Janet E Groll

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1. Is your surgery dept. anything like this?

   Janet E Groll replied to RNMommy2's topic in Operating Room

   Find another place to practice your nursing quick. You will be the one left out to dry if something GOD forbid were to happen to one of your patients. Look what is happening to those poor nurses and Drs in New Orleans. I heard on one of the news prog...

2. Is your surgery dept. anything like this?

   Janet E Groll replied to RNMommy2's topic in Operating Room

   Find another place to practice your nursing quick. You will be the one left out to dry if something GOD forbid were to happen to one of your patients. Look what is happening to those poor nurses and Drs in New Orleans. I heard on one of the news prog...

3. OR Nurses that Make $$$$$

   Janet E Groll replied to Hawaii2LasVegas's topic in Operating Room

   I started in a busy trauma center as a nursing student with one semester of nursing in. I was fortunate to have been taken under the experienced nurses wings. I was also in the float pool, so as a student I worked on all the floors and ICUs. When I g...

4. Prioritizing in the OR

   Janet E Groll replied to shelbywu's topic in Operating Room

   Prioritizing is really important. First off let me say I do not like to get caught with me pants down at the get go so, the first thing I do for myself is check my patient and their chart. Make sure the preop check list is complete, this one form has...

5. pro's vs. con's of working in a teaching hospital

   Janet E Groll replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

   Technology is great in teaching hosp. Sometimes in the OR the residents are a pain, you already have so much work, but find yourself always cleaning up something for them. You have to track them down to get permits signed and for verification of proc...

6. Seasoned nurses eat their young?!

   Janet E Groll replied to cdaRN2004's topic in General Nursing

   All I need in life I learned in kindergarten- just remember the golden rule (do unto others, ect...) I've found these particular type of folks not only in nursing. You can't change them you can only do what's right for you. And remember your experien...

7. Why are nurses so suspect?

   Janet E Groll replied to Janet E Groll's topic in General Nursing

   My mother recently had a stroke, and went into rehab for 2 months, after seeing no significant improvement in her, I decided to bring her home. She had fallen out of her wheelchair, and they didn't xray her right foot, which had swollen up 3xs it usu...

8. Giving more than 100%??!! **Must Read!!! :)

   Janet E Groll replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Humor

   Cute! I've never been much of an a** kisser myself either. I came into this life getting my a** kicked. And with all the butholes in this profession trying to do the same, I figure in this life I'll never be an a** kisser, it will be my next life I h...

9. nursing job question

   Janet E Groll replied to blue eyed girl's topic in General Nursing

   Some out patient surgery centers are willing to train new grads if you like surgery. The best part about doing outpt. surgery is no call, no weekends, and no holidays. GOOD LUCK!

10. Why are nurses so suspect?

    Janet E Groll posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why when we or our family members are hospitalized are we suspicious more so than others about their care? Just wondering.

11. Hello All

    Janet E Groll replied to nursejazzy's topic in Missouri

    Hi Vikki, My name is Janet, and I live not too far from your school I am available as a sounding board, or mentor as you go through school and get your land legs, per say. I have been in the hospitals for many years and graduated from nursing school ...

12. Crazy Co-workers

    Janet E Groll replied to NHLPN's topic in General Nursing

    You know with this nursing shortage, management is hiring a lot more people "off the street" and putting them at bedside. This is a strange and dangerous practice. If someone is acting crazy or constantly blaming others for their behavior they become...

13. Labor law question concerning termination

    Janet E Groll replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

    Once I transfered from one institution to another, and the last place paid out my accrued ETO, and when I started the new job, low and behold the accrued hours were on my first paycheck. There are a lot of stupid people out there and I just can't tak...

14. Labor law question concerning termination

    Janet E Groll replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

15. Labor law question concerning termination

    Janet E Groll replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

    She certainly is entitled to those hours accrued. Also there was in effect the Emergency Familt Leave Act, did she try to act on this? This law usually after 1year of employment entitles her to take up to 12 weeks paid or unpaid leave(which is up to ...