sjoe

sjoe

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  1. Background Investigations

    sjoe replied to Kikumaru's topic in Correctional

    "I am curious as to what laws our president has signed into effect that affect the prisons and their workers." I haven't heard of anything along those lines. But I have wondered just what is going on...

  2. Wart Question

    sjoe replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Nursing

    "Duct tape, the all-purpose household fix-it with hundreds of uses, can also remove warts. " Or if duct tape doesn't work, my grandma used to say: cut a potato in half, rub the open part on the wart,...

  3. Background Investigations

    sjoe replied to Kikumaru's topic in Correctional

    Every facility decides on its own security screening procedures. Those which I have considered excessively personal or simply too long, I just threw away and stopped exploring that position. Some...

  4. blackmail by hospital

    sjoe replied to poppyrn's topic in General Nursing

    "The patient really must come first, but nurses are only human too, and management must realize there is a limit to what we can do, especially as so many of us get older." and

  5. blackmail by hospital

    sjoe replied to poppyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Wolf--If you refuse to accept an assignment you have NOT committed patient abandonment. If you DO accept an assignment and then leave before reporting off, etc., then you HAVE committed patient...

  6. Question

    sjoe replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    Clive--Many of our basic values are much the same. However, since the economic models and social/political foundations of our healthcare systems are much different, we can only expect substantial...

  7. Question

    sjoe replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    Frank--interesting THEORIES you have. So what happens when you are working a forensics psych ward with 25 male patients, several of whom are relatively easily triggered, one assaults another and they...

  8. Question

    sjoe replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    slinkee--you are right that every intervention has its risks. as does the lack of intervention in many of these cases, particularly for the

  9. Question

    sjoe replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    These and other (like "chair") restraints are used in both psych and corrections. My thoughts? They ought to be used more AND with much less paperwork involved. That combination would prevent a...

  10. Dementia/rape trauma syndrome

    sjoe replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Pre-bath medication sounds like the best way to

  11. blackmail by hospital

    sjoe replied to poppyrn's topic in General Nursing

    You are a trained and experienced ER nurse and can get a job ANYWHERE you want. I assume from you post that you don't have a union. An initial consult with a labor attorney will run in the...

  12. Nursing Theory???

    sjoe replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    "One statement of particular concern was that nursing theory allows nurses to "differentiate their profession". Now that may very well be the case, and it might be a positive aspect of nursing theory...

  13. Nursing Theory???

    sjoe replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    "basically feeling like it was just a big bunch of crap." Sounds like you have it figured out to me. My advice: Stop worrying about it. Nobody takes this stuff seriously except in the classroom, so...

  14. Twas the Night before JCAHO...

    sjoe replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Cute. And very creative for someone so young. JCAHO = Just Coming Around to Help

  15. A Question about Pessaries

    sjoe replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    jenac--does the order also say "whether it needs it or not?" Just a

  16. Can I read my own chart?

    sjoe replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    Some hospitals would put up roadblocks to a timely review of your chart, others would not. When I was a DPOAHC for a dying friend (at a Kaiser facility--and not, that is not what killed him), I had...

  17. How do you stay cheerful and bubbly during work?

    sjoe replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    "I want to appear as the cheerful, bubbly, energetic, and easy going type." Your job is not to be a cheerleader, but if you insist on modeling that kind of persona, you will need to take some acting...

  18. Travellers treated better? opinions please

    sjoe replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe that balances out the karma for all the traveling nurses who get assigned to stunningly dysfunctional facilities, are given the heaviest work load consisting of the "worst" patients that no one...

  19. Refusing and safety

    sjoe replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    It is only patient abandonment if you accept an assignment, and THEN leave without due notice and report. You can't abandon something you've not accepted in the first

  20. Nursing Theory???

    sjoe replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    Peeps--exactly right. When I first saw "nursing theories" and "nursing diagnoses" I felt only embarrassment at these feeble attempts to pretend to be grownups. It reminded me of the arcane rules and...

  21. Nursing Theory???

    sjoe replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    If it will simplify things, instead of "theory," think "philosophy." And like life's multiple philosophies, there are many, mostly have very limited application to the real world (though they may...

  22. Nursing Theory???

    sjoe replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    If it will simplify things, instead of "theory," think "philosophy." And like life's multiple philosophies, there are many, mostly have very limited application to the real world (though they may...

  23. Questioning doctors orders

    sjoe replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly agree with Youda and the rest of you. My DPOAHC is empowered to initiate a lawsuit against: 1) anyone who refuses to administer morphine or other pain killers as prescribed, and 2) anyone...

  24. Questioning doctors orders

    sjoe replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly agree with Youda and the rest of you. My DPOAHC is empowered to initiate a lawsuit against: 1) anyone who refuses to administer morphine or other pain killers as prescribed, and 2) anyone...

  25. Experience using punching bags so patients can vent their anger frustrations

    sjoe replied to MHN's topic in Psychiatric

    PsychoRN has it right. That is why this kind of thing has not been used for many years by reputable facilities. The person does not need to learn to channel stress, anger, anxiety, etc. by punching...