all4neuro

The hospital is crazy scared to have a union. They have had anti-union speakers hold MANDATORY meetings. A few of us failed at holding back our chuckles or snorts listening to their passive aggressive way of telling us if we supported a union coming...

Our facility got rid of homecare and hospice coordinators. The social workers took over doing some of the tasks the RN's once did. There is no one better than a hospice RN to coordinate hospice care. The home care coordinator position's, although I ...

Our yearly in service from the dialysis/renal/diabetic team helps so much to avoid conflicts, and misunderstandings. Our dialysis RN's do give transfusions, meds, change patients, etc. A dialysis patient is off the unit for 4 hours, that is a HUGE a...

Being a new RN in LTC it is perfectly appropriate to ask how to delegate CNA's. One RN delegating to 5 CNA's for 25 patients on the special care unit, I asked the same thing. I WAS THERE 5 evenings, which means the 5 CNA's were different from day to...

PT has males and females that work with pt's considered "heavy lifts". If a female PT can do it, a female RN can do it. Nurses are trained on how to do safe transfers. When a co-worker is taking advantage of my skills, I script the technique as I am ...

I forgot, another change is we have an on-call/float dialysis RN, they cover needs that arise anywhere in the hospital. He/she checks on renal pt's, and assists the diabetic nurse educator in between calls.

My neighbor applied for unit clerk positions in the surrounding NICU's. She was hired during her BSN program. Upon graduating she received a RN position.

I did not buy the core curriculum. I was a member of the AANN for 2 yrs. before taking the test. 4-6 months before the exam I bought study material. I also started looking for CNRN review weekends. I bought Hickey, and all of Linda LittleJohn's DVD...

When I think of our dialysis RN's, I think about the positive changes they've made. We see them more. They review charts in the early morning with night shift. They've taken over doing all of the PD. Floating to their unit has become a nice learning...

Ask for the lactation consultant's voicemail, or the nurse educators voicemail. The facility/hospital usually has a phone directory for them, listed by the unit. I imagine you will look for post-partum, maternal/infant, maybe L&D. It depends on h...

Do not tell them it is your first job. If they figure it out on their own, oh well. Until then, if they ask, lie! Tell them you are the spawn of the Terminator and the Alien. You will be more distracted than their other superiors in the beginning. T...

Dtermnd2Bgreat, you can't ask without answering your own question ... !! Having strong, independent women as role models in my life. My great-grandmother (1901-1996 RIP, my great one) especially! She shared her story of practicing her right to vote...

My husband graduated from the police academy the same month I graduated with my ADN. This was 1997, and there was a hiring freeze for RN's in Columbus, Ohio at that time. I passed out resumes, and even attempted to personally hand my resume to HR and...

Maybe, use "HOPE" I was taught in nursing school to never loose it, and don't ever take it away from a patient that has it.

What I sacrificed 20 years ago :) just because, here are a few: ~ parties, wasn't worth the time or missing sleep from being up all night ~a nice car. Mine had a bungee cord that kept the passenger side door closed and one of the backseat windows mad...

I have heard a few nurses and shift administrators warn nurses that if they don't show up it is neglect. (a late call off) They don't know the law, or they're hoping the nurse calling off doesn't. Here is another example of NOT neglecting: Walk onto ...

Zacarias ~ I am not sure if you were asking me about Corporate Ethics and Compliance? to clarify, that is who I notified. My manager broke the law, FMLA law. She also passed my personal and medical info. on to another nurse manager. This is unlawful,...

"The employees in this country would be in alot worse shape today, if it wasn't for the labor movement a century ago. It was not just pay, it was the deplorable, unsafe working conditions, that lead to the Union movement in the recent past. ~Lindarn"...

I went to "drop in" tutoring, specifically for math. A LOT! like some others have said if we did it, you can, and will if you want it bad enough. Good Luck!!!

Who "made up" the 80%/20% rule. Managers ... why would you except it, if you want EXCELLENT employees, you get them then rate them as average? I don't, and will never except it! I know what I do, and my eval. THAT reflects the entire YEAR better s...

I tell pt's and family members that are difficult, "explain to me your reasoning on why I should put my license and job on the line d/t your demand that I (fill in blank) ...." -call every cousin and up date them -call the Dr. right now, b/c you miss...

Columbus, Ohio has an over abundance of RN's. We had several new nursing programs start up. I don't see it lasting. The babyboomers are starting to retire, or cut back hours. Time will tell.

No, I would never consider it period. I also find it "spooky" that he asked.

I admire this ^^^^, so much! I will toot your horn and hope you will with me because you deserve IT!!

Do you find yourself being stuck on one pt's assessment b/c your afraid you'll miss something? If you have great assessment skills, and found that it is a ratio issue maybe a unit with 1:1 or 1:2 ratio would be your niche. There are different types o...