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  1. Dangerous to be psych NP

    jodispamodi replied to wayemika's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nursing can be dangerous anywhere, a nurse at a psych unit in my area was killed by a patient during a restraint. In my area a patient was killed by staff during a restraint (NP's are unlikely to be...

  2. Might be let go during orientation? Need advice.

    jodispamodi replied to luey87's topic in General Nursing

    A five week orientation seems short for CVICU if you had no prior experience. Your manager sounds inflexible, I feel like I would ask to be transferred, your manager saying you falsified assessments...

  3. Intrusive application questions!

    jodispamodi replied to Scorchednurse's topic in Nursing Career

    For my job on a gero-psych unit, I was asked: if a had a boyfriend or husband, and then I was asked if I planned on becoming pregnant in the next two years. I kept the shock off my face! But my head...

  4. Insubordination

    jodispamodi replied to Trickyp713's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You may not have mandated nurse/patient ratios but every state mandates minimum staffing requirements (meaning by law they cannot have less than a certain number of nurses/cna's) for snf's, sub acute...

  5. Why do recruiters do this?

    jodispamodi replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    I went back to look at the email she sent, she specifically stated "interview to discuss my experience and skills". I probably should be happy that it didnt go any

  6. HIPAA Violation?

    jodispamodi replied to peppers2's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    yup, technically its a

  7. Do what now? ( How to save a stroke victim according to facebook)

    jodispamodi replied to That Guy's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, well of course it 100% efficient because you "wait for the patient to come back to normal then send to a hospital", the ones that don't come back to normal go to the

  8. Why do recruiters do this?

    jodispamodi replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    where I live most people have long commutes, at least an hour each

  9. Why do recruiters do this?

    jodispamodi replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    I usually have long commutes, 60 or 70 miles, its never been an issue, usually I'm just asked if I have reliable transportation. I just dont get why they called this an interview when it clearly...

  10. Why do recruiters do this?

    jodispamodi replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    then they should have just called to clarify, not said it was an "interview" big difference between an interview and clarifying a

  11. How do you handle rude comments?

    jodispamodi replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I lost a sibling I was very close to in a pretty awful way. I too got the weird questions/strange comments, in hindsight it seemed alot of them came from people under 40. My own opinion is that quite...

  12. Insubordination

    jodispamodi replied to Trickyp713's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The feds and private attorneys are slowly beginning to crack down on ltc facilities, I have a friend who is a malpractice attorney, the first thing he does when he gets a case is get the staffing...

  13. Insubordination

    jodispamodi replied to Trickyp713's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If conditions really are like this, maybe worthwhile to notify the state, about regulations for minimum staffing in ltc. There is no way patients can be getting safe care, and most places limit the...

  14. Why do recruiters do this?

    jodispamodi replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify, this was for a company in my area and an application I submitted, not an online

  15. I really need help.

    jodispamodi replied to hollilynn92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took micro and an accelerated A&P (I and II in 8 weeks), and I had no problems, and I had another class. I took chem along with 4 other classes but they werent sciences. Hope that

  16. Feelings after first loss

    jodispamodi replied to dharmalove's topic in General Nursing

    Losses are hard no matter how experienced you are, some of us just hide our grief better. It is very normal to question yourself and even feel guilty even though you did nothing wrong. I unexpectedly...

  17. Behavioral health patients requiring 1:1 sitter

    jodispamodi replied to JRichmond03's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    my unit goes by the census. 1-1's are always

  18. D50 amps

    jodispamodi replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    with some patients it can easily take a half hour to an hour before the blood sugars trend upward again. Oftentimes our docs want us to wait, as long as the patient is stable, longer than 15 minutes...

  19. D50 amps

    jodispamodi replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was just trying to type quick, the snack is at the nurses discretion, usually a protein is in there, our cna's are awesome and will usually grab milk or juice, crackers, peanut butter or a cheese...

  20. D50 amps

    jodispamodi replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In our unit, right in the mar parameters were made for giving D50, usually, but it was specific to where the fsbs was so give 1 for 60-50 2 for 30-40 etc (I'm making up the dosages and bs because I'm...

  21. RVN: Registered Veterinary Nurse, what do you think?

    jodispamodi replied to AllisonLeighLVT's topic in General Nursing

    The official definition of nurse per merriem-webster is "a person who takes care of sick people" or a baby nursing at the breast" I hate to be a wet blanket, but no I dont think "nurse" should be...

  22. What to look for in a job

    jodispamodi replied to 2018nursewi's topic in General Nursing

    My sister-in-law who is a NP gave me excellent advice when I was looking for my first nursing job, heres what I remember: Ask how long the typical orientation period is, and what happens if for some...

  23. Home Health Orientation for PRN RN?

    jodispamodi replied to bluemilque's topic in Home Health

    UM, OP, I have to disagree with the "no one is acutely ill in home health", When I did home health (VNA) many of my patients were very seriously ill and several were fairly unstable. Usually a soc...

  24. Discharging by Wheelchair

    jodispamodi replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    My facility doesn't require patients be dc'd by wc, on older and ortho patients I offer it, others usually just walk off the unit under their own power, some even leave by themselves without another...

  25. May the Nurse's Force Be With You

    jodispamodi replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I usually tell patients "I'm sorry, well not really, because if I were I wouldn't be giving the injection" Almost all are so surprised that they laugh and don't even realize the injection is all