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1. I hate nursing

   kgran replied to Neezy84's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, Neezy84. There are other areas of nursing that don't deal with the direct bedside care. For example, our company started hiring nurses, LPNs or RNs, as marketers that are called "Clinical Nurse Liaison". It's nothing like the stress of floor nurs...

2. What are the nurses' protection against patient accusations?

   kgran replied to kgran's topic in Activism

   Thank you for sharing the link. It is about time states catch on. "Nurses work too hard and do too much good to not be protected." What a great way to summarize all these!

3. What are the nurses' protection against patient accusations?

   kgran replied to kgran's topic in Activism

   Truly unfortunate that bad circumstance happens to good people and the trauma that comes with the situation can be very damaging to the person being accused. Sometimes, it feels like walking on eggshells with some patients with continuous history of ...

4. Are nurse practitioners still on demand?

   kgran replied to kgran's topic in Geriatric

   I do have to research more in my area or where I want to end up working. I agree that NPs actually listen as they've been nurses and have been in direct patient care themselves. I think it will be a great investment to get the degree. Thank you for y...

5. Are nurse practitioners still on demand?

   kgran replied to kgran's topic in Geriatric

   I heard that NPs who have general practice and not have a particular specialized area are usually in higher demand.

6. What are the nurses' protection against patient accusations?

   kgran replied to kgran's topic in Activism

   Indeed, long-term care facilities are a business and customer is always right. That's why I always find ways to satisfy both the family and patient while they're at our facility. When we can't meet in halfway, it's time for some documentation and adm...

7. What are the nurses' protection against patient accusations?

   kgran replied to kgran's topic in Activism

   This is very unfortunate. I've seen nurses lose their jobs and even licenses for the slightest of accusations.

8. What are the nurses' protection against patient accusations?

   kgran replied to kgran's topic in Activism

   I like that you don't assign employees who are at higher risk for accusation to ones who have history of accusatory behaviors. It seems that you have done long-term care for awhile. After working for some time, we can discern which patient accusation...

9. What are the nurses' protection against patient accusations?

   kgran posted a topic in Activism

   I have worked with different long-term care facilities and it seems like every complaint or accusation made by a patient, the facility seem to favor the patient. I have seen some co-worker's fired from the job without further investigation or questio...

10. Are nurse practitioners still on demand?

    kgran posted a topic in Geriatric

    My experience with healthcare has been with the geriatrics at long-term care facilities for about 5 years now and I have yet to see a nurse practitioner as a provider for a patient. I have only been to an NP once in my life. Do you think we still hav...