rngreenhorn

Old-timer... The original post was posted years ago, but alas as quoted so eloquently in Monty Pithon, "it's not dead yet". Sounds better with the accent, "I'm nawt deed yet." The thread might not yet need a code blue, but certainly a rapid response ...

Thanks nurse ellie for clarifying! The one in the middle is either having triplets or has some serious ascites going on. Either way he looks like he's pretty proud of that belly. HIPPO violation for sure. Where's my taser, he needs to be brought i...

Thanks rnnow... see I'm not crazy (thought I might have been for a bit). So, for your situation, I guess I don't have any advice. Cept to say, if you have a union in your previous hospital you should contact them, seems crazy to be fired for an in...

Well, some nice person posted yesterday that he/she was fired for HIPPO violation when he/she left a computer without logging out and the son of the patient got on the computer. I got the alert on my email, so decided to throw my considerable knowled...

Violating a hippo? Sounds slightly problematic? Hummm, which reminds me, I got to get on my bucket list item number 19... Go on safari.

As far as I can tell HIPAA stand for Health Information Probably Ain't (readily) Available... when needed act.

I wonder if the leadership in all hospitals is as clueless and full of *stuff* as mine. They implement some new BS policy, and then they realize it is not working. Instead of really assessing why the policy didn't work, they head back into closed do...

We named our COWs Bessie and Bossie. Confused the heck out of tech support when we called with a problem. We'd have to use code, cause we couldn't use the word COW (OMG, we might get sued). We'd say, there is something wrong with Bessie, she's off ...

Healthcare is screwed. The new CMS regulations that are cutting funding to hospitals, added to the general bad state of the economy, are causing staffing cuts. The new rules that base reimbursement on patient satisfaction mean more staffing cuts, wor...

He likes it shaken... not stirred, I presume.

Worst cult ever... Instead of the shaving their heads like the Hare Krishnas they shave their butt hairs....

Well that's a buncha crap....

We too had a patient come into his wife's room with a cooler of beer, and his dogs. He cracked a cold one right there is the room. I thought it was hilarious. PARTY'S in room 2010!!!! But the charge nurse and security was not so happy with the tu...

Put biohazard tape across it. Then come into the room wearing full personal protective gear, including the PAPR hood to push the bed further against the wall.

I move that the as a nursing profession we permanantly strike this disgusting-sounding-obiquitous-over-used-cliche' from our lexicon. All in favor say "buuuurrrrrp"

Haven't you heard hourly rounding et al is evidence-based! Sheesh, what is wrong with you? It worked wonders for some 5 bed hospital in Outer Mongolia. Plus the research is peer reviewed--- so of course it is practical to implement it in every unit,...

Thank you all for your funny and insightful comments. Guess I'm going to have to pop a handful of Metoprolol before heading to work, so my arteries don't blow up. Yes, the prospect of growing old today is terrifying. And I agree there is no single an...

If anyone here thinks that healthcare is not already suffering because of Medicare cuts and reimbursement cuts as a result of Obamacare and the general state of the economy... are smoking some great crack (and I'd like some). And the bad news is, we...

Yes, we knitters in general are an affable group... Though, I once saw a couple of grannies at a knit shop group almost come to blows over the relative merits of English vs. continental...

Yes, it was an audio rant, everyone check your hearing aide batteries. ;0) OK, so I was being malevolant. Letting my alligator mouth out talk my bunny rabbit a$$. What have I got on the needles? Making this cowl http://www.shibuiknits.com/Pattern...

Thanks Meriwhen, that makes sense. I have only done stockinette stitch socks. When I'm making a hat on one circular at some point I have to switch to DPN, and I have to adjust the number of stitches on the needles depending on where the decreases a...

Couldn't help it, had to see what a "Cookie A Monkey" was. Those socks are cool. Looks difficult. I'm impressed. So do they have to be made with 4 DP's or can they be made with circulars?

I agree with 2 circulars for socks.... It's really the only way to go. Knitted dish cloths are perfect christmas gifts, homemake, cheap and fast, and people love them. Maybe, I'll try cabling again (with dishcloths)

Nurse56--- hee hee. Yep, I was on a roll, wasn't I. Humm... wonder what I can NOT complain about? Was a horrendous 3 days at work and guess I was boiling over. Looks like knitting is something we can all agree on. Sue-- thanks for the invite at ra...