madwife2002 BSN, RN

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    What's going to happen when we ALL leave the bedside?

    madwife2002 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I think about leaving bedside nursing all the time, then I remember my pts. My body is not holding out well these days I have been in nursing 20 years in August, I can hardly believe it. Everyday we...
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    Have noticed racist threads right here in the past two days!

    madwife2002 replied to lpn2icu's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are NO foreign nurses immigrating to the US to work at this moment in time, Retrogression has stopped this. The problem with this country at the moment is financial not because of the 3.5% of...
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    John C Lincoln layoffs

    madwife2002 replied to madwife2002's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I really dont know if they are using partners in practice sorry. I know we are going to experience a nurse shortage before the summer is here. We are expected to take more and more pts, morale is low...
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    banner layoffs

    madwife2002 replied to mzloco's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Peace we know that it is a sensitive subject in Az at the moment:wink2: So off topic :offtopic:please keep to the subject
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    How often should patients get bed baths?

    madwife2002 replied to Skippers1's topic in General Nursing

    My pts ostomy burst the other day and the PCT grabbed the wash bowl and put it underneath the illeostomy. After we has cleaned him up with out the use of the wash bowl LOL, the offending wash bowl was...
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    Home Births -- The Good, the bad, and the Ugly

    madwife2002 replied to michael79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just wanted to know if it was for a project I would have given you some links, I would have done some research as I have some good sources. I had my educators hat on not asking as a mod. I have done...
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    Home Births -- The Good, the bad, and the Ugly

    madwife2002 replied to michael79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Can I ask why you want this
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    Get used to it... nursing is only going to get worse!!

    madwife2002 replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday I nearly exploded at work at the heaviness, yet the charge nurses were sitting pretty in their offfice chatting and enjoying themselves shuffling their papers around the desk. the best thing...
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    Maintaining Morale During High Census

    madwife2002 replied to caddismt's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a tele floor and we are just grateful for the job and no calling off. We know there are going to be job cuts so we just carry on plodding, and hoping nobody loses their job. Morale actually...
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    update on UK TO USA

    madwife2002 replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    As Cariad said things are very bad over here, we are thankful of a job and working conditions are detiorating as the financial crunch is hitting us hard. No jobs have been posted at our hospital since...
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    Are any other hospitals taking "Proactive" steps against the economy??

    madwife2002 replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    First of all we lost the Ambulatory Techs then the secrataries had their hours cut then the PCT's lost 1 hour per shift this week we were asked if anybody was leaving, or would consider cutting their...
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    Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    madwife2002 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    How about How many emails do you have to answer in one day??? How many times are you going to paper shuffle to try and make yourself look busy Remind me about team playing one more time, whilst you...
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    US RN's what is your opinion on Foreign trained RN's

    madwife2002 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Only 29 people have voted on this poll I am surprised as I know a lot more US nurses out there have opinions on this. The poll is annoymous so come on vote vote
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    Unsafe staffing revisted - what is the cause at your hospital?

    madwife2002 replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    We used to be allowed 7 RN's per shift, now we are allowed up to 6 RN's per shift and 2 nurses have to flex up. There is NO consideration given to the nurses acuity so why we do that I have no idea....
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    Help needed

    madwife2002 posted a topic in International Nursing

    I am running some polls regarding foreign trained nurses in the USA I would be grateful if you could access these links and vote if it applies to you. Some nurses believe that RN's from other...
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    Help needed

    madwife2002 replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    I know this I am just running some poles to validate
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    Wage brackets for foreign nurses

    madwife2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    There will be 4 polls initially regarding foreign nurses in the USA, These will gather evidence amongst our allnursing community to prove or disprove theories about foreign
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    Foreign nurses are taking/replacing nurses here in the USA?

    madwife2002 replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/nursing-blogs/foreign-trained-nurses-369979.html Link to my blog where I found evidence to show that only 3.4% of practicing nurses in the the USA are foreign and of those 3.1%...
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    searching for hospitals which offer H1B nurse sponsorship

    madwife2002 replied to cymalice's topic in Immigration Advice

    Have moved this thread to the international forum where you may get more answers I do think your changes of being employed as a RN on a H1B visa are almost nil sorry. I am sure you were told this...
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    Precepting...

    madwife2002 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you should have confidence in your own practice before you even think about being a preceptor, then you should at least attend a preceptor workshop. Preceptor is a huge responsibility all...
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    NCLEX - can you take it on your own?

    madwife2002 replied to sandia712's topic in International Nursing

    Yes you can take the NCLEX on your own. I will move this thread to the international forum where you will recieve more answers plus will find hundreds of threads all concerned with
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    Arguments Disfavoring Hourly Rounding

    madwife2002 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I couldnt agree more but be careful about signing early for care as somebody on our floor was fired for signing early-they said he was frauding his documentation, I would rather late entry now. We...
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    Foreign nurses are taking/replacing nurses here in the USA?

    madwife2002 replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    This is such a sad situation that I believe will get worse as the financial crunch gets worse. I can only hope things will be dealt with professionally, and that foreign RNs will not be discrimated...
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    Want your opinion?

    madwife2002 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I didnt even know you could ask for an easy assignment. I would not be very tolerant of somebody who chooses to do classwork at work
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    In Shock about Missing Narcotics

    madwife2002 replied to LHH1996's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you, it is not nice having to come forward when you have a complaint against a collegue. With so many missing meds it seems hard evidence to dispute-if she is innocent then she will have a...