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  1. Me thinks me has been blacklisted....

    tencat replied to CathyLew's topic in General Nursing

    It's pretty evident why you're not getting jobs: You stated you left the union. Once you do that, you get blacklisted and can't get a job anywhere with that union. And you left to go into...

  2. If we had a conservative nurses forum

    tencat replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's good to shake up your paradigm once in a while! I'm shaking mine up by reading this forum as I'm not terribly conservative on most things, and downright liberal on others. A little friendly...

  3. 25 Craziest Interview Questions of 2010

    tencat replied to SweetBabyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    And that is why, good people of the US, we are in the financial crisis and state we are in..........note that most of those questions come from big corporations, many of which have to do with...

  4. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

    tencat replied to Biogirl4's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'd be complaining to the hospital administration profusely and loudly. Totally

  5. Eyes & Thighs - is this an act of battery?

    tencat replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would think it would be battery if you went ahead and did those things to the baby and the parents said no. I wouldn't refuse it, but if someone went ahead and did something to my kiddo after I'd...

  6. Deep Suctioning: Should We Do It At End of Life?

    tencat posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi, I've got a conundrum. A family wants the nurses to do deep suctioning on a conscious (although very confused) patient who has recurring aspiration pneumonias. We have a new nurse (new to...

  7. Lied on at work....

    tencat replied to RN3121's topic in General Nursing

    Why did it take you 2 1/2 hours to get to work after you were called? Most places have a time limit. If you were supposed to be there in 45 minutes to an hour, then I can see why they're miffed, and...

  8. Concerned...allnurses store product

    tencat replied to AwayWeGo's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! Made me spew

  9. Help!!

    tencat replied to Darknights's topic in General Nursing

    Darknights....God bless you. I know what you're going through....I, too work in a very small, rural area where everyone knows everyone else and the physicians are clueless. I really have been...

  10. Concerned...allnurses store product

    tencat replied to AwayWeGo's topic in General Nursing

    Please, people, get a grip. I wouldn't buy these candies because I have small kids in my home and I don't want them to get confused as to why we're eating candy out of a pill bottle. But ultimately...

  11. Really Tired of Fighting Hospice Ignorance......

    tencat posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi all. I'm feeling SOOOO discouraged right now, and I hope some non-hospice folks are also looking at this thread because I am beyond knowing how to address hospice issues with non-hospice clinical...

  12. Really Tired of Fighting Hospice Ignorance......

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    AMEN! It's frustrating as I'm in a small town with about 9 doctors, and it feels like every single one of them is adamantly opposed to what we do. And I have no support from my management to try to...

  13. essential oils killing super bugs?

    tencat replied to anonymousstudent's topic in Patient Education

    Homeopathic remedies can be very useful and work well, I'm sure. Personally I'm not chucking it all and becoming totally organic with teas and oils, but I don't discount it totally, either. However,...

  14. How does one fight constant ignorance not just Hospice specific?

    tencat replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm glad it's not just me who is dealing with all of that crappola......families I understand to an extent because usually they're in uncharted waters, so to speak, and they don't get what's happening...

  15. What we must endure as hospice nurses....

    tencat replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Geez. It gets really frustrating, doesn't it? I hope for your sake she finds another hospice to terrorize should she decide to go the hospice route

  16. How would you interpret this order for pain medication?

    tencat replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you supposed to have a patient stick to one pain medication or another and not alternate them? Depending on the reason for the pain and the patient's history with pain medications it might...

  17. How to Deal With Ignorant Medical Professionals

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. We mustn't annoy the doctors or they won't refer to us anymore (not my attitude, my bosses).....not that they do anyway unless they don't want to deal with a problem patient anymore as it stands...

  18. How to Deal With Ignorant Medical Professionals

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all SOOO MUCH for your replies and ideas. I have duly noted in my notes the incident. Thank God we have a fabulous medical director (not from our town) who will get the patient whatever...

  19. 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

    NO you can't call at 2 AM and request an emergency nursing visit because grandpa's foley catheter came out (not pulled out) and he needs a new one NOW because he's peeing in his depends and getting...

  20. Just looking for some other opinions on a topic that came up on Oprah

    tencat replied to mentalhealthRN's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN! LOTS of folks reproduce who have no business being parents........Not saying this woman is one of them, but there are a lot of them out there for

  21. Bipolar-Should I ask for ADA accomodations?

    tencat replied to AZRN2112's topic in General Nursing

    News flash: Mental illness CAN be very disabling in the ADA sense.....For those of you who have never had to witness or experience the devastation it can cause, thank your lucky stars. Lots of folks...

  22. Really Tired of Fighting Hospice Ignorance......

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm sure a lot of it does have to do with the fact that most of medicine is focused on treating and curing, and death is seen as the enemy to fight. It is hard to wrap your head around it at first....

  23. Deep Suctioning: Should We Do It At End of Life?

    tencat replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    And they all live in the town I live in....sigh...... The patient in question finally got to die after trying to do it for months and being thwarted at every turn. I hope he finds the peace he...

  24. A Conversation with my Supervisor

    tencat replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's certainly not unreasonable to say "We don't want you to work when you're sick, but really even though we say that, we're lying through our teeth because we don't give a rat's patootie if you...

  25. Nursing or Teaching

    tencat replied to Blush000's topic in General Nursing

    Most states require student teaching time in a real classroom, and if this program doesn't have that, I would steer clear. A school is not going to hire someone who has no classroom experience,...