clc79092

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1. People don't leave their jobs, they leave their manager...

   clc79092 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   Where I work several people are leaving due to management. We have an excellent unit clerk who is starting nursing school and needs to go part time. There is a part time position posted for our unit but the Assistant Director told her she needs to ...

2. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

   clc79092 replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a doctor as a patient who decided to give himself a 1000 cc bolus of d5 1/2 ns with 20 of KCL. I just hung another bag and as I reset the correct rate I locked the pump. I then informed his doctor and documented what had happened. My patient...

3. Let's talk TRASH! Useless, outdated, OLD equipment or supplies on your unit, that is!

   clc79092 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Outdated useless nonfunctional..........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................does my relief charge nurse count?

4. Meds you hate to give....

   clc79092 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Tikosyn--side effect of possible sudden death. Not a drug I want to give any time and certainly not as the patients first dose.

5. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

   clc79092 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I live in the Texas Pnahandle and my employer expects me to show up regardless of the weather. When the Highway Patrol closes the interstate ( which is the only road that I can take to get to work (30 miles) my employer still expects me to come in e...

6. Travel / Strike nursing

   clc79092 replied to RNKitty's topic in Activism

   I do not believe that working while others strike is unethical since I have a strong distaste for unions but then I was raised in Texas which has not been brainwashing people for decades about how great unions are. The patients come first! Someone ...

7. VA/Govt Nurse Satisfaction

   clc79092 replied to Ellen Bobinski's topic in Government

   I would not work for the VA for love or money! When I graduated the first and only place I applied was the VA. That is where I wanted to be even though they paid a little less than the other local hospitals. I interveiwed and was told the job was ...

8. staffing on nights

   clc79092 replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric

   We have a 32 bed cardiac stepdown unit. Tonite our census started at 17 with three dismissal and two direct admits. There were 2 RN's, 1 Lvn and a RN charge nurse. I had 6 patients to start with since one of the admits came right before shift chan...

9. Mandated!

   clc79092 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work is a cardiology step down unit. Three months ago in an effort to decrease the payment of stipend shifts (10 to 20 dollars per hour extra) we were required to sign up for 2 on call shifts per month but since our unit is self schedule man...

10. where are the nursing shortages?

    clc79092 replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    I work for NWTHS in Amarillo. Looking at the UHS website (they own NWTHS) they are offering 24000 sign on to go to Eagle Pass TX for 2 years and 50000 (for 4 years) to work at their new Heart Hospital in McAllen TX. They are short of nurses throug...