NursesRmofun

NursesRmofun ASN, RN

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  1. Exit Interview. Honest or not?

    I don't know how much an exit interview counts as far as any one set if ideas going "across the board" for facilities....but my experience with honesty during an exit interview in a smaller, community...
  2. Need standard response response suggestions

    Passive Aggressive is a whole different thing, I think........but anyway...I, too, returned to an environment and became the "new guy (or girl)" once again. I also had and *have* the deer in the...
  3. Detox in Jail?

    I can only speak for my own experience in corrections, and we did help these patients, and they did get treatment and medication. Good luck. I hope she gets through this and turns
  4. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    I feel sorry for you because, apparently, you had some issues going on that made you call in/out of work or made you tardy/late and that got you fired. Maybe it was bad timing. It is true that you...
  5. Hostile families

    Adding: I am sure you advocated for the patient. To an extent, it comes with the territory. Still have an incident like this come up occasionally. No perfect solutions and there are different reasons...
  6. Nurses are truly underpaid

    Sad but true....how society views these groups
  7. Nurses are truly underpaid

    Very well said and I
  8. Best way to avoid bedside care?

    Bad Wi Fi day....thought I posted this earlier...but it didn't post... I agree you sound like you should be an MA rather than a
  9. Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

    One of the worst! Worse than nothing,
  10. Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

    I keep answering this and unless I go into a paragraph or so worth of comment, it will not let me place the comment...so you get all this AIR/FLUFF so that I can say... SWEET!
  11. Feeling like I'm doing everything wrong lately

    I am not a school nurse, but I know you just can't make everyone happy, and it happens in nursing where everyone feels they should be satisfied and "happy". Good luck with this
  12. I'm joining the club!

    Good luck! It's not something I ever wanted to do... But I am glad there are those of you who do it! :) And your schedule is good, I
  13. Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

    If there was anything...I missed it. I don't think there was. Oh,...and I work in a big
  14. Leaving my first job

    The grass is not always greener...just keep that in mind. It depends on where you are going to do
  15. Calling the unit with things I forgot...too much?

    I think calling back for the most important things is the right way to go. Eventually, I think you will have to call a lot less. But Med-Surg is a very busy place and we do tend to forget a thing or...
  16. Manners....are they obsolete ?

    Don't work with kids or schools BUT...I live in an area where manners are not highly prized...sorry to say. I am polite and people ignore it and don't even reply 9 times out of 10....but I may be...
  17. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    Thanks for the heads up about the
  18. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    I always triple check and quadruple check meds. Do I think the numbers of errors resulting in death are that high? Well, if you count the kinds of things they are in the article(s), maybe then....That...
  19. LPN Doubts

    Good luck! I was an LPN for a long time,...LPNS do a lot of what the RNS do, although not everything. In some places, LPNS do 95% of the what the RNS do and then some things are assigned to LPNS that...
  20. I'm Done With Nursing.

    You are drowning in paperwork, others drown in patient loads!...Yes, I'd love to do something else. It's not easy obtaining a good job in some other area when all that is on your resume is nursing, I...
  21. I might be wrong because this is not my area of expertise at all.....but it seems CRNA's I have seen practice get the cases the team leader (Anesthesiologist) gives them. So, they should be qualified...
  22. National Nurses Week - Seven Days of Giveaways!

    I'm proud...thanks...Happy Nurse's
  23. Happy Nurses Week Everyone

    And a Happy Nurse's Week to
  24. Obese Nurses

    I don't think weight is an issue for most hiring persons, but ya never know....personal preferences and all. If a person didn't think an over-weight nurse was good, I am sure she/he wouldn't tell the...
  25. Day 4: 2016 Nurses Week Top 5 Things Contest

    1) You can listen to some pretty condescending and/or stupid stuff and not break your facial expression from an "interested" look. 2) You can do so many things and run so many ways in just 8 hrs., it...