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I'm told that strong personalities are drawn to prison nursing work. I believe it. I see it. I'm dealing with a psychotic nurse at the moment. I feel like I'm walking on eggshells around her which throws me off my game. I'm new too and I think because, counting me, we are now at full staff and the OT is now gone. There are many that have complained about her at other facilities as well (nurses know lots of other nurses). So, what I understand is that even though it is difficult to prove workplace harassment and bullying there is a 'work around'. You gather testimonials from other co-workers, nurses the evil one has bullied in the past (ask other nurses---chances are they've been on that bully's hit list as well). This nurse has over 200 grievances from prisoners against her. That too can be shown to build a case that she has a bullying /harassing pattern of behavior. Then put the complaint in writing to your supervisor, Director of Nursing, and Deputy Warden and Warden of the prison. This forces them to deal with it. Hopefully, the bully gets the message then and it doesn't have to go any further. This bully loves her home on the lake and I'm sure she'd hate to lose it in a lawsuit. Hopefully, she just acts civilized from now on out.

Pushed lots of ativan on all age groups with all sorts of diagnoses and comorbidities. If you push it over a couple minutes there's no issue. Been doing it for over 22 years and haven't lost a patient yet doing it this way. Your grief is understood and your 'survivor' guilt is evident. Your mom had a caring child and many in this life aren't as fortunate. Take care

I'm a senior nurse and I look my age (mostly due to the fact that I refuse to colour my hair) and due to this I have experienced ageism in the workplace. It gets very embarrassing at times. I've experienced it from doctors, managers, coworkers, and patients. However, when there is a problem, or when there are questions about a patient or a protocol or a policy or a 'wrong' that needs 'righted' who do they go to? It's the senior nurse and for this reason alone is the reason we do deserve our higher pay rate. I like being this age. I move just as fast and sometimes faster (because I'm surer of what I need to do) than the nurses half my age! I love it when the young ones want me to teach them how to insert an IV as well as I do or how not to struggle with some intervention or another. I've never had trouble finding a job. I bump into previous employers or get emails all the time asking me when I'm going back to work for them. So my aging collegues ---love yourself ?