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1. The Wage Gap Myth

   stablesystole replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

   Testosterone is one helluva drug. Aggression and self-advocacy go much farther than people

2. Can I Refuse to Work If My Facility Does Not Have Proper Personal Protective Equipment?

   stablesystole replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I took no oath whatsoever to anything or anyone. My first obligation is to myself. You will never pin me on any fictional obligation to martyrdom. If you're so desperate to make a martyr of yourself...

3. "My Nurse"

   stablesystole replied to Appleofmyeye's topic in General Nursing

   I'd be thrilled if any of our surgeons felt connected enough to refer to us in a possessive sense. It might imply some sort of bond or familiarity that we don't

4. ICU or IMU telemetry?

   stablesystole replied to RNTX1's topic in General Nursing

   I work with several nurses who came to my facility from various HCA facilities. Not one of my former cowerkers who have left have gone to an HCA facility. As best as I can tell, that company is...

5. SHHHHH, dont tell anyone I'm a RN

   stablesystole replied to Barbie8808's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   What about his unprofessionalism? How is it okay to just deny someone income that they need to live for no cause? Your employer is not your God and should not be treated with unearned devotion....

6. Just Say “YES” to Nurse Staffing Laws

   stablesystole replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   The ANA comment "Professional nurses’ and other staff members’ skill levels and expertise" comment sounds suspiciously like dumping more patients on more skilled nurses. Your hard work will once...

7. Effect of 12 Hour Shifts on Patient Care and the Nurse: A Need for Change.

   stablesystole replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

   Take away my 12 hour shifts and I'll be taking away my labor. The quality of life effect of having four days a week not to be at work is

8. Millennial Nurses Have Issues

   stablesystole replied to Nurse Yoni's topic in General Nursing

   Millennial nurses are lazy? Yes. Yes we are. And I proudly include myself in this category. Hospitals are run by lazy, unethical sleazebags who cut us to the bone and always expect us to do more with...

9. Transvascular Aortic Valve Implantation

   stablesystole replied to SBURNSTEVEN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   The newer medtronic corevalves seem to me to be more prone to causing asystole. Probably because they extend into the ventricle more and can depress onto the purkinje system more. To the OP, watch for...

10. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    stablesystole replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You're damn right I have the right to refuse. I am under no obligation to die for my profession. I may suffer career consequences, but I accept that as

11. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    stablesystole replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If ebola spreads into the region I am going on hiatus. The ugly truth is that ebola kills healthcare workers. I don't see myself as being under obligation to die for my

12. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    stablesystole replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    AP Enterprise: Records chronicle how Ebola kills Reading this and seeing some of the commentary on his Sx, it looks pretty ugly. As someone who has been hit by projectile vomiting (thankfully not by...

13. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    stablesystole replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I bet you hard cash that human ebola is droplet spread instead of pure contact like they claim. However, here's the kicker. There is a non-human strain, ebola reston that is VERY airborne and has a...

14. First Person To Person Spread Of Ebola In US

    stablesystole replied to Blindsided's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Of course they're saying the worker was careless. They're still telling us that everything is under control and that it's purely contact spread. To say anything other than worker carelessness would...

15. Student Uniforms

    stablesystole replied to lepew's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    All white shoes are damn near impossible to find for men, that is the ugly truth. The other real problem is that they are never good shoes. You basically condemn your students to spending their days...