Jenny P

Jenny P

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  1. Good Nursing Shortage Article

    Jenny P replied to Julie, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good article but there is an error in it: the ANA is NOT a unit of the AHA! I know of no such link between the 2 assosciations and there couldn't be 2 more disparate groups. But it does...

  2. Truly sad- please read and consider

    Jenny P replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

    Shannon, one thing about nurses is that we are human and there are times that we need to vent and be negative the same as every other human on this planet. I think there are lots of negative postings...

  3. Have we enabled the health care industry?

    Jenny P posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting to think that we, as nurses, have always filled in when there was a problem- if housekeeping couldn't get to the unit to clean a room for an admit, we did it. If we were short a nurse for...

  4. Have we enabled the health care industry?

    Jenny P replied to Jenny P's topic in General Nursing

    Way to go, Mustangsheba! Saying "NO" occasionally is healthy and it sure feels good, doesn't it? Especially when it is done in a positive way- by sticking to the agreed upon contract and defending...

  5. Have we enabled the health care industry?

    Jenny P replied to Jenny P's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Buckboomer, haven't heard from you for a while; how are you recovering from your workplace injury? I fell at work myself when we were shortstaffed 3 weeks ago and am slowly getting back in the...

  6. OMG!!!

    Jenny P replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

    That's what your supervisor calls "helping out"? Man-o-man, I'd have told him where to go when he started riding my butt.And I would write a letter to your manager with copies to the director of...

  7. nursing shortage???????

    Jenny P replied to msdttob's topic in General Nursing

    Mijourney, you summed it up by saying that "nurses run the hospital by trying to keep everyone appeased". That is the problem with us nurses; I think we've created much of our own problems by always...

  8. Why did you go into nursing....

    Jenny P replied to nurshathaway's topic in General Nursing

    kiwijangle, loved your posting and it reminded me of when I was a home health nurse back in the early 70's. A World Famous Medical Center sent a patient home with a new colostomy and I was supposed to...

  9. Why did you go into nursing....

    Jenny P replied to nurshathaway's topic in General Nursing

    I became a nurse because some young nurse snuck my brothers and sisters (5 of us, under the age of 9) up the back stairs to see our Mom for the last time before she died, back in the 50's (children...

  10. Nurses wages...

    Jenny P replied to barrybender's topic in General Nursing

    I work here in the Twin Cities, and with 31 years experience, I'd make $56,000/ year IF I worked full time; but I only work 3/4 time. It sounds good, but I can't afford to have the health insurance...

  11. nursing shortage???????

    Jenny P replied to msdttob's topic in General Nursing

    There is another possibility: my hospital posts RN openings separately from all of the other positions open throughout the hospital; I'm not sure if they are listed as professional openings, or if...

  12. nursing shortage???????

    Jenny P replied to msdttob's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there is a nursing shortage, just read some of the other topics on this BS and you will know what it is doing to us. Nurses are tired of being forced to work overtime and being treated like dirt....

  13. nursing advice

    Jenny P replied to datta321's topic in General Nursing

    There will indeed be many job openings in nursing in 3 years and for many years to come; the average age of nurses now is between 44 and 46 years old (depending on your source), and they are...

  14. Caregiving and caregivers

    Jenny P posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is this personal research (as in "how do you cope; when do you take care of yourself?"- maybe because you are caring for someone yourself) or is this for a research study (like for a doctorate; etc?)....

  15. Let's play I Remember When.....

    Jenny P replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    Those lovely caps! I swear I'm still bald on top from having to pin them on so tight- bobby pins wouldn't stay in my fine straight hair unless I twisted the hair really tight into pincurls; then when...

  16. Nursing Journals

    Jenny P replied to allevi's topic in General Nursing

    I subscribe to AJN (through membership to ANA; also includes The American Nurse), Nursing 2000, RN, Critical Care Nurse, American Journal of Critical Care (both of these are through AACN; and the AACN...

  17. mandatory overtime article

    Jenny P posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I just got my December issue of RN magazine, and there is a fantastic article in it concerning mandatory overtime: "Just say "NO" to mandatory overtime?" by Emil Vernarec on pp. 69-74 (with...

  18. mandatory overtime article

    Jenny P replied to Jenny P's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Has anyone read this article yet? I posted this several days ago, but there is no response to it yet? Wouldn't it be nice if there was no response because no one ever had to do mandatory overtime?...

  19. Malpractice insurance

    Jenny P replied to allevi's topic in General Nursing

    I've had malpractice insurance for quite a few years and have used a couple of different companies through both ANA and AACN. Most malpractice policies run about $80 to $100 per year for a $3,000,000...

  20. To delegate or not to delegate?

    Jenny P replied to beaverlakefarm's topic in General Nursing

    The patient isn't your patient; the nurse caring for the patient may have given something and not signed it out yet. You should find the first nurse and ask if the pt. is due for some pain meds and if...

  21. Is it just me or all nurses??

    Jenny P replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Do we do this because we are so busy taking care of others that it is second nature for us to put everything else before ourselves? Or do we do this because we are used to being dumped on? I know I've...

  22. Well, she used to be a good nurse

    Jenny P replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Oramar, your old manager is probably still a good nurse; she just saw the direction that health care was taking and tried her skills in another area that she may have already been interested in. The...

  23. Let's play I Remember When.....

    Jenny P replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when the gift you got for graduating from nursing school was a pair of bandage scissors; the only stethescopes on the floor were with the BP cuff tray; the only reason (besides BPs) a nurse...

  24. suing board of nurses

    Jenny P replied to meemken's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Meemken, now that you've explained what you are upset about, I may be able to help you even more. My younger sister had a similar service in a different state; she's an LPN (who works as a grocery...

  25. suing board of nurses

    Jenny P replied to meemken's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As someone from your own state, I would suggest you try to attend some of the open sessions of the Board of Nursing so you can become aware of what they do. They will want to know your name, etc. when...