ProgressiveActivist BSN, RN

Thank Obama.

We had a RN student, young lady, in ICU for an IV heroin od. I had to report one of our gossipy old CNAs for spreading it all over the hospital. Did anyone in management care about the pt? Hell no. They just didnt want to be sued. Some people suck.

1st post: "Besides for yelling about the pain, the patient was yelling that we didn't check her labs or urine (we did). She was also upset that we did not offer her a tampon or pad after we did her pelvic exam because she was bleeding. We never off...

Good answer hppy. A SW can not prescribe an invasive medical procedure to you or a homehealth agency nurse. The emotional trauma is another reason why this is wrong.

What is the ratio at the SNF?

That union might come in handy if you ever find yourself in disciplinary action for carrying all of those anti- personnel devices.

Catheter associated UTI can be life threatening and that is the reason that urinary catheters are not inserted for convenience.

According to the email she was terminated. The unemployment office should be able to help her sort it out.

A UTI smell is revolting. Take her to the doctor. She needs a ua C/S, and possibly antibiotics and meds for urinary retention. Dont wait until she develops urosepsis.

Is this a management degree writing assignment on the theory of job embeddedness?

That sucks. You have 90 days to file a discrimination claim with the EEOC if that applies to your case. If you are over 40 file under the basis of age.

As long as they can not allege and prove gross misconduct you are eligible for unemployment. You need to have someone call - and you can buy this service - to find out what they are saying about you. If it is defamatory and false, consult an e...

They are trying to get out of paying unemployment. Go file and fight it. If you have copies of prior positive performance appraisals that will weigh heavily in your favor and payment will be retroactive to the date that you filed.

Ten years ago people like this - just the extreme cases - would be charged and fined for disorderly conduct. When the fines accumulated the judge would sentence them to thirty days in the county jail along with a stern lecture about abusing EMS and ...

Did you submit a letter of resignation prior to receiving that email? Did you save a copy of that letter and that email for future reference? Do you work in an at will state?

Watch the documentary "I Am Fishead" on youtube if you want a glimpse of the U.S under the rule of a corporate psychopath. To deal with the fishead we have to look side to side and find strength in numbers.

Our healthcare is currently run by corporate psychopaths and that is the real elephant in the room. The nurse's ethical duty to understand and participate in the political process is defined in our Code of Ethics. I will continue to hope that hea...

S.864 for Federal Nurse Patient ratios was sponsored by Sen Barbara Boxer and Sen Bernie Sanders. He has been endorsed by National Nurses United as the Democratic candidate for President, therefore it is entirely appropriate and necessary to discu...

Hospitals profit when patients develop bloodstream infections - 05/22/2013 They already know that the profits outweigh the risks. Your corporate masters would rather make the profit on the longer LOS than provide safe staffing. Pts with complicati...

Nurses and doctors know they're being screwed. Where is the outrage? Enough is enough! It is unacceptable in every sense of the word for corporations to profit from human pain and suffering and demean our profession. We are at a critical point in...

100% NRM is applied because a smoke inhalation injury means a high risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Pt must be sent by EMS to the ED for evaluation.

Some possibilities : tourniquet left on NIBP cuff above the site hypertensive Pts who are anticoagulated will have a blood tinged back up into the jloop. Did a lab tech draw from the PIV? Clogged ports are a sign your patient is using it to shoot u...

There are 30 million Latinos in the U.S. legally, and of those, another 1 million who turn 18 every year. They care deeply about this election and the issues affecting their families and their childrens' futures. These voters are going to have an...

90% of African Americans voted for Obama and so did I.

It's about years of service, not years of cervix.