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Hospital policy- Pentobarb, IABP, CRRT are all 1:1. They make up the difference in staffing by using resource nurses if needed.

Just a quick question... I have debated this with my spouse over and over again... We both agree 100% that healthcare should be a right not a privilege. But my question for fellow healthcare workers is this. Would you be for this plan even if it mean...

Hospital policy at my facility as of about 2 years ago- No fake nails for direct pt care people. You may wear polish, but it must be "in good taste"and not chipped.

i am on part time right now due to dr's orders (pregnancy) and i am loving it. i have been able to split up my days and have time off to get things done and where i work, they call 2-3 times a week offering double time shifts. depending on how i am f...

Our cafeteria is open 0600-0000 everyday. It is nice for those of us who work nights excpet for the fact that after 1900 the only options are the grill (burgers, hot sandwiches, hot dogs, nachos, etc), a sandwich or salad. Before 1900, there are many...

I was curious about this. I was in a recent hospital meeting and they were talking about implementing an RRT where families could call them. We have had RRT for a couple of years now and it is excellent and I know that the floor nurses appreciate the...

For the most part, I have been treated with respect and professionalism. There are those physician's and people in general however that just have a natural talent for making you feel stupid, even when that may not be their intention. It is like marri...

I am a nurse in one of the critical care units and there are 15 beds in my unit. Typically, we have one tech/CNA for the entire unit. What we expect at my hospital is that the CNA takes temperatures (vitals are done by the monitor), blood sugar check...

Our hospital policy forbids us to cut the toenails of diabetic pts.

I work in ICU, and only have 2 pts, but do assess and reassess more than it sounds like you do, so I hope that this somehow helps. We do face to face report as well. After getting report, I am off to the sickest pt first, where I introduce myself, ve...

I work the night shift, and occasionally (especially after a bad night) there is a bar that opens @ 0630 that we will hit after work and have a drink and shoot some pool, but it is generally nurses and RT's, no subordinates or managers- as they are a...

At my facility, there isn't any rule about what to wear/not to wear other than it be professional, if you are going to wear a T Shirt, it must have the hospital logo on it, and they must be ironed and clean. The ironed and clean part are not heavily ...

WOW! That is super unprofessional. When I was in the OR with 2 surgeons in school, one of their phones rang and he had me get it out of his pocket, answer it, and tell his 4 year old son that "your daddy is helping someone, but he will call you back ...

I bought a cheap stethoscope @ http://www.jascouniforms.com during nursing school, and it worked fine for me. It was like $5.99 on clearance. Have not bought any shoes from them though. Hope that this helps- best wishes....

I can think of worse things to be called than "maid" or "stewardess" and I just think that someday they will TRULY understand what it is to care for another human being... I do hate that high class people treat you like you are something that they st...

Professional dress, hair up.

I had this same issue when I began several months ago. I teched for four years where I work now and thought that the transition would be a fairly simple one- not so... Some of my coworkers shut me out once I graduated, backed off and acted as though ...

I work in intensive care and have cared for several of my coworkers and think that it is great. Who better to care for them than the people that love them most? I wouldn't mind in the least being a pt where I work (other than the fact that it is ICU ...

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If you can find someone to sit with the kiddos at night, I recommend working 7p-7a three days a week. The nurses I work with are home in the am to take the kids to school, sleep while they are there (and the babies are in mother's day out) and then g...

During nursing school, we always had to go to the hospital the afternoon before clinicals, get the info and do our care plan to have the morning of day one in clinicals that week. Then, after the first day, you took your care plan home and added to i...

Okay, that's depressing. I do not consider myself fat, just a little out of shape and overweight. I am 5'4" and 147# and have lost 15# since graduation... You are NOT fat, but I find that fitting (not baggy and not tight) scrub pants and shorter tops...

If we are on call, we can be called in at any time during that shift, but are paid a whole $2/hr to be on call. It's more of a pain to be put on call than to go in to work, so I try not to take any low census' unless I am pretty sure I won't be calle...

I teched in SICU during nursing school and found that it was for me from day one. I had my doubts about the fast pace and all the things to learn, but I knew that if I didn't dive right in while the information was fresh in my mind, I'd never come ba...