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  1. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    mcl4 replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    You have to go back to the basic fact and the fact it is an illegal substance. Most employers will not find it ok for a person to use illegal drugs or be involved with any other illegal

  2. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    mcl4 replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't decided on who, what, or when pot smoking should or shouldn't be done. Society or citizens in this country who elect legislators to create laws have done this. If you disagree with what you...

  3. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    mcl4 replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

  4. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    mcl4 replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    [second, Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that alcohol is "Illegal for anyone under the age of 21yrs of age Can you estimate how many teens in this country are partaking of alcoholic beverages?...

  5. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    mcl4 replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

  6. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    mcl4 replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

  7. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    mcl4 replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my problem is that I have never understood anyone's need or desire to "get high"... To me it is an indicator of an underlying problem in their life. Maslow didn't include getting high on his...

  8. Photocopy of incident report

    mcl4 replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    The question still has not been answer which would be is this against hospital policy to copy incident reports. This is not something I've seen done in the many years I've been a nurse by myself or...

  9. A question of code status

    mcl4 replied to gpip's topic in General Nursing

  10. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    mcl4 replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  11. Tardiness...

    mcl4 replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree tardiness is a poor trait, I doubt the folks who do this are totally thoughtless. Employers should handle this problem by docking pay or writing a staff member up showing them their are...

  12. i need some feedback regarding h.s. care.

    mcl4 replied to melodebbz's topic in General Nursing

    I am amazed at the suggestion nurses give back rubs in this setting. Do you really have pain management issues on your

  13. Verbal Orders, Do you take them?

    mcl4 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Did your telephone orders eventually need to be signed. My previous long term care position, we wrote telephone orders on a triplicate form where one copy was mailed to the physician giving the order...

  14. Unprofessional Behavior and Consequences?

    mcl4 replied to Julie, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would first talk with this coworker and state I never want to be dealt with in this manner in front of everyone. If this were to happen again, I would turn to my supervisor for help. If negative...

  15. Do you get wriiten up for calling in sick with a doctor's note?

    mcl4 replied to grouchy's topic in General Nursing

    That thread looked at abuse of sick time when calling in on a weekend. This orginal message is not the

  16. I'm i expecting too much from my preceptors, please help?

    mcl4 replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

  17. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    mcl4 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    My experience when supervising has been different and physicians in this area write out dates, if their patient has an infectious illness that has been treated with antibiotics or injury that would...

  18. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    mcl4 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    [i think combined PTO is much better sinced most people would rather save their time for vacation and not use it (or waste it) unless they really were sick. Another idea is to offer end-of-the-year...

  19. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    mcl4 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    If you've seen physician note, most write a clear explanation on reason the person can not work, length of time they should be off as well as any limitation that might be necessary like a...

  20. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    mcl4 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this message. Great

  21. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    mcl4 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    It is nobody's business why I call in sick, which I don't do often, and I would resent it as an invasion of privacy if an employer demanded and explanation beyond a doctors note for a prolonged...

  22. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    mcl4 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Your are missing the point entirely. The topic is for those staff members who call in consistently and possibly not even be ill. A person calling in consistently leaves moral down when others have to...

  23. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    mcl4 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    This was the policy of my previous employeer, but I was amazed how many times a person who called in ill, was reschedule to work the following weekend due to this sick call, called in ill on the...

  24. Verbal Orders, Do you take them?

    mcl4 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing is, I personnally am not comfortable taking a verbal order to start levophed when a physician has not even seen the patient. Unfortunately our attendings do not really see eye to eye...

  25. Verbal Orders, Do you take them?

    mcl4 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    The interesting thing, is that my most experienced nurses, know which residents they can trust and therefore continue to take verbal orders from some doctors. They know that they can get them written...