travduck BSN, RN, CNM

Rural, Midwifery, CCU, Ortho, Telemedicin

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    Is my (50K) BSN worthless?

    travduck replied to boxofrain's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like too many nurses I have seen and who have left nursing. May I suggest that you look at rural small hospital nursing for a while, you will usually not have the time constraints of large...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    travduck replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Any body remember sitzbaths that were fastened to the wall and you had to schedule time for your patient. Baby isolette chain to take 10 babe to ten moms. Patients who came in "just" for tests when...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    travduck replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Oops forget two of my favourits. Mixing chemo without gloves or Lammy Hood. Being told that nurses didnt need lifting or ambulation assist as only Professionals such as P T knew how to manage such...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    travduck replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Giving backrub and foot rubs. Menu choices instead of "standard fare for assigned diet" Actually touching AND talking to your patient for longer than 30 seconds. Putting patients first not money....
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    I made a medication error - Now what???

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Ouch - hope you are not in supervision or management. Talk about eating our young, How about a hand up rather than a kick in the stomach? Not what you say but the vitriolic manner of the statements,...
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    Checking drug interactions during intake assessments for home care?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I agree with Nurse Beth but also think that if you know your drugs well, which you should it might be a good idea to do a quick scan and if something is jumping out at you to mark it and notify the...
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    I made a medication error - Now what???

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I agree with amoLucia. This is partially a systems error. There should have been notification from the pharmacy for such a gross change in medication dispensed. If you went to a private pharmacy they...
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    Medicaid Fraud - Am I Liable??

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    While possible that this nurse would not be implicated in the actual fraud, if discovered she could be charged with being an accessory after the fact. Besides reporting stat she can also consult the...
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    References

    travduck replied to koni01's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just go ahead and list your references who you feel will give you a decent reference. I constantly get reference check requests for past workmates whom I have not heard from. I am honest about the...
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    Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Unfortunately, for all concerned, in the majority of management positions you are required to keep a running log of any concerns and who they were discussed with, even if there is nothing specific....
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    Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    If you were spoken with there is a written report of that conversation in your supervisors file or in your supervisory file.
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    Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Sounds bad. Maybe consider getting a registry job and pull one day a month. Then if things get ugly you have a foot on a lilypad from which to jump. If in a year you can get the writeup pulled then it...
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    Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Sounds like you worked in a few of the places that I endured. Yes, there are good managers out there BUT they are often as bullied and lied about and fired as the nurses that they manage and are...
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    Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Amen. I worked for the worst most bullying and "my territory -I'll eat you before I let you near it" places in the state (even if no one wanted their swamp ridden territory) They bullied another nurse...
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    Single Mom - How soon after ADN should I pursue a BSN?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    [quote=Heathermaizey;878526 Relax after graduation and get settled into this new life. ! I absolutely agree. For several reasons 1) this time at a job will give you 'real life' experience on which to...
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    Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    One other suggestion - IF your time in non-L&D Maternal/Infant care was good AND in the same facility - you might ask to be retransferred back to that unit. State your reason. Unfortunately closed...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    travduck replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nope - its a teaching opportunity. Guess I'm just a "patient is a human being" person. And yes I have run into the yucky bucks out there - including the doctor who told his patients that their saliva...
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    Will be finishing orientation and getting married - Can I request time off for honeymoon?

    travduck replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    You might have a chance IF you informed your employer WHEN you were hired. But the last 2 -3 months of the year are not only short-handed months for most hospitals but also can be VERY busy as...
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    OLTC Background Check Problem

    travduck replied to maryuh982's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Have you written directly to the OLTC with a complaint. Expungement is expungement; forgiven is forgiven; dismissed is dismissed in most cases. If you are a member of a union - utilize their legal...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    travduck replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good for you. None of us know everything or did everything yesterday. Better to look it up and then clarify if there are still questions rather than do harm. Lots of time you may already know - just...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    travduck replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I started walking down the hallway to the nurse manager's office and he chucked the hard chart at me, which bounced off the back of my head." I hope you sued, in a civil court, for assault until the...
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    Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    travduck replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "The noc nurse is on leave. Her absence was foreknown. This is a failure to plan on management's part -- not an emergency on the OP's part." thank you for having read, and digested and understood the...
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    Crusty Old Bat Society

    travduck replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    :Mummy: I'm so old and crusty that it done falled off o' me and I had to have these overall gauze wraps applied. 70 yo and still working, 52 years experience. Boy am I
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    Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    travduck replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "I would respond by saying: "I agree that everything you're saying needs to reported to the state, if you write down what you're telling me and sign it, then I'll be happy to send it in for you"." As...
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    Sick Call costs

    travduck replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

    Ours is $5.00 across the board. Some prisons charge on everything and let the inmate protest; others almost don't charge on anything and others follow the rule of charge except for chronic care,...