JayHanig

JayHanig has 18 years experience and specializes in Orthopedics, Med-Surg.

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1. Going to work when you should of called out. What's your thoughts on this?

   JayHanig replied to RUNNER87RCC's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked in both North and South Carolina. Although people claimed the board would be on us for this and for that, the only thing I ever saw anybody actually get spanked by the board was for the diversion of narcotics.

2. Going to work when you should of called out. What's your thoughts on this?

   JayHanig replied to RUNNER87RCC's topic in General Nursing

   "Draconian"? That's a kind way to look at it. Could you call in sick three times without getting terminated if you had a note from your mortician? I'm just saying... you guys probably need a union.

3. Going to work when you should of called out. What's your thoughts on this?

   JayHanig replied to RUNNER87RCC's topic in General Nursing

   I assume that those points clear after a year. If that's the case, then mark the date you last called in on your refrigerator or bulletin board (whatever you've got at home). From that day on, religiously keep track of the dates as you accumulate t...

4. How To Start IVs In The Hand

   JayHanig replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

   We didn't much care for IVs in the AC on the floors either. They have a bad tendency to be highly positional. Making the trip down the hall to reset the IVAC just because the patient bent his or her arm can get old in a hurry.

5. New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

   JayHanig replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I've seen that happen on occasion. I've been turned down myself by black patients because I was white. And I've also been turned down by female patients because I was male. I've been turned down by Muslim patients because I wasn't Muslim. I ...

6. New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

   JayHanig replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

   The irony of someone who rails against "people who still believe that an entire race of people is "less than" simply based on the color of their skin" on the one hand and then invokes the specter of "white privilege" is to much for me to let go with...

7. New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

   JayHanig replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

   Where did this happen? My entire career was spent practicing in both North and South Carolina and I never witnessed anything like that. My coworkers at the last place I worked (for 12 years) were white, black, English, Filipino, and Indian. My nur...

8. New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

   JayHanig replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

   They can't get blood from a rock. If they demand their money back, so what? Will they pillory you for all the staff to throw tomatoes at? They can wait for as long as it takes. I doubt they'll be so anxious to recover their investment in you ...

9. How do I trust my judgement after this? First Patient Death

   JayHanig replied to nurse54361's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry that happened but it was inevitable. Let me share my coping technique for when I don't catch something that ends up in disaster. Back in 2008, gas prices shot up and so I bought a motorcycle. I'd never riden before so I took the safety c...

10. Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

    JayHanig replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Some hospitals pull that kind of crap then wonder why unions get organized in their facilities. Happy employees don't unionize. Only the *** upon. Any facility that has a union deserved it.

11. Setting the Precedent: Nurses Fired for Being Sick

    JayHanig replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    My employer set up a system where we were not allowed more than 4 absences in a calendar year. You could stay out two contiguous days and it would count as one absence, but woe betide the person who called in one day, felt better and worked the next...

12. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

    JayHanig replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Headlines

    I wondered about that as well. You are absolutely correct. Low unemployment rates make jobs a seller's market: in this case the hospital is the buyer and the nurses are selling their services.

13. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

    JayHanig replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Headlines

    Why don't you quit?

14. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

    JayHanig replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Headlines

    Worker's comp is your friend. You don't need the hospital's permission to bring a case, nor do you even need a lawyer. You just need to apply. In the last state I worked in prior to retiring, Worker's comp was my sole remedy but they came through ...

15. Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

    JayHanig replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand what your reticence was about telling her you had major GI symptoms. If she wants the nitty-gritty details, give them to her in the most graphic way possible, so there's no mistake. I have no problem whatsoever telling a supervis...