MoopleRN

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  1. Pros & Con's of baby making while in nursing school.

    If you're asking a bunch of strangers if you should conceive another child at the age of 26 when you already have two 7 yr olds while you start nursing school, my answer (as a stranger) is a resounding NO. I don't know what world you live in where y...
  2. noncompliant resident in assisted living care

    How is it "noncompliant" to be on their call light for the stupid/annoying/waste-your-time requests? That's not "noncompliant"; it's simply annoying and wastes your time. How can you you stop it? You can't. Not every time. What you can do is kno...
  3. Is this considered 1 Occurrence?

    Am I the only one that wonders why in the world the OP thinks this general public forum is the employee handbook for his/her facility?!? Sheesh and likewise wow.
  4. How do you get results without being rude?

    Let the nurse know if a patient assigned to you is requesting a pain med. Let her know ONCE. She is the primary nurse and she knows what the patient can have/when the clock allows the next dose. She may have another patient that takes precedence f...
  5. I Need some kind of RN Career Counselor

    OP, your attitude on this thread has been positive which leads me to believe there is hope for you…. at a price. Nurses have to eat it. Period. By that I mean smile, be a robot, recite the script you're supposed to say and always always always kis...
  6. Dealing with calls from work

    You're not required to answer the phone when work calls (that's what caller ID is for!) and you're not obligated to come in if you do answer the phone and are asked to come in. If you can't find a way to stop feeling guilty about wanting your days o...
  7. Narc count

    Yes and no it's a problem. The problem for the incoming nurse is if she signed it was correct and it later on proved not to be, it's on her. OTOH, if the count later on was incorrect, there will be an investigation that may include the 7-3 nurse wh...
  8. Narc count

    If the incoming 3-11 nurse signed the count without actually counting and the count is off, it's on her because she's signed her name coming on. If you're signing the count with another 7-3 nurse who's leaving, who cares? The 3-11 can say *I* didn'...
  9. Hired on days, manager request to switch to night

    "Paltry pay" is relative when compared with the cost of living/personal debt etc... as I've already said. If your paycheck allows you to pay your bills/save for your future and have some fun then your paycheck isn't "paltry" regardless if you have a...
  10. Is the nursing profession really for me???

    "Is the nursing profession really for me???" No, it's not, IMO. How do I know? I read your OP. Only you can help you and the only way you can do that is knowing yourself. Do strangers on a nursing forum know you better than you? No, they don't. ...
  11. Hired on days, manager request to switch to night

    What's pathetic about $1350/2 weeks? There are BILLIONS of unemployed "peeps" who would love to get that and health insurance (nurses or not and of course most aren't). We all want to make more money than we do but we also need to balance it out ag...
  12. How did you get out of getting the Flu shot?

    One facility I worked at required/mandated that if you didn't provide proof of a current flu shot or get one the facility would provide, you had to wear a mask during patient cares. Shot or mask, that was the choice. No exceptions.
  13. Fired for the second time... by THE SAME DON.

    I've come to realize that there is often little difference between LTC and acute care, especially if they're skilled. OP, there's no way I can offer an objective opinion on whether or not you should appeal based on what you've posted here. I can, h...
  14. Nurses who make med errors are EVERY SINGLE NURSE WHO'S EVER WORKED AS A NURSE ON THE FLOOR. Or they're lying. Nurses who don't give a crap about their med error, even long after, are the nurses who are a danger. What I'm trying to say is that's it...
  15. No Visitors

    If my patient has specified "these couple of people" and someone not on the list, even the mother, wanted to visit, I wouldn't double check with my patient. Why would I? My patient has already made his/her decision. Nor would I tell my patient, yo...