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My girlfriend has a step daughter who had to have a trach due to structural deterioration and closing up. After a month or two, she had a T-tube put in and she went back to work in a nursing home as a charge nurse. We don't understand how she can do...

A mean doctor is as bad as a mean charge nurse. It quickly turns into a toxic work environment that you don't want to go to every day. The stress and tension created is not worth your emotional or professional health. Life is too short and no one ...

This would be incredible to have it happen. One place I worked closed the cafeteria and night shift got stuck with bring your own or eat questionable items out of vending machines. No salads or fresh fruits or veggies. And as for work/life balance,...

They burn out or get injured from consistently working short and find something else to do within the nursing field besides direct care or they quit and do something else. That has been my experience with nurses I know. And I know a lot of them fro...

I would have gone to someone to put a stop to this behavior immediately. He was a parent and did not have the rights to what he was doing. He was way out of line.

Absolutely. There are nursing schools nationwide that won't even let students take nursing classes until they have a years experience as a CNA. I've seen the difference it makes where this is required. It is very positive. Much better understandi...

Medical marijuana has no THC and thus no high. Relieves pain without any impairment. Better than narcotics! Safer to work under. Should not be a problem as long as you have prescription and your state approved medical marijuana use. Comes in a c...

I believe your patient satisfies all the criteria outlined in the RAI. Code for isolation. I have done this and never had a problem. Any place I have ever worked required more than just gloves for someone with C-diff. That is a totally contact is...

I could care less what sex the person is providing my care. One of the best nurses I ever had take care of me in the hospital was a male nurse who had to put in a foley and give me a shot in rear. He was very good at his job and no different to me ...

Many men are successful OB docs so why can't a man be a successful OB nurse?

For as long as I can remember, the nursing shortage story has circulated and I've been a nurse for about 35 years. When I first went to nursing school, there was a 2-3 year wait to even get into the nursing classes/clinicals. We had much better staf...

I don't know why she went as detailed as she did. But it is her prerogative, though most of us prefer to remain anonymous. I agree but I guess my point is that she doesn't care. Maybe she is ready to take them on.

I have been a nurse for over 30 years and worked in both acute and long term care and have seen many different types of bullies. Don't know how you never saw it. And experienced nurses still continue to eat their young, so to speak. It is disgusti...

I don't think if anyone puts up their personal information on this board that they care who knows where their issues took place. And it is a warning to others looking for work. Just my opinion.

I cannot stand gossip. And I worked on a unit that just about existed on it. If you didn't participate, you weren't part of the "in" group. Funny thing is, they all gossiped about each other too. And it was hurtful things. In my case, I was being...

Understanding the complex issues that make up the culture of LGBTQ people is very important. When providing care, you won't find judging them on the care plan. More needs to be done in order to stop the horribly high rate of suicide within this com...

I just want to add to Beth's comments about being burned out. Because you liked Oncology so much, what about Hospice? You would be an asset there with your background and it may renew your feelings of why you liked nursing so much. If you need a c...

Have you worked with transgender patients prior to any actual surgical sex changes? How did you personally deal with the person and the issues that person had to face? I'm researching this issue and the issues that everyone is dealing with involvin...

Probably a nursing home bed or Walmart! Just being funny. I really don't know. I would think maybe teaching?

We will be adding age appropriate care plan information for patients and residents on careplans.com for anyone of the LGBT community. Education is so important and it can go a long way in making anyone's' stay in any facility much better for all inv...

A terrorist can be LBGT. May not always be straight. Who cares? He was full of hate for Americans and directed it at a specific part of his area that he knew would be full of a lot of Americans he hated. Many of the doctors and nurses and first re...

Identifying yourself as a nurse in public and providing any advice or service takes away any good Samaritan benefits and opens you to liability because you are held to a higher standard.

Can you take it orally? I've had students with ADD and worked on their tests with them like that. IT seemed to help them. Also, try a test taking strategy course. The "everything but" questions are the ones that get everyone, and especially if con...