oldcurlyrn49

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1. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

   oldcurlyrn49 replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I think it is wrong to catagorize people. My current manager who is in her thirties is always talking about "Generation X". According to her, gen-xers do not feel they need to "pay their dues" ie;...

2. Questions about staffing a small peds unit

   oldcurlyrn49 replied to oldcurlyrn49's topic in Pediatric

   I appreciate your response. My co-workers and I agree with everything you wrote! There was a situation years ago, where a child died in Peds, one nurse working on nights no one else. It took more...

3. Questions about staffing a small peds unit

   oldcurlyrn49 posted a topic in Pediatric

   We are currently at odds with management as to how best"staff" our 14 bed pediatric unit.Our patient's ages range anywhere from neonate to 18yrs.Our acuity varies from day to day. On any given day we...

4. Peds Rules: U Must Know This!

   oldcurlyrn49 replied to StevenRN's topic in Pediatric

   hilarious!!! thanks for making me laugh!it's been a hard week,lots of rsv and rototvirus! you helped to remind me why i love peds so

5. Do you wear makeup?

   oldcurlyrn49 replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

   At almost 49, not only do I wear makeup(minimal) I pluck and spackle! The most important thing to remember is to appear well groomed, makeup or not! I shows you take pride in what you...

6. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   oldcurlyrn49 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   The funniest thing I heard was just yesterday. A mom of a 2week old baby that was admitted for RSV, stated the baby had

7. Mc Donalds pays more for CNA with 8 yrs exp

   oldcurlyrn49 replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hello, First allow me to introduce myself, I am new to the forum. I am an RN currently working on a 12 bed peds unit. We have a 16 year old high school student working on our unit as a CNA....