pyegirlrn

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1. How do you handle rude comments?

   pyegirlrn replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   That is so Sad! Most of my family has died off and the rest of my family is distant except for my youngest son and husband. If you can't share the good AND the bad with people what is the point for...

2. Triage Regulations

   pyegirlrn replied to medic182's topic in Emergency

   I work in a small rural hospital in GA with 3 fast-track beds and 9 ER beds. There is a small triage area with one nurse and no tech. There are 2 registrars next to the waiting area who obtain the...

3. can you refuse an assignment?

   pyegirlrn replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

   I worked until recently on a "critical care area" called Neuro-Stepdown. We routinely accepted ventilator dependent, hemodynamic altering drips, multiple tubes and frequent OTBS with a staffing...

4. The happy policy

   pyegirlrn replied to Tepidorchid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Yes, something like this may be coming to a hospital near you. It's called the Disneyland Model and our hospital has "bought into it" and we are being forced to sign an agreement that we are too. If...

5. Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

   pyegirlrn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Dear Burnout, I am on the same treadmill that you are on and due to circumstances that are out of my control, I could be looking at having to walk away from my primary mortgage and move to an area...