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When you started nursing school you knew that you could not use drugs as a nurse. You should not have been using them as a nursing student. You had plenty of time for your last hoorah prior to graduating and applying for jobs. Yes this is judgmen...

I believe that salaries should be fair and transparent. That being said, I have never worked in a facility where that was true. As an administrator, one of the first things that I do is a salary scale based on several things. It is as fair as I can...

I can't imagine that Human Resources is aware of it, or Risk Management. As much as I feel for the parent, and the child, it is a liability for the hospital. I would have to say something to at least the unit manager. I wouldn't be doing this to ...

This is a tough one, isn't it? I don't think that your spouse should have to return to school at this point in life. I also don't think that it should be a my income/your income situation as that is just going to make things worse. Is he happy in ...

Non-medical people will never understand what it is like to be a medical professional. My sister had flex hours, could work four 10's or five 8's, could leave for appointments or to watch her kids school program or sports event. We will never be ab...

How far in advance of your shift starting did you call in? Some facilities consider a last minute call in a no-call no-show which is grounds for immediate termination. Unlike the others who have replied to your post, I can see where you would have b...

I started nursing back when it was 8 hour shifts, within the first few years we went to a mix of 8's and 12's. Now you can't hardly find a job where it is 8 hour shifts other than an office job (even they are not 8's). What I see is not that nurse...

I have worked corrections for 25 years, not for Centurion but for several companies and I find them all to be similar. My guess is that this job would be hiring/corrective action/terminating employees; reviewing MARs to make sure that patients receiv...

I work for a company that owns several homes for the developmentally disabled. These homes are scattered throughout the town. The smallest has a census of 4, the largest has a census of 18. The majority of our residents and staff get an annual flu...

I felt far safer in corrections than in any hospital, nursing home, or psych hospital. The higher the security level of corrections, the safer you are.

We are too damn busy. I long for the days without cell phones and e-mail and facebook. We are going all of the time, and if we have a few minutes to sit down we are on our damn phone or computer. Why? Do we really have to know what all of our fri...

Whoa. I definitely feel that the DON needs to take her turn at being supervisor. When she says that she is 'so busy', she is also saying that she is busier than everyone else. This is not a way to build a team. Does the DON put in as many, or mor...

You work plenty of hours and with that schedule I would be exhausted. I would only pick up extra hours when it was convenient or necessary for you - an upcoming vacation, needing a new washer/dryer, etc. If you don't need the extra money then you c...

Those phones ?! Heaven help them if they miss a text or a message from one of their many apps, if not read and answered within 60 seconds the world might end. It is OK if the patient is trying to get up by themselves, if the patient is bleeding or ...

You have an excuse for everything, you accept no personal responsibility. You don't take your own meds but feel that you are responsible enough to give patients' meds? You use the excuse that driving an hour to school made you have brain fog, what ...

HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Acountability Act

Pay and benefits have improved. The problem is, one facility increases pay then the next facility increases pay and it is a vicious cycle. The same nurses go from one facility to the next chasing the dollar while the shortage continues.

If you did not have a psychotic break I would not disclose this. It is my opinion (for what that is worth), that they are looking more for psychosis, schizophrenia, etc. If everyone with PTSD and/or depression could not get into school or work our...

They did away with officers that were also nurses quite some time ago. Nurses are to have a therapeutic relationship with inmates, that is why they cannot participate in disciplinary hearings, etc. One person cannot do both roles. Also, nurses ar...

You cannot swap in the clinics. You work M-F, weekends and holidays off.

Officers should not let you in a man down situation until they know that the situation is safe for you. In 25 years I have not found that officers are lazy or disrespectful, in fact, they have always treated me like I treat them. I have always had ...

I would not get into any kind of a discussion. I would say 'medical doesn't provide dandruff shampoo'. If the try to continue I would repeat that statement and let the officer know that the appointment is completed. I don't let them get into a con...

We used to make our own envelopes for each pill pass. There were envelopes that any nurse could use, but we only trusted our own. But then, we were pre-pouring for ourselves, not for other nurses.