sjoe

sjoe

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  1. military nursing

    sjoe replied to emmybsu's topic in General Nursing

    the forum for military nursing is "government employed nursing," where you are more likely to find useful answers and

  2. 14 Nurses Fired and 9 disciplined in Kentucky

    sjoe replied to nurseattorney's topic in General Nursing

    ratchit writes: "The nurses may have been coerced by unit routine into making bad decisions and administering meds illegally. But they still did it and are responsible for their actions." This is an...

  3. Ticked off and ready to quit job!

    sjoe replied to lashon20's topic in General Nursing

    Far be it from me to repeat myself,

  4. Help, I can't read all posts.

    sjoe replied to soulsearchin''s topic in General Nursing

    Posts like your belong here:

  5. some questions...

    sjoe replied to Pilar's topic in General Nursing

    If you have the time and interest I would suggest you take EMT training. Good to know what to do when "everything goes

  6. I Don't Think So!

    sjoe replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    " it became very clear to me that the best thing I could do would be to cut my losses and move on." Right. It was a losing situation for you, unless you wanted to spend the next several years in...

  7. Help?? Can I hear from someone who has had disciplinary actions against them?

    sjoe replied to Braves girl's topic in General Nursing

    "I worked in an outpatient facility (open only a few months prior to my arrival) with no policies or procedures. To make a really long story short, the board of nursing was called in. I received a...

  8. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    sjoe replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    To balance things out a bit, you can also find several threads on this BB about nurses reporting that other nurses from a particular country, like the Philippines, try to get nurses NOT from their...

  9. Sent home from Clinical

    sjoe replied to JuicyJem's topic in General Nursing

    Just one more suggestion: Sit down and write out everything you can recall that has anything to do with this incident since you and this instructor first spoke on the day you were sent home, including...

  10. Nurse Stabbed!

    sjoe replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "You know, I am more worried about something like this happening than I am contracting AIDS or HepB or C. " For very good reason. You are much more likely to be assaulted by a patient than contract...

  11. violence in home visits

    sjoe replied to STM's topic in General Nursing

    "an attorney...now that I have been terminated, wants me to find policies other agencies have re: DANGEROUS HOME VISITS. So far no luck, nothing written. We had been told to take a second nurse if we...

  12. Not just the trolls....

    sjoe replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Does "passive-aggressive" ring a

  13. Do nurses take work home?

    sjoe replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    Only lab

  14. Botox, plastic surgery...

    sjoe replied to mstewart's topic in General Nursing

    "I just think that is really cool that he doesn't mind showing his age!" Why would he mind? You make it sound as though "showing one's age" is something to be ashamed

  15. My apoligy ..

    sjoe replied to coffeejavule's topic in General Nursing

    You can edit any post you write simply by clicking on the "edit" button for that post and

  16. switching orders before doctor approval

    sjoe replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    "If the nurse has a concern over the order, she should take it up with the physician." Right. This is a violation of the "route" rule, and this nurse is practicing medicine without a license....

  17. i feel so down!

    sjoe replied to new here's topic in General Nursing

    "What you are experiencing is on the job harassment and you should take it up with your supervisor. If you get no satisfaction or resolution going that route, find out about the Equal Employment...

  18. Triad Hospitals

    sjoe replied to Ortho_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You might try: 1) a search of this BB using "Triad" 2) a google search using

  19. Nursing Solutions Inc.

    sjoe replied to bellehill's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to ask this question on the "agency nurses"

  20. Emphasis on caring or personal gain?

    sjoe replied to oregonvolunteer's topic in General Nursing

    mjlrn writes: "Our kids are using textbooks from the 1980s, parents have to foot the bills for everything from writing paper to field trips, and the buildings are falling apart. " So why is it that...

  21. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

    sjoe replied to nursek86's topic in General Nursing

    86, as you can see from the previous thread on the subject, the account you gave was about what many of us figured had happened. Still it is an excellent lesson in GET IT IN WRITING before doing...

  22. Could use some input

    sjoe replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    tmiller writes: "We do have a union and my rep told me to find any documentation I can to present to them when I file my grievance. They'll have a hard time arguing if I can show them on paper that...

  23. Nurses in Other Professions

    sjoe replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    "In Las Vegas, bartenders, cocktail servers and card dealers can make as much or more than a nurse. This is ok as long as you don't mind graveyard, on-call shifts, no job security and being treated...

  24. Bully! Help! I need to write a rebuttal!

    sjoe replied to Bitten's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently you don't have a union to help protect you in situations like this. Something to think about when you look for another job, which, I suggest might well be immediately after (as suggested...

  25. meds w/o order

    sjoe replied to robynrn2b's topic in General Nursing

    "has some sort of rectal anomaly? I know I am stretching it," We'll overlook the joke for now. Unless your facility has written standing orders to cover these drugs, you are doing exactly what you are...