dolphinRN

I had a foot surgery a few years ago that went bad. The podiatrist went in to remove "tissue" the size of a man's thumb from my heel and while he was in there released a tendon. When I was released to go back to work, the hospital had moved the war...

There is a lot of time, and the person you are at 20 is not the person you are at 30 or even 40. and the older you are, I just think you enjoy the whole experience more. Even the Wal-Mart tantrums! :p I wholeheartedly agree with enjoying the experien...

If we were more financially stable, dh and I would probably have had at least 2 more. I have 2 from a previous marriage, had a tubal due to knowing I couldn't afford any more when I was married to their father who didn't work (we won't go there), me...

I have a quick question regarding your hospital policy on being on call after calling in sick. Does your hospital allow you to still take call if you call in sick for a regularly scheduled tour?

A good friend of mine made my scrub tops when I was pregnant with twins because the only ones I could find premade were drab solids. I did choose some 100% cotton, but also the 65%/35% poly/cotton blend. There really are some simple patterns out th...

Don't get me wrong; I treat all the ward clerks with the due respect they deserve. As was mentioned, I ask politely if they can do something or if they are truly busy I will do it myself. I have never treated any of them in a rude manner. The pro...

Where I work, we have one Ward clerk who is worth 5 times her weight in gold. She is always professional in dress and mannerisms and truly makes the ward run VERY smoothly. I have jokingly called her Radar, but that is what she is like: she knows w...

I honestly don't know if they have a back up system in place. I've been helping with timekeeping for about 8 months now and the only time I have seen on call changes made did not involve someone being off sick. Again, we have very few instances whe...

The main reason for my question is because I recently have started assisting our timekeeper with posting the time for various areas. The manager is constantly asking him to override the not available for those who call in sick so they still get paid...

I actually has one of my nursing instructors do this in front of me when we were working together at the same hospital. I was a NA at the time and still in school. My last floor assignment was with older Oncology patients who have very poor veins fo...

I've been at the same hospital for almost 17 years, just different Med/Surg units and "desk" jobs since my foot won't hold up to the pounding I gave it on the floors anymore. Yes, this place has its ups and downs, but all facilities do.

I work in the VA system, not the one in NO. It is true that they pay BSN more. In fact, once you are there working with an ADN, your salary cap is lower than what you can get with a BSN. The other trick with the VA system is they definitely do take...

I work in the VA system, not the one in NO. It is true that they pay BSN more. In fact, once you are there working with an ADN, your salary cap is lower than what you can get with a BSN. The other trick with the VA system is they definitely do take...

Thank you both for your replies. He has had a lot of stress going on right now as well and I thought it might be from where things are so tight around the nerves. He was able to get an appointment to see a doctor tomorrow. I will just make sure to ...

DH came up to me last night after the children had gone to bed and decided then to tell me about something that happened to him earlier in the day. It scared him enough to make an appointment to see a doctor, but I wanted to see if anyone had heard ...

Thank you both for your replies. He has had a lot of stress going on right now as well and I thought it might be from where things are so tight around the nerves. He was able to get an appointment to see a doctor tomorrow. I will just make sure to ...

DH came up to me last night after the children had gone to bed and decided then to tell me about something that happened to him earlier in the day. It scared him enough to make an appointment to see a doctor, but I wanted to see if anyone had heard ...

I am a fan of mostly old time Rock and Roll. People look at me like I'm crazy when I say I calm down after a busy day at work by listening to AC/DC or Pink Floyd on the way home. I am not a huge fan of Country music, particularly the new Country. ...

In the past 10 years, I have lived more than 20 miles away from the hospital where I work and both houses have been down the hill from the only way out of the neighborhood. I drive a car, not an SUV, and have always made it in to work. The strange ...

Whatever you do, take care of your heel problem NOW. If you are just starting out, you have years to go where you'll be on your feet. One recommendation that was helpful for me is to make sure to try on any new shoes when your feet are tired so you...

I just read in the local news about a 3 year old. Her name was Heavenly ShyAnn. They call her ShyAnn. Poor kid. She'll end up either being shy or a fiesty one.

We don't have someone that does this as their only role. If it is going from VA to VA in the VISN, wouldn't it be at the VISN level and not just for the hospital? I don't work with the BCMA system in my current role, but I do remember all the whinin...

Sorry, I didn't know where else to go with this and it is my first time starting a thread. I was reading the article about the infant who weighed less than a can of soda in September (one of a set of twins) at Loyola in Chicago. At the end of the a...

One of the first patients I had when I transferred from a surgery unit to oncology was a man in his mid 40s dealing with AML. Any time he was admitted for treatments, one nurse would state that he only took his Demerol to escape the truth ( I though...

Where I work, they consider it a priviledge to work a straight off tour. You are "responsible" enough to perform your duties without the Nurse Manager watching you. If you screw up, they will pull you off the tour. The only tour that rotates is t...