TessLJ

I think that's a cute style and can't imagine it would be an issue, as it's up and clean. What I hate to see are these young women with their long hair hanging down. Yes, your hair is beautiful, but it's also touching my mother when you lean over her...

I think you need to start with your preceptor and have a clearing of the air discussion. I think going above her to speak with the supervisor about where the accusation came from is only going to widen the chasm between the two of you. I whole-heart...

I'll just say with 26 years of nursing under my belt, many days aren't met with passion, but I do think you shouldn't stay in a job you truly hate. It will show in your performance at some point. That said, you've got some good education and experien...

Just curious, why nursing? But I 100% agree with the people who recommend going the ADN route. It's the fastest way to bringing in a decent paycheck, and there are a lot of ADN to BSN programs that are geared to accommodate working nurses' needs.

I manage a team of case managers. I honestly think at my age I couldn't physically do it anymore, on my feet for 12-13 hours, lifting heavy patients, that on average are now about 100lb heavier than when I left the bedside. I don't miss walking into ...

I've never been asked and as a hiring manager, have never asked. I have noticed it showing up as well as high school dates in resumes.

Since it's for Aetna, which is health insurance, it is around measuring and monitoring quality standards within the company. Some possible responsibilities of quality management could be around making sure that quality measures for health insurance p...

I'm so sorry you had this awful experience, and I hope you gave feedback to your surgeon.

You have the right to be given specific pinpointed behaviors that need corrected. All the generalizations are not helpful and it's setting up an environment of mistrust. Not very good management happening where you are.

"The whole deal was very startling. I thought of myself as being a least well-liked among the staff I usually work with, as I'm a very jokey, light hearted person who enjoys good food and hard work. But now I'm not sure how people feel about me and I...

I live and work in Alabama, and while I can't say it never happens, I have never seen discrimination against homosexuals in my 25 years of nursing experience here.

THIS!!! Our upper management is made up of non-clinical people, and it's like we get no respect from them. They' keep re-purposing the nursing staff positions to hire more business people. Wonder what they're going to do when there is no one left to ...

Since you say you need structure and routine, have you considered home health care?

"He's failing at the best thing I excel at, which is science, with a D+. I don't know what assignments are due or when they are due because he is expected to write them down in his agenda. I just emailed the principal and teacher with a request to me...

What is your relationship with your supervisor? Do you feel comfortable talking to him/her about this? I think, if anything, there is at the very least a lack of cultural competency with regard to the physician dismissing the patient's symptoms as ju...

"I'm asking for guidance in how to approach this nurse, from a management standpoint. I was thinking about just asking her what was going on in the way of being able to change his dressings because we have noticed them not being done regularly." Are ...

I agree with you. The drawback with peer reviews is that there are people in the workforce that will take advantage of the anonymity of the review to lash out at a peer with hurtful criticisms that they would never say if they had to do it face to fa...

I have diluted before when the medication being administered caused the patient to complain previously that it "burned."

I agree with this. When you're new, it's easy to question your own judgment and just go along with the preceptor's advice, but preceptors can make mistakes. And I promise you that this is a lesson you'll never forget. :) The pharmacists don't mind us...

That's very sad. I hate to see anyone exit their career on a low note. There should be some way that some of these older folks that still need to work can be transitioned to positions that aren't as demanding. But, in nursing...where is that?

Why do you prefer to sit in the SNF unit instead of the rehab unit? I'd recommend consulting with your facility's corporate guidelines, but it seems to me that you would be expected to be present and available to patients, visitors, and other employe...

Why not call her and invite her out for lunch? There's got to be a reason why she seems so torn about retiring, whether it be financial, or social reasons. Invite her out to lunch and then use that safe environment away from work to ask her about it....

First, what all jobs have you been applying for?

I took a job many years ago in which I was laid off 5 weeks in due to a reduction in workforce. Nothing to do with my performance, I was just the last one in the door, so first one out. I've always left that job off my resume, because it would have j...

OK, as for this example, I'm just going to say that these were residents, not nurses, and I think residents can sometimes get oblivious in their pursuit of clinical information. I once had to intervene on a patient's behalf when a room full of reside...