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  1. Yes, it does good for society. However, there needs to be an ethical, moral and healthcare discussion on how much money and services should go to support those that, by study, we know will have poor or bad outcomes. Too much money is spent on the l...
  2. Do I report this?a long post!

    You did the right thing by informing the nurse of your findings, actions and concern. The O2 was started and his sats went up to 96%. The question of suctioning is subjective. Should he have been suctioned or not who knows? I somewhat agree wi...
  3. What's WRONG with nursing management?

    I agree with most of what is said about management and the inability to accept the reality and importance of nurse retention. However, Corporate is the mountain we need to move. As long as we (the community and politicians) allow and encourage wit...
  4. I'm not sure we are the best ones to make or pass judgement on our co-workers and co-workers on other shifts. Yes, we should file and report errors and potential errors, concerns regarding safe practice and nurses, docs and other heatlhcare workers....
  5. Is your manager also a good leader ? I have a good manager, however I do not believe she is a good leader. I distinguish management and leadership with different characteristics. Today, I believe it to be difficult to be both in our current health...
  6. Universal Health Coverage?

    Once again, insurance is not healthcare. We continue to use these words as interchangeable. They are not !! Having insurance does not mean having healthcare. And the cost of insurance is NOT the cost of healthcare. Until we can adequately defi...
  7. Nursing and Euthanasia?

    I am not sure we need a policy regarding euthanasia. This question poses the idea that we can assist someone who determines their quality of life is not ideal or tolerable and after this evaluation take acts that terminate life. I question whether...
  8. Divorce And Affairs????

    Nursing and marriage is like mixing apples and oranges. Being a nurse places no more hardship on a marriage then other professions. I have heard it said, "that you get married when you don't know each other and get divorced when you do!" Some spe...
  9. Obesity Costlier Than Smoking

    I have somewhat always thought obesity was more or equally as costly on society as smoking. This study brings this cost more to light. Again, we are faced with the question of behaviors. Although smoking does bring about a different death than obes...
  10. Difference in dregrees and licensures

    Nursing is fractured into many pieces. We have "nurse" in labels from Nurse Practioner to Certified Nurses Aide. It is little wonder that nursing can not speak with one unified voice. Just a few: Nurse Practioner, Registered Nurse, Licensed Voc...
  11. Dedicated too a Nurse of 94 years...

    Grandmothers are special people. Mine said the first time she crossed the Red River she was in a covered wagon and the last time she crossed it, she was in a jet airplane. I said, "wow, things have really changed." She said, " I don't think so, I w...
  12. Unions/Attitudes

    The employer and employee relationship has deteriorated and I suspect both are lying to each other. Typically, I fault the employer for allowing the unions to get a foothold. If the adminstration wanted to keep the union activity out of their facil...
  13. Sucevid, Is marijuana a nurisng issue and should nurses take at stand? Unfotunately, we have perconceived ideas of pot based in history and experince. When, I look at the issue of pot as a medical tool and a medical tool only. I believe there is r...
  14. So FRUSTRATED!!!!!!!!!

    I tend to agree with RyanRN, as long as the hospital gets away with this activity, they will continue. Don't answer the phone and don't do the extra shifts. The hospital does not exist to solve your problems. And as long as you make it your proble...
  15. Oregon: Extra strike pay to nurses illegal

    I agree replacement nurses cause some disruption during negotiations, however, most I have met care about nursing as a profession. Their act of crossing a picket line is about money. It is not a statement about nursing or patients. Let's face i...
  16. Oregon: Extra strike pay to nurses illegal

    I don't know about the law. However, the nurses did not do an illegal act in receiving compensation for services rendered. However, the hospital did an illegal act in offering this compensation. It is the hospital that is illegal and not the nurses...
  17. two licenses LPN/RN

    I agree with Jolie, in most cases you will be held to the RN standard of practice. Another point is that if you did take a LPN job, I believe you would cross the line in practice, just for the sake of efficency. I most likely would and I believe mo...
  18. Oregon: Extra strike pay to nurses illegal

    We should remind ourselves the hospital is the villian in the action of attempting to bride nurses to return to work. Athough the replacement nurses exercised poor judgement in accepting this money, when viewed from other nurses who were on strike, i...
  19. Oregon hospital, nurses halt negotiations

    Patient admissions filled the medical center to 81 percent of capacity Wednesday morning, near normal for January and higher than on the same day last year. According to the medical center, 310 of the 1,500 union nurses have returned to work. > T...
  20. I do not write incident reports about nurses. I write incident reports about incidents. I have read incident reports stating the last nurse (Ms. Smith) hung dopamine at so and so. WRONG !! Dopamine reviewed and found to be running at 5 mcgs, orde...
  21. Smokers

    Everytime I see, read of hear anything about smoking and its ill effects, cost, etc. I replace the word smoke with obesity. It forces me to look at the issue from a wider perspective. Smoking triggering asthma, well there is a valid complaint. Tha...
  22. definition

    I would also add that in most cases the order to titrate is an order to increase to desired effect. Although titrate can mean increase and decrease. Another order is to "wean" to desired effect. This is the opposite. Example, "wean dopamine to mai...
  23. Administrator's Salaries

    Burden of Proof: Brainless reasoning might be a bit strong. I understand their are some who blindly believe what they are told. Or it may be they want to believe it. I don't know. However, the quote is meant to bring to light that we should be f...
  24. I have heard both sides of this argument. I have carried insurance in the past and I have a period when I did not have insurance. The argument that you can have it and not disclose it, I believe is false. If a suit occurs, I believe you have to or...
  25. General question for Critical Care nurses

    23 bed CV-ICU. We float to PCU (tele-unit) on a rotational basis, PRN. This does not happen often, about once every two months per individual. We float to no other areas of the hospital.