing what the salaries are too. And would some annonymous managers please post as to if you're receiving bonus for staffing the units as short as possible? Thanks.

Oh, I wanted to mention that he had tripple A done in Nov '99, abd hernia repair Nov '00, and he's sched for a total knee this month! If he gets the prostate done, I'll just have to kill myself! It's very unlikely that the prostate cancer is what wil...

Hi. My father, age 82, also has prostate cancer. They have been playing a waiting and watching game with his, reguler PSA and ultrasounds. Sometimes, when it's slower growing, they just monitor, but your father-in-law is younger, so the approach may ...

Hi posters. My sis has only one functioning kidney now. They capped off the left nephrostomy tube, as no urine for several days. The right one seems to be doing well on it's own, so far. Other than that, she still is eating, having daily struggles wi...

Hi. Thanks so much for posting. There has been some talk about a pump, but it seems from your post, that should be the last resort, correct, because then they're teathered to a pole? I know she has quite a bit of nausea and takes Reglan for that, but...

Where in the world are you located, that there are no open positions for RN's? Our facility has a bunch. Who owns your system and is it possible that your online site just has not been updated? Thanks.

WOW! Your poor cousin DOES sound like she's on a sinking ship! Still, I think of the relatively long periods of time that my sis had good health between treatments, and after a course of chemo was over and done with, a three year long remission, the ...