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Pregnancy Discrimination - Interview

redhead_NURSE98! replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

No, I think you will be the one who is screwed. "Woman is hired. Employer finds out woman is pregnant. Employer fires woman THREE DAYS LATER saying it's not a good fit." Enjoy your
Pregnancy Discrimination - Interview

redhead_NURSE98! replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 Facts About Pregnancy Discrimination And it gives no protection to the people you're describing who refuse assignments and complain. Those people should have a...
Pregnancy Discrimination - Interview

redhead_NURSE98! replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

Actually, if pregnancy is a factor considered when making a negative decision toward the potential employee, it's discrimination. Of course, proving it may be difficult if the candidates are equally...
Pregnancy Discrimination - Interview

redhead_NURSE98! replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

Yes there are! Some of them you wouldn't even know are
What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

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

Sheesh yes. I've probably written this elsewhere before, but I came in one morning and the very first thing the patient's wife said, "He BETTER be going home today. I'm supposed to be home recovering...
What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

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

LMAO I'm going to have to remember that line, or a version of it. Yeah you're here for hypotension, I doubt your doctor wants you to continue the same b/p
Which nursing specialty or position is the most physically demanding?

redhead_NURSE98! replied to J19J94R's topic in General Nursing

I always thought psych work would be mentally exhausting to me. Repeating myself so many times to them, being manipulated, etc. as a patient care specialist was so
Pregnancy Discrimination - Interview

redhead_NURSE98! replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

I hate to agree about this, but I haven't worked in hospitals all that long and I'd had me a nice paycheck if I got a dollar every time I've heard "I can't do XYZ" from pregnant staffers. Primarily...
Visitor silencing neighboring alarms

redhead_NURSE98! replied to PediLove2147's topic in Patient Safety Issues

Oh I do so enjoy the hospitalist who comes around and if the pump beeps while she's in there she just shuts it off completely and doesn't say anything to you about it. Please, do ask me about the vanc...
Visitor silencing neighboring alarms

redhead_NURSE98! replied to PediLove2147's topic in Patient Safety Issues

What the.....what a kook! My customer service would not have been very good at that
Visitor silencing neighboring alarms

redhead_NURSE98! replied to PediLove2147's topic in Patient Safety Issues

Me too. When they told me not to touch it I told them I'm not listening to the stupid thing for more than 15 minutes if I call and they don't come. Meanwhile the whole time it's beeping my elderly...
Loose teeth letter - thought I'd share...

redhead_NURSE98! replied to Marlene39's topic in School

Huh. That's funny, I'd have lost my faith in the assessment skills of that particular nurse that
Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

WHY do you hit the call bell 10 minutes after your doctor has visited you (and of course, has JUST left the floor) and insist on "getting him back here I need to talk to him?" YOU JUST DID TALK TO...
HIPPA is a joke.

redhead_NURSE98! replied to rickbar's topic in HIPAA Challenges

The OP was referring to applying for the job, not for the actual insurance coverage once you have the job. No one looks at your specific medical history when you apply for a
Volunteer turn teams?

redhead_NURSE98! replied to wish_me_luck's topic in General Nursing

I was a candy striper in the 90's at 14 years old; we passed trays and we were allowed to feed patients. We also took them things they requested by the call bell like drinks, magazines etc. That was...
Why is it always the patient with the worst situation? geez

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

And you are always free to explain to administration and to the family of a person with COPD exacerbation that you chose to WITHHOLD OXYGEN from someone with sats in the 80's, since confusion and...
Why is it always the patient with the worst situation? geez

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

They told me a story at my first job about a blind patient who was nearly independent at home, and after being in the hospital having people hand him everything, feed him pills etc. just so the nurse...
Why is it always the patient with the worst situation? geez

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

Yep, exactly, I don't let people refuse O2, sorry. She needed to know that if she wanted to be left on the floor in her living room she needs to communicate that to the people that keep bringing her...
Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

You can call all of our complaining our "paid 15 minute breaks" that we never
Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

No one really knows what "this" is because you didn't quote or reference the post you're replying to. If I start consistently getting forced out the door before my charting is done, I will be writing...
Why is it always the patient with the worst situation? geez

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

Thank you for offering your insight on this. I try really hard not to say "I understand" or anything of that sort, even as a former chronic pain type person I DON'T understand exactly how they feel....
Ooops, I told off a doctor

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

I just wouldn't have done it in front of the patient, which is what it sounds like was
Why are Nurses so mean to each other?

redhead_NURSE98! replied to Dixon, future NP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

Oooooo time for "staff review"
Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

Seriously. If I started getting pushed for being past the clock, I'd start putting notes in each patient's file: "Unable to chart I&O's due to requirement of clocking out by 19:30." See how they...
Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

redhead_NURSE98! replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

Aaaaaaand then I'll have a retaliation lawsuit on top of the FLSA

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