jrbl77 RN

Med Surg, Parish Nurse, Hospice

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    help, short staffed, at wits end

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the support. I forgot to add that I am the primary support for my husband and myself. when i talk about quitting- he responds what do you mean- you have to work. thsi morning he got mad...
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    Hospitals cutting back??

    jrbl77 replied to Abbi4155's topic in Medical-Surgical

    we have not had this talk, yet- but other friends that work at other hospitals have. There are always rumors floating around and I have heard that at my hospital they are looking for any way to get...
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    stressed..other nursing options??

    jrbl77 replied to LovePurple's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am an older nurse with 30 plus years of experience and am up at 3 am because of the last shift I worked. I understand just how you feel. I consider myself a good and caring nurse, but with staffing...
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    old nurse with a new job

    jrbl77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    thank you for all the support that was shown to me in the past few months. i have started my new job. I am doing 12 hrs shirfts in a surgical step down unit. I still have all my basic nursing skills...
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    old nurse with a new job

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I have been told by the charge nurse that the na are responsible for the baths. the rn's have 4 pts, some on tele and may be a vent. we do all our own med orders and call all our own consults to mds....
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    need some nurse to nurse medical advice

    jrbl77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i need some advice, been sick since friday. did go to work- am a hospice nurse doing home calls. spoke with my md and got an antibiotic for white patches on my throat. temp over the weekend up to...
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    jrbl77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today, i was placed on unpaid administrative leave. I have been a nurse for 31 yrs and have never had such a thing happen to me. I have been a hospice nure for the past 1 1/2 yrs. During my last calll...
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I am happy to announce that I have a new job. I have accepted a position in a hospital doing 12 hrs days on a surgical step down unit. the nurse manager that interviewed me seemed very eager to have...
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    just an update. my daughters wedding was wonderful. we all had a great time. I have a job interview this coming friday at an area hosptial to return to my med surg roots. the recruiter sounded very...
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    I am getting terminated tomarrow

    jrbl77 replied to nl2005's topic in General Nursing

    please don't question yourself. as i have been posting, i felt my back was up against the wall. I didn't even get a meeting. just told i was on adminsitrative leave without pay, and call back on tues....
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    it is 2 30 am and the wedding is this afternoon, so for everything has gone well. I had a great message on my phone when i got home. my best friend works at a hopstial in this area and just happened...
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    i decided to resign from my position today and get it over with. This way I don't have to have this own my mind during my daughters wedding. Packing up my stuff and getting rid of all of this has been...
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I am already planning an resigning from my position on monday or tues befroe they get the chanc:saint:e to fire me. I will not allow one group of people to ruin my prior great record. I have all my...
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for all the support. I feel somewhat better and my family is working on getting ready for the wedding. I plan to trun in my resignation on Tues as I do not feel that I would ever feel...
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    plate too full

    jrbl77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i am having a major crisis in my life. i have always been the person to fix everything and too many things have happened and i can't fix all of them. my 20 yr old daughter was involved in a atv...
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    plate too full

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    i do have 2 sisters and 1 brother. my one sister seems to have a good understanding of the situation, but my other sister and brother seem to think that at the end of 3 months mom will get up and be...
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    nurse mom on the other side of the bed

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    thanks to all for the thoughts and prayers. my daughter came home today. she has mastered the crutches well. i'm going back to work tomorrow. i'm sure she will be glad when i get home. as always, i'm...
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    nurse mom on the other side of the bed

    jrbl77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i am a nurse mom on the other side of the bed. i got the dreaded call that my 20 yr old daughter had been in an accident friday night. wrecked on a four wheeler, not wearing a helmet, wearing flip...
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    How long did you stay at your first job out of nursing school?

    jrbl77 replied to scchickadee's topic in General Nursing

    What year did you graduate? What was your first job out of nursing school? How long did you stay there? Why did you leave? Did you have adequate orientation to your new job? Was there a nursing...
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    need some nurse to nurse medical advice

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    i have called the md again today and am waiting to hear back. i guess i knew all along what the right thing to do was but needed some support. in my last job and in this job,the policy has been do not...
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    1st Med Error

    jrbl77 replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

    i still remember what a nsg school instructor said to me after a med error 30 plus yrs ago. i think i gave dig with a pulse of 58. she told me that i was "the worst student nurse she ever had"....
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    Working moms and daycare

    jrbl77 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    if it makes you feel any better, my children that are now 24 and 20 tell me that daycare wasn't as bad as i thought it was for them. my kids went to day care from the time they were 8 week old until...
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    need some nurse to nurse medical advice

    jrbl77 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for all the advice. i have already called in for monday. am on antibiotics and am starting to feel better. have slept 90% of the
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    What do you think of JCAHO?

    jrbl77 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    have you heard of jumping through
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    My poor co-worker!

    jrbl77 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i find this all very interesting. i have been a med surg nurse for 29 yrs and have ben pulled to every unit in my hopsital, with basically no choice other than being suspeneded. our psych unit and icu...