anothergrumpyoldRN

It is very much not easy to unionize in the midwest where the republican governors and legislators are breaking unions as fast as they can...

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I give them my name. I tell them that they can get messages to me through my boss or the hospital and make certain they have that name and contact information. I reassure them that if they are unhappy with my care they can report me both to my superv...

It really is the call of the provider. I have done that for PAs, NPs, DOs and MDs. Many wouldn't think of having a nurse or anyone else write their Rx's. Others, could care not so much. If it gets me what my patient needs I am happy to do it!

It is not within scope of HHA employed by CMS Home Health in my state. We can, however, train whomever the patient would like to designate to be that provider as long as it is not our staff for whom we are responsible.

In other words, a lot of people are keeping their heads in the sand and refuse to believe those unpleasant truths?

It seems sometimes that we must say something shocking and outrageous to get people to pay attention. Please accept that my comments about the girlie thing, it was tongue in cheek. I am married to a girlie and I like them in general. good thing since...

If I need the $ I tell management ahead of time that I am available. On my days off I am under no obligation to speak to my work. I do not fear answering the phone. If I don't want to work I say so. If they try to brow beat me I tell them I am hangin...

Keep a log for yourself of interruptions and near misses. Report your findings in the next staff meeting. Prepare some suggestions as to how you might improve your ability to safely administer medications to the patients. Good luck!

Lots of people and groups have hijacked hate words to remove the power... usually the haters don't get it and then complain..."well they use the (N,Q,C,whatever) word!!" or similar trying to justify their continued bigotry or racism, etc. That part i...

this... is sputtering over the inconsequential a girl thing? the important thing is that there is an incompetent idiot coordinating clinical function of a nursing department and giving professional nurses stupid directions wasting their time and ther...

Request a meeting with management. Ask your questions. Get answers and decide what you should do.

So, I'll bite. How is the age of the mother important to the discussion. Does the mother's age change the responsibility of the mother? Does the age of the mother change the duties of the nurse relative to the mother's child? What does it matter i...

yup... sounds like you need to lift some weights, no need to be a weakling just cuz you are a girl! My granddaughter (9) can lift 20 lbs for pete sake. LOL

I agree, except for that BSN to practice part...there is no evidence to support the notion that to begin practicing as an RN you must have a BSN to be safe, proficient, or even to become expert in the care. To advance the notion that we must have add...

meh... there have always been "dirty old men" who are sometimes neither old nor men... The problem is that sexual harassment and discrimination has been institutionalized against women forever, so we are numb to it. But look what happens when women d...

If my patients or families behave improperly I tell them and outline EXACTLY what I expect. I probably get a different response than some of my petite female peers. I treat my patients and families with respect REGARDLESS of the way they treat me...I...

I would suspect that many of us do not find that part of the story very "right". The age of the mother, however, is irrelevant to the discussion as long as she is legally responsible for the child. And so the thread has moved along quite nicely disc...

As an OLD nurse, I would get myself into trouble because I would have pushed the CCs demonstration of idiocy IMMEDIATELY up the chain. What the CC did is WRONG on so many levels, as has been pointed out very nicely, that to NOT notify senior managem...

It sounds like you are working for a home agency that provides "unskilled" nursing care and are directed to identify the need and then assign an aide while creating a nursing POC for the patient? Nursing aides work under the direct supervision of an ...

When I was ppv I was "required" to attend case conference, I was paid for my time. We had EMR so no turning in paperwork, although there were some hard copy papers that I brought to the CCs weekly. I prefer to be hourly.

Most of us don't really care how you educate yourself about issues unless you come spouting the poorly though out rhetoric of the parties and the party mouthpiece Fox News. It is interesting that a well informed citizen actually "hates" our political...

blah, blah, blah... Blue Mountain Health System pays it executive lots of $$ and bonus $$ to keep the purse strings tight. It is easy for they to demonize ACA because so many will believe it without any second thought.

So you blame this POTUS for the rank crap that people with money do to you in order to preserve their piece of the pie. Good for you, the next step in this process is to step up to the camera, open your mouth and say; BAAAAH.

For those posters who need to blame their job dissatisfaction on your patients; That suggests to me that you are experiencing compassion fatigue. The patients may make your life difficult for a shift or two, they do not write your paycheck, they do n...