purplemania

purplemania BSN, RN

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  1. "Paid Leave For All?"

    purplemania replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Before you promote this too much, consider how it will be funded. If there are more people eligible for paid leave than for worker's comp, who then pays the difference? Taxes? How much would the...

  2. Nursing Programs

    purplemania replied to CvdB's topic in General Nursing

    University of Texas at Austin has accelerated program. Check out their

  3. Thoughts on the flu shot

    purplemania replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    I get flu shot each year because I have been severly ill due to flu in the past and do not want repeat. Never had problem with vaccine. Medication is aimed at prevailing germ (check out...

  4. Only Meg-Surg?

    purplemania replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Not all med-surg units are horrible. Sometimes it is the contrast between expectation and reality that makes it SEEM horrible, but that can happen anywhere. My experience with new grads is they want...

  5. ethical dilemma

    purplemania replied to crnaethics's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I would not expose them to the school but I would not consider this person a friend either This was a huge undertaking and did not occur overnight. You had plenty of opportunities to back out. Let me...

  6. anyone else get message from travel agency on answering machine?

    purplemania replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Get on the do not call list for telemarketers and/or call the agency and tell them to take you off call list. I hate those type of

  7. burn out from school, need advice

    purplemania replied to Pamelita's topic in General Nursing

    Take a break. You will still be learning on the job and can apply all of that towards your next degree. I find grad school much more enjoyable because I do not feel as much pressure as getting BSN. In...

  8. certifications

    purplemania replied to iliel's topic in General Nursing

    Many certifications require you to be in practice a certain length of time so that the certificate PLUS your experience amount to something. Depending on how you define certification, I guess, because...

  9. Not happy with med/surg...

    purplemania replied to RNNC2003's topic in General Nursing

    I worked mother-baby for years and can tell you that 100% care is done there too. Nursing is hard whereever you go. I do agree you should investigate a transfer, since the facility has trained you to...

  10. advise needed.. change areas of nursing

    purplemania replied to fawnsternurse's topic in General Nursing

    If I were interviewing you for a med-surg unit I would be delighted with your experience and maturity, place you with a preceptor to help you get over the "re-learning" process and be glad you came my...

  11. Does your hospital "lock down" after visiting hours????

    purplemania replied to altomga's topic in General Nursing

    All doors are locked at 9 pm except ER and security desk is there. Maternal-child areas are locked-down units after 9 pm. All

  12. Reasons that I'm glad I'm a Nurse

    purplemania replied to Noney's topic in General Nursing

    I like the challenge and satisfaction my job offers. Best of all, I like the opportunity to work with competent

  13. Needle Sharpness

    purplemania replied to Rosie2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Insulin is not injected IM, so that makes a difference (to the patient). I change out needles too, because it seems like a kind thing to do for the patient. Thank goodness most of pedi meds are IV in...

  14. Medication question

    purplemania replied to wiseRN's topic in Pediatric

    Ability to void is my guess, because as pedi nurse our policy was never start the KCL until the kid could pee on his own. Even being cathed in ER did not

  15. ER last night and the nurses!

    purplemania replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    Have never seen the

  16. I'm begging for advise

    purplemania replied to Sheryl H's topic in General Nursing

    You might need to talk to a professional about your anxiety. It can control your life and distort your perception of things. Aside from that, statistics is not like algebra. It is more like "word...

  17. Anyone sick of working weekends????

    purplemania replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    My vet has clinic on Sat and on-call staff all weekend. Is that really an option for

  18. Renerian's thread "Worksheets from your shift..." uppdated w/ a poll

    purplemania replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry you were fired over this. I used to do the same thing, then finally decided it made more sense to make my documentation clear enough so I could review it later if I needed to. When I...

  19. For Fun: Weirdest Thing in Pt. Bed

    purplemania replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in General Nursing

    Knife-the kind you cut people with in street fights-in bed of 17 y/o female

  20. all the latest tricks to keep nurses.

    purplemania replied to alansmith52's topic in General Nursing

    While I share your views on the sign-on bonuses, the other things your listed at the beginning of your post are all positives, in my opinion. We all want more money, but the other perks are nice too....

  21. Nursing skill levels in the USA

    purplemania replied to Farkinott's topic in General Nursing

    sorry for all the mis-spelled words. Hope I answered your

  22. Nursing skill levels in the USA

    purplemania replied to Farkinott's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! And I thought we were confusing. Do you think confusion is because the nursing profession is confused about who we are and what we do?? Anyway, three are two types of nurses in the US. Licensed...

  23. Bone Marrow result...

    purplemania replied to suehp's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to both of you. It is so frustrating when "life" gets in the way of our goals. I believe that endurance is part of the "test" of being a

  24. I finally had the guts to say no!!!

    purplemania replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    Your response was not only for your benefit, but for the benefit of the patient's for whom you are caring. I used to feel guilty about saying no, but now, if I feel justified, I do

  25. on call policies

    purplemania replied to UKRN88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our policy states that when census is low and it is necessary to reduce number of nurses working, one will remain on-call at $1/hr for that shift only. If called in, the pay is time and a half....