fiestynurse

fiestynurse

Member

  • Content

    921

  • Visitors

    8,277

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    4

All Content by fiestynurse

  1. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    fiestynurse replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Los Angeles Times December 18, 2003 Grocery Workers' Health Fund May Run Out of Money in Days By Melinda Fulmer Any day now, the health fund for union supermarket workers in Southern and Central...

  2. I have to vent......re: bosses pets....

    fiestynurse replied to Melody007_FNP-C's topic in General Nursing

    A good manager should make sure that working holidays, weekends, floating, etc. is distributed fairly and evenly among all staff nurses. Nothing causes more resentment when certain employees appear...

  3. transferring vaginal deliveries to postpartum/gyn unit

    fiestynurse replied to StrongRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It all depends on how busy it is in L&D. Sometimes it's a matter of needing a bed for a laboring mom that just walked in the door. It is nice to have the lady partsl deliveries fully recovered...

  4. ADN/BSN Debate on the Floors?

    fiestynurse replied to KristinWW's topic in General Nursing

    These nurse managers, who were initially ADN prepared, had to eventually get their Bachelors degrees in order to pursue their Masters degrees. Most Management positions in nursing require a BSN or...

  5. Am I just being petty?

    fiestynurse replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Hoolahan. Gather together all your pay stubs and a copy of the employee handbook and go to the Labor Board. I don't know what state you work in, but there are laws that have to be...

  6. Somebody Probably has access to YOUR License Number!

    fiestynurse replied to meandragonbrett's topic in General Nursing

    California requires fingerprints for licensure and you must also provide your social security number and mother's maiden name. if your actual license is lost or stolen they ask for all this...

  7. Somebody Probably has access to YOUR License Number!

    fiestynurse replied to meandragonbrett's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand how this could happen either? For every nursing job that I have had since 1978, I have had to give a copy of my license, a copy of my social security card, and a copy of my...

  8. Whistleblower Nurse Vindicated

    fiestynurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Beverly facing criminal charges Nursing home operator also hit with civil complaints 8/1/02 By JOSHUA MOLINA and SCOTT HADLY NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITERS State and local prosecutors have filed criminal...

  9. Whistleblower Nurse Vindicated

    fiestynurse replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I also forgot to mention that Beverly Enterprises settled with Mary Hochman's family early on for an undisclosed

  10. Whistleblower Nurse Vindicated

    fiestynurse replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Lessons to be learned: 1) Before taking any irrevocable steps, talk to your family and close friends about your desire to blow the whistle. The stress of exposing your employer's alleged wrongdoing -...

  11. Nurses negligent in Minnesota

    fiestynurse replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    This is not the first time someone has died from a morphine overdose in a hospital. We had a case about 6 years ago, where a patient died from a morphine drip. In this case the pharmacist had mixed...

  12. FULL NAME required on name tag???

    fiestynurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree with mopsi. We should go back to the use of more formal

  13. How do I delete my old threads?

    fiestynurse replied to forget it!'s topic in General Nursing

    You could go into each one of your threads and hit edit and then delete what you

  14. whistleblower protection

    fiestynurse replied to woo 2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Whistleblower law for health care workers passed in 2000 in California. California Senate Bill 97 was passed and signed by Governor Gray Davis. This bill extends whistle blower protections to all...

  15. Sick at work, AND disappointed!

    fiestynurse replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    I hope that you got paid for this time you spent in the ER, when you could have been home in bed, where you belonged. This is a dumb policy, meant to discourage people from going home sick. I would...

  16. Pity Floating CNA's :-(

    fiestynurse replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in my second year of nursing school, I took a part-time job as a housekeeper in a local hospital on weekends. Your situation reminds me of how I invisible I felt as a housekeeper. Nobody...

  17. not documented, not done. what does this mean?

    fiestynurse replied to kmahoneyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they do say in nursing if it is "not documented, then it was not done." And I agree that good documentation will save your butt in a malpractice suit. However, nursing documentation is only one...

  18. Visiting Hours on Hospital Floors

    fiestynurse replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    Visiting hours here are 11am - 9pm. Signs are posted on every floor. There is also a general announcement at about 8:50pm, stating that visiting hours will soon be over, please leave quietly. Any...

  19. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    fiestynurse replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard of Alcohol or Ativan drips. Insulin drips are done in the ICU only - Never on Med/Surg floor. However, got a doctor in the community who started doing Insulin drips in the Urgent Care...

  20. Hospital Pay vs. Private Office Pay??

    fiestynurse replied to MELIS0106's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses that work in outpatient clinics are generally paid less than in the hospital, mainly because the hours are better. (Monday through Friday, days, no holidays or weekends) However, I have seen...

  21. Nursing on Indian Reservations

    fiestynurse replied to UWECfuturenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't the UWEC School of Nursing have a clinical experience that you could participate in on the Menomonie Indian Reservation? I graduated from the UW Nursing School in Madison in 1978 and I remember...

  22. A question of code status

    fiestynurse replied to gpip's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree that more education needs to be done regarding Advance Directives, DNR, and Organ donating. Again, it should be done at the clinic level long before a person is hospitalized with a...

  23. A question of code status

    fiestynurse replied to gpip's topic in General Nursing

    Ideally, it should be discussed at the clinic level, long before a crisis occurs. It should be discussed prior to any major surgery, before giving birth, and with any patient that has a chronic...

  24. A question of code status

    fiestynurse replied to gpip's topic in General Nursing

    Federal law mandates that all patients admitted to health care facilities who receive Medicare or Medicaid funding receive information about advance directives upon admission. Unfortunately, some...

  25. A Legal Nightmare: Denver Nurses Indicted in Newborn Death

    fiestynurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I read this case when it first came out in 1998. It was my feeling that the District Attorney did not understand what the role of the Nurse Practitioner was. He didn't seem to know that she was...