santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed

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    Pizza on tuesday

    santhony44 replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I've always thought that "management" needs to ask the employees what drives them nuts on the job, what are the things that they really need, and then listen and fix those things!! I think...
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    I hate it!!!

    santhony44 replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

    I was raised poor and uninsured too. I was taken to the ER twice by my parents; once when they thought I broke my arm, once when I did break my leg. We did go to the doctor's office, when we were...
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    I hate it!!!

    santhony44 replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

    I had a patient who works at the local Wal-Mart. Apparently, a lot of folks figured out a quicker way to get a free pregnancy test than the ER. Go to Wal-Mart, take the test off the shelf, smuggle it...
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    Well I don't have an ethical issue but I need to discuss one !

    santhony44 replied to aphi~gn's topic in General Nursing

    I just thought of something I think could be a great ethical issue discussion. We talk about it on this board all the time, in fact. The "customer service" vs "patient care" focus that so many...
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    disillusioned with what I do

    santhony44 replied to KidPsycho82's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have any interest in becoming a pediatric or family NP? You might think about a DNP
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    for all us older nurses

    santhony44 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a "young" nurse, in both meanings of the word, I worked with a couple of other young nurses (RN's, I was an LPN) who weren't particularly nice to an older RN who occasionally worked with...
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    Well I don't have an ethical issue but I need to discuss one !

    santhony44 replied to aphi~gn's topic in General Nursing

    Should a terminally ill patient be told of his or her terminal status? Should a convicted murderer be given a compassionate release from prison when it's determined that the person is dying (as in...
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    terminated

    santhony44 replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    Usually, when you get that feeling that there's a target painted on your back or backside, that's because there is. Learning to read the handwriting on the wall is a valuable
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    termination

    santhony44 replied to susan5864's topic in General Nursing

    I've drawn unemployment three times as a nurse, in three different states, twice from downsizing and once from a facility closing, and in none of the cases was I forced to take any type of position....
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    Holding our tongues vs things we really want to say!

    santhony44 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    all of the above, and more!!! such as, "what part of emergency don't you
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    Need your opinion, please

    santhony44 replied to ravensrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If they want standing orders, let them write them. If management will acquire a backbone, that will happen. If the physician habitually doesn't use the available standing orders because he or she is...
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    termination

    santhony44 replied to susan5864's topic in General Nursing

    Don't assume you're terminated. A co-worker and I were once called at home and told not to come in for our regular night shift but to be in for a meeting the next day. This was regarding an incident...
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    Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    santhony44 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    To the Drama Queens: Just because I don't throw my hands up in the air and frantically run around in circles, all excited, it doesn't mean I don't understand the seriousness, or potential seriousness,...
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    Nursing Assistant Week Breakfast and Raffle

    santhony44 replied to PBAJS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not a CNA, so maybe I'm sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong, but I would think having several meals across shifts, or providing fruit baskets, pizzas (which could be warmed up later) or...
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    I'm gonna sue you

    santhony44 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    i agree completely with this strategy. i think that sort of quote, used frequently in staff documentation, might go a very long way towards reducing the sympathy factor in a courtroom. it would help,...
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    I'm back...haven't forgotten this board - here is the latest

    santhony44 replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Glad you've found something you like. Night shift always seemed saner to me too, and a lot less extraneous stuff and people to put up
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    santhony44 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Turbulence???
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    "career change" resume...suggestions needed!

    santhony44 replied to BCgradnurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You want a format that allows you to emphasize your accomplishments, not just your various jobs. For example, if you led a team that redesigned a work process which saved your employer X amount of man...
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    My LPN license is expiring--how do I put it on an inactive status?

    santhony44 replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there is any point in trying to keep the LPN license. I once heard an LPN who was in school to become an RN say "well, if I ever lost my RN license, I'd still have this one" but I...
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    The revolving door

    santhony44 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Everybody who got pregnant wanted light duty; that was personal, not work-related, they didn't get it. I kept waiting for someone to claim it was work-related- she got pregnant at work!!! (It would...
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    The revolving door

    santhony44 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked occupational medicine, it always amazed me the numbers of employees who seemed to think an on-the-job injury was like winning the lottery. They didn't really understand that they didn't...
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    help i am torn between a job offer

    santhony44 replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    if your gut says no, don't take it. you'll regret it. you said: i am pretty sure from the feeling i got after the interview and the initial comments i jotted down after the interview that this is not...
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    AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    santhony44 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I also have to wonder about the instructors. I remember mine as being very aggressive in finding things for us to do. If there was a dressing change, foley insertion, trach care, etc etc on the floor,...
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    Moving home with the parents for school- better than debt?

    santhony44 replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    Is there any possibility of working for a facility that will assist you with tuition? Could you work as a unit clerk, or train in phlebotomy or as a CNA and work for a hospital or clinic that has...
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    "Yelling"

    santhony44 replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A lot of people, probably myself included, use "yelled at" to mean reprimanded. I've literally yelled at someone exactly once. Burn ICU, and we were suctioning an intubated, ventilated patient. I was...