Ella Halligan RN

Ella Halligan RN

Pediatrics, Rural, L&D, Postpartum

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About Ella Halligan RN

Ella Halligan RN has 8 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics, Rural, L&D, Postpartum.


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  1. case manager - what can you tell me about it?

    After everything you have heard here about the necessary experience.... and they are still hot to trot for a new grad? I repeat my earlier concern: why can't they attract/keep experienced staff?
  2. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    I'm sure they HAVE picked up on a few phrases. Most of them would have to do with their everyday lives, though... OUR everyday lives involve medical phrases. Most people's don't, though. As for all of those custodians, kitchen workers, switch board o...
  3. Advice, what would you have done in this situation?

    It's not easy being the new one on the floor... no matter how long you've been a nurse! That being said... there are jobs anyone can do, and there are jobs only RNs can do. Anyone can put a patient on a bedpan. Only you can give pain meds. When I was...
  4. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Well, as someone who on my mother's side of the family is Polish gypsy and Jewish, as someone who did lose family members there, and as someone who has physically been there..... I have legitimate reason for concern. But, if you go back and read, MOS...
  5. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    it probably wouldn't. but, if you had one specific language that you knew you were going to encounter every single shift (or even the majority of shifts) wouldn't it make sense to learn at least a little of it? i don't know... i guess i just don't un...
  6. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    CAN an employer choose to fire an employee for this? Sure, they can. Can an employee choose to sue that employer for that decision? Absolutely. Will the employee or employer prevail in court? That depends upon any number of factors. There are certain...
  7. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    There IS another scientifically supported opinion. It is using the precautions we have in place already (whether you entered nursing at the time they were called standard or universal or whatever new term is next around the corner.) Wash your hands b...
  8. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    No, and apparently you can't see a difference between being forced to inject something IN to your body that may have adverse medical consequences that are unforeseen at the time of the injection and giving a urine sample. Giving a urine sample doesn'...
  9. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    I have no clue who Godwin is. My name is Elisabeth. I am married to my husband Steven, which if you went to my profile and the link to one of my Squidoo sites you would see that. I have seven children ranging in age from 18 years to 16 months. I have...
  10. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    I seriously do NOT get this attitude. Yes, every now and then it would cause a problem. But before I moved here (Idaho) my patient base was 90% Hispanic and a large portion of them only spoke Spanish. I didn't learn Spanish to make THEIR lives easier...
  11. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    The fact is that no one is addressing the actual point: There is a non-invasive way to accomplish the same goal. But hey, if throwing out one-liners because you can't argue that legitimate point makes you feel good, go for it.
  12. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    No, but in the case above.... they did.
  13. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    You may feel it is specious. As someone who spent a great deal of time behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet controlled Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Germany, who has walked through the gas chambers at Dachau and Auschwitz, I guarantee you that it ...
  14. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    You can keep repeating that, it won't make it true. My father worked in human resources and employment law for many years. Even at-will employment in right-to-work states can be contested in a court of law. In addition, the rights fought for and wo...
  15. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    And if it was not made a condition of employment when that person was hired, that person has a case for wrongful termination. A good employee who does their job faithfully and well, abides by universal precautions (which actually DOES protect patient...