SuesquatchRN BSN, RN

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    Dilemma about reporting some no-no's

    SuesquatchRN replied to DogWmn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Kepp your head down and your powder dry. These folks know what they're supposed to do. The PTB know they're not doing it. Don't let your patient fall outta
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    do you make sure your pts

    SuesquatchRN replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    And I am "siding" with my own - nurses - until proven
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    do you make sure your pts

    SuesquatchRN replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Someboday needs to feed him! He can't feed himself! What, your hands are broken? There are three of you in here! You're gonna wait until all 18 trays are passed and his food is like ice before any of...
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    Hospice and Assisted Suicide

    SuesquatchRN replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Beats
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    Hospice and Assisted Suicide

    SuesquatchRN replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My beliefs about assisted suicide have become more nuanced since joining hospice. I now believe that the desire to die is the result of symptoms not being managed - most notably intractable NV and...
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    If people could see what we see don't you think they'd see things so differently?

    SuesquatchRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you that if I ever get cancer that is discovered only after mets I will do
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    Nursing: Culture of inclusion, or culture of exclusion?

    SuesquatchRN replied to CapricaNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Different types of nursing have different cultures, I think. Hospital nursing tends to be the most "normalized," and outliers are not liked. I'm in hospice and it's sort of the IT of the nursing...
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    What the what??

    SuesquatchRN replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    You say anGIna, I say
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    do you make sure your pts

    SuesquatchRN replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    You got that
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    sometimes this is so hard!

    SuesquatchRN replied to katielam616's topic in General Nursing

    You will learn something new every single day of your career. And it all comes together. I just started in hospice. I made a visit about a month ago and thought a patient had begun the dying...
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    upset pt

    SuesquatchRN replied to laughterishelpful's topic in General Nursing

    I so don't miss working in a hospital. I either hated the patients or their families. Something about the hospital really makes otherwise sane people freaking whack
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    DNR Grey Areas

    SuesquatchRN replied to RNtoThe3rd's topic in General Nursing

    You did
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    Nurse's getting younger

    SuesquatchRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Does your mother know you're doing
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    Nurse's getting younger

    SuesquatchRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, there's just an age where everyone looks too young to be allowed to do what they're doing. I'm at
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    Probably gonna get fired my first week...

    SuesquatchRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, you're good, honey. Stop fretting.
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    Do you ever get tired of hearing this phrase?

    SuesquatchRN replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    It's beaten into you in school so no, it doesn't bother me when new nurses over-use it. And on my very first job I was reported to the BON for neglect when the ADON's DIL screwed something up. They...
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    Families that talk about my coworkers

    SuesquatchRN replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Neutral, neutral, neautral. And in case that wasn't clear, neutral! No good can come from voicing an opinion either
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    It's not always about you - a mini rant

    SuesquatchRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, that's a paraphrase of Howard Roark in "The Fountainhead," which is a variation of something attributed to GB Shaw. Or maybe Oscar
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    How common is it to get fired?

    SuesquatchRN replied to TurtleCat's topic in General Nursing

    I must be especially talented. Every time I've been fired it's been right on the spot, and having nothing to do with
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    Oh boy. Let go from job... not sure if this is it. :(

    SuesquatchRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of nursing situations set you up to fail. It can be almost inevitable. I hade a horrible first couple of years. I *have* learned that, while I can handle it, I'm not cut out for being a...
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    It's not always about you - a mini rant

    SuesquatchRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I have
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    Chamberlain vs Excelsior

    SuesquatchRN replied to luvfall's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I did Chamberlain. It was much more expensive. I started with Excelsior but they had a lot of requirements that I could not possibly fulfill. As an example, I was supposed to perform a focused...
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    It's not always about you - a mini rant

    SuesquatchRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Heh. One nice thing about getting old is it is SO easy to ignore annoying
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    Thoughts on Hospice Care w/ non-terminally ill patients

    SuesquatchRN replied to simplyme06's topic in General Nursing

    Onyx, I have no idea. But hospice is not about hurrying death, it is about accepting that certain things cannot be fixed. Now, one admitted for, say, liver failure can't be on a transplant list, but...
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    Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    SuesquatchRN replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    Your DON needs to know of the "talk" of lawsuits, etc. immediately, as well as anything you have on the state of the resident's wound and any documentation relating to it. What is your position?...