MadelaineT

MadelaineT has 5 years experience.

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1. Rules for the School Nurse's Office

   MadelaineT replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

   Parents: When I call you to tell you your child has a 103-degree fever and needs to be picked up, please don't say, "She was fine this morning!" I always triple-check a temperature before calling you, and "fine this morning" does not guarantee "fine ...

2. NYC School Nurse Hiring Process?

   MadelaineT replied to NYCquestions's topic in School

   I am currently working as a school nurse in Brooklyn, but through a staffing agency. I love the school where I am placed, and so was asking some of the DOE OSH staff that I have occasion to speak with, how to go about applying for the position that i...

3. Tired of being angry

   MadelaineT replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked in hospitals and had plenty of experience with the population you describe. I usually try to treat all patients with the same degree of respect (or at worst, appearance of that). I've only allowed a few "frequent flyers" to really annoy m...

4. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

   MadelaineT replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree with imintrouble. Nurses need to stand up and say no to being bullied and bulldozed into taking on responsibilities outside their skills set and training. There is power in numbers. Why don't you all get together and refuse the assignment bec...

5. what can you do when a nurse sets you up

   MadelaineT replied to oatmeal's topic in LPN/LVN

   Glad to hear things are looking up. However, because of the poor management support you describe—both your nurse manager and the supervisor were totally useless—I would spend a little time looking around for other opportunities. The next time an ...

6. terminated- feeling like a failure

   MadelaineT replied to sunshine539's topic in General Nursing

   Sunshine520, my interpretation of your entries is that the med error occurred prior to and was separate from the charting issue. Is that correct? At any rate, med errors or near-med errors are inevitable given the load nurses carry and the stresses w...

7. People really need to stop coming into nursing

   MadelaineT replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   Very true and well said. I would take it further and add: 5. Nurses should stop enabling Big Corporate Medicine to exploit, abuse and scapegoat them. Why do nurses allow employers to bully them into taking ultimate responsibility for more and more ta...