JKL33

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  1. It's pretty cringe. But agree, no need to apologize. Not your fault someone had a slow day in the superficial-article-writing
  2. Not to put a damper on a good opportunity but acute care seems to be a race to the bottom lately (not strictly due to covid). It is unclear if or when those in charge might rethink the hole they have...
  3. I've gotta know the significance of this. Please share. ? We've been calling it the ED/emergency department for a long time. It seems to be big health system preferred lingo. Everything done...
  4. Yep. Manager was either afraid that she would be held responsible for not doing anything about something that could be made to sound iffy, or simply used the OP situation to look like she is really on...
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    Preceptor Issues

    Understandable. Try the suggestions and see where it takes you. While you are thinking this over, remember that there are so many explanations for a situation like this. Maybe she is sort of...
  6. Hello. What you are describing is at least somewhat typical as far as the significant number of new things to be learned and how uncomfortable that feeling is. I kind of doubt that you are...
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    Preceptor Issues

    Hello, I doubt you are being difficult; nothing you said sounds like that. But you do need to be pleasantly assertive. In the course of a shift there are numerous opportunities to be...
  8. This is ridiculous and would have been neither expected nor accepted up until relatively recently. This sort of maneuver tells you the ethics of the potential employer right off the bat. Pay...
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    Suicide screening

    That is a perspective I've heard/considered. Another is that, sure, someone's life is worth it. The problem is that screening inappropriately is actually wasting resources that could be better...
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    RN Gen Z vs RN Gen X

    Ooof. Michael, this sounds dysfunctional. I'm not sure what exactly it has to do with your generational-related title. Many a nurse has been trained by a younger person with more nursing...
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    Do I take the job?

    Mmm...if you're only about a year into this, the dumpster isn't even warm yet. Just wait. The shooting flames and explosions will be starting any time. Leave, and congratulate yourself on your...
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    Suicide screening

    Heck yes; wholeheartedly agree. In fact I had quite the verbal back-and-forth row trying to convey these exact concepts in a discussion on this forum a few years back. I say the exact same--granted I...
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    Suicide screening

    That would depend upon why the screenings aren't getting done. As already mentioned, not only are tablet questionnaires not being filled out, no one is asking the questions verbally. Why?...
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    Covid Abuse!

    Yeah, TBH I just wanted to write the bit about the ham.
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    Covid Abuse!

    The nurse had a partner in crime out on the street who drug this patient into the pharmacy and made her stand in line and made her wait until her name was called and made her sit down in a chair and...
  16. One thing you're not acknowledging is your duty to the patient. You are not to put them in a situation where they have to either put up with you or ask you to cease your behavior. You are really there...
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    Lost Item

    There will be someone, no matter where you go in life, who isn't really operating on a level of kindness and ethics. You can't judge an organization by that. One night I was called to one of the...
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    I hate my Med surg position

    Two basic options are: 1. Find a way to survive it by following the important principles of what you were taught in school, consulting your resources and doing the best job you can. Avoiding...
  19. @EDNurseCleveland - How did it go on
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    Have debt but don't know if I want to be an NP?

    What kind of bullying and attacks are we talking about? There's no shame in taking a deep look into it all. Worrying about uncovering a personal problem is the wrong way to look at it. Rather, we...
  21. Emphasis on your very last words. They were responsible because they delegated completely inappropriately--not because someone did something. Understand that hospitals are not the law. They...
  22. I'm middle of the road on this, or my thoughts are split: 1. I think it is morally repugnant to expect on-duty clinical staff to join in these kinds of activities while also holding them...
  23. No you cannot. I mean this kindly but you cannot. It isn't just that since there's no official scope for you then you can do anything. Remember that there are also scopes of other professions that...
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    If you didn't have to bite your tongue?

    In addition, patients are not part of my personal support system or part of my subconscious internal calculations of self-esteem/self-worth. They are completely separate from me. For most of my career...
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    Group Assignments

    Yes I do. Review your study materials and resources in order to compose a complete answer, for your own learning process. That is the #1 objective. Keep tabs on what 5 or so of the other...