Ariesbsn

Ariesbsn

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  1. Here's why you don't want this job.

    Years ago, yes. Per the lady at the employment agency that arranged the interview, the interviewer wanted people to show how much they wanted the job by contradicting his negative responses with positive information about themselves. He also wanted p...
  2. They come out of the woodwork

    Dude! That just plain sucks! No wonder you said in another post that you didn't want to bring your golf clubs to work. What if they took your wallet AND your clubs? So, did you give the family the name and phone # of your manager? As in: Pt: "I'm gon...
  3. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    Sorry you had a stressful bunch of firsts all in a row. The first thing you need to do is put yourself in your patients shoes. He is hungry. Hunger and pain will drive a person to do things that don't make sense to someone who has a full belly and do...
  4. Took A Stand At Work.....

    In the 42 years that my mother practiced as a nurse, she always talked about how busy she was and how physically demanding the work was, but not about being short staffed or worrying about safety issues and her license. It really is good advice.
  5. Help!! How to retain new nurses

    How about: Longer orientation. Preceptors who like to precept. An on-going relationship with a mentor who likes to mentor. Smaller assignments to start with. A no tolerance stance on lateral violence.
  6. Took A Stand At Work.....

    Thank you all for the kind words and thoughts. My hope is that another nurse at some point in their career will think "If she did it, I can do it." It is rather neat to move from a position of feeling trapped and frustrated to feeling rather liberate...
  7. Unwise Thinking

    You did the right thing. It is so much easier to vent about the idiots than to pray that the person who had a reaction doesn't sue you because you didn't follow policy and gave the shot without the epi pen.
  8. Took A Stand At Work.....

    Thanks to the wise advice of the people at allnurses.com, I took a stand at work and started refusing to take assignments that were more than double the ENA recommendations for staffing because it wasn't safe for my patients for me to have 5 shock ro...
  9. Close to breaking... seriously.

    Even though it seems like your heart is breaking, think of the gift you give each family by taking care of their loved one and helping them have the best death possible given the circumstances. They are so fortunate to have you there to explain thin...
  10. Walkie Talkies on Your Unit?

    We have the walkies with the ear piece in the ED that I work at. I HATE IT!!!! They have 2 volumes regardless of where you have the volume dial set; loud and inaudible. The other problem is that sometimes they transmit, sometimes they don't. So, ...
  11. "Pranic Healing" for healthcare providers

    Wow! We had a half day lecture about it, but were never tested on the material. Say, can you use "energy field disturbance" as a diagnosis for a person who repeatedly causes light bulbs to not only become unusable, but also issue a loud pop, and, ...
  12. "Pranic Healing" for healthcare providers

    This is one of those things where I feel if you are interested in the idea, have $400.00 left over after you meet all of your financial obligations and have nothing else that you need or want to do with the time the class takes, why not? You may lea...
  13. Should I be THIS freaked out over vomit????

    The sound of retching gets to me too. I am fine if the person vomits silently, and I don't wig out if I wear someone else's vomit. However, the loudly yakking person 7 rooms away gets to me.
  14. made to feel bad after refusing to push iv meds

    Don't ever feel bad for practicing within your scope of practice and against policy! The minute you do something that is outside of your scope of practice/against policy and something goes wrong, it is your butt and license that are on the line. Not ...
  15. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    A live chicken? Cause that would almost be worth watching just to see how!