JadedCPN BSN, RN

Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU

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    What's In A Name Badge?

    JadedCPN replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Amen to that! I worked with many diploma-prepared RNs with decades of experience at one of the biggest pediatric teaching facilities in the Midwest, and they were amazing. Really if people want to...
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    What's In A Name Badge?

    JadedCPN replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Quite the topic here, to no surprise. Because all of the facilities I have worked at are Magnet status, they have automatically included my degree, licensure, and my CPN certification. Sure I worked...
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    New nurse. What do I need?

    JadedCPN replied to ChiMan360's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming your new workplace doesn't require a specific uniform, I second this recommendation for holiday gifts. Truthfully many supplies mentioned are things that can often be obtained at the...
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    community college or 4yr BSN

    JadedCPN replied to sushiluv's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I second this thought. I attended a highly regarded University with a great nursing program for my BSN immediately after high school, and met many people in my nursing class who did their prereqs...
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    Trouble getting hired

    JadedCPN replied to nurse_girl2014's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever had disagreements with coworkers? Maybe some situations where you wouldn't necessarily consider them a conflict yourself but could be used for the interview question, such as a coworker...
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    Is flipping a coin a "fair" way to decide who stays when there is a call-in?

    JadedCPN replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Working in large pediatric hospitals for over 10 years, I've been fortunate enough to note encounter mandatory staffing issues related to call offs. When I worked in the Midwest, there were times...
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    HELP! New Grad Travel Nursing

    JadedCPN replied to PeepoSoosh's topic in Travel

    Nope nope nope...I can't nope this enough. There's nothing more to say more than what others have said. Protect your license and give yourself the training and new grad orientation that you deserve...
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    When your ex or their mistress/lover is the patient?

    JadedCPN replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    THIS is completely unacceptable. If you don't need that position, I personally would either be following your chain of command above your manager since this is unprofessional, switching to a...
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    prescription drug addiction

    JadedCPN replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely have witnessed this in my pediatric hospital setting over the years of working with post op kids. I can't count the number of times that I have had parents refuse narcotic medications of...
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    Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    JadedCPN replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Depending on exactly what/how she wrote her post, I think it is absolutely wrong that she was punished for free speech regardless of whether she identified as a nurse or not - she was speaking as a...
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    What do you do at your workplace to still feel the spirit of Christmas?

    JadedCPN replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a holiday person at all for personal reasons; I do not celebrate. However, having spent every single holiday in the hospital as a kid and now having been a pediatric RN in a hospital setting...
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    First med error...Advise..please.

    JadedCPN replied to Joanie49's topic in General Nursing

    Like most everyone has said, it sounds like you've done the right thing in this situation. You realized your mistake, you immediately corrected it and notified the appropriate people, and you feel...
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    Nurse tells summer volunteer to not refer to the unit as "We"!!

    JadedCPN replied to djasc112's topic in General Nursing

    I don't/didn't disagree with it, I just don't know if I would go out of my way to purposefully say it in front of everyone like I feel like the poster was implying. I'm not a quiet person who holds...
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    Nurse tells summer volunteer to not refer to the unit as "We"!!

    JadedCPN replied to djasc112's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everything about this except I don't think it necessarily needs to be in front of
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    Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    JadedCPN replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is unfortunately so true and such an issue within the nursing profession. Many nurse managers were promoted to their position based on X amount of years as a nurse or as charge nurse. They may...
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    Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    JadedCPN replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think it really matters who said what, if anything my concern might only be towards the effectiveness of the manager. But I wouldn't focus on who said what because it is ultimately...
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    Bullying online is NOT harmless

    JadedCPN replied to Dianna11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This. I can't like this enough. Just because people disagree with you, or are brutally honest with you, or give you an answer you don't want to hear, etc does not make them a bully at all. You're a...
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    Coffee marketed to nurses. Would you buy it?

    JadedCPN replied to ResumeRN's topic in General Nursing

    To mimic what most have said, no I wouldn't buy it even if it were fairly priced in regards to the competitors. I would possibly even go out of my way to not purchase it because it feels like a...
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    What keeps you going as a nurse?

    JadedCPN replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously the paycheck and the job security. That aside - kids are the most awesome, annoying, hilarious, brutally honest, unintentionally jerkish people to work with (which my inner sarcastic twisted...
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    Called a code for a seizing patient

    JadedCPN replied to thesimplenurse's topic in General Nursing

    You took the words out of my mouth. I don't have an issue with the calling a code part if that is what felt appropriate at the time - better to falsely call a code than to not call one when it is...
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    Crossed the line with a flirty family member. How to deal with ethical issues?

    JadedCPN replied to Scuba_NurseBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I will echo the statements of many of the posters here. While I do not think you need to be rude, I do think you need to be stern and direct, so I don't agree with the "thanks but I don't mix...
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    Would it kill you to say thank you?

    JadedCPN replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't agree with this more and I feel this can be applied to, and I do apply it to, all aspects of life! It is a mixture of tough love while helping them with those essential critical thinking...
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    Can you imagine yourself doing something else

    JadedCPN replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Nursing

    This almost perfectly sums it up for me. OP, I believe I understand what you were trying to ask but it did not come out that way. As an adult, I can find myself doing anything that I have to/need to...
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    What do you keep in your locker/make sure to take to work with you?

    JadedCPN replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    Being a float pool nurse, I don't really have a central locker/location to store my belongings on every floor in the hospital so I keep my work bag with me with very bare minimal especially in regards...
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    LVN keeps personal notes about patients

    JadedCPN replied to VegGal's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I was informed when I started nursing 10 years ago that keeping my report sheets was a HIPAA violation. In regards to the OP, I could see the concern for HIPAA violations. I think there is also a...