And then, after all the bitching and complaining I’ve been doing about nursing, and all the bitching and complaining about people who complain about people who are bitching and complaining….
comes the voice of reason.
To anyone who is considering nursing, studying nursing, or just plain a nurse, go and read this post. Thank you, Head [...]
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Posted 28 March 2008
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Here’s one approach to ending the nursing shortage. Nurseauction.com is a new site that features an auction style marketplace where nurses can bid for shifts that employers have posted. Also, nurses can post when they will available to work, and set their price.
As you can see, I’ve already gotten in on the action:
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Posted 27 March 2008
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I read this post last night and realized it could have been written about me. I certainly have been doing a lot of complaining lately. A nursing student reading my blog might think twice before continuing with their nursing degree. My question is, what’s wrong with thinking twice about something?
I’ve seen a lot of [...]
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Posted 27 March 2008
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Let’s face it. I’ve been blogging about some pretty frustrating topics lately. I think it’s high time we start having some fun around here. With that in mind I will offer you the following warning about this post:
a. It’s not at all about nursing,
b. It may entice you to waste huge amounts of time,
c. It’s [...]
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Posted 19 March 2008
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At the end of my rant about sloppy physician’s orders, I asked the question, “How do you get beyond that kind of apathy?”
May, whom I have a great deal of admiration for, said,
“i know that clearly looks like apathy, but it could also mean something else. i maybe apathetic about the issue, but [...]
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Posted 16 March 2008
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From A Scanner Brightly:
“Health care currently consumes 16 out of every 100 dollars in the USA, but electronic health records are next to non-existent. The few that are in existence don’t talk to any of the others.
If we ran banking like that we’d be… oh wait a minute, we did run banking like that. [...]
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Posted 13 March 2008
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Here’s a daunting question:
Is the convenience of taking a verbal order worth your nursing license?
When you practice nursing, you kind of have to look at each patient as a legal liability for yourself. At least that is what you are advised to do from the very beginning. Every order that isn’t written correctly, or [...]
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Posted 11 March 2008
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In a perfect world it would be the other way around.
Fortunately, my husband has just landed a sweet new job and will be compensated enough so that I no longer have to work. (Don’t hate me, please.) It’s brought about an interesting question:
Would you continue to be a nurse if financially you didn’t have [...]
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Posted 08 March 2008
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