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  1. Night shifters vs Day shifters

    fergus51 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! I've never seen such a thing before. It's

  2. Nursing student thinking about quitting due to other nurses attitudes.

    fergus51 replied to Roland's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are definitely some floors and some nurses who are unbearable. But, remember as a nurse you don't have to put up with as much as you do as a student. The other nurses will be busy with their own...

  3. working on Christmas?

    fergus51 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    No offense Dorimar, but I just completely disagree. It isn't the kids who are unhappy, it's the parents. My dad worked holidays when I grew up (he's a cop) and since my parents never emphasized the...

  4. open visitation in icu??

    fergus51 replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Exactly, but unfortunately most nurse managers I know would not call that open visitation

  5. Psych Specialty--The Red-headed Stepchild of Nursing?

    fergus51 replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    I think a student posted a thread about this not long ago. I don't work psych, never would, but several of my friends do. I think it's nursing, just like med-surg, you just use different skills. Too...

  6. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    fergus51 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Not at my place. Any place that does that isn't interested in patient safety. Our agency nurses get lighter assignments than staff because we know they aren't familiar with the routines, the docs, the...

  7. King Drew NICU

    fergus51 posted a topic in California Nursing

    Anyone worked here or know what's happening with this

  8. King Drew NICU

    fergus51 replied to fergus51's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah, I know all about the King Drew saga, I wasn't asking about that. I want to know what is happening with their NICU/OB

  9. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    fergus51 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    The laws here are the same. No nurse HAS TO take an assignment like that. It is not abandonment. The worst that could happen is they would be DNRed from the facility (and since there are about a...

  10. working on Christmas?

    fergus51 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Usually, though I don't feel obligated to by any means since people with kids chose to have kids and I really don't feel it is that important for them to be home on the day. My dad worked holidays and...

  11. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    fergus51 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Lordy, you are reading something into my posts that isn't there. I am not trying to start a flame war with geriatric nurses. My problem with this nurse wasn't that she was a geriatric nurse, it was...

  12. Need help talking with new RN

    fergus51 replied to Crystle_clear's topic in General Nursing

    If you work "under" her, I would not advise you be a part of the discussion at all. If you are right and part of her problem is ego, you being there will likely make her defensive right to begin with....

  13. Consents for newborn procedures...

    fergus51 replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We need a specific consent for Hep B and circumcisions, but the other stuff is just covered with the admission consents (parents don't have to sign a separate sheet for Vit K, erythro, bloodwork,...

  14. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    fergus51 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Again, I'm not angry. Is it anger to want to work with competent nurses? I think that's completely reasonable. I doubt you would want a geriatrics nurse looking after your sick baby. I don't have any...

  15. working on Christmas?

    fergus51 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    In some places, this is actually the only way to do it. My family lives more than 1500 miles away, so if I have Xmas off and not Xmas eve, I can't get home to see them. That's why I worked both last...

  16. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    fergus51 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this is directed at me, but I have to say, I am not an angry nurse with limited experience in different ways of doing things. I have worked in different units in different hospitals in...

  17. $1000 for a 12hr shift in So. California? HELP!!

    fergus51 replied to HDFXDWGRN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Strike work perhaps? I live in So Cal and have never heard of an agency doing

  18. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    fergus51 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    It is always the agency nurse's fault if she is too stupid to refuse to go to an area where she has NO knowledge or experience. Those nurses are dangerous fools and I don't want them on my unit. I...

  19. working on Christmas?

    fergus51 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't notice the 8 years part. You've had a good run. I commend you for being able to negotiate what you wanted all those years, and I think that your mother should congratulate you for that rather...

  20. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    fergus51 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem helping agency nurses with finding things, charting, etc. I do have a problem when we get a GERIATRIC nurse working in the NICU!!! Yes, this happened at my hospital. Those rigorous...

  21. open visitation in icu??

    fergus51 replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think open visitation is fine IF management supports nurses when they need to place restrictions on difficult families. Otherwise it is a nightmare. Most families can do ok in the hospital, but...

  22. Nurse Recruiter??

    fergus51 replied to lccougar02's topic in General Nursing

    I used a company that places RNs to get my last job and I will use them again. They did everything for me. Wrote my resume, asked me what I was looking for, found hospitals, set up the interviews,...

  23. working on Christmas?

    fergus51 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe just explain to them that you are currently low man on the totem pole in your job. Someone who has been there 6 months doesn't get first choice at holidays. Sometimes you can negotiate not...

  24. how many hours a week do you work????

    fergus51 replied to akerdonn's topic in General Nursing

    Usually

  25. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    fergus51 replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is the catch 22 in nursing. My parents could not understand why I moved across the country to take a NICU job. "Why don't you just work in the NICU here?" "Ummm.... cause they won't take me as a...