Orca ADN, ASN, RN

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    LVN Student with an eye on Corrections

    Orca replied to SleepTech's topic in Correctional

    You mentioned that you aren't impressed with the pay scale. Also bear in mind that due to unpaid furloughs caused by the state's budget problems that you will be making significantly less than the...
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    Adventures in the McDonald's drive-through...

    Orca replied to Bumashes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Ma'am, you forgot your hash browns." :) Seriously - good thing you were
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    The "risk my license" game

    Orca posted a topic in General Nursing

    Probably anyone who has been a nurse manager for any length of time has run across individuals who say that they don't want to perform this task or that one, using the excuse that they don't want to...
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    When SW try to micromanage Nurses

    Orca replied to Shell5's topic in Psychiatric

    Yours is a tough situation, but a common one in mental health. I have worked on two hospital mental health units, and both had a management structure like the one you have described. Many of these...
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    How is it like to be a Psych Nurse..

    Orca replied to blessedbelle's topic in Psychiatric

    If your facility does a good job training people, you will be ready for the emergency situations when they happen. It can be a very gratifying field to practice in. You have to give of yourself, and...
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    How to introduce change to the ward?

    Orca replied to KaeAskavi's topic in General Nursing

    If you are seeking something that requires buy-in from administration, I agree. Put a cost figure on it and you have a lot better chance of getting it through. It can be the best idea ever, but unless...
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    Feeling So Defeated

    Orca replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    ICU nursing is very intense. They get the worst of the worst, and caring for them can be very taxing both mentally and physically. If I were in your spot I would look at possibly transfering to...
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    The "risk my license" game

    Orca replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    With the LPN, it was just the latest in a long string of attempts to get out of doing pill pass. To put it bluntly this was a lazy employee who had been at several stops within my division - and...
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    7 nights in a row!!!!

    Orca replied to reddellrn's topic in Rehabilitation

    In the last rehab facility I worked in, the night nurses carried about twice the patient load of the day shift. I used to leave after my shift feeling literally numb from the exertion - and I worked...
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    do you skip your lunch break routinely?

    Orca replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm eating at my desk as I write this. That probably answers your
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    Report or not?

    Orca replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    As a manager I had rather the employee call off, even if it is not within the established minimum time, instead of showing up and immediately wanting to leave. Once the employee shows up my staffing...
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    The "risk my license" game

    Orca replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a frequent occurrence. It's just something that has come up from time to
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    The "risk my license" game

    Orca replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    My post was not meant to imply that there are not legitimate situations in which a nurse does not feel qualified to perform a certain task and has the right to decline. I was seeking responses more...
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    One of THOSE nurses.

    Orca replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work with a nurse who tried to corner the DON every morning when he came to work, with the sole purpose of informing him of everything she had found that others had done wrong. I spent...
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    adn degree title

    Orca replied to aflac381's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The important thing is that it qualifies you to sit for boards. I have never been asked what exactly my degree is. Employers are only interested...
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    Do you mention past disciplinary action on application?

    Orca replied to Bella RN's topic in General Nursing

    In every organization I am aware of, you can be immediately terminated for making false statements on your application. Saying that there had been no action when there had been and hoping that the...
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    Trend To Decrease Use Of Seclusion And Restraint

    Orca replied to marylyn_91604's topic in Psychiatric

    The quality of training given to the staff has a lot to do with the number of restraint situations. I was the first swing shift charge nurse on a new hospital mental health unit, and despite the nurse...
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    what does law say about 2 yr contract for going to a PICC line training

    Orca replied to esrun2010's topic in General Nursing

    If they wanted a commitment, the time to ask was before they paid for the course. Someone in administration is probably crapping themselves now because they realize they have a highly-trained employee...
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    Hostile staff

    Orca replied to pjpj's topic in General Nursing

    I had an issue with this just recently. A subordinate applied for a promotional position within my department that was given to someone else. He felt entitled to the job, often referring to it as "my...
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    Jail or Prison

    Orca replied to it's hot in phoenix's topic in Correctional

    I also work in a state women's facility. I have not worked in a jail, but many of my employees have. One of the main differences is inmate turnover. A state prison has a lot less of it, and you get...
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    student feeling discouraged...

    Orca replied to Shanlee79's topic in Psychiatric

    You are delivering nursing care. Just because you aren't using a syringe or IV catheter doesn't make it any less so. In mental health you have to give of yourself. I used to tell my staff that we save...
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    Nurses Misbehaving While Caring For Inmates

    Orca replied to nursejudy15209's topic in Correctional

    I see the handwriting on the wall, and this will be my final post in this thread. Tbird, I have to say one thing for you: I would never have the audacity to go into a forum and lecture veteran nurses...
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    Nurses not speaking english at work

    Orca replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    I've found this to be the case far too often. Often it goes like this: A small group of workers will be speaking their native tongue, look in your direction and laugh. You have no idea what they have...
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    Christian medical missions to Haiti - HELP!!

    Orca replied to hbgwan's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps, but your level of training isn't up to the task. Bluntly put, a nursing student has no business going on a medical mission. I'm not trying to be cruel, but that is the reality of
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    to go or not go to pinning ceremony?

    Orca replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    This day is about you and your accomplishment. Don't let your family gyp you out of it because they weren't supportive. You accomplished this despite them, so