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    Documentation, Scapegoating and Fear for Jobs.. The Current Status of Being an RN.

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to PedsRN25's topic in General Nursing

    For someone who is so torqued about the Joint Commission and management you seem to be fixated on a bottle of water. The Joint Commission doesn't give a rip about your water except to the extent that...
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    Documentation, Scapegoating and Fear for Jobs.. The Current Status of Being an RN.

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to PedsRN25's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. Each surveyor probably has more experience than everyone who commented on this put
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Come on for night shift early. Look up all your patients and steal their PRN narcs out of the Pyxis. Get caught, get fired. Get new job elsewhere. ROB TWO BANKS AND FIVE HOTELS TO SUPPORT YOUR NARC...
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    Dedicated pill crushers/splitters

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Then someone in materials better pull their head out of their patoot and get some for your supply room if they expect to move toward dedicated pill
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    New Nurse

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to GeoffH's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your coworkers are not your friends. Be cordial and friendly but don't overshare about your marital problems or your sex life, or both. You're a licensed professional with a college degree - act like...
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    Worst interview ever

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep, that question is dumb and I hate answering it, but occasionally you get someone dumb enough to answer it honestly.
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    Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired! - Frequent Sick Days and Tardiness

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked salary and let me tell you, I'd rather be subjected to a time clock, because I get paid for every hour I work. Can't say as much for salaried
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    Top 10 reasons we get fired!-Poor Performance

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Add "showing up whenever you feel like it & calling off whenever you feel like it." Oh wait, you had a whole thread on this.
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    Weather Policy

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Milk & molasses enema? We use that in hospitals?
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    Weather Policy

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, when things do come up, I don't care what they call it or whether they pay me for it. I can act like that BECAUSE I DON'T CALL OFF. The last day I took off unexpectedly was over two years ago,...
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    Weather Policy

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Oh God. You were bored, weren't you? Don't get me
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    Weather Policy

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I had sympathy for you, but you went there. You kinda went to "I'm special because I live far away from the hospital." You AREN'T that one individual. Why? Because there's one individual with a sick...
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    How to deal with negative nurses.

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Mae2014's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My apologies on behalf of those nurses. I hated those people too and never understood, and thought if their job sucked that bad they should get a new one. But it didn't take me long to catch myself...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Stop, this didn't
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    overheard at the bedside

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

    I'd have had to walk out. That kind of ignorance just makes
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I will use the New International Version of the P&P, forsaking the King James
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If JC ever comes and asks for my P&P, I'll probably fall to the floor quaking in fear. Oh, you didn't mean Jesus Christ. Never
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    ....are you now going back to threads you've already replied to? And asserting that you are not a troll at the same time?
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I know, I'm sure you're out spending every extra minute of every day fulfilling altruistic endeavors. Most people in your situation are. Feeding the homeless, etc. etc. Do you only do what's required...
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Then they can call it bullying. (Which I will still laugh at, because adults really should be embarrassed to claim they're being bullied.) "Violence" is offensive to the victims of
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it should. This is really simple. You want to come online and complain about your preceptorship, we will let you know that you get out of it EXACTLY whatever you put into it. ...what are you...
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    "I tried to put my GE Monkey Bank credit card in to re-register and it wouldn't let me because it said my card was denied for over the limit. That must be a good
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Because it's not a fast paced environment, which was my point. I don't care where they work, honestly, as long as they don't expect me to deliver my message with love and devotion. Question: Answer....
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Tell everyone your friends and family are coming in tonight and you're taking them honky-tonking. Come to work the next day dragging butt and saying you "had a sinus headache and didn't get any...