gypsy626

gypsy626 has 18 years experience and specializes in med surg, cardiac step down, rehab, geri.

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1. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

   gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   wow ed med if I could give you a gross of KUDO's I would hell ya what you said is all true and I was a nursing supervisor I worked a unit, supervised nurses and cnas no one hated...

2. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

   gypsy626 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   in reply to you really? where are they I am going to take the high road on this and think you are really asking for the information not being sarcastic google violence against nurses and read th...

3. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

   gypsy626 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   bravo for posting this and whomever disagrees has never been hit, threatened, harmed or scared to be in nursing! if you read the stats on violence in the workplace for nurses you will see just ho...

4. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Relations

   jack at least you are honest in your specialty, what society has become, ah nursing..... some days it doesn't pay to chew through the leather restraints

5. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Relations

   most of the time we are not talking about the patient with a head injury, or dementia, we are talking about abusive people and/ or their families usually disfunctional ones , and then there are the just rude ones, this maybe g...

6. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Relations

   many states have or passing laws to help nurses some states limit the number of hrs you can work to 8 or 12 ( in one facility) you may have another job for more hrs it has proved to decrease med ...

7. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Relations

   we all took an oath to do no harm very few upheld that not by harming a patient but by doing harm to others many nurses have left the staff nurse role secondary to the back biting viole...

8. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

   gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   dealing with HR is a waste of time in some places the one in place now deals with 7 facilities plus all those power lunches and outings with the owners geez she must work 12 hr days ...

9. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

   gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   change must begin in the facility before ruining any chance of working in that city/town because of speaking out in the public one must begin change when the bullying begins start with HR ...

10. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    just adding........ I'm from Boston and sometimes it really does take a tea party to reform what's wrong with things

11. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    just a quick thought in any one particular facility non union what would the bullies and the ones who enable them do if there were " a white out" no nurses show up I agree it would b...

12. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    couple of things here.... give a 2 weeks notice smile tell them how wonderful it's been blah blah blah or just see what they do Monday if they don't fire you start a journal names, dates times i...

13. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    gypsy626 replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    interesting thought however why is the patient in the facility? just to be non compliant? noooooooooo to be healed so if they are a/o x3 and have any type of restriction and they demand fluids ...

14. What is a typical night shift like in LTC

    gypsy626 replied to Zergasaurus's topic in Geriatric

    LTC is no longer just that with our facility it's short and long term re hab pre and post op and it's crazy long term dementia patients don't sleep well they ambulate in circles and talk hang onto the nurse grab a...

15. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    gypsy626 replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Relations

    I would hope she pressed charges both in criminal and civil court are families getting crazier or am I just noticing it more?