Teacher Sue

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1. Need help with project

   Teacher Sue replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

   Some of your slides have very small font which can be difficult to see. If you need to put all of that information in, use two or three slides so that the presentation is easier to read.

2. What do you call the tracking device nurses sometimes wear?

   Teacher Sue replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   We use them at our hospital as well. The nurses and nursing assistants wear a device that turns call bells off when they go in the room. It also tracks staff's location and records how long they were in a particular place. We can run reports to track...

3. Are We Truly That Gullible?

   Teacher Sue posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was scrolling through Facebook earlier this evening and ran across a headline that someone had posted from Gomerblog, a satirical medical blog. The article was about a nurse losing her license because she gave a patient the wrong sandwich. I clicke...

4. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

   Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Relations

   Different people bully for different reasons. For some I think it is a control issue, some may feel their status is threatened by new staff, and some may get some kind of satisfaction out of being mean. One characteristic I often perceive in bullies ...

5. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

   Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Relations

   So I shouldn't be forgiven for something that happened 28 years ago? Something that I learned a valuable lesson from? The title of the thread is a quote from a post in another area of this BB where someone suggested a thread like this one. Your refe...

6. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

   Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Relations

   No, they have both gone to other hospitals. They both tried to transfer to other units within our hospital, but their reputations were well known and no other manager would have them. I started out by changing scheduling guidelines. The previous mana...

7. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

   Teacher Sue posted a topic in Relations

   There are numerous posts here about bullying and lateral violence. There is no denying the existence of this behavior, and anyone can be a target. Early in my career, I was a target more than once, and I am ashamed to admit that I was also a perpetra...

8. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

   Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

   OK, now I have this mental image of a scantily clad nurse stripping and using a giant candy cane as a pole. Sometimes I think there is something seriously wrong with me.

9. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

   Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

   That's a great idea. Someone should start a thread

10. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

    I never said I was in the same job for 30 years. I said I have been an RN for almost 30 years. And I haven't been a manager for 30 years either. I have worked in med surg, emergency, ICU, clinical education, and as an instructor in an ADN program. I ...

11. I want to know what managers really think of applicants in monitoring programs

    Teacher Sue replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Job Hunt

    For me, it would depend on how you are doing in the program. I did hire someone in the past who was in a monitoring program. She had been in an accident which resulted in several surgeries and the loss of her small daughter. She was prescribed long t...

12. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

    My goal is to find the candidate best suited to fill my opening. I have a responsibility to our patients to find someone clinically competent, and to staff to find someone that will work as part of our team. I also have an obligation to the hospital ...

13. What's your opinion on people using personal experience vs professional/clinical exp?

    Teacher Sue replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Job Hunt

    I would think it more appropriate to talk about these experiences as why you became a nurse. They really do not relate to clinical experience, especially in a hospital where you are required to take care of a group of patients.

14. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

    I have never looked at the issue from this perspective. Thank you for lthis insight. See an old dog can learn new tricks. From my own experiences though, I think you are probably the exception, not the rule.

15. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

    Are you suggesting I just pick anyone and then terminate them after the probationary period if they don't work out? This is wrong in so many ways. How would a new grad feel about being fired at the end of their probationary period, and then discoveri...