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  1. Facility does not provide breaks - What can we do?

    Truth66 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    You raised several important points, outlining the reality of Nursing. I've said this before and I'll say it again, Nursing is one of the most Exploited, Abused and Discriminated against of any...

  2. Facility does not provide breaks - What can we do?

    Truth66 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    I completely agree with regards to contacting the Department of Labor in your state. In addition, if you and your co-workers belong to a union, then the union also needs to get involved. I do recall...

  3. 5 Reasons Nurses Get Fired and How to Avoid Them

    Truth66 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    It's sad to read stories of Nurses who were wrongfully terminated from their positions. Yet, I'm sure that we all know of nurses who we routinely ask ourselves, "how is it that person still has a...

  4. 5 Reasons Nurses Get Fired and How to Avoid Them

    Truth66 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Melissa. Yes the WCB system is severely broken. Here in Ontario there's currently an Inquiry going on into Long Term Care. I got permission to submit a 67 page submission. My submission was...

  5. 5 Reasons Nurses Get Fired and How to Avoid Them

    Truth66 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately I was fired a few years ago after working in Long Term Care for over 15 years. However, it was not for any of the reasons mentioned. I badly injured my back in a freak accident at work....

  6. Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    Truth66 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for over 20 years and have done lots of research in nursing. I found that nursing is the most abused, exploited and discriminated of all occupations/professions that I've seen. The...

  7. Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

    Truth66 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree with you. However, there are far too many examples of the unions doing a much better job at representing the employer as opposed to their own members. Unfortunately I could litterally...

  8. Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

    Truth66 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately this happens all too often. The Long Term Care facility where I worked, the employer often implemented an attendance mamagement policy where an employee would advance along various...

  9. Do You Have a Toxic Boss? (eyeroll)

    Truth66 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I've also worked with a wide range of different Nurse Managers. One manager in particular was great at motivating her staff. In fact if it weren't for her I would never had gone back to school to...

  10. Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    Truth66 replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hello, I have experienced several examples of Bullying in my nursing career. In fact I wrote a brief article not too long ago of what can happen when bullying in the workplace isn't dealt with....

  11. 5-7 Working Days to process Dr.'s Orders???

    Truth66 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately I got injured at work and had to fill out insurance forms for Short Term Disability as well as for Disability coverage that I have on a few financial products at the bank. The insurance...

  12. 5-7 Working Days to process Dr.'s Orders???

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the interesting replies. Oh I've been calling daily with both insurance companies. Some of the questions that they ask are so pathetically stupid. For example, the latest delay involving...

  13. When does the responsibility of a nurse start/end ?

    Truth66 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I Just e-mailedmy regulatory body this scenario and question. Due to the nature of the question I felt that it would appropriate to share that e-mail here. Note: I haven't got a response back from...

  14. When does the responsibility of a nurse start/end ?

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that response was from the regulatory body in my province here in Canada. Their response should raise concern because it opens the door to potenial abuse of nurses. If the regulatory body is not...

  15. When does the responsibility of a nurse start/end ?

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to all those who have responded thus far. I did get a response from my regulatory body this morning and they stated: The situation you describe is a labour relations issue and should be...

  16. Why Nurses Book Off Work

    Truth66 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I joined a fairly new consumer/victim advocate site about a month ago. A couple of days ago someone posted an interesting post under Occupations regarding why nurses book off of work and the whole...

  17. Why Nurses Book Off Work

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    No appologies needed. I'm pleased to see that you show your staff plenty of respect. The nurse manager that I described before who did show respect for her staff, I would also call her a "coach" and...

  18. Why Nurses Book Off Work

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    I welcome the wide range of responses to this post. I would like to mention a few things though. A) Nascar Nurse mentioned "I would think if this is the most "disrespectful" thing your boss does to...

  19. Why Nurses Book Off Work

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    My appologies for creating any confusion. "Booking Off Work" is a term that is commonly used (in our community at least) with regards to calling in to your employer that you're not going in for a...

  20. Smart Nurse vs. Dumb Pharmacy, Round One. DING! | Life of a Nurse

    Truth66 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I've experienced so many errors from our pharmacy over the years that it is literally impossible to count. Of course when ever we make a medication error we're immediately written up and face the...

  21. nurses attacking nurses

    Truth66 replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

    I see this all the time where I work. Unfortunately many Nurse Managers will fuel this kind of environment. A former co-worker of mine said it best when she stated: "Management love it when staff...

  22. What do you look for in a Nurse Supervisor?

    Truth66 replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    One of the most important things that I look for is a Nurse Supervisor who is not a Bully and actually respects their staff. I worked with one nurse manager who was an exellent coach and a...

  23. Reducing Test Taking Anxiety

    Truth66 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm sure this subject has come up numerous times on this site, so my appologies for bringing it up again. A co-worker and I are taking a Physical Assessment course at the local College to upgrade our...

  24. Forced to Engage in an illegeal Act!

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    First this is a Thank You to all those who were very supportive with regards to what I had posted in this thread. Secondly I have gotten a response from our regulatory body as well as the government...

  25. Forced to Engage in an illegeal Act!

    Truth66 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Many of us have had our share of horror stories. Well here's another. Over the past several months we have switched over to a RAI coding system that many nurses have used in various jurisdictions....