MissyWrite

MissyWrite

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  1. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    NJ and NY have instituted a policy of placing health workers into mandatory 21-day quarantine upon their return from West Africa if they came into contact with Ebola patients. This new policy is a...

  2. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In "the jumble" (and it's not a jumble at all) of what I've written, it is VERY CLEAR what my position

  3. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not one person who was against the quarantine responded. I asked the question in several posts, for weeks, and no one answered. Sometimes, silence is loud. Very loud. What disappointed me most is...

  4. Is this a crazy idea?

    MissyWrite replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The company you work for should have nurses who only do admissions. They are VERY time consuming and there's a TON of paperwork, and the family is usually in crisis mode, understandably. I can't...

  5. Inpatient Unit

    MissyWrite replied to nurseontheway's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Congratulations on landing your hospice job! Hospice inpatient units typically have patients who are already part of the program and are receiving intermittent care in their homes, but are suffering...

  6. Have you noticed...

    MissyWrite replied to joe_mulligan88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There's a lot of horizontal violence in nursing, and in health care in general. BUT the atmosphere vairies a lot depending on the unit or facility you work in. It's hard to make an informed choice as...

  7. New nurse and feeling discouraged by older nurses?

    MissyWrite replied to x28y31's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll address the workplace bullying you're experiencing. That's what it is, plain and simple. These older, more experienced nurses are doing nothing to help you become a more competent, confident...

  8. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    LOL

  9. Another "Is it still worth it" question from a freshman at a school with a nursing program

    MissyWrite replied to KitKat416's topic in General Nursing

    Get out now. Seriously. There are plenty of careers where you can help people and not be run into the ground. Nursing is great...except for the workload, the stress, the exploitation, the shift work,...

  10. strangest question a friend or acquaintance has ever asked you?

    MissyWrite replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in General Students

    I've had a few people say things like "I've got this symptom and that symptom, and I've been to four doctors, three were specialists and one was at the Mayo Clinic, but they don't know what it is....

  11. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "“I agreed to whatever,” he said. “They didn’t show any leadership or support to me and they had an opportunity, as a nursing school, to act like a medical community, and they...

  12. Third Shift VA Opportunity, but HUGE homelife change

    MissyWrite replied to FreshRN41's topic in General Nursing

    I know you said you were going to accept the offer, but just in case you haven't yet, I think you should reconsider. Unless you're destitute, don't do it. The VA will still be there in a couple of...

  13. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    True, there must be damages in order to win a suit. Mental anguish,

  14. Devastated on First Write Up

    MissyWrite replied to RNtoThe3rd's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The conditions you were expected to perform your job in were deplorable and unacceptable, and it put patients at risk of serious harm. You are set up to fail in deplorable conditions like this. The...

  15. Big bad bullies

    MissyWrite replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

    ljrn135, How about... BE AWARE….and Care Bullying: is the purposeful attempt to control another person through verbal abuse - which can be in tone of voice or in content such as teasing or...

  16. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MissyWrite replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    That's all Prissy does now, too. If she ever turns down my bed, I will run screaming out the door. Another thing she did during that time: My mom said the worst time for her was in the middle of the...

  17. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MissyWrite replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Several years ago, my dad passed away after a battle with prostate cancer. Since I was a hospice nurse, I took care of him and then stayed for a while to help my mom through a period of disabling...

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MissyWrite replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time, way back in 1987, I was a travel nurse with a cushy job on a telemetry unit in Hawaii. I worked night shift, and this particular hospital allowed nurses to sleep for two hours (with...

  19. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She fell off the radar completely, it seems. But while digging, I found an interesting article by journalist Susan Gordon about how Brianna and other health care workers who speak out about problems...

  20. Disabled, but not unable: the rebirth of a nurse!

    MissyWrite replied to chiefaics's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Amazingly powerful words. Thank

  21. Why is Nursing not in the top ten most stressful jobs for 2014!

    MissyWrite replied to chiefaics's topic in General Nursing

    I HAVE THIS VERY SAME NIGHTMARE!!! and I, too, am retired. It doesn't happen often, but when it does I am shaken. Sometimes in this re-occurring dream, I haven't even seen *any* of my patients at all....

  22. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    *** Sine no one else has answered this question after numerous posts over 2 weeks, I will answer it myself: 1. I never even thought about it. Like, it never even crossed my mind. 2. It hits too close...

  23. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have a question for those here who favor quarantine, that has so far gone unanswered: Dr. Craig Spencer is hospitalized with Ebola in NYC. The nurses and doctors caring for him are not quarantined....

  24. NNU Ebola Press Conference

    MissyWrite replied to herring_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    EXCELLENT! I hope they're

  25. Is your hospital in the Arctic Zone?

    MissyWrite replied to Joe V's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A cold hospital of SNF can be a serious problem for the elderly, because they can develop hypothermia at a temperature of 65