WhitemountainmagicRN

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1. Kinnser

   WhitemountainmagicRN posted a topic in General Specialties

   Hello, I am new to Kinnser and need what seems to be a simple question answered, but I cant find it online at all. All I want to know is how I get to see my patients oders? I am starting on Monday and I am way behind figuring this out! ...

2. Hostile Work Enviornment

   WhitemountainmagicRN replied to WhitemountainmagicRN's topic in Management

   Thanks to everyone to responded!

3. Help with Staff Moral

   WhitemountainmagicRN replied to NurseDawn10's topic in Management

   First thing :) This is a thankless position. Try to be the manager you would want if you were on the floor. Obviously you are charged with other responsibilities, try to be empathetic to your nurses and more importantly listen to them. One of the th...

4. Troubles as a new manager

   WhitemountainmagicRN replied to rckymtnrn30's topic in Management

   You Cannot under any circumstances make everyone happy! Don't even attempt this....and don't socialize or confide in anyone at work. Doing this places you in a situation where you could become potentially unprofessional and you don't want to do that....

5. Hostile Work Enviornment

   WhitemountainmagicRN posted a topic in Management

   Hi Everyone! I am a nursing manager of an ICU and ED in a relatively small hospital. Hostile work enviornment has become the new buzz word around there. If you discipline anyone for anything, they go to HR and claim a Hostile Work Environment. This ...

6. Intermittent FMLA: The joke's on us

   WhitemountainmagicRN replied to Orca's topic in Management

   Hi :) We have found that are hands are really tied with intermittent FMLA. All you can do is wait the time out, hopefully use per diem/agency( I am sure you are doing everything you can). However with regards to the law it is pretty clear that you ca...

7. If I'd only known....

   WhitemountainmagicRN replied to LuvofNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

   HI, I am a Clinical Supervisor for a Critical Access Hospital. If you are not familiary with them, they are small rural facilities that have no more than 25-30 patients at a time. What this means is that I am the "third" nurse to ICU (I have been an...

8. NO LUNCH??? NO BREAKS??? Is that common in nursing?????

   WhitemountainmagicRN replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

   It is so common in other worlds!...I have been an ICU nurse for 15+years and I can tell you that more often than not, I do not get a lunch break, let alone a 15min break. If I get to eat it is usually at the nurses station while I am charting. I have...

9. CCRNs -CMC exam?

   WhitemountainmagicRN replied to *RN123ABC*'s topic in CCU

   Where would you take these exams??..is there a website to find local sites? Thanks