Mulan

Mulan

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  1. Patients are exempt? Someone who is alert, oriented and knows exactly what they are doing throwing feces at you, and they are exempt? I don't think
  2. Exactly, and unfortunately some corpsmen who are hired as civilian aides don't know or refuse to acknowledge their limitations, overstep their boundaries and suffer the consequences, such as...
  3. There is a lot you can do as a Navy corpsman, but it does not translate to the civilian
  4. There are
  5. New Grad RN as an RN supervisor?

    You should have applied for the
  6. Nurses Get No Respect

    Exactly!
  7. Low census/flex time

    Where else is it going to come from? It's not going to come out of sick time. It's either take PTO and get paid, or don't get
  8. Student nurse violates confidentiality on floor

    MYOB
  9. Time to call a duck a duck?

    Nursing is a pink (or blue) collar
  10. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    Where in the world do you work? It seems like you get suspended for everything under the sun! What part of the country are you in? Do you work for one of the big health
  11. Make sure you write down the most obvious things, things you would do without thinking, like taking vital signs. Also, make sure you write down that you would contact the
  12. Fed up with Stupid Parents

    What is
  13. nurse abuse

    We have all been a patient in some fashion or other. Do we act like
  14. Some people do give off negative vibes. I frequently gave report to an RN that is a bully in my opinion, occasional nasty remarks, would ignore me when I spoke as if I wasn't even there, and believe...
  15. Frustrated over a code

    Do you work on a busy medsurg floor with a multiple patient
  16. Protocol for Going on trip with Patient

    Something sounds a little
  17. I just keep thinking of the hospital corporation CEO that was fired, yes fired, and got a six million dollar severance
  18. Is nursing really THAT bad?

    Are you a
  19. ER triage/billing

    Call the CEO's office and see if you get the same
  20. am i making the right choice?

    Go to
  21. Please be honest!

    Well, if they didn't pay me, I wouldn't be doing it. (I'm sure that's true of everyone else also, if they are honest about
  22. manual BP's?

    Check with your facility first. Generally using your own cuff from home would not be allowed. If it is not being calibrated by the facility, how can they know or verify that it is
  23. "Not a good fit" - or what?!

    "personal growth" "professional
  24. dear patients, please quit saying that to me

    It's inappropriate. Would these same people tell someone how big their feet are, or that they have hands like a man, or how fat their ass is? It's as if as a patient they can say and do whatever they...
  25. Did you know the policy before you accepted the