cokie

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1. Chronic Tardiness

   cokie replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   i agree, i think that people are late for the things that they CAN be late for. i wonder if these same nurses were late for the interview that got them hired. my friend who is spanish tries to use...

2. Chronic Tardiness

   cokie replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   management needs to be aware of this, and something CAN be done. at one of my jobs if one is 5 minutes late the staffing office is called, so that they can call a replacement. i would like to see...

3. 3 - 11 shift

   cokie replied to Jolly's topic in General Nursing

   i think i am weird.....by first grade my kids were able to get themselves up (cool alarm clocks). eat (cereal and milk, no cooking or knives allowed), and out without me .....of course we...

4. Do you nurses get breaks?

   cokie replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

   am typing with one hand......breaks....yes....but only the dinner break, not the 15's. as far as the 30, i don't wear a watch and i don't watch the clock. some days my dinner break is short like 10...

5. preventing burnout

   cokie replied to Ruffles's topic in General Nursing

   read a very good book about this. i talked about the stages...in recognizing that right now you are in the honeymoon and i can't remember the other 5 stages, but one is disillusionment and...

6. Nurses Diverting Drugs?

   cokie replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

   please don't stop posting because of negative responses. everyone is entitled to an opinion. maybe if you are doing research you need to be clear, to be fair. as far as pyxis solving the problem...

7. Chiropractors

   cokie replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

   i swear by my chiropractor for acute problems, but not too sure about the chronic stuff. the standard at the md is vicodin and soma, not too conducive to working as a safe rn....the chiro fixed up...

8. Bad Eyesight

   cokie replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing

   welcome, welcome, welcome......pick up a pill bottle, and if you can read the print with your glasses, you will be fine....hang on tight, nursing school is a heck of a ride....stay seated until the...

9. sleeping staff

   cokie replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   i never believed that this went on when i was in school. now is realize that it does. save up all the breaks and take them all at once. some places i have worked, this is 2 hours, per nurse, and...

10. Cheating In School

    cokie replied to cokie's topic in General Nursing

    is it cheating if only a few people have the exam questions and answers (no thinking required here) not all, and the instructors are unaware that their tests have been copied..... just a short story...

11. Cheating In School

    cokie posted a topic in General Nursing

    just read a long thread about lowering the standards etc. for people with special needs. how about cheaters. i went to school with quite a few people who were not only sharing notes from the...

12. Memories of nursing school.....

    cokie replied to wv_nurse 2003's topic in General Nursing

    we actually had two female students have a major shouting fight in class, while we were in groups and the teacher had stepped out. i couldn't believe it. there was desk shoving, and yelling, i was...

13. Taking Call

    cokie replied to Kansas_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    probably the best way to handle this is to become active in your union. i work in CA, and here we belong to CNA. CA is california, not cancer. anyway, i also get put on call occasionally and we get...

14. Assingment under protest

    cokie replied to l.rae's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    at my facility these are called ADO's. assignment dispite objection. i have filled these out a few times. i have also threatened to fill them out a few times and averted a dangerous assignment. i...