Orca ADN, ASN, RN

Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC

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    Worst things about being a Nurse Manager...?

    Orca replied to MrsRN86's topic in Nurse Management

    I work in a prison environment, and I frequently run into meddling by facility administration, who have little understanding of how a medical operation should run. They have tried to become involved...
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    Common Correctional Nursing Interview Questions

    Orca replied to Guest371144's topic in Correctional

    In my system, that wouldn't have an effect one way or another. We ask the question at the end of each interview whether the applicant has a friend or family member incarcerated in any correctional...
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    Advice for a New LPN and correctional nursing?

    Orca replied to Kbl14's topic in Correctional

    Working in corrections is not unlike being a nurse in a small town. You see a lot of different things. I have seen medical conditions that I could have gone an entire career in conventional medicine...
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    Have you ever been attracted to a patient?

    Orca replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    You are wise to be honest with yourself about this, and to be open with colleagues about it. Physical attraction happens. There are people who we find attractive who we would never actually pursue a...
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    My dad died yesterday

    Orca replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I lost my mother 33 years ago to breast cancer with mets to the esophagus. My mother was a career RN, one of the most clinically accomplished and caring nurses I ever knew. I spoke to her on the phone...
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    Do you think I have a case? HIPAA

    Orca replied to msoncnurse17's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You could not be given more solid advice than this. Once you put something in writing online, it is there for perpetuity. I never, ever discuss work matters on social media. My employer has a clause...
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    Thread for Trolls

    Orca replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Kudos for the Life of Brian
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    So Burnt I'm crispy

    Orca replied to 8daysaweek's topic in General Nursing

    What you are talking about is one of the main reasons that I got out of hospital nursing. I became very tired of having to placate people when nothing had been done wrong, because they were...
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    HELP! How to get my CNA's to do their job

    Orca replied to KDubMSDir's topic in Nurse Management

    The stakes for not addressing the issues are potentially very high. People coasting through the shift not doing their jobs is very tough on morale. Eventually it could lead to you losing nursing...
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    I hate being a nurse

    Orca replied to Kmc12's topic in Health, Stress Management

    A brief piece of advice: Don't go the no-call-no-show route. It is disrespectful to an employer who has made a commitment to you, and since this is your first job out of school, this would be your...
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    Never done correctional nursing; have a few questions about getting into it

    Orca replied to Agent_Smith's topic in Correctional

    We have a pension, plus health insurance. When the economy got bad, they increased our deductibles and our premiums. We have yet to get back what we had. As a medical administrator, I have run into...
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    Inmate patients- keeping the guard happy too

    Orca replied to angiebelle440's topic in General Nursing

    I am a correctional DON. I once found myself in the middle of a dispute between officials from my agency and hospital personnel over an inmate treatment issue. A floor nurse called me at the office,...
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    Why nurses don't want to talk to a ward psychologist?

    Orca replied to manjar's topic in General Nursing

    I would be very reluctant to talk to a psychologist who worked for my employer. I would never be completely sure that my information would remain confidential within the same company. I worked on a...
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    how do you handle verbal fights between employees

    Orca replied to nursingon's topic in Nurse Management

    I don't relish having to talk to people like this, but I know the consequences if I don't. Ultimately, you are in charge, and unpleasant RN has to comply with your orders or be insubordinate - which...
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    What is the funniest thing a doctor has said to you?

    Orca replied to jodispamodi's topic in Nursing Humor

    Perhaps not funny, but strange. I went to my doctor's office with an acute gout attack, the first time that I had ever had one. I told the doctor what I believed to be going on, and I described the...
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    Fired from my first RN job after only 2 weeks.

    Orca replied to Mountainrnbsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was four years into a charge assignment when one of my former subordinates was appointed nurse manager for my unit. She put all of the problem employees on my team, then told me that if she heard...
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    how do you handle verbal fights between employees

    Orca replied to nursingon's topic in Nurse Management

    I generally tell people that they need to stay focused on the job. We don't have to be best friends, but we do have to get along well enough to get the job done. jrt4 also poses a valid question. If...
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    Psych nurses all have a mental illness

    Orca replied to WinterLilac's topic in Psychiatric

    When I worked an inpatient hospital unit, visiting time was often very revealing. I would often find that the person who we had on the unit was the most well-adjusted member of the family, and they...
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    Should I go to the interview?

    Orca replied to JR2017's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have gotten something out of every interview that I have gone on, even if it is only the knowledge that I would never want to work for the employer who I just interviewed
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    Fired from my first RN job after only 2 weeks.

    Orca replied to Mountainrnbsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It gives the impression that your mind is elsewhere, and that you have one foot out the door even as your current unit is just beginning to orient you to what they do. It's bad form to imply that you...
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    Nurse Mgr opportunity

    Orca replied to Road2CNO's topic in Nurse Management

    I would do some research about the financial stability of the company you are planning on joining. The opportunity isn't worth much if they fold and leave you unemployed. I have been there. I...
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    Is spending $80,000 on a private ABSN school a waste

    Orca replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

    This is a major issue. A lot of "colleges" sprung up to take advantage of easy student loan money, and many don't care what they deliver. My stepdaughter attended a college whose name you would...
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    Help with resume please

    Orca replied to rn2015tonow's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A minor point, but it's Bachelor of Science, not Bachelor's, and Associate Degree, not Associate's. I would also take out the dates on your education. When you finished doesn't matter as much as that...
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    new RN/BSN - where to work for the most experience

    Orca replied to LTC_LNHA's topic in Men in Nursing

    Having started in mental health, this advice comes with a caveat. You definitely build people skills, and the stuff that you see and hear puts you in a position that nothing fazes you. The problem...
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    RN GOP Lawmaker Says Emergency Rooms Should Be Able To Turn People Away

    Orca replied to Accolay's topic in Nursing News

    It is tricky. However, I'm sure that most everyone has a story of something ridiculous that tied up ER personnel for something insignificant (like the single mother who brought her nine children into...