mclennan BSN, RN

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    Have you ever called your Compliance Hotline?

    mclennan posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone here had experience with calling their own employer's compliance hotline or anonymously reporting a compliance issue? Share your experiences....I'm mulling over a very troubling
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    Anyone else getting SLAMMED with patients?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Case Management

    I don't feel lucky at all. I go home crying every day. I wish I had a different job. And a better quality of life. As long as I'm in nursing that won't
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    Have you ever called your Compliance Hotline?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    No, I haven't said a word, myself. But the managers have verbally acknowledged we are majorly out of compliance with a couple Medicare regs that are important to patient safety. It's generally...
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    Anyone else getting SLAMMED with patients?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Case Management

    We have admin partners that do all the clerical tasks. And no one can keep up. Why do we put up with
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It means lighten up! It means laugh, it's just a
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    mclennan posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    At a new job and once again I am seeing, seemingly for the umpteenth time, some very negative, destructive and disruptive behavior being displayed by a predominantly representative cultural group....
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    Have you ever called your Compliance Hotline?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    I researched the P&Ps carefully and it states clearly that the Compliance hotline is totally anonymous, non-identifiable, non-traced, and run by a contracted 3rd party company. Should I still be...
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes you do Neener neener
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Seriously.....you couldn't Google
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    Only African American Nurse on Staff

    mclennan replied to nette1022's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel you, OP. I too have almost always been a target of this weird, passive form of racism, in my workplaces and outside the workplace. People think they are making conversation....and have NO idea...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    mclennan replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I have to throw in here how disappointed I am in the nursing leadership that had rare moment in the national spotlight with the Ebola crisis. I read several media statements & saw many interviews...
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    My sisters wedding is when I'm in my 1st year of nursing school?

    mclennan replied to ateka's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Speaking as someone who grew up in a similar culture, where life events like weddings and babies are "supposed" to come before EVERYTHING.....I'd like to suggest that 17 or 18 years old is a FINE time...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    mclennan replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Guys. It's not just in the hospitals with bedside nurses! In my short 8 years as an RN I am seeing this same "blood from a stone" mentality in clinics, day surgery centers, LTC, SNF, rehabs,...
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    Hired at an employer I owe a medical bill to.

    mclennan replied to FinallyRNStatus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not always. The UC where I recently worked had a fee for service structured cheaper for direct cash OOP patients. As in, if you paid the full bill in cash at time of service it was about 1/3 less than...
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In case you didn't read my most recent post, I said that management is also part of this group and blatantly plays favorites. And contributes to this whole mess more than anyone. There are no easy...
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    For the record, dealing with this is nothing new for me. I've been dealing with it my entire 8 years in nursing in SoCal. I've seen the issues brought to management, I've seen it fought alone and...
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No. Absolutley not. I completely understand and feel ashamed of my ethnicity's self-perpetuating negative stereotypes. Every hour of every day. Most people of my ethnicity behave badly and I fully...
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    Honest View of Nursing

    mclennan replied to Acromic's topic in New York Nursing

    No. There is no shortage. Search this forum for that topic and you will see that is an ancient urban myth at this point. Yes. We are overworked and underpaid, pretty much across the board. Burnout...
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    Confused about the steps to applying...

    mclennan replied to Crumble's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    1. Google each school you want to apply to. 2. Look at the admission requirements and application checklists. Each school is different. 3. Send your questions in an email to their admissions...
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    Going into Nursing after age 50

    mclennan replied to shinazee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well then my biggest tip to you all is to PLEASE be open to technology. Too many peers of your age group are not. The tech side of healthcare these days is fast, complex, and 1000% necessary. Far too...
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    I received this email from a professor. I was a little shocked. Opinon?

    mclennan replied to kdflet's topic in General Students

    Oh boy. If you're getting prickly about this, I hope you might consider re-adjusting your attitude completely about the rest of nursing school, work, nursing, health care and the world in general!...
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    Going into Nursing after age 50

    mclennan replied to shinazee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wish I could be all "you go girl," and encouraging but I'm going to be realistic instead. There are no jobs. The market is horrible, pretty much everywhere for new grads. Especially for older new...
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    Dwindling faith in this profession

    mclennan posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am having one of those days that just brings me to my knees in terms of my faith or enthusiasm for this profession. I see SO much adamant, flagrant unprofessionalism in my colleagues, and my...
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    Do you miss face to face

    mclennan replied to LevitateMe's topic in Case Management

    After working as a PHN for 4 years then clinic for another, I don't miss it at ALL. But, I'm a cynic and an introvert. And burnt
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    Dwindling faith in this profession

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Wow, thanks everyone for all the honest and thoughtful replies. You know what's really sad? I just came off a 5 month sabbatical from being burned out. I took the summer off, plowed through my...