duskyjewel

Because a bunch of Liberians would be really well educated about and familiar with that, right? I don't deny history. I object to its use to race-bait and muddle an issue that has nothing to do with it.

Exactly, yes, newhospicern. Thank you. :)

Some people I meet, I know weren't raised by wolves, because wolves would have done a better job.

And I've worked with BSN-prepared nurses who couldn't put their gowns on correctly even with a big picture on the outside of the box for instruction! (They were the kind with the loop that goes over the thumb, and that is supposed to go under the gl...

You can't fix stupid.

Vaccinations are a public health issue, and schools have both a right and an obligation to ask about them. Especially if your kids aren't vaccinated, they need to know whom to order to stay home when there is a measles/mumps/pertussis outbreak. Unf...

When our patients can no longer take PO meds, they're routinely switched to subQ. I know our nurses have trained some family members in giving SQ meds. If a patient has to have IV meds, then either there will be much more frequent nurse visits or t...

If you have a problem with religious and spiritual topics in regard to nursing, perhaps you should avoid this particular forum.

I really think anyone who has trouble with a spouse over pursuing a career is in a marriage that had massive issues already. Someone who truly loves you, wants the best for you, and values you as a person in your own right would never have a problem...

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I paid $130 to have a Quantiferon Gold test done at a local lab to satisfy a cranky community college nursing program that didn't want to accept my TB testing history. It was good enough for my current employer and the multi-state hospital system fo...

I wouldn't take that job at RN wages.

I'm not taking "joy" out of it. Joy is a big, meaty level of enjoyment. This is a little snicker behind a hand, followed by moving on. I agree middle management must suck, because I imagine it must be a lot like the garbage compacter scene from Star...

I think they're being fed that line by Al Sharpton and other race hucksters and have no patience with it.

We do NOT withhold fluids or nourishment in hospice. We do NOT forbid anything by mouth. Most hospice care takes place in people's homes, so we couldn't forbid anything even if we wanted to. But even in our inpatient units, if the patient wants to...

If a patient is "bugging" her doctor for a medically unnecessary induction, it's the doctor's job to educate their patient and refuse to do unethical things.

I'm a hospice CNA, hoping to be a hospice nurse at some point. I have two years of hospice experience now and achieved CHPNA earlier this year. It upsets me to hear the erroneous ideas the general public has about hospice, and it seems from the com...

He lied on his health screening form to get here. Had he returned to Liberia he would have been prosecuted.

As a woman married to a "bean counter" I thank you for this. My husband is not employed in healthcare, but is a financial professional in another nonprofit sector. If you want your organization to remain financially healthy enough to pay you and st...

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How is providing honest, paid work for other people, in obedience to one's own religious laws, which those others do not have to obey, wrong? Seems to me that giving work to a family provider is an admirable thing to do.

This is why I don't think I could ever bring myself to work somewhere that runs 8 hour shifts. Doing this job five days a week is just about guaranteed to burn you out and destroy your body. If my family were going to be homeless or starve, I'd work...

In the hospital system I used to work for, staff wore color coded scrubs, and black was radiology. They/we had no choice of what to wear to work.

I hate my autocorrect.

Are those 4-5 staff members you speak of all CNAs or dies that include the nurses? Because if they're all CNAs, that's a 5-6 patient per CNA ratio and not for minimize your stress, but many of us would change jobs with you in a heartbeat.