VanillaPalamino

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1. Administrative Leave?

   VanillaPalamino posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone been on "administrative leave?" I got a call today from my nurse manager, who told me I was on "administrative leave" while she investigates a patient's complaint against me. Entirely without merit, let me add. I am so glad I documente...

2. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   And this particular morning, there were some unexpected things that came up that threw me further behind. I don't condone RNs being nasty to students; on the other hand, I think STUDENTS need to use some tact and sensitivity. If a nurse is PLAINL...

3. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   They are coming in BEFORE the day shift RNs are even on the floor. They come on before we even give report and start asking questions while I am trying to give 7 a.m. insulins and such. I am busy enough trying to get everything together to give a...

4. We need to protect our children, check your area for sex offenders.

   VanillaPalamino replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in General Nursing

   How do you find all this out, including the names of your neighbors? We've just been here a few weeks...........

5. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   This doesn't apply to me ~ I am going off when the students are coming on. I agree with you ~ it IS senseless. That's why, if it happens AGAIN, I am going to POLITELY answer any GENERAL questions the student nurse may have and then ask them to wa...

6. What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

   VanillaPalamino replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Med-Surg

   Right......and it's usually not even the PATIENT, it's their families! I swear, we just had one that boggled all our minds. Not going into specifics, but I began to wonder if Munchausen's by proxy might have been involved......grrrr.........

7. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   Could you be more specific? I personally have been rather annoyed at the latest crop of nursing students. They want a separate report, instead of waiting to get report with their preceptor. This is completely out of line, not to mention time-con...

8. foot wear

   VanillaPalamino replied to jonurse's topic in General Nursing

   I would like to try Z-Coil shoes but at $200/pair, they're pretty expensive.

9. Why do staff nurses resent us?

   VanillaPalamino replied to VanillaPalamino's topic in Travel

   Uh, I have no idea why a travel nurse would complain about floating or no PTO. I was talking about coming onto a floor and needing to know where supplies are, and such.

10. Why do staff nurses resent us?

    VanillaPalamino posted a topic in Travel

    Hi I do travel nursing right now. Although I get on well with the other nurses most of the time, I get more help from the other travel nurses on the floor. Sometimes there is an attitude of "sink or swim"..... Why? When I was staff I was glad...