SmilingBluEyes

Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis

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    Just be professional, period.

    SmilingBluEyes replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    It may well be you don't have the best manager. But I have been management and it's the hardest job I have ever done. You are in the middle, squeezed between administrators who make insane demands,...
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    Nurse Fired by HCA After 20yrs - Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Filed

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    HCA is the
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    So my car window got smashed and my purse stolen . I was at work

    SmilingBluEyes replied to MSO4foru's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened. More and more people are doing this for an easy score to support drug habits. A bit of street smarts are needed. As inconvenient as it may be, my purse does not ever stay in...
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    Where are my work-at-home homies?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    A question was asked earlier in the thread. Where/for whom do you work? I feel fair to say many of us are sick of driving to jobs and being understaffed/overworked and would like to know how it's...
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    Bad idea to quit after 6m as a new grad for DNP school?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Theanxiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    These programs endanger patient care and the very profession of Advanced Nurse Practice. It's why I am not really interested in seeing an NP for my family's or my care any more. UNLESS I know they...
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    Security Won't Stop The Violence

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Silent No More Foundation's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in a hospital---We had a Barney Fife character of a security guard. Did not have a weapon and could not wrestle a guinea pig in a fight. Nice guy, but that showed us how much they...
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    Is Anyone NOT Going to be an APRN?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    No way Jose. I don't want to work, seeing patients back to back, every 15 minutes and then spend several hours charting afterward. I don't think the return on the investment to be even close to worth...
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    Denver Weatherman Loses Job over Twitter Remarks about Nurses:

    SmilingBluEyes posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just goes to show: Mind what you say on social media. This guy chose to take his anger at/disdain of nurses very public and it cost him his job. I feel that he went through a lot dealing with a...
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    Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    SmilingBluEyes replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    Paragraphs please. This is hard to even comprehend. Being hurt and offended is not being bullied. It's about how you are taking
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    Violence is Not "Just Part of the Job"

    SmilingBluEyes replied to WalterWho's topic in General Nursing

    And I am with ZDogg be
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    Violence is Not "Just Part of the Job"

    SmilingBluEyes replied to WalterWho's topic in General Nursing

    I am pretty darn sick of learning how to "de-escalate" the situation. Situations like this are already escalated too fast. Employers who do nothing or worse, punish the employee harmed----- need to be...
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    Should I not work overtime hours if I'm a salaried Exempt employee?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in General Nursing

    This is common. Salaried employees are often abused---- working from home, working the floor all the time and being told they not doing enough. It's not for everyone. You have to have boundaries,...
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    New York Nurse Steals Narcotics from Cancer Patients

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    You are AWESOME! Thank you for being brave enough to share your story and congratulations on your maintained
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    Found out I have a pretty significant back problem, how to keep nursing?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to TammyTho's topic in General Nursing

    Some good suggestions here. Dialysis may not be one of them. In dialysis, one has to do a lot of bending/lifting/moving around. Nurses have to help the techs string and break down machines, bend over...
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    Bullied nurse. I quit. :(

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Cardiac_kbbq_diet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Regarding critical thinking skills, you are not "born" with them; you learn and acquire them. And that remark was uncalled-for, rude and
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    Is it wrong to leave a job during orientation?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    To answer the question in your title to the OP, "no it is not wrong". It's better to do so now, before you carry on too far. But don't leave without reporting your very valid concerns, to the...
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    Night shift mentality: keep them alive until day team comes on

    SmilingBluEyes replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    Always the old night versus day shift war. This mentality does a lot to contribute. I have worked both. It never ends. YOU know what's right. Keep doing it. If a patient is indeed in danger due to...
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    Is it like this everywhere now?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    The "older" nurses are right. Patients are sicker, older, more obese, needing increased lifting/shifting, and require more resources that sadly, are not sufficient---- than ever before. Double and...
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    New grad RN, absolutely hate nursing

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Ashley Karanja's topic in General Nursing

    One of the most viable suggestions I see that may be most realistic, (for the newer nurse), is dialysis. The larger companies will hire new nurses and train them. 6 months with a mentor nurse are...
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    New grad RN, absolutely hate nursing

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Ashley Karanja's topic in General Nursing

    Those jobs require experience, lots of it. And so many are trying to get into those specialties they are very picky. Even experienced nurses find it hard to do what you suggest, let alone those with...
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    New grad RN, absolutely hate nursing

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Ashley Karanja's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but------those jobs are very hard to get for experienced nurses. Too many are trying to get into them as it is, to escape the nightmare at the bedside. I know what I am saying as I have been...
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    Trump's 'religious conscience'

    SmilingBluEyes replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    If your religion supports refusing care to people who need it, you either need a new religion or a new profession. This is why I want nothing to do with organized religion. It's used as a political...
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    265 questions is almost guaranteed if your a male.

    SmilingBluEyes replied to wilderness47's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Nice. The arrogance and rudeness is just over the top. There IS a pay gap. Reasons why vary. I have seen men start as brand new nurses in my specialty that made more out the gate than experienced...
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    265 questions is almost guaranteed if your a male.

    SmilingBluEyes replied to wilderness47's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ***looks around for hidden cameras*** Cause I just KNOW we are being punked with this thread.
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    The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses

    SmilingBluEyes posted a topic in General Nursing

    The NYT is talking about what we in medicine/nursing have known for years. It just gets harder every day to practice ethically. But I argue, we are not "burnt out", that blames the victims for their...