MzMouse

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About MzMouse

MzMouse has 19 years experience and specializes in LTC, office.


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  1. MzMouse

    The Sad Nurse Speaks

    As a former LTC nurse and a lifelong cat lover and owner you have my deepest sympathies.
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    LTC-I want report and count at beginning of my shift

    I used to have the same issues when I worked LTC and it always surprised me. When my shift was over I was more than happy to give report, count narcs and get the heck out of there!
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    accused of bullying....

    Managers shouldn't even take complaints seriously when not one example can be made. I have been in your position and it's very difficult to defend yourself when you aren't even being told what you are doing wrong. I think most of it is bogus.
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    How do you handle the everyday stress of a nurse?

    I have been doing much better at leaving work at work; it isn't always easy but it makes all the difference. I also exercise, eat well and have a wonderful husband and friends. Oh, and a beer isn't bad either.
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    How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    I live in snowy Minnesota and have never missed a day to work due to snow. Often I make it when coworkers who live closer cannot make it in. I think nurses owe it to their patients and fellow staff to make an honest effort.
  6. Evidently not slight of hand enough... Wow; that is scary. As far as policy compared to what actually goes on; that isn't uncommon. If I roomed every patient ( I work in a clinic) the way our Patient standard of Care is written it would take me 15-2...
  7. I am naturally introverted, but 20 years of nursing has made me much more outgoing. You have to be willing to speak up and advocate for your patient and be able to effectively communicate with your patients, coworkers and physicians.
  8. I understand too. I lost my Mom after a 3 month battle with metastatic liver CA. She went from being an independent 82 year old lady who no one believed was even 80 to a woman who looked every day her stated age and more in a matter of a month. We we...
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    My nurse looks like a zombie

    Reminds me of a comment on the last Press Ganey survey..."the nurse looked tired." Seriously?? If that is your biggest complaint I guess we are doing something right.
  10. It has gotten easier over the years. I used to run everything through my head all the time and let it keep me awake at night. But these days if I did everything to the best of my abilities while on the clock I can go off the clock and leave work behi...
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    Baffled

    A few years ago my husband was in the ER; sick as a dog but very much able to speak for himself. I accompanied him and added a couple times to the consult with the ER doc but for the most part sat back and allowed him to answer. He was livid! He didn...
  12. I have always avoided personal questions; simply because they lead to more personal questions. I am happily married and childfree by choice and some people cannot understand a nurse not wanting to be a mother. So I keep to one word answers and change...
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    Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    That does bother me too. We do have that policy in our dress code but it is not enforced.
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    One of the most frustrating things about nursing

    A wise NP once told me we can't care more about the patients getting better than the patients care themselves.
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    Any tips with smells? Please!!!

    I am fortunate to not have much of a sense of smell; probably due to years of allergies. Even when an oder is particularly bad it just doesn't really bother me. If something is getting to me I do my best to forget about the smell and concentrate on ...