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  1. Drug screen now includes screen for nicotine. Is this legal?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to Psychtrish39's topic in General Nursing

    Well said! Couldn't agree with u more. Maybe the powers that be will also discriminate against people who eat to much fat in their diet? We know it causes colon cancer, and God forbid, what if an...

  2. Diploma RN's, any of us left?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't know any diploma nurses anymore. But I did work with many early in my career. They were always leaps and bounds better prepared than the rest of us. Best nurses I ever worked with! It's a...

  3. Do you think nurses get special treatment?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in Newark NJ on 9/11. Around 9:30 that night, the hospital allowed us to attempt to leave our hospital, and to get home. All of the major roads leading into NYC had been closed, and the...

  4. Reporting unnecessary pain

    nurseswholovenursing replied to erint91DC's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When I was a student, I didn't challange the nurses who had to put up with me. I knew I didn't know what I was doing, and i knew I was there to learn. There was an instructor there if I had any...

  5. Reporting unnecessary pain

    nurseswholovenursing replied to erint91DC's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I am confused. There were no xrays, MRI, CT scan, for this pt admitted with a dx of lumbar fxs? And there wasn't info from those scans saying whether the fxs were old or new? And what made you...

  6. Need some advice - am I that unreasonable?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to ACNPmomof2's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds so awful! Just time to move on, take your talents elsewhere. And fortunately, there are other great Docs out there to work with, and learn from. Just an FYI, it always seems to me that HR...

  7. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You probably should reserve your own attitude for after you have been a nurse for a minute. After you have worked in the trenches for years, you will come to understand that you don't know what your...

  8. Is pain still the "5th Vital Sign"?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to SuzieF's topic in General Nursing

    I do believe that ALL pain can and should be treated, especially in an acute care situation. It is my job, and I did not need 10mg percocet post delivery, but thats me. But some woman do. I took care...

  9. The Fifth Vital Sign

    nurseswholovenursing replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    I have never done guided imagery in all my years of being a nurse, especialIy in oncology, it is bunk. I was talking about repositioning someone with a tumor the size of a basketball coming out of...

  10. The Fifth Vital Sign

    nurseswholovenursing replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as an Oncology nurse for over 15 years. We did get overflow of med/surge patients if we had beds, and i remember patients "frequent fliers" who no floor wanted because we all "knew" their...

  11. New employer requires I bring my antidepressant Rx and get "cleared" from my MD

    nurseswholovenursing replied to ORRN21's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Jesus should be

  12. New employer requires I bring my antidepressant Rx and get "cleared" from my MD

    nurseswholovenursing replied to ORRN21's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The laws must vary from state to state. We are not allowed, under HIPPA, to ever ask what medication an employee takes. It is between you and the place yor employer has contracted with to screen your...

  13. Not getting it as nurses- the view

    nurseswholovenursing replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    I could care less what those 2 women on the view said. I've never seen that show and don't even know who those women are, who apparently are idiots. I feel bad for everyone who felt so hurt by their...

  14. Under staffing Cna

    nurseswholovenursing replied to Iloveshoes55's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Being a CNA, Is the hardest job in all of nursing. You are all sorely underpaid, and undervalued. I learned many years ago, that any nurse that does not listen to their CNA's and follow up on any...

  15. Can we lay to rest the "compassion" nonsense?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    I have not been a member here long, but I decided i would become one, because over the years I have found many experienced based anwsers from so many real nurses posting anwsers to questions that I...

  16. Overwhelmed and miserable at an LTC facility

    nurseswholovenursing replied to smargadine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have to do what is best for you! And for a new grad, it's pretty common to job hop in the beginning. Employers won't look badly upon a new graduate looking for your niche in a new career. Like...

  17. Overhead Paging Banned

    nurseswholovenursing replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have no overhead paging. Have earpieces we can talk to each other, the receptionist calls us if there is a phone call. On off hours it picks up phone calls. The residents don't like the overheads,...

  18. Day two after termination: Getting better

    nurseswholovenursing replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I respect your opinion. I just don't agree with you. I have made plenty of mistakes, in life, and in nursing. But I have never yelled at a patient, and i think it is very wrong. Of couse I have wanted...

  19. Day two after termination: Getting better

    nurseswholovenursing replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am not talking about practicing nursing like it is 1850. And yes, I understand that nurses are highly educated professionals. The tradition and history that I am talking about, leads us all to have...

  20. Day two after termination: Getting better

    nurseswholovenursing replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My compassion is for the man she yelled at, not her "crisis " He is the person u should have compassion for. Have u ever worked with a nurse, that u knew was not healthy mentally? And Florance...

  21. Advice for new grad RN, after terminated after 3 1/2 months

    nurseswholovenursing replied to luvnursingRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LuvnursingRN, I am sorry u are doubting yourself. Orientation is more of a disorientaton, we have all been there. It is true that nurses eat their young, and while we are in college, the intent is to...

  22. Day two after termination: Getting better

    nurseswholovenursing replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Worried nurse.....yes we all have had tough days, unbearable patients, but u can't yell at a patient, not ever. I am not on a "high horse", nurses take an oath at their pinning ceramony, look it up,...

  23. Day two after termination: Getting better

    nurseswholovenursing replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are supposed to. Do you want her taking care of someone you love? I dont. And the mere fact she can listen to the birds, and "lol" plus, she atempted a little toad catching a few days after being...

  24. Day two after termination: Getting better

    nurseswholovenursing replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All I do know, is that you can never yell at a resident. I've been an RN for over 20 years, and no matter what, don't care how bad your day is, it is not ever "ok" to yell at someone that you are...

  25. Nurses behavior towards CNA's?

    nurseswholovenursing replied to x0xerika's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think the nurse should have taken the BP. Good communication is so important between the nurse and the CNA, and it is the nurses responsibility to make sure that communication is there. If I were...