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  1. Being direct with co-workers, aides, sitting at the desk, ect...advice please

    steelcityrn replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    Find a new job. This place sounds

  2. Night shift and daycare- ahh!

    steelcityrn replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    If you have family that would be willing to help you, I say move closer to home. No job is worth the stress. Who knows, maybe there is a better job awaiting you there. I know many people that live for...

  3. is there something wrong with using the word combative?

    steelcityrn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this was already said here, but my feelings are when you called a pateint combative, you have labelled them as such by your definition. In other words, it would be proper to chart this as...

  4. Highest paid nursing field?

    steelcityrn replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    The best money I have ever made, or will ever made had to be agency working in ccu/telemetry. But you need to work in the area you

  5. "...Nurses are Doctors SKIVVIES"

    steelcityrn replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    When I went to school to become a registered nurse, 54 people started in the class. upon graduation, 11 were left. Its funny how people laugh at becoming a nurse like its a walk in the park. I say...

  6. Inappropriate Movies

    steelcityrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with allowing them to watch what they want, as long as its not offensive to anyone else. It is their home , but its a shared

  7. phlebotomy sticks

    steelcityrn replied to jedijennyj's topic in General Nursing

    I would contact an in home laboratory company in your area, quest or any other private lab company and ask if your can precep with a phlebotomist that would allow you to perfoem some lab collections...

  8. A nurse friend of mine passed away: A WARNING TO ALL

    steelcityrn replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry for your loss. Very, very tragic. As I have been to many different areas and homes, today, one never knows which one might put you in such danger. This is why many do not want to do

  9. Any help for home care nurse in bug infested/dirty homes?

    steelcityrn replied to homelpn's topic in Home Health

    Stand, don't touch anything. Where gloves, shoe covers. If odor is a problem, use vicks around

  10. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    steelcityrn replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I have not read all the posts, but I would love to tell a nursing student to work extra hard,. read as much about nursing as you can, and try to stay in bedside nursing as long as you can, as we need...

  11. Fibromyalgia

    steelcityrn replied to Moogie's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    10 years so far....Vitamins, lots of water, daily exercise(walking is best), low stress, change your job if its too horrible, benadryl 25 mg each night at 8:30 for a good sleep by 10, stay away from...

  12. Family member complaint. Sorry, long post.

    steelcityrn replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    This is a perfect example why many nurses do not want to work in a hospital. People like this have made alot of nurses change positions. Its just unbearable stress to have to deal with the day to day...

  13. Old nurse looking to get into the ICU, any tips?

    steelcityrn replied to TootsieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would think you could get a job in icu, but you would probably need to be fulltime, as there is quite a costly investment today in training. You will probably need to have telemetry and or critical...

  14. really disappointed after my trip to the BON

    steelcityrn replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing

    I would think hormones can drive many of the decisions there. I would hate to be before them for

  15. Drainage and the color of it.....

    steelcityrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Infectious Disease

    I agree...very bright green, almost a lime green is usually pseudomonas. As far as I know, a wound can be treated with atb therapy and have a negative culture for mrsa once

  16. Extremely Upsetting!!!!!

    steelcityrn replied to twinjeep97's topic in General Nursing

    You will get a job near your home, there are plenty of choices as a

  17. Got fire because manager said I need some critical thinking

    steelcityrn replied to HNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, very sad this happened to you. I hope things work out for you.Take the good advice given

  18. Hanging up my stethescope

    steelcityrn replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Wishing you all the best. Still keep your license up, you may be ready to work one day after this is all

  19. Bummed...I think I have MRSA

    steelcityrn replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    If you have to have another I+D, and your first culure comes back positive, you really should not be working until you complete all your atb, and have a f/u with your

  20. I'm getting written up! (Very long)

    steelcityrn replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Who needs written up is the obgyn with his ignorant attitude on epidurals and the incertion of his opinions that are totally false and

  21. Need to ban a family member from the internet!!! (vent)

    steelcityrn replied to kermitlady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We see this often in homecare, patients that are ready to pass, yet family want everything done and won't consider hospice. Sometimes they are in denial, sometimes its about money, sometimes about...

  22. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    steelcityrn replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Many, many nurses I have met are dealing with fibromyalgia,depression or anxiety. Some have all three. Its the kind of job that can cause such stress and distress to our body, mind and spirit. We are...

  23. So overwhelmed..any advice?

    steelcityrn replied to Rachelks's topic in Home Health

    Have been in home health for 5 years. I used to see 5 a day, but last year the boss demanded all f.t to see 6, or the equivalent of. Travel also has been extending out. Our homecare company is not...

  24. I am RED HOT over this one.............

    steelcityrn replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

    Very interesting thread. Mr Ian, your story is chilling, and your legal knowledge is vast...thanks..Best of luck to you and the nurse who initiated the

  25. CHF patient education

    steelcityrn replied to cardiacmadeline's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, this is the physicians