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I'm thinking of working for an agency to supplement our family income. I have never worked agency before, so I have some questions: What does per diem mean? Does that mean they call me that day and offer a position, or does it just mean that I am not...

Okay, I'll rephrase my question. I've never really joined any nursing associations. My interests/areas of work are medical and office OB/L&D/MB. In general, do any of you belong to nursing associations? Why? What benefits do you see? Confere...

Thanks, everyone for the responses and the information. I'll have to check into some associations and investigate more directly what they exactly have to offer. I was skeptical of their worth (I didn't feel like any of my student associations had a...

I'm not saying I have all the answers; and people in the middle are ALWAYS going to fall through the cracks. I wish I could solve that, but I'm not sure I can. But I think that if insurance and medical cards paid for formula, we would see *greater...

So what do those people do for food? I guess I just don't see the difference between paying for your baby's formula and paying for food. It's not like formula is cheap now. It's made by pharmaceutical companies anyhow. How would the price increas...

I just envision you getting your script for the year when you go in for your well baby checks. I don't see how it would be any different or make it more difficult. Uh, no kidding some people don't have insurance. I've sure been there. Still have t...

Does anyone else frequent other, maybe more progressive online nursing forums?

I work with alot of low income mamas, and alot of them DO make their own formula, especially when the formula from WIC runs out. Formula is expensive. If these babies' medical cards covered their formula, then perhaps I wouldn't see so many mamas f...

Thank you. I think that every forum has a "personality" as it were, and I'm just looking for a better fit. No disrespect intended for allnurses.com; it's fine. But I'm just looking to expand a bit and perhaps find something that, for lack of bett...

We have six mandatory holidays. These are also the paid holidays. On our floor we are divided into three groups, with a two holiday rotation. So for example, this year my group's assigned holidays are Labor day and Thanksgiving. I won't have these...

Perhaps not so heavily moderated? I don't know; I just feel very confined sometimes here. So, I guess you could scratch the word "progressive" and just help me with the question "What other nursing oriented forums are available?" Thanks!!! Lori

I skimmed all the posts (whew1) and didn't see much of anything on this, so here goes: I would like to see formula be by prescription only. If a mother chose to formula feed, she would have to meet with a pediatrician and a lactation consultant to e...

I can swear quite a bit, sometimes, especially if the g-word is off limits. And I am well educated, thank you! I have a fairly extensive vocabulary in a couple of languages; but sometimes the f-bomb is the word that best defines what I want to exp...

I have *heard* that some of the larger hospitals have a 'women's health floor/women's health pavillion" where labor, delivery, postpartum are all on one floor, as usual, but then there are also patient areas for other reasons--GYN related, oncology r...

I appreciate your thoughtfulness, Timothy. That's cool. You're a good example for us all.

Our protocol is that if they are on tele, they must have IV access. So yes, we put a saline lock in everyone on tele who comes in.

Has anyone actually ever stood up to him? My experience with people like this is that if you DO stand up to them, calmly, maturely, and forcefully, rarely is there ever an issue again. I'd stand up to the guy and tell him in no uncertain terms that ...

Okay, I can gripe about our computer program at work all I want, but one thing it does well is that during an admission history, for EVERY admit, you MUST fill out the DPOA information. If they have some sort of DPOA paperwork, you must either click...

Hmm, this begs the question, what is considered a complete, routine shift assessment in your facility? In mine you listen to heart, lungs and bowel sounds, palpate pedal pulses and homan's, assess for any edema, and assess cap refil. Pain, cough, na...

It seems to me then that, by having unrealistic expectations and protocols, your facility is setting itself up for more legal issues. How (and why) in the world do they expect you to perform complete head to toe skin assessments on every person, eve...

Not in my experience. I get a shift differential that is more than the aides but less than the RNs. Some places calculate the shift differential based on a percentage of the base pay for that position.

I find it frustrating that LPNs and RNs cannot be hired in our district (only BSNs, for the reasons given in support of that practice), but that since the district doesn't have enough money to staff all the schools, they hire unlicensed "health aides...

So you check every patient's bum with physical assessments? I don't know, I guess I just think that is what my critical thinking skills are for--if there is ANY reason, then yes of course I will check. But we could spend all day discussing the what ...

You know, whenever I have a grumpy patient, or one who has been in the hospital a while (our pt turn over time is something like 1.6 days), I always offer a back rub. Nothing melts away dissatisfaction with the nursing staff, schedules, hospital, or...

LPNs are very much in demand in my area, and they are hired in the hospital here, though not in the numbers that Rns and aides are. It helps everyone if you are IV certified (if that is allowable in your state). I have never been disrespected as a n...