Muser69

Muser69

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  1. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    Muser69 replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have seen our housekeeping dept clean rooms and pillows. Trust me you would not want one of these pillows next to your face. I throw out every pillow when a pt is transferred/ discharged. I don't...

  2. Early Fashion...remember this?

    Muser69 replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    What was was the reasoning behind banning skirts/ dresses? Is it an infection control

  3. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    Muser69 replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the past our hospital used disposable pillows and recently went back to vinyl covered. I still throw these out. The amount of stool and other bodily fluids that cover these pillows can't possibly...

  4. Got a letter today, asking me to join hospital union - join or not join?

    Muser69 replied to PlentyOfMurses's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I wouldn't work unless there was a union. It's a small price to pay for not getting

  5. Mental health

    Muser69 replied to Ackeem's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You poor thing. My friends and I also thought our psych rotation was hysterical. The craziest looking person on the unit was the head nurse. We were 19 and I still laugh at the memories of some of the...

  6. Drug testing in the work force

    Muser69 replied to rebeccarcook's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly can't remember when they did start drug testing. I do remember in the 1980's the agencies would have you sign a paper stating that they would not drug test you. I personally have never been...

  7. Pearson Vue Trick--trick no more

    Muser69 replied to ms.gin728's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!!!!!

  8. Drug testing in the work force

    Muser69 replied to rebeccarcook's topic in General Nursing

    No one....unless there is just

  9. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    Muser69 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    But how would anyone get to eat popcorn if everyone agreed with each other? Just

  10. Skills Fair Ideas?

    Muser69 replied to kimmie4476's topic in General Nursing

    We have done this for at least 10 years. Our new nurse CEO has decided to stop having skills day. She doesn't want to pay anyone for

  11. I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

    Muser69 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is great. I do remember our first nursing instructor shoving my roommate back into her chair when she tried to offer it to an MD. She said " don't ever get up and give your chair to a doctor" I...

  12. Drug Testing for Newly Graduated RN

    Muser69 replied to ManNurse7's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is an american cannabis nurses association. They were created to dispel most of the inaccurate information that the general public has about MJ. Even talk of a specialty. The day I retire I...

  13. Drug Testing for Newly Graduated RN

    Muser69 replied to ManNurse7's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hopefully once they have an immediate accurate test for an active cannabis user this will be a moot point. The states will legalize like they have for same sex marriage. Federal government will have...

  14. I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

    Muser69 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's like that show the Knick. Hospital in the early 1900's. Very

  15. Drug Testing for Newly Graduated RN

    Muser69 replied to ManNurse7's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just wait 30 days, get a drug test from the drug store and make sure you are clean. Good

  16. I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

    Muser69 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I started working as an RN in 1972 . I had just turned 20 and the only rn with one aide for 48 patients on the evening shift. Granted this was a VA so the acuity was low, but about half were total...

  17. So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    Muser69 replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    Call in, they would probably cancel you in a minute if they

  18. Help! Forgot to waste narc

    Muser69 replied to cheji13's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    An agency agency nurse came back to work one day after working the night shift to waste a narcotic. I was new there and said sure and consigned it. A little while later the head nurse came up to me...

  19. Currently reading "The Good Nurse"...

    Muser69 replied to mical's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse in the 1980's who Was accused of killing about 30 pts in our ICU. She was let off because it was too difficult to prove.I bet they could prove now with how technology has...

  20. Should I go to pinning?

    Muser69 replied to DeepBreath's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Our class refused to recite the nightingale oath in 1972. Oh I miss the days of protest and

  21. Erroneous Treatments Then & Now, Have Things Really Changed?

    Muser69 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I just read about a pennsylvania patient dying from an incorrect blood transfusion. How does that

  22. How long have you been at your current facility?

    Muser69 replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    33yrs. Critical care. Can't wait to retire, hopefully in February. I am so glad I had the good years of nursing, I absolutely hate it

  23. Hide-a-Butt patient gowns

    Muser69 replied to Buttercup10's topic in General Nursing

    I tell my patients "why do you think we call it the ICU?" So corny but they all

  24. Could you ever see youself being a classroom teacher

    Muser69 replied to AspiringRN27's topic in General Nursing

    In my day women could be a teacher or a nurse. I became a nurse because I hated teaching. Boy did that

  25. DC Weekend Transportation

    Muser69 replied to St3veC's topic in General Nursing

    Hope you enjoy. DC is a great place to live with a million things to