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  1. Subordinates

    bollweevil replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    Boss in the sense that you follow their orders and submit to them, even if you disagree and they don't take your suggestions. Unless you 1000% disagree and it's serious thing and you hand them the...

  2. Subordinates

    bollweevil replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    it wasn't meant to be an avenue for fighting at all. nor need it be that. i just have a problem with nurses not realizing their true status, legally, and the authority they are expected to exercise,...

  3. Subordinates

    bollweevil replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    Why

  4. Why are some nurses and aides such liars?

    bollweevil replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Men can be every bit as catty and cruel as any woman I've ever

  5. Doc comes up to me and says "oh the pt is transfered "?

    bollweevil replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Who's got time to page and page and page? Or to help answer phones? Just my . For OP: do you guys have portable phones? If this is an ongoing problem with this doctor, address it to him directly,...

  6. How long before I'm not considered a "Newbie"?

    bollweevil replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    At least a year. Older nurses tend to think of younger nurses as less experienced. And we remember how we really didn't have it together for a while and tend to be charitable toward younger, less...

  7. Nurses - Leading your subordinates (Nurse Aides, Nurse Techs, Med Aides)

    bollweevil replied to brotherbear's topic in Nurse Management

    We are subordinates, too. We are subordinate to doctors, managers, etc. Life is full of ranks. Why is it so distasteful? That, as I see it, is a major problem with nursing today. The aides don't...

  8. Nurses - Leading your subordinates (Nurse Aides, Nurse Techs, Med Aides)

    bollweevil replied to brotherbear's topic in Nurse Management

    A Charge Nurse is the direct supervisor, although there could be a supervisor over her. And delegating work to you is certainly a function of a supervisor. So I'm not sure which nurses are not your...

  9. Nurses - Leading your subordinates (Nurse Aides, Nurse Techs, Med Aides)

    bollweevil replied to brotherbear's topic in Nurse Management

    if you ask somebody to do something, are you willing to have them tell you "no"? and if someone is expected to do a certain job, why do we have to bend over backwards to not ruffle their feathers so...

  10. Why are some nurses and aides such liars?

    bollweevil replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    They must not like you or they are jealous or they are psycho. I think your boss is right - stay away from them. Give them not an iota of a chance to make trouble for you. Try to always have a couple...

  11. is this nursing to you?

    bollweevil replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in General Nursing

    Only you can decide if you are happy or not and whether or not a particular job is right for you. Good luck on your decision. Why not pick up a direct care shift now and then in addition to your MDS...

  12. Thats it I give up!!!!!!!

    bollweevil replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    i hope your coworkers file police reports today and consult attorneys today. psych patients are not allowed to do that just because they're psych patients. they need to answer up for their evil ways....

  13. is it considered abandonment if no call no show?

    bollweevil replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think Managers are expected to give even more than 2 weeks' notice, aren't they? Where I am, they want us to give 2 weeks (staff nurse) or the equivalent of how many weeks of vacation you get,...

  14. is it considered abandonment if no call no show?

    bollweevil replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's abandonment but you really should get the definitive answer from your state Board of Nursing. Never seek to punish Management. Somehow, they always win and tricks backfire on you,...

  15. What kind of person???

    bollweevil replied to bise75's topic in Psychiatric

    I think some of what she does is good - monitoring dd's diet for excess sweets - but letting her get constipated, of course, is not good. Does the child see a pediatrician? Might you be able to go...

  16. What kind of person???

    bollweevil replied to bise75's topic in Psychiatric

    It's fascinating that even Psych nurses can't find a definite label to use in this case. It points up what I have always believed. Labels are good as far as they go and we don have to start somewhere...

  17. People first...

    bollweevil replied to batgirl23's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree we need to be respectful. I guess we're up against time, tradition,

  18. Malingering

    bollweevil replied to RN.38SPCL's topic in Psychiatric

    it seems like this would be much easier said than done, as there is usually a long wait to see psych, at least where i have worked. and even psych can't really read their minds. they can only form an...

  19. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    bollweevil replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I think the first instinct for me would be to ask her why she slapped me and delve past her really strange answer. She did not have her right mind about her, I think. Presumably, the procedure and...

  20. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    bollweevil replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if she might have messed up electrolytes and I want to know more about her steroid psychosis. these are real physical problems and I am kind of surprised that almost no one here has...

  21. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    bollweevil replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if you'd have been blamed if she'd jumped but I'm glad she didn't and that you got a positive

  22. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    bollweevil replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I am neither horrified nor shocked, having heard of such malarkey on more than one occasion in my many years in the world of work. I am very angry, though, and hope that Sister X got a really good...

  23. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    bollweevil replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    Diagnosed dementia would certainly be a mitigating factor if the defendant had any kind of decent lawyer. Rapists, murderers, child molesters, etc. get off as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity all the...

  24. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    bollweevil replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I think the instructor needed to clarify exactly what she wanted the student to learn. What I would have learned was the number to the police and the route to the Dean's office. That said, I think...

  25. Can they force me to do it?

    bollweevil replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You have already lost the job unless you get a lawyer. NOW. And in their eyes, yes, it is asking too much. You see, you are being reasonable and you are standing up for yourself, which, to the bully,...