1Tulip

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  1. What if I want to quit the union?

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I decided I had to get out of the union the day I faced the fact that I could not in good conscience engage in a work action. I can't work hard with my patients on Monday and look them in the eye and...

  2. Not impressed with clinical group and instructor

    1Tulip posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I work on a neuro floor. It is a GREAT learning environment for nursing students. Now, I know clinical education has changed since I was a student (Dr. Kildare taught us materia medica and I...

  3. RENOWN HEALTH makes a resounding thud

    1Tulip posted a topic in Nevada Nursing

    Have any of you all heard all the hoopla in Reno about the new "branding" attempts by Washoe Medical Center???? Short review of events: Over a year ago, the suits in the penthouse offices decided that...

  4. Rant: Loopy narcissistic patients

    1Tulip posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that it only takes one patient (and usually not the sickest one on your list) to absolutely eat you alive? Lady was 4 days post-op, had been on PCA Morphine, was confused, combative,...

  5. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    1Tulip replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    "It's kind of sickening, especially when you've got a "shortage" and some really good folks who want to be nurses, but aren't willing to put up with some of the BS of NS." I disagree. Certainly...

  6. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    1Tulip replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    It's kind of sickening, especially when you've got a "shortage" and some really good folks who want to be nurses, but aren't willing to put up with some of the BS of NS. Certainly wanting to be a...

  7. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    1Tulip replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    I graduated in... well, many years ago, and half of the students that began with us didn't finish. Historically and generally... about a third to a half of the people who start Nsg school won't...

  8. Why no union! Without Nurses the hospital can't run!

    1Tulip replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    What about merit? I think it's a dangerous nursing setting whenever a nurse is a nurse is a nurse. If you stretch yourself and pass that certification exam, if you are a mentor, if you serve on...

  9. Not impressed with clinical group and instructor

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    exACTly! There was SO much to learn. The room needed their attention, (after they left, I ran in to suction him and there were no catheters...) the patient could have used the interaction (and...

  10. Why no union! Without Nurses the hospital can't run!

    1Tulip replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    As responders here have eloquently shown, it's a real toss-up when it comes to unions. I worked in a state that was part of the old steel-belt, crumbling manufacturing sector. The union that seduced...

  11. Not impressed with clinical group and instructor

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    They were on the unit the whole semester, but only (I think) two... at the most three days per week. Since I work 3 12's, and since we didn't always share patients, I probably only worked with them...

  12. Are you a member of a professional nursing organization?

    1Tulip replied to NurseguyFL's topic in General Nursing

    I am a member of American Assn of Neuroscience Nursing, also Academy of Med-Surg Nurses. I think these organizations serve a different function than the State Nurses Assn's and ANA. The ANA and many...

  13. Are you a member of a professional nursing organization?

    1Tulip replied to NurseguyFL's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am a member of my state professional organization. In our state, the leadership roles are accessable to anyone (meaning bedside nurses), not just academics, directors of nursing, state board...

  14. If I could I'd run this hospital without nurses

    1Tulip posted a topic in Nevada Nursing

    That is what the administrator of "Renown" (the facility formerly known as Washoe Medical Center) is ALLEGED to have said to a group of doctors and their wives two weeks ago. Unfortunately for Jim...

  15. Mormon Undergarment

    1Tulip replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Ken... Glad to here that these situations can be dealt with by using consideration, respect and good

  16. Are you prepared for Avian Flu?

    1Tulip replied to Gizzey's topic in General Nursing

    We had H5N1 here in 67 and 68. I was in nursing school and was majorlly sick, fever out the roof, lungs full of concrete. But being young, I survived. Now the story would be different since I have...

  17. Mormon Undergarment

    1Tulip replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Just a question here: Isn't it considered bad (a disgrace, or something) if non LDS (i.e. Gentiles) see let alone handle the sacred underware. Did I get the wrong

  18. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    1Tulip replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    New grad at report didn't know what "coca-cola urine was". (Maybe this is a Southern thing...) Told him to take the foley bag and shake it vigorously. If it foams, it's bile. Thought I was a...

  19. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    1Tulip replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    1. You stood when the doctor came in the station/floor. (OK, I'm really not that old, but my supervisor was and she made me do it.) 2. You carried (or rolled) the Kardex along behind the doctors...

  20. Doctors' rounds

    1Tulip replied to andypandy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have a rigidly set "stroke rounds" at 0800 every AM. Absolutely worst time in the world for this and we are expected to know everything about our strokes, what the CAT showed, has the MRI...

  21. Doctors' rounds

    1Tulip replied to andypandy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have a rigidly set "stroke rounds" at 0800 every AM. Absolutely worst time in the world for this and we are expected to know everything about our strokes, what the CAT showed, has the MRI...

  22. RENOWN HEALTH makes a resounding thud

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Nevada Nursing

    There was recently the big annual formal Seasonal party/ball/ schoomz the medical staff holiday party that the hospital puts on. Rumor had it that the whole color scheme, rather than being seasonal...

  23. Nursing educators- salaries

    1Tulip replied to ginat113's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Well, hello again you-all! I'm checking back in to let you know how my job application went. I didn't get it. Was bummed. What can you do with a PhD when the education community doesn't want you?...

  24. generation gap among nurses

    1Tulip replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

    I think the OP is probably too new to have been around and met enough "old" nurses to make a considered judgement. I graduated in '71. I laid out of bedside nursing for roughly 15 years, but kept up...

  25. Non-English speaking patients

    1Tulip posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am just beside myself trying to take care of patients who speak NO English. I work in Neuro. Last night, fully 10% of our patients were Spanish only. It's driving me crazy, mostly because I can't...