Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears

I agree get a lawyer. Am I wrong to think that most boards of nursing want to help nurses keep their licenses?

What does your state board of nursing say? I would call and ask.

That’s what they call a drive by. Won’t say it to your face so you’re left with it in the back of your mind all day. I hated those kind of actions by some nurses. You know nursing is a sisterhood and we should all be honoring one another for sharing ...

Oh tell the off going nurse to blow. Yeah she had to stay until your work was done. What if the physician in charge new about this? He would definitely commend you. Unfortunately getting off on time would be great. But how many of us had to stay over...

Sounding harsh here. But it’s not enough of a sentence.

I worked in a methadone clinic for 7 years, and yes she was definitely over dosing. Good call. The one thing I wanted to tell you is that after you give a dose of narcan you need to continue to monitor their respiratory rate hours later due to metha...

You can always get a laser thermometer that checks room temperature for 20.00 on line. We had a patient whose room temperature never got above 64 degrees. We shut the room down and moved her to another room. 70 degrees was the temperature we sought f...

Case Management, mmmh does that mean you will writing care plans and speaking with guardians? Also arranging meetings with family, and filling out the critical assessment form every 90 days or when they have an outburst. Going to treatment team mee...

Was there any witnesses when you dropped the "f bomb"? I believe you have a claim for harassment if you want to go that route. You can call HR and find out. I would do this anonymously and from a phone no one can link back to you. Nurses are passiona...

Any DON who doesn't respect their nurses and humiliates them for petty reasons is selfish and controlling. She seems to like putting her staff down. I agree with finding a PRN position some where else. Most DON's would help out in situation you descr...

Yep I agree I think he was using intimidation to manipulate you.

I still feel bad for her victims that were probably assumed she was being melodramatic or having addiction herself.

No way are you wrong for requesting time off the same time a co-worker was asking off, it’s your supervisors responsibility to obtain staffing for the unit. I had a similar situation where a co-worker was getting married the same day my daughter was ...

I I don’t think your job is giving you a chose. Since you are perceptible to depression/anxiety I don’t see it getting any better, and it may get worse. Can you take a leave of absence? Do they have EAP at your job? Still that’s really no ones busine...

Make sure you get liability insurance once you start practicing. Your own policy in addition to what your provided at work.

In our facility 1:1 means your with in arms length of the patient. If he needs to go to the rest room do a 2:1 so you will be protected and also have a witness if he decides to become sexual. You can stand outside the bathroom door (leaving the bath...

She sounds like she has borderline personality disorder. And you can not win with this patient . Just do your job and document. Involving the physician and patient advocate may help to get a handle on some of here negative behavior. I feel your pai...

You're very cool Davey Do!

I am superstitious of full moons on Friday the 13th.

I think they want to keep you in this position because you are good at it. It's not fair but they know you can due your job and handle most situations. You probably are getting alot of compliments from physician and patient families of the care and k...

I worked 10 years in a state mental health facility dealing with violent NGRI offenders that differing medication regimes could not stop their assaults on clients and staff. This ongoing environment without proper security and pro-act philosophy led ...

On the unit I worked on. I had to take care of a couple of Dr.'s we worked with. I can tell you that I was scared to death. To be honest they really didn't care for me that much. But somehow in my mind I stopped seeing them as a Dr. and saw them as a...

You did the right thing! Keep following your instincts. Hoorah!

At our facility where it was usual to have codes every day and staff would get hurt. Call ins happened. But our staff never made anyone feel bad about it. We always said take care of yourself, and mark them down. Nobody ever got out of hand of their ...

I would stress your EMT experience as a background for psych. You probably had to deal with patients who were experiencing stressful situations that affected their behavior. Give different situations of how u dealt with them. You probably had to deal...