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  1. Could THIS Be the Cause of the Nursing Shortage?

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Brownie, thanks for the compliment. Coming from you, I find that compliment to be worth a million. You remind me of a nurse I work with: She's been a nurse for over 20 years. Graduated with her RN the...

  2. Malpractice Insurance

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    It's my understanding the Good Samaritain law applies to off-duty - but certainly not for medical advice, etc. In the case of the CPR, I would have thought that the Good Samaritain law would protect...

  3. Professional Attire for Nurses

    Q. replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    How about comfortable, professional street clothes (dress casual) and a labcoat? Wait, maybe we'd look too much like residents. Personally, I hate scrubs. Scrubs are provided to me by my unit (Kday...

  4. Could THIS Be the Cause of the Nursing Shortage?

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Hi Todd- You echo my thoughts totally. I know nurses who sit on their patients all the time! Although it's nice that they labored down like that to +1 (less pushing for her, less for me too!) Off...

  5. Ethics - patient follow-up

    Q. replied to Richellew's topic in General Nursing

    This sort of thing happens all the time on my unit, but a little differently. I work in L&D, Level II. If we have a sick baby that needs to be transferred to our NICU which is located off site,...

  6. Could THIS Be the Cause of the Nursing Shortage?

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all of you about the altruistic side of nursing. Hell, I think EVERY healthcare professional that chooses that route has some element of altruism. Big bucks or not, it takes some human...

  7. Some thoughts on the shortage

    Q. replied to joieprice's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked into federal financial aid? Scholarships? Not all scholarships are soley merit based - some are based on need alone. My husband and I put ourselves through a BSN program (I even went...

  8. Would you get out?

    Q. replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    What I hate the most is our own attitude and treatment of each other: the competition, the assumptions, the generalizations. That I feel is a crappy situation that we can actually control with very...

  9. Malpractice Insurance

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Realnurse, thanks for the advice. I just saw a TV commercial in my area that was talking about kids with Cerebral Palsy, and that their condition might be the result of your doctors and nurses who...

  10. Poll - what's important to you?

    Q. replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see... 1. Staffing 2. Scheduling (I self schedule now, but went that route only after staffing became an issue and I was getting burned out. In order to self schedule, I dropped my benefits). 3....

  11. Would you get out?

    Q. replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Kday- you and I sound like we have alot in

  12. help???

    Q. replied to hoppy4's topic in General Nursing

    What prompted you to ask this question? Was this a patient of yours? Or are you a student? Sometimes making small notes about each condition from a pathophysiology text will help. Think of Crohns...

  13. Malpractice Insurance

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Any licensed professional should closely examine the ramifications of involvement in a lawsuit. All should carry some sort of coverage. Most policies cover your defense costs, so is a good...

  14. Apology to Suzy K.

    Q. replied to NurseMark's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you NurseMark. Really, honestly and truly, thank you. Graciously, Susy K p.s I agree with you, our power is in numbers. Nurses represent the single largest profession in America by number....

  15. Could THIS Be the Cause of the Nursing Shortage?

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone for their input. I find this very interesting. I agree with alot of what you said Brownie. Laurier, I agree with you too. The hospital working conditions aren't very good, we are...

  16. Good clogs? For males?

    Q. replied to Chris-FNP's topic in General Nursing

    Boy Chris you paint quite an attractive picture of yourself - Docker pants, shirt and tie? Nice! Anyway I wear Birks and they are great. I think they would also look cool with what you wear...

  17. How would you change patient care?

    Q. replied to Brownms46's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not too familiar with team nursing - we seem to focus mainly on primary nursing at my facilities. For Labor and Delivery, this is an excellent model and I think works very well. Post-partum is...

  18. Dream Job

    Q. replied to kjmta57's topic in General Nursing

    My dream nursing job would be coordinating and directing prenatal education programs in the

  19. Could THIS Be the Cause of the Nursing Shortage?

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Hi Brownie- You are a very articulate person, I enjoy reading your posts, even if we disagree. I hope we can continue to disagree as we have so respectfully done thus far. You have my attention...

  20. If an MD shoved you...

    Q. replied to TracyRN's topic in General Nursing

    A psychogenic one perhaps?? That's

  21. CNA's Humiliation

    Q. replied to hanginginthere's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well said, Fergus. The CNA's on our floor I absolutely love and they LOVE their job. They don't focus on the cleaning up of the patients but rather the interaction with them. ANY role in healthcare...

  22. Should we have a National Union ????

    Q. replied to Rex's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse DeeDee- Perhaps what a standardization would mean is a 4 year degree of ANY sort - obviously yours included, not necessarily about a BSN. A BSN prepared nurse (most of them that I work with)...

  23. How long is maternity leave in the US?

    Q. replied to Marra Jade's topic in General Nursing

    Man, a full year of maternity leave?? Wow! At my job you get 6 weeks paid if you are part-time, and 12 weeks paid if you are full time. Those weeks are also included if you need to be off work for...

  24. Malpractice Insurance

    Q. replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I just bought a contract for my own malpractice insurance. As an OB nurse, and for 3million dollars of coverage per incident, the annual rate is $88. It didn't seem that much to me to have some sort...

  25. Did you have a Preemie or Pre Term Labor while working?

    Q. replied to dawngloves's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya, Kday, I hear ya. I'm sure we could swap horror stories for hours! Maybe we should start a thread - OB nightmares!! Our hospital actually started having us report acuity levels about 2...