emmafrancis

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1. How to deal with mean staff

   emmafrancis posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work for a large practice with many physicians. I found out that one is going behind my back to complain. We work for the same practice, but we are never in the same office on the same day, which makes it difficult. It seems that no matter w...

2. Texas Laws for those who call themselves nurse

   emmafrancis replied to LucyWinter's topic in General Nursing

   PIcture texas nursing board as a cobra ready to strike.... don't even try it.

3. old deaf nurse

   emmafrancis posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am in my 50's and was talking to a colleague in their 60's. She was voicing that she just learned she is going deaf and is afraid they will fire her before she reaches 65 and can retire. I had never even thought about it before, but our job does...

4. How to get into Case Management

   emmafrancis replied to emmafrancis's topic in Case Management

   I am in an area that pretty much requires a BSN to get hired into any position, so yes, I have one.

5. How to get into Case Management

   emmafrancis posted a topic in Case Management

   I am really interested in Case Management. I took a 10 hour CE because it interested me and I loved it. I left the class and applied to a job and was turned down without an interview..and again and again...I can't get an interview! I am a Nurse wit...

6. Interview Question

   emmafrancis replied to emmafrancis's topic in Job Hunt

   Thanks, it is a standard question where I work, and while I can answer it for any nursing job pretty easily going with satisfaction scores and my history with raising them, I do not really know how I would relate that to a job I have no experience do...

7. Interview Question

   emmafrancis posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I had an interview for a job that involves nursing, but isn't direct contact with patients. It sounded so interesting that I applied and was interviewed. I thought the interview was going well until I was asked, "What changes would you bring to mak...

8. Unreasonable requests

   emmafrancis posted a topic in General Nursing

   What do you do when a patient or their family makes unreasonable requests for tests or procedures? I had a patient family load me up with requests the other day. I at least went through the motions of trying to please them, but they had a request ...

9. Missing PCA key

   emmafrancis replied to Melanin's topic in Medications

   we have had patients try to steal them before. one easy way is to tell the patient that the pca must be pulled down if the key is lost....the patient coughs up the key in a matter of minutes (assuming they took it).

10. Wasting non-narcotics?

    emmafrancis replied to emmafrancis's topic in Medications

    Probablymyattitudehaha

11. Wasting non-narcotics?

    emmafrancis posted a topic in Medications

    Every story starts off with..I was floated. I got report on a patient, then went to hang a med that was due at shift change. I pulled it, mixed it, and when I went to hang it on the pole, found a full bag hanging. I rechecked that the shift change...

12. Job interview ethics...

    emmafrancis replied to emmafrancis's topic in Job Hunt

    My manager is on medical leave for 8 weeks and can only be reached by email. After that, she is temporarily opening a new unit while still managing us. We also have a lot of nurses graduating with master's degrees that are leaving for other opportun...

13. Suspended for a Medication Error

    emmafrancis replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I watched this happen one day when I was charge nurse on a floor. I was not the nurse giving the meds, but I saw a nurse come out of a room, then I saw the color drain from her face. She had just given a bunch of meds to the wrong patient. We act...

14. Job interview ethics...

    emmafrancis posted a topic in Job Hunt

    I had three interviews for a job I wanted. The job was part time, and I want to move from full-time to part time. First interview I felt went great. It was basically them explaining to me what the job would be and making sure I would really be in...

15. How long to give notice of resignation

    emmafrancis replied to missjosieRN's topic in General Nursing

    My facility requires 4 weeks