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OHNBJL

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  1. Injured My Back Lifting Patient

    OHNBJL replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have a coworker who has cervical spine and carpal tunnel surgery. She could not return to bedside nursing. She found a position working for clinical trial doing interviewing of patients. It...

  2. Confronting Doctors with Wrong Orders

    OHNBJL replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. I do not hesitate to bring any order to a doctor's attention that I feel is questionable or detrimental to the patients health. I once had a doc that ordered an inappropriate...

  3. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

    OHNBJL replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I will only contribute when I know all of the circumstances. A local family had a child dying of cancer. I know their needs were very real. Travel expenses as well as taking care of their other...

  4. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    OHNBJL replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    OH yes, the nursing cap. My favorite mem is being the last person in the elevator. My back was toward the door. The elevator closed and caught my cap. Ripping it off my head. Bobby pins went flying...

  5. Am I Making a Horrendous Mistake Choosing Nursing?

    OHNBJL replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    A girl in my daughters high school class has Aspergers and went to college and attained her BSN. She went on to do clinical research and is very successful. She lacked some social skills so she made...

  6. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    OHNBJL replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    i also remember Montgomery straps. New grads thought they were great. Especially after tegaderm ripped off tender skin. We older nurses still have a few tricks up our

  7. Why Can't She Stay Here? Getting Kicked Out of Inpatient Hospice

    OHNBJL replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Both of my parents received Hospice care. My dad was a cardiac patient that was in failure and was placed in a Hospice unit in the local hospital. He got excellent care and the support staff was...

  8. So what's going to happen to health care now?

    OHNBJL replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am terrified that I will be unable to afford health insurance. The proposed changes I've read about include state high risk pools. If this happens, I will never be able to afford insurance. My...

  9. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    OHNBJL replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when gloves became mandatory. I always wear them for blood draws but insist I have smalls. I agree they can be cumbersome. I often feel for the vein without them. Love butterflies for blood...

  10. I hate nursing

    OHNBJL replied to Neezy84's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you went into nursing for all of the wrong reasons. Just because it is a 'family trait and occupation' doesn't mean you were meant to be a nurse. Do what is best for you, not for everyone...

  11. Clinical Judgement Call...Not sure if I did the right thing

    OHNBJL replied to AvaRose's topic in General Nursing

    You were absolutely correct in transferring her to the hospital. Don't let the administrator give you the 20/20 hindsight lecture. You assessed and made your decision on facts. Stick to it. As for...

  12. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    OHNBJL replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the week gloves became mandatory. I was working ED and a patient came running in with a fountain of blood spurting from the top of his head. I grabbed a stack of 4 x 4s and ran towards him....

  13. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    OHNBJL replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    OH yes. I remember the nursing boards. Two days worth with the individual subjects. Sweated my butt off in a large hall in Hartford CT. Also different states had differ t passing scores. The hardest...

  14. Union gave away random drug testing

    OHNBJL replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Something predisposed the administration to do this. Was it ? Med errors, ? Reduced insurance rates ? Ie compensation claims. Sounds like they are getting a monetary benefit somewhere for...

  15. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    OHNBJL replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone remember the controlled drugs that came in plastic boxes with slide lids that had little compartments for individual pills? I remember one of my nurses calling me in a panic when the box...

  16. Doctor Behaving Badly - What would you do?

    OHNBJL replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with what you did!! You are the patients advocate. I would like to think that if I were the patient that someone on the team would have my best interests and saftey at heart. I was...

  17. Which Master's Degree?

    OHNBJL replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I agree. There are many masters degrees but you have to like what you are doing or your just wasting time and money. Nurse educators are desperately needed. Bachelors degree programs are dying for...

  18. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    OHNBJL replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This has happened to me several times. The last time I had an emergency run and left my 3 Oreos stacked on the counter. The top one I had taken a bite out of. I returned to find the ED medical...

  19. Commuting an hour to work

    OHNBJL replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    One of my jobs did have 1 hr commute each way. I wasn't happy about it but the pay was great and the coworkers were great to work with. However, I did have a place to stay should the weather be...

  20. Seizures under control : Should I disclose epileptic diagnosis to prospective employer?

    OHNBJL replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Your doctor is covering her butt by not being specific about what is safe patient care. An employer would be very leary should you present a note with this wording. As for not disclosing your medical...

  21. New Grad: How can I get experience if nobody will give me a chance?

    OHNBJL replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Congrats on passing your boards. I agree with the other posters, have someone professionally review your resume and see if any alterations need to be done. I graduated in May many years ago and...

  22. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    OHNBJL replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I totally agree. It's all about the bucks. If insurance companies can use the data to prove that BSNs make less errors than ADNs that's what is going to be

  23. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    OHNBJL replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I can certainly understand your concerns. Is your husband on SSDI? Are your children eligible for financial

  24. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    OHNBJL replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I agree totally. Give me an experienced nurse any day. However, it is now all about the degrees. I'm pushing 60 and do have a bachelors but I got it when I was 40 because in order to have my Occ...

  25. What do you hate most about your job?

    OHNBJL replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    I can certainly relate. A coworker of mine's son was graduating validictorion oh his high school class. She advised the nurse manager many weeks in advance and was told she couldn't take the night...