Z71RN

some of what you mentioned may very well be true. but i work for a county own hospital and the hospitals finacial records are open to the public. at our last dept meeting the accounting manager laid out everything in a power point presentation in a...

graduated high school at 17, bsn @ 21, now 22 and 8mos.

albert einstien was nortorious for messy writing filled with poor syntax and spelling mistakes.

if this country is not careful and dont start looking at the pitifull riembursements for treatment expenditures that hospitals (particularly in my area of the country) are having to eat there is going to be the disapearing of the small rural communit...

you are absolutley right. less reimbursement to the hospital has a direct correlation on everything that affects the average nurse, such as salary, bennefits and hiring.

what town are you thinking about moving town in south ms? im in north central ms.

one sat am about 0700, a healthy looking 20 something guy walks into the triage room. i asked him whats his emergency..he responded that after a night of partying he woke up in a bed with 3 naked girls that he has never seen before. i looked at him a...

even pro athletes have unions that dictate the league minimal salary for each sport...

bsn only nurses? I am for it 100%, speaking from a financial standpoint only. considering the state that nursing is in with many new grads not finding jobs, hospitals cutting staff, the general public being fooled to believe that there is a shortage ...

got that right...they can take every stinking pill out of the med box..but keep your hands off my chocolate milk in the fridge!

come on do-over...we all know hoffa is chilling out with elvis and james dean in the jungle room at graceland. besides a pal of mine said he saw micheal jackson moon walking on the roof not to long ago!

we have 3:1 ratios in icu. it is pretty much the norm and the unit is set up for that ratio with the number of beds. i worked in the unit for 1 yr and ran my butt off. it was really bad when we were full and had a bunch of low sick patients, esp. whe...

no open door here. we have 8 different visitation times throughout the day and night that last 30min each. its hard enough to regulate visitation around everything we have to do as it is, i couldnt imagine having to do it with an open unit! i just do...

unfortunately csarmedic hit the nail on the head with his post. nursing has by in large dropped the ball time and time again to take hold on how things are done to our proffesion. we continue to align ourselves with weak nsg organizations that reall...

we have 4 rns and 1 er tech from 7a-11a, then 11a-11p nurse and tech clocks in. so from 11a-11p ther will be 5 rn's and 2 er techs. thank god we dont see 400 pts q 24hrs! our 24hr avg is right at 94 pts, which about 65 of them will be seen during 7a-...

eriko', i just passed the cen 2 wks ago. i had been working full time in er for almost 8 mos. now and 1 solid yr in icu before. i used laura vonfrolio ccrn cd's (which i used for the ccrn) as a review, though she has a cen cd set too. also i suppleme...

my mom was dx'd with that about 8yrs ago. though she remains as active as she always been, there are still days its a struggle for her to tie her shoes. medication and pool therapy helps her.

offended by the site of a simple jp drain...the smell of bad breath literally "takes your breath away." i would have been laughing my head off at those people in the waiting room!

wooh you are absolutely right!! I always get asked from other dept to do their jobs for them. nutrition comes to the icu, "tells me to find what % of meals is bed 8 eating in last 36hrs"....I tell them to look it up in the computer! resp therapy want...

our hospital has been cutting staff and not filling spots for about 6mos now, and now has informed us that they are reducing hr to 72hrs/pay period across the board. though our hospital census is busting at the seams we will remain understaffed. whi...

though ive only been a nurse a short while, I have learned that it is always in your favor to pick your battles. while I am not advocating turning a blind eye to abrupt patient safety...though writing up a fellow nurse or co-worker cause they didn't ...

I always dilute the Demerol, dose not matter if I'm giving it with an existing iv running or through a int. rationale is I've had iv Demerol before and it burned like fire up my arm. I dilute the Demerol in the syringe and turn the ivfs wide open for...

virgojd, I for one know you still have something to offer as a nurse. when I first started as a brand new rn which was not very long ago, I was sort of mentored by a nurse that had went through the recovery program. he has since moved across country...