FireStarterRN BSN, RN

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    Discussing religion in the workplace

    FireStarterRN replied to missrose's topic in General Nursing

    The educator then went on to one by one put everyone on the spot and ask them their own religious affiliation. That was uncalled for. That would be similar to if she had asked them who they voted for...
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    Discussing religion in the workplace

    FireStarterRN replied to missrose's topic in General Nursing

    The original post was about new employees being one by one asked to tell everyone their religion. It wasn't about how, in your role of a nurse, you deal with you patients' spiritual needs and...
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    Discussing religion in the workplace

    FireStarterRN replied to missrose's topic in General Nursing

    Some people prefer to keep their religious beliefs private. Being put on the spot with point blank questions is intrusive and
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    Discussing religion in the workplace

    FireStarterRN replied to missrose's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds very weird to me. She certainly put you all on the spot! Religion can be a very emotion laden subject, eliciting controversial discussions. That's why people admonish not to talk about...
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    Student sense of entitlement

    FireStarterRN replied to kris113's topic in General Nursing

    I've always considered a 'sense of entitlement' to be a negative, abrasive trait. Self confidence is good, a sense of entitlement is presumptuous, at least in my
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    "Writing up" use or abuse

    FireStarterRN replied to zuzi's topic in General Nursing

    There you have it, how very, very true. People usually write up nurses who are lower on the social ladder than
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    "Writing up" use or abuse

    FireStarterRN replied to zuzi's topic in General Nursing

    (and I'll be watching you, TraumaNurse, to make sure ya do it my way, or the
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    "Writing up" use or abuse

    FireStarterRN replied to zuzi's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but she had already given one unit and the abx would probably only take a half hour to infuse. I vote for giving the abx, then hanging the second
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    Dr anxiety...ridiculous!

    FireStarterRN replied to gericare2009's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I always start the call by saying "I'm so sorry to have to bother you at home but..."then go into my spiel about the patient. I work days now, but that's what I did when I had to call doctors at home....
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    Unit Secretary....Answer the call light for pete's sake!!!

    FireStarterRN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds as if nursing units are set up very differently in different places. Not all units have an intercom system in place. On my telemetry unit there is so many admits and discharges, the unit...
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    Unit Secretary....Answer the call light for pete's sake!!!

    FireStarterRN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't see unit secretaries answer call lights, they are too busy doing their job. I don't expect them to either. I've never worked where the unit secretary can pick up an intercom and speak...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    FireStarterRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Great way to put it, there are definitely some who like to do that. Good visual with that
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    Help! How do I stop blowing very good veins?

    FireStarterRN replied to bagbaje26's topic in General Nursing

    Try not using a tourniquet. It really helps with the older folk. You don't really need a tourniquet to start an IV. You don't need the vein to stand up, you just need to know where the vein
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    Sexual Misconduct at work

    FireStarterRN replied to evilolive's topic in General Nursing

    Was this a pat on the butt or a spanking that really
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    My Family Tragedy: Passing of Showbizrn's Brother

    FireStarterRN replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks sirI, that clarifies the original post. I, too, didn't quite understand who had passed. I belonged to another forum once, and one of the members had an identical twin sister who knew her...
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    Are you often 2 hours late for meds?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    At 4 PM yesterday I picked up one patient from a nurse during the the shift shuffle at 3PM. She was going to fill in on the monitor desk so I got report on the patient at 1600. She gave me a rather...
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    Are you often 2 hours late for meds?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds quite
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    Are you often 2 hours late for meds?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think this woman is lazy. I think she is disorganized. I noticed in report that she hadn't well prioritized her worries. She wanted me to follow up on something that had already been...
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    My Family Tragedy: Passing of Showbizrn's Brother

    FireStarterRN replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for letting us know about this, I'm very
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    Are you often 2 hours late for meds?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think her day was extraordinarily busy. She was a floater from the cardiac care unit, but used to work telemetry so is familiar with the unit. That unit has a lot of fairly inexperienced...
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    New MRI addition, fancy remodeling projects, but wheelchair shortage!

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that the hospital where I work will spend millions on remodeling, but is too cheap to buy more wheelchairs. I can't tell you how much time we'll spend searching for one. I had to leave the...
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    New MRI addition, fancy remodeling projects, but wheelchair shortage!

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I found a wheelchair today on Ortho/Neuro, grabbed it and was making a quick getaway with in in order to wheel out a discharged pt for a colleague. One of the nurses there saw me, made eye contact and...
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    How can I prevent myself from having a nervous breakdown?

    FireStarterRN replied to shabbychic23's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people are saying "the first year is tough". Well, I've been a nurse for 15 years and I would be close to a nervous breakdown working under the conditions the OP describes. There's...
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    Why did she offer me THAT position?

    FireStarterRN replied to missgigius's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That is so much like me, I can really
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    Why did she offer me THAT position?

    FireStarterRN replied to missgigius's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good idea. Good