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I have hemmed and hawed for years, and with each passing year in practice, gotten more and more anxious about NOT having malpractice insurance. I had always been told "nurses who carry personal insurance are sued first," but then I had also been tol...

On my floor it's the opposite problem. The nurse's station and hallways feel like the frozen tundra, and the thermostat is dominated by the ones who are sweating. Our patient rooms have individual thermostats for control, so their comfort is not co...

Nothing WAS wrong, actually. You weren't there. I was. Medicaid is relevant to this conversation because another poster mentioned that medicaid would never tolerate or allow such a situation.

This is excellent advice. Please take it.

As an L&D nurse who has delivered quite a few babies on the fly over the years, I can honestly and fervently say it is not only barbaric and against all practice guidelines to "hold in" a baby, but my God....if we're talking path of least resista...

I want to spoil myself with a new pair of scrubs, and I've been eyeing the Grey's Anatomy scrubs for a long time. They're sooooooooooo soft! I had never heard of the Wonder Wink brand until I did a google search and then saw them mentioned again he...

I had a patient refuse to go home for 4 days. She insisted SOMETHING was wrong. We did every test under the sun on her, most of them ungodly expensive. Nothing was wrong. She was medicaid. *shrug* It happens.

. It can, sure, but most CNA jobs that are plentiful and available are the ones that require extreme physical labor and endurance. It might not be what you want to hear, but it's the truth. CNA work is very physically demanding, very sweaty, very ...

I get email alerts for professional nursing conferences, and frequently get brochures as well. Not all of them are strictly OB related, either. Some of them pique my curiosity, and sometimes I think about attending conferences on topics that have n...

I love learning new things if they hold my interest. For example, I love learning about life sciences. However if you try to teach me something new about math or computers, my eyes will glaze over and I will be asleep in 5 minutes. The thing is, ...

I think you handled it as well as could be expected. Had I been confronted with this as a student on my first day of clinical, I have no idea if I would have had the stones to speak up. Sad but true. It has taken me years to grow the cajones and b...

So proud of you. You may "only" have 2 years of nursing under your belt, but your spine is already rock solid. You did GREAT.

Thank you, you took the words right out of my mouth. What knocked me over was that was followed by this:

If only I was a travel nurse......I have the biggest fangirl crush on him.

Yes, thank you, that post was completely out of order. "Tattle tail?" Really? What is this, the 3rd grade?

One of the many sacrifices I voluntarily make by taking per diem status. I'm not sure if the full timers get it paid for or not, but still, one day I'll go. After all, even though it's expensive up front, it's tax deductible.

This is where that boring part of orientation and the yearly mandatory education about corporate compliance kicks in and is actually beneficial. Report her, there is a way to do so confidentially/anonymously within your system. Don't falsify, repor...

Smart. Good suggestions.

Oh, so jealous. I want to go to an AWHONN conference one of these days, but the stars and my budget never seem to align.

I would be interested to know what led to the rapid response as well. I have had "that" frequent flyer patient who was a drug user who turned tricks to get her fix who would sign out AMA frequently only to return when her situation was dire. I have...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's where I stop reading this thread. OMG. *heave*

I will just say this. I had an IV drug user post op once (okay, I've had more than one IVDU patient, but this one in particular was severe), and she required massive doses of pain medication to keep her levels stable. From a clinical standpoint, I ...

Will ZDoggMD be there? 'Cause if so, I will somehow find a reason and the funds/time to attend. Haha.

THIS. YES. Exactly. She is deriving perverse pleasure out of making people suffer, and in very vulgar, embarrassing, dehumanizing ways.Sorry to keep responding, but this issue is so close to my heart. I just keep thinking of my parent, and it re...

*I* was young when I was a CNA, I was only 19-22. I still had the ability to have compassion for those who could not do for themselves. This woman is displaying a basic lack of empathy, something that is quite unsettling (to put it mildly) for some...