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  1. Enough is Enough

    tencat replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    SO TRUE! If hospitals want true customer satisfaction, they should hire more staff to bake those cookies, run errands for the patients (like getting a glass of ice water) and let the nurses take the...

  2. Is 6 Month Of Med-Surg Enough?

    tencat replied to WinterWolf90's topic in General Nursing

    I completely understand how Med-surg can be boring. When I was working nights I was so bored I could have poked my eyes out with a stick.....Some med-surg units are very small with not much going on,...

  3. Sad day in the USA

    tencat replied to rickkijo's topic in Emergency

    The welfare system doesn't work. There are no provisions in it for getting out of it. For example, I know a single mother of one child who was trying like crazy to go to school and get an education....

  4. Got fired... again. Should I not be a nurse?

    tencat replied to Sarah K, RN's topic in General Nursing

    All good advice. Personally, I hated med-surg, but I'm not sorry I did it. It set a good foundation for me by giving me good hands-on experience and prioritizing experience. So I'd echo what others...

  5. People you "know "coming to your unit for care

    tencat replied to anewday's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm.....gee. I guess you'd have to make a 'scene' about it if it were me, because it wouldn't really occur to me to ask to be transferred unless it was someone I knew to be a trouble maker, or...

  6. I witnessed the most horrible death last night at a LTC facility.

    tencat replied to stdntograd06's topic in General Nursing

    If it had been my patient, I would have gotten an order for hourly morphine and perhaps ativan every two hours. It sounds like he didn't get enough medications. Also, those ***** tube feeds for...

  7. Rationing Health Care for Seniors

    tencat replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Spirited debate is all part of the fun.... Poor Ms. Shriver needs hospice, not ICU.....people don't live forever. Yes, she is getting special treatment because she is a wealthy, well-connected...

  8. burnout

    tencat replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like it's time for you to move on, maybe to another kind of nursing. Burn out happens for a variety of reasons, but when we care more for others and don't take care of ourselves, that is...

  9. hospice nurses--personal beliefs in life after death

    tencat replied to finn11707's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Son, bless you. You are going through a very difficult time. I know you want to know the time frame ie: how much time does she have left? No one can accurately answer that question for you. It...

  10. Ugly, Ugly People.....

    tencat posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Wow. I just had the experience from hades. I can't go into too much detail, but basically I got into it with a former patient and patient's family, at the request of my boss who thought we should...

  11. Ugly, Ugly People.....

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks to all for your replies. Sigh.....just bummed about the whole thing and really angry with my boss who was totally aware of what a bad situation it was and is, but threw me to the wolves...

  12. Ugly, Ugly People.....

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I don't think patient did agree....was pushed into it by kids. Patient has a brain tumor, and up until today I was chalking up the patient's behavior to that....until I met the kids who act exactly...

  13. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    tencat replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    If I didn't have to pay out the nose for crappy health insurance for my family, and I could make my current bills, yes, I'd work for

  14. Country's with socialized medicine vs the USA (Personal Income Tax)

    tencat replied to ACU_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ummm....if you are hit by a bus in the US, need to be on life-support, spend two months in the ICU, you WILL go into bankruptcy unless you are independently wealthy.....I know a woman who is...

  15. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    tencat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I HAVE said that to a family member.....Mean old nurse that I

  16. What the president and the ANA says about our health care "reform" UP TO DATE INFO

    tencat replied to female12233's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How do Australia, Canada, and the Scandinavian countries do it? I've chatted with Canadians and Australians, and the ones I've talked to think we are crazy for not wanting a system such as theirs as...

  17. Full-page Scientology Ad in July AJN (really!)

    tencat replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in General Nursing

    Sheesh. Someone didn't do his/her homework and find out where the ad came from.....or else the AJN is hard-up for money and didn't care where it came from. Either way, not a good deal. Or someone...

  18. homehealth nurse in heels & scrubs while working!?

    tencat replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the heels look pretty unprofessional, especially with scrubs.....but better than the home care nurse from another agency I know who dresses like a hoochie-momma with skimpy clothes and...

  19. If pay was not an issue, would you still be a nurse?

    tencat replied to Elizabeth K.'s topic in General Nursing

    If money were no object I probably would choose to pursue my first love of anthropology. Love it, but there's no money in it to pay the bills. I might consider staying in nursing part time or per...

  20. Should I rent a house directly across the street from the hospital?

    tencat replied to algebra_demystified's topic in Psychiatric

    I think I'd forgo the trees and find another home not so close to where you work. It's a pity, but I don't think you can take any chances with psych

  21. What do you do when/if a Doctor or other nurse curses you out?

    tencat replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, I have had it happen to me. It happened in front of several witnesses, thank goodness. After I got over the original shock of it, I dragged the nurse into a private room and flat out...

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    tencat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, DID it interfere with his/her ability to

  23. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    tencat replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    We have to do something. And those who don't like the current ideas that the president is proposing need to come up with alternatives. I don't see many other alternatives being proposed, other than...

  24. Being Questioned by Paramedics? Why?

    tencat replied to jayde_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, you must have the same ambulance service we have in our town....I argued with EMS once about sending a patient with altered mental status who had no caregiver in the home, who was having apnea as...

  25. venous stasis ulcer...it doesnt look like its healing

    tencat replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    As to your wound expert needing to see it....could you take a photo of it on your cell phone and send it to