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It’s your beautiful intention that counts. Precision of the exact words not so much.

Old bat former ICU/CCU. Surgical ICU, Neuro ICU, psych nurse here:::: Now much of this depends on how large a city you live in. What about a site that does ophthalmology surgery. Of course you’d only find that in a big city most likely. Yes, you’d be...

This is exceptional information. Please send it pronto to leaders in the field,both medical and governmental.

I do not agree with the ADD or Adhd "route" necessarily. If you are a bit older, new learning make take some time. With that said, there is an added bonus of accumulated wisdom with older folks (i.e. am referring to myself as I refer to someone 'olde...

Yes, a very desperate situation. Let us also put a lot of pressure on the bigger medical corporations to increase donations-stat. The big sports conglomerates also... From my understanding, the need for even basic comfort meds, i.e. pain meds for cru...

I am so very very pleased for you. Nontheless, what a heartache you had to endure. Even though LTC places are certainly not all the same, I do not believe it is a place for newer grads to work, for many reasons. Again, as I posted before I hope you t...

Oh yea, the QA board sure sounds effective... now we have nursing staff facing a "parole board". An administrator at one of the local nursing homes was a no show for many days, did not even provide a phone contact for when the DOH came to audit...and...

Yes, try your local MRDD group homes. Or better yet-maybe a day program where there would be a few other nurses. I've worked in this field in the past and if this is truly your interest, you would be a Godsend.

Indeed that is bullying, abuse, whatever you want to call it. Can you imagine, being offered Compazine, then being asked to work-ridiculous. Leave the job.

I hope others join in here. BLEB is on the main drag. It is fairly near Yankee Stadium.While the neighborhood used to be atrocious, I believe it is truly on the upswing. This is a perfectly reasonable question, and i would not hesitate asking the rec...

It has been thirty years since I've graduated (RN). I am ever so grateful that I had the opportunity to have a supportive management and orientation for my first job. This was at a mjaor medical center in NYC. With that said, they ran us ragged too, ...

Oh my! That surely is a case of psychobabble from the administrator. When the Titanic did not have enough lifeboats, that was not a "external locus of control" problem of those who were frustrated trying to rescue people. I would ask- has the admin...

I work as a consultant to nursing homes, and have been licensed,oh, for about 30 years. I am seeing a horrific trend in which DONs are physically escorted out of the building. A typical scenario is this-staffing is cut, the DON (understandably) gets ...

Rats.. the forum was updating so I lost my reply. I've read many of the posts on borderline/alternative methods,etc. This really has been thought provoking. I also believe relationships heal. I also believe that DBT is a very strong,workable method. ...

Are you kidding? This is an excellent idea. You might want to also consider teaching: 1) Strategies for the patient with dementia,etc. 2) Smoking cessation. I wish there were more nursing entrepreneurs in this area. Otherwise other specialists who...

Lordy, you guys crack me up. The l980's- the "middle ages' or something akin. Okay here goes... I think I might start listing some of the positives: In good treatment facilities, there were: 1. Actual treatment plans (not the bogus ones requested by ...

I'm not sure if I totoally understand your message. I have worked along side of Psych NP's who have "quotas". to fill per "mandates" of their companies. I have seen some rather atrocious care-spending 5 minutes with apt. then rendering a dx/med chang...

I worked in the CCU a long time ago (1990)- but figured I'd answer you. I went to the CCU after about 2 and three quarters of a year in med/surg. I had superb orientation in an excellent NYC hospital (Albert Einstein)/ and had worked med/surg at Corn...

Dave- Yes- Excellent. Should you ever need to change "day jobs' you can always be a reporter! (Please take this as a complement).

Hi- "therapist 4Change", we've "met" on a previous discussion. I'm the person who's dually licensed as RN and psychologist. And a bit old- and with a major tendency to vacillate... I go back and forth between going to a local NP psych school, then fo...

Okay folks. Would it be possible for any NP students (or others) to state their experience re NP schools that actually find clinical sites for students? I don't mean simply give a "list" of potential sites. I am interested in identifying schools that...

I went to an Urgent Care Facility for my ear. The M.D. "assigned" the "tech" to do an invasive procedure-well not majorly invasive-but it did involve placing an instrument in my ear. As I noted the tech to be shaking I asked if she had ever "done" th...

Alrighty - I had the norovirus (used to be called Norwalk). Now-It's basically what some people call a "stomach flu". I work LTC consulting/psych but am an RN as well. Anyway last year the "stomach flu" was going around one of my LTC facilities. I ...

My first inpatient experience was in l969. (Yes, I was really really young and not a graduate yet!) I have worked in outpt.,inpt.,med-surg.,CCU/ICU, developmental disabilites, and so on. I have worked in "back-wards" and in posh places. Frankly I h...

Hi- I work in consulting in geropsych, by the way. Yea,I have to wonder if this might have been age discrimination. The need for well versed nurses in geropsych is quite high-and as you indicate you have umpteen years in med-surg. But again, -very di...