Andy Droid

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1. Commute for Job I would love, or less travel to Job I don't like

   Andy Droid replied to countrygalrn's topic in Career Support

   unless the job you don't like has a MASSIVE advantage (lots of money) over the other one, I'd say get a decent car with a half decent stereo and enjoy the drive every day. Sure, the closer job would allow more time with the relationship.... but if yo...

2. Vacation/Holidays - New game to play

   Andy Droid replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   Last time I booked off well in advance, and was told 3 days before hand that "well... we couldn't really find anyone who wants to cover"... I forwarded her a copy of the approval email she had sent me 3 months prior, and added that she'd also need to...

3. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

   Andy Droid replied to mikala3's topic in Relations

   Maybe these were friends of the patient, and this was some not-so-elaborate set up for the patient to sue the hospital for HIPAA violations. (you apparently did answer questions to some random unknown folks about a specific patient.....)

4. Why does every unit have a princess?

   Andy Droid replied to echoRNC711's topic in Relations

   90% of the daystaff where I work are princesses. We've been referring to them as such for a few years.

5. Ethical question...give their alcohol back or not?

   Andy Droid replied to ERnurse2001's topic in General Nursing

   Shouldn't it have been put with the rest of his personal property, rather than being destroyed? Obviosuly nobody is saying they should keep the bottle with them in their room.... that's just silly... but the fact remains that they're breaking no law,...

6. patient privacy

   Andy Droid replied to naftali216's topic in Relations

   Does everyone who's going in to observe read the PTs consent form to see if they've crossed out that part? edit: Pretty much figured consent forms were frequently ignored... you just happened to catch yourself being violated. Who's to say what happ...

7. Gifts vs. bribes...is there a line?

   Andy Droid replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   Never do anything you wouldn't do if they just asked. if they take back the plate of cookies, then oh well... your job isn't worth a few cookies. Unless they're ~REALLY~ good cookies.......

8. Name Badges Worn Backwards

   Andy Droid replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

   1- get a safteypin and glue a piece of magnetic sticker/tape to it 2- put a washer in your badge cover. pin the pin to your shirt at the right spot so it grabs the washer, and it "should" keep the badge from flipping and spinning every time you move....

9. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

   Andy Droid replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've always kinda been a substance over flash kinda guy.... I'll take the reliable but beat up bondo-mobile over the shiny new sports car that doesn't actually start any day.

10. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

    Andy Droid replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming you change to a different set of clothes when needed (an incident at the start of shift leaves you covered in blood, urine, or other.... uh... "residues".... you're not going to wear those same clothes all day, right? )... and assuming you d...

11. Ethical question...give their alcohol back or not?

    Andy Droid replied to ERnurse2001's topic in General Nursing

    Awfull lot of folks seem to think it's fine to (basicaly) steal a PT's personal property...... Hope I'm not the only one that finds that a tad bit troubling.

12. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

    Andy Droid replied to DYLANB's topic in Relations

    Uh.... I kinda do watch cashiers pretty close. (especially when I'm buying a lot of items.... I've caught the scanner double-entering items a few times)

13. Shift Swap Vent

    Andy Droid replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, most communication with co-workers is done over email (well... the ones who work a different shift and would be looking for me to swap with.... the ones I see pretty much work the same shift as I do, so they can't really swap with me) I...

14. Do Other Professionals Skip Restroom Breaks And Meals?

    Andy Droid replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    part of what I do is maintain the systems that monitor for pathogens and other impurities in water supplies for a few communities. if you screw up badly, a few people could die. if I screw up badly, a few thousand people could die. I get the whole s...

15. Do Other Professionals Skip Restroom Breaks And Meals?

    Andy Droid replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there's a job on the planet (that involves some sort of responsibility) that doesn't make you miss meal breaks from time to time when things get hectic. Lots of jobs (mine included) don't allow for people to stop working for half an hou...