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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some hiring decisions I'm sure are made because the candidate is "like" the person hiring them, or the person interviewing them. Example, my manager is skinny, cute, and has a baby voice. She hires a...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So much of this thread makes me think of my favorite television judge, Judge Judy, and her sage advice: "Beauty fades, dumb is
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    Overbearing family members

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to mindyjo15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do so enjoy someone who whips out a health care POA with great flair and announces "Well I'M her POWER OF ATTORNEY," in front of their 75 year old alert and oriented, living-independently mother....
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    Overbearing family members

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to mindyjo15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel like the nurse still must assess the patient. Just because the patient is being asked the year even though the nurse knows there's probably no way in Hades they're going to get the right answer...
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    Nursing student lied about me to my manager, and I cannot prove it.

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Tortoiseshell's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Seriously, especially when it's a complete assumption. "This is something you need to know when you give the report" is neither rude nor condescending. It is a factual statement. Too bad the student...
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    Nursing student lied about me to my manager, and I cannot prove it.

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Tortoiseshell's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd rather have someone tell me "This is something you need to know when you give the report" than to run to my instructor or the floor manager. Personally I think she exaggerated the situation to the...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Seriously...an older person disagreeing with a younger person on here = eating the young. Whatever. What do you do with someone like me? I'm old but inexperienced. Am I an
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe working there MAKES you young thing and cute! Heck I've lost 30 lbs since graduating!
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    All I have to say is live a little, you'll get over being offended by every little
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    Nicknames unprofessional?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to blackvans1234's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Tell her to shove
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I missed any and all reference to new hires having bad bedside manner. And I did read every post, though it was a number of days ago. It's also amusing to reference eating your young to a person who...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah I'd be glad I was a guy too, with their natural ability to magically make appx 25% more than a woman for the same
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    Can visitors be 'forced' to wear PPE?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of feel like everyone in the hospital is an invitee, and if they're not going to follow instructions that are designed to keep patients, employees etc. safe, they could be considered no longer...
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    What do you eat before work?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Mnstn's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I can't eat too much before work because I don't want to walk into something nauseating and toss my cookies. I usually have Carnation instant breakfast, greek yogurt, or a fruit smoothie. You can make...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unfortunately life experience can't be taught. They just have to learn through their mistakes. Til then they will continue to speak as if they know everything, and we will continue to be entertained...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I SO agree. I just hit two years of experience, am often charge on days, and I cringe every time another nurse asks me a "this is what my patient is doing, what would you do in this situation"...
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    Why Do People Bully Me?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Girrrrl, you gotta reward the regulars with an inside joke now and
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    Why Do People Bully Me?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That description fits me extremely well, except for this one: "The target is not a confrontational person. He or she does not respond. Frankly, the target is stunned and bewildered." And...
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    Up-credentialing: Why the move to the BSN is inevitable.

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to chuckster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, I know personally my manager is sitting there thinking, "Is this person management material???" when she's trying to fill up her schedule for the next month. I'm sure she really cares. I'm...
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    Why Do People Bully Me?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How silly. They are ignorant of a mainstream Christian religion. Must be very sad people. I get bullied too sometimes. I think it's because I'm young and very
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    Anti-intellectual & hyper-sensitive. WHY?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to mclennan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah I left that part out. Do I need a bachelor's degree in nursing to do that too? Not last time I
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    Anti-intellectual & hyper-sensitive. WHY?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to mclennan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe the orientee's culture is one that doesn't respond well to constructive criticism. After all, we have a woman who killed herself because shemerely put a call through to another nurse that ended...
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    Anti-intellectual & hyper-sensitive. WHY?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to mclennan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And the insistence that we alllllll need a BSN when they have no earthly idea about regions of the US, or the educational makeup of our own individual facilities, etc. They got a BSN, great! I don't...
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    SICK of BSN Pedestal

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yes, because that's exactly what I said, that "college is fluff." Except it wasn't. And I have an associates, bachelor's and a doctorate degree. And there was plenty o fluff. It's so funny how we all...
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    SICK of BSN Pedestal

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It is. I can't believe anyone who went to college would disagree that they took fluffy and extraneous courses. Like I needed fine arts to be a paralegal, lawyer, accountant, doctor? Please argue that...