pebbles BSN, RN

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    WHY are nurses so catty??

    pebbles replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are team-building and communication workshops that can be done, to help ease the problem. Managers would have to make it mandatory for everyone in the workplace to participate. There are ways to...
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    New Nurse BULLIED/UNDERMINED/DRIVEN OUT

    pebbles replied to Bindy's topic in Nursing Career

    So much for trying to help. With all due respect, some things you are doing probably have to change. The comments people have made here are based on what YOU put out here. Yeah, I agree that...
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    Prepare yourselves, the drug addict on Dr. Phil is a nurse.

    pebbles replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    She's a nurse in a drug-rehab clinic, it seems. If that makes any difference at all, not sure it should. I really can't stand to watch dr phil and his arrogant grandstanding any more. How is he any...
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    so frustrated with docs/when and when not to page

    pebbles replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed - and try to learn not to feel badly about paging a doctor. That's their JOB, to be on call, and they all knew it was part of the job going into it. You are paging the doc because you need...
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    Prepare yourselves, the drug addict on Dr. Phil is a nurse.

    pebbles replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    I dunno - I still get the odd complaint from patients about how we don't wear white dresses and caps any more - the image of nursing is a hot topic no matter what angle you take it from
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    Prepare yourselves, the drug addict on Dr. Phil is a nurse.

    pebbles replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. But part of Phil's comment (not having seen the darn show yet!) could evolve out of nursing reputation as a profession. We are widely trusted by the public on a variety of levels. Weren't...
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    New Nurse BULLIED/UNDERMINED/DRIVEN OUT

    pebbles replied to Bindy's topic in Nursing Career

    I second that opinion. Some of the mistakes you describe in your first post go against the basic practices you were taught in school, not checking the chart for your patient before transfusing, some...
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    Positive Urine Drug Sceen-Please Read

    pebbles replied to catkaminski's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your doctor about what could have caused the positive drug screen result. Then if you are being faced with disciplinary action for doing nothing wrong, I'd suggest conacting a lawyer in your...
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    WHY are nurses so catty??

    pebbles replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not to excuse their behaviour - they sound just a wee bit insensitive on that ward...! But it could be happening because the nurses on that unit have been "burned" by some other nurse in the past, who...
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    Are twelve hour shifts too long?

    pebbles replied to dkelly4972's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my city, I find nurses who work 8's are MUCH more likely to get stuck working a "double", when the next shift is short. We do 12's in most of my hospital, and mgmt requesting us to do OT is rare....
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    Unrealistic goal to get job as new grad in ICU?

    pebbles replied to AKav8trix's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, you are being unrealistic, imo. One of the realities of being new at the job is that you have a lot to learn, and one of the commonalities of new grads is taking time to learn how to integrate...
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    Share your feedback re: ethical nursing issues

    pebbles replied to newnurse2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Twice. The first instance was handled badly by mgmt, imo. This was pre-pyxis, and no-one ever fully witnessed her do anything wrong, there was just a suspicious and damning pattern of narcotic use...
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    Gastric Bypass!!!!!

    pebbles replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. A co-worker of mine had it done, had multiple complications, and was in hospital for three months, off work for more than a year. She is now clinically underweight because of poor absorbtion,...
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    Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yup, I'm slowly coming to that conclusion myself. Our unit had bad managers and was "covered" by managers from other units for so long, we tend to be a little blurry on where things become the...
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    Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    An idea I hadn't thought of before, and one that should be added into the mix of what could be going wrong... thanks.
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    Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree that steroetypes aren't fair. I just feel very frustrated. I USED to feel that I could make a positive difference in teaching newer nurses how to be better at the job. Not any more. All of...
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    Looking for the "I am a nurse" rant...

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, no, I haven't found it. If I do, I will certainly post it here. (Thanks, jemb, but that wasn't it either!) I think nurses just rule! I love telling people what I do, and that t-shirt just had...
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    Looking for the "I am a nurse" rant...

    pebbles posted a topic in General Nursing

    I saw this rant printed on a t-shirt several years ago, and it's percolated in my brain since then. It's a take-off of the Molson "I am Canadian" commercial, and it was just priceless. I was...
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    Looking for the "I am a nurse" rant...

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm.... That wasn't the rant I was thinking of. But thanks for posting it. :) I should do some looking on
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    Antibiotic bone head question

    pebbles replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    Also, whoever said that they keep an IV bag in the med room to use for reconstitution... be aware that this is not recommended any more because of the risks of cross-contamination. We have vials of...
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    last minute call in

    pebbles replied to alkat's topic in General Nursing

    Our contract requires 1 hour notice for day shifts and three hours notice for nights or evenings. Then you are marked ill and get paid for that time (if you have sick time left!) Otherwise you are...
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    mask for MRSA?

    pebbles replied to Flynurse's topic in Infectious Disease

    I wanna work in a place that doesn't isolate these people. I think isolation precautions are cruel and defintely a big hassle for the staff. Anybody who has been in a hospital outside of the province...
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    No charge nurse

    pebbles replied to perkines's topic in General Nursing

    When this happened at my hospital, it was a disaster. Consequently, the chief of surgery got involved and the unit was allowed to have one more nurse on day shift, so the ratio of pt to nurse was...
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    Listen, Nurse

    pebbles replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't like this poem because I thought the entire goal of the poem was to make nurses feel guilty and inadequate for not being perfect. Yeah, there are things that may get forgotten or neglected...
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    Does your hospital plan for code blue events?

    pebbles replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No beds are kept open, although if someone is well enough to be transferred out to a step-down unit, they'll push for that to happen sooner so that they have a bed available for emergencies. One...