Chickenlady

Chickenlady has 11 years experience.

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   Afraid to work with colleague

   Chickenlady replied to Chickenlady's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations
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   Afraid to work with colleague

   Chickenlady posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have a job I love, have been at for several years, and have great reviews from. They hired a new nurse and I'm afraid to work with her. About 6 weeks after she started, we had a minor...
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   nurses with Aspergers/autism?

   Chickenlady replied to RobotNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I'm Aspie and found that I do better in less "touchy feely" specialties. In Psych I crashed and burned. I would suck in L&D. In the ER I did well technically but never was nominated for a...
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   Fake Nursing School Scammed Me

   Chickenlady replied to Soy Dora's topic in General Nursing

   Sadly, this is the reason everyone needs to be Buyer Beware. You're going to spend $16k on a used car? You take it to a mechanic before you buy it. Spending $16k on a nursing program? Gotta do...
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   IV Sedation Question

   Chickenlady replied to Kimmadsim's topic in General Nursing

   I do conscious sedation a lot and we know as a matter of course that people under 30 are harder to sedate. We usually try to schedule them with propofol sedation
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   Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

   Chickenlady replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   They may have had a gift or inheritance from family that allowed them to make a large down
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   Patients Viewing Nursing Notes In Real Time

   Chickenlady replied to Tnurse24's topic in General Nursing

   They can get my last name if they request the medical records, which takes time. What I'm concerned with is my immediate safety while the psych patient in crisis is standing in front of me. By the...
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   New Grad Contract — Enforceable?

   Chickenlady replied to Swirl531's topic in General Nursing

   If the contract wasn't fair, then you shouldn't have signed it, or should have negotiated it. Once you signed it, you agreed to it, fair or unfair. I understand your reason for quitting, but if they...
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   Patients Viewing Nursing Notes In Real Time

   Chickenlady replied to Tnurse24's topic in General Nursing

   Huge safety risk. If my hospital does that, there will be one of three outcomes: 1. Incomplete notes 2. Staff will be in danger 3. Staff will quit OK.....maybe all three of...
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    Is there any point going to nursing school?

    Chickenlady replied to bellkaty's topic in General Nursing

    Just about any decent paying job is going to require an investment of some sort. If nursing is what you want to do, then nursing school is the only way to get there. There are lower cost ways of...
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    Another one wanting to bite the dust.

    Chickenlady replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    GI, outpatient surgery, occupational health, corrections are all good
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    Gastroenterology Nursing

    Chickenlady replied to dianah's topic in Gastroenterology

    Lots of overlap into PACU nursing and circulating. I've enjoyed GI
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    struggling first year nurse help needed

    Chickenlady replied to coffeenurse24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In the same vein, GI lab is an outpatient surgery center type vibe. It is routine, until it isn't, so there is opportunity to learn and get comfortable but you also need to stay on your toes. GI...
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    Four 12s in a row?!?! ??

    Chickenlady replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a zombie on day 4. It's really not in anyone's best interest for me to work that kind of
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    Student Attempted IV 7 Times

    Chickenlady replied to ChickenHealer's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that was the best thing for the patient, but I doubt there will be lasting effects. I would probably tell my partner that I had found out we weren't supposed to do IVs and we...