Judee Smudee ADN, RN

Blogs are the latest internet craze. My problem is that I am not sure what a blog might be. Is this site a blog? Are the threads and post here blogs? If these post are not blogs where can I find a nurse blog site? How would one sign up to do a blo...

We have a unit secretary that I have a secret name for and it is the "Weasel". This name reflects the fact that she spends a great deal of time weaseling in with people in managment positions. Knows them all by name, jumps up to glad hand them ever...

Yes managment is the problem, anything else I can deal with. Their cold stop your whining attitude is what eventually drives most nurses out. Then they run to congress and try to bring in foreign nurses. I am however beating a dead horse, they are...

Don't they add additional fluid in the lab sometimes for preservation purposes? Someone once told me that but I don't know for sure. I think they also add a perservative chemical.

Strange isn't it. We are permitted to tackle someone trying to jump off a bridge but we are not permitted to pull the cigarette out of a patients mouth. To me the two things are the same thing, SUICIDE, one slow and the other quick.

Dear friends, if anyone ever dares to bring your salary up to you please ask them to look up salaries of the average pro football or basketball player. What is it with a society that complains about paying decent wages to a caregiver then forks over...

A good supervisor is worth their weight in gold. Very important position. Takes a special person to do it right. Should be compensated accordingly. I agree they are underappreciated, especially the good ones.

Wonder how this will all play out if their is a pandemic. There will be shortages of all supplies, personel and especially beds. Nurses may be faced with a grim triage. Who gets the O2 or the vent, the 89 year old or the 9 year old. I pray it nev...

Networks frequently do outrageous things during sweeps week to increase viewership. They are thrilled that there is such an outcry over the movie, it increases viewership everytime. You know the old saying, "no such thing as bad publicity". They are...

Does any one remember the recent the anthrax attack that occured shortly after 911? Do you remember how the CDC rushed in to protect the rich and the powerful and left the postal workers and John Q. public to die? I remember and that is why I don't...

Years ago I used to use a product that removed color from fabrics to get ink out of uniform. Haven't seen it in stores in years. Had learned to be careful and not get stains on my uniforms so I really haven't needed it. However, for the first time...

Could they not just make different types of tubes with different connectors that won't match up with anything else?

I think it is terrible that people jumped to conclusions before checking all their facts. I feel bad for you. Prospective employers would be wise enough to check the license number I would hope.

The woman was calling and checking. Says to me she was getting suspicious anyway.

Yes things do change after the surgery. Myself I am going to see GI doctor in few weeks about problems I have had since I had gall bladder out.

Maybe you should contact your local representative in congress about this. They are the ones who write the legislation that cause situations like this. You won't do this patient very much good but if the problem is wide spread and Congress starts t...

I experienced similar situation. Had 12 patients, manager promised it would not happen again. Next time I worked had 11 patients. Never set foot in the place again.

Have occasionally run into this situation. It is first time I heard of the person involved talking about it openly. Is this person a dingbat or something? Usually it is a big secret.

I wonder if their is any evidence that groups like this do anything to actually reduce healthcare spending. I doubt it. Most likely all they do is transfer funds that should be going to care of patients to their own pockets.

I thought you went into shock from to much insulin and coma from to little. I saw the news clip about that situation while the flooding was still going on in New Orleans. I guess they must have reshown the footage. There was something about the wo...

Can't you find a place where your skills are appreciated. It sounds like you are a good manager but this place just does not allow you to manage.

Once in a while when I am feeling my age and one of my patients is moaning and groaning, I have to choak back a remark about the fact that the person is younger and healthier than I am.

I would like to be a drummer in a rock and roll band.

I heard something about this once before. I remember thinking it was a stupid idea like debtors prison. Debtors prisons were eliminated because people in prison have no hope of paying off debts because they can't work. It makes sense that people w...

I agree, it is negligent of director to allow bell to ring that long. If she thinks she is to good to do it then she should have looked into why it was taking so long. I have seen a managerial person grab an aide or nurse and send them into the room...