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  1. Small ER Management

    grammyr replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Do you have a house sup at night? If so that is the person who should be wasting with you instead of waiting until the next shift comes

  2. Medical This or That

    grammyr replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    vomit mammogram or rectal

  3. I am pathetic.

    grammyr replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Let me share what we do with "lost" teddy bears at our hospital. Every spring we have a "teddy bear clinic" . The local pre-k thru 1st grade kids come to our hospital for the clinic. Each child is to...

  4. admission assessments

    grammyr replied to gigi77's topic in General Nursing

    I am on a team of nurses/physical therapist who spent about the last 3 months rewriting our policies. We decided that a Braden scale will be done on admission and daily during bath time. The nurse...

  5. Did anyone try L&D and hate it?

    grammyr replied to RNStudent123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hated OB rotation in school. All OB nurses have my utmost respect and admiration. The post partum part never bothered me, but the delivery part made my physically

  6. Tired of people commenting on my salary

    grammyr replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I usually respond with "If you think the money is so great, go to school and become a nurse and you will find out just how great the money

  7. Co-Workers Read My Medical Files

    grammyr replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

    That is a HUGE issue. The same thing happened at my facility and a long term employee (over 15 years) was terminated. I can't even access my own records let alone somebody else's. I wouldn't let...

  8. I want her fired!!!!

    grammyr replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    What in the world was she supposed to have

  9. free nursing inservices

    grammyr replied to lingar88's topic in General Nursing

    What kinds of inservice ideas are you looking

  10. press gainey

    grammyr replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    Not to be a smarty or anything, but my definition of Press Gainey is that Press is Satan and Gainey is spawn of Satan invented to make our lives a living HE@#. The surveys ask asinine questions of...

  11. Please and/or Thanks

    grammyr replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    You could do like I do my grandchildren. Just give them a blank stare until please is said. It doesn't take long for them to get into the habit if they know it's

  12. From where did y'all graduate?

    grammyr replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    Southern Arkansas University Magnolia, Arkansas3

  13. Praying with your patient

    grammyr replied to MShell's topic in General Nursing

    If I a patient makes a comment about needing to pray, I will offer to pray with them. Unless they bring up the subject I don't make the

  14. I'm scared

    grammyr replied to sckooshy1's topic in General Nursing

    Microbiology had me just as upset as you are right now. I spoke with the professor when he told me I had a C (2 points from a B) and I told him that a C was wonderful since I hadn't had any sort of...

  15. It's MY License....Made Report to Adult Protective Services

    grammyr replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    My state is a mandatory reporting state and I have called Elderly Protective Services twice in the past year. The only times I have lost sleep with the two cases I have reported are the nights before...

  16. A nurse is a nurse is a nurse. Is that true?

    grammyr replied to exairex's topic in General Nursing

    Let me answer your question with a question. If I understand what you are asking basically may be referring to a warm body with a license. I have heard the phrase many times from management who...

  17. What do you want to see from students on your unit?

    grammyr replied to SusanKathleen, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you from personal experience that the students who really make my day are the ones who, at a minimum are interested in what we do on a daily basis. Ask questions. Most of us do still...

  18. starting in cm

    grammyr replied to STORKRN93's topic in Case Management

    And I can't find anybody who wants my CM job. I want to get back into staff nursing after about 1 year in this position. Love my job, hate the

  19. Price of medications

    grammyr replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a part of my job as case manager, I feel I have to do what is best for my patient. In doing that it also means that if my patient is not able to afford the medication, they will be on my...

  20. CALLING ALL NURSES: I Need Your Input

    grammyr replied to PACURN216's topic in General Nursing

    Years in nursing: 9 What type of institution do you work at? rural 60 beds WHat 5 things are important to you as a nurse from most important to least: patient ratio, teamwork,respect, pay, location (3...

  21. Some managers just don't get it

    grammyr replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    We usually place wash clothes or towels on top of the cart and as we take the tray in, we grab one or the other and take it

  22. wrongful termination

    grammyr replied to oppressednurse's topic in General Nursing

    run dont

  23. Help finding inservices/conferences!!

    grammyr replied to putmetosleep's topic in General Nursing

    Go to www.mededseminars.net. They have wonderful classes and excellent instructor who actually continue to work in the real world. There are several certification classes also. If you can't go to...

  24. Can I put my hands in your hair?

    grammyr replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    That's gross. Is your hair long enough to put up? If so, wind it tight in a bun or something so they cant put their hands in your

  25. Fellow RN died this morning.

    grammyr replied to Ali_Oop07's topic in General Nursing

    I quit my first nursiing job that I absolutely loved for this very reason. I had moved and was driving about 1 hr and 15 minutes to and from work. The day before I gave my notice, I fell asleep but...