JKL33

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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    JKL33 replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    No misinterpretation from me. I just don't think the premise is correct. First, my entire experience in nursing school incorporated such training, although there wasn't a specific "let's all learn how...
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    Unprofessional Clinical Educator.. What would you do?

    JKL33 replied to hama1111's topic in General Nursing

    While you're at the bedside (or if you can go to the doorway), say to her, "I'll be with you as soon as I can." Then, when in private, tell her in a neutral but straightforward manner, "Do not...
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    Administrators are not our Parents

    JKL33 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Just reminiscing on the things I learned in my childhood. It wasn't an easy childhood, but I felt loved for the reasons stated above. I don't ask anything from large healthcare corporations that...
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    Administrators are not our Parents

    JKL33 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    With regard to the original post/thesis, You're right administrators/business people are not like my parents. Although my parents are complete hard-a$$es and I was not coddled in the least,...
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    Administrators are not our Parents

    JKL33 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I could go on and on until the cows come home on all the facility improvements and employee benefits which came into being the first few years of the conglomerate takeover. Similar antics to...
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    Administrators are not our Parents

    JKL33 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    It is. But the person who said what you quoted previously was spewing malarkey, since profits are not for meeting overhead, nor are large profits (or any profits at all) needed for meeting overhead....
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    Administrators are not our Parents

    JKL33 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it (arguably) sounds good, but... profits are what you have after you meet your overhead, which includes both employee costs and necessary
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    Fairly new nurse needs advice

    JKL33 replied to nurse1045's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. 30 bed floor staffed with 3 RNs at night; Charge had 6 (whichever ones were up independently) and we other two RNs had 12 each. To be fair, we two each had an LPN with us whom we could assign to...
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    How to leave toxic work environment when you're the only RN?

    JKL33 replied to pumpkinqueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wait, what? She didn't reiterate her threat to report quitter RNs like yourself to the BON? I'm disappointed! Also: Told you so. ? Well, the end is in sight. Until then: .....forget all...
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    Curious about Troponin normal values

    JKL33 replied to Demareseitipota's topic in General Nursing

    This might help
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    Tired of Being a Nurse

    JKL33 replied to Esanity's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to state the obvious: Possibly don't write off nursing; just get out of acute care. I also agree with what Davey is saying. Think things through and decide how you can gain a positive...
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    Fairly new nurse needs advice

    JKL33 replied to nurse1045's topic in General Nursing

    You have options. Review what all went wrong in your hospital experience. It may have had a lot to do with "them" and the next place will be a better fit for you and be more prepared to provide...
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    Which nurse is easier to train in med surg?

    JKL33 replied to guest1171208's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the new grad is used to dabbling in the proctored care of a couple of patients until it's time to go to post-conference, which also isn't like the real world. That "set in her ways" malarkey,...
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    New Grad RN: Should I hang in there or leave?

    JKL33 replied to Smnthvolger's topic in General Nursing

    Random stuff: That is not enough for a new grad in the ED unless maybe something like a staged program where you just learn fast track stuff then back to orientation for higher acuity...
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    Reality Check.

    JKL33 replied to VaniCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    You probably aren't stressed and scared because of SDN or Reddit. Maybe....just maybe....what's a little freakish is the set-up of graduate nursing education for something as serious as the provider...
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    JKL33 replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    Not even sure if your premise is true. I do think that people don't like to be treated like crap as a matter of routine. I think there is a huge discrepancy between the way that staff nurses are...
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    Giving pain meds to SCD during warmed fluid infusion

    JKL33 replied to Sammieee's topic in Patient Medications

    I have no idea why this is a mess-up. Sounds fine to me unless there is some obscure things in your policies. It's really too bad but you've learned something about this charge nurse. His/her...
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    Leaving a job my parent's friend got for me

    JKL33 replied to kidblinks's topic in General Nursing

    I feel meh about ^ this part; I think when people have an idea that maybe they want to be somewhere else they tend to overlook the learning opportunities where they currently are. Especially with less...
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    So tired of bedside nursing

    JKL33 replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a completely inappropriate interaction on your manager's part, if I understand correctly that you were attending to the care of another patient, along with her "is that clear" bs and her...
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    Happy Nurse's Week! You ROCK (literally a rock given to RN's for Nurse's Week)!

    JKL33 replied to CABGpatch_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the reported gifts in this thread...they're bad, but somewhere in the recesses of my brain I can understand how someone thought they were cute or in some way positive. But these ^ two???...
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    Duo Umbilical Dermacentor Variabilis

    JKL33 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, okay. Man I was really stuck on my "you know you can just poke your finger in there and feel for a defect???" train of thought. ? Anyway, here's what I think about the 0.5 guy:
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    Duo Umbilical Dermacentor Variabilis

    JKL33 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I thought you clamped your belly button skin with a hemostat and pulled on it! ? I thought, "who the heck checks themselves for a hernia this way?!" I'm with you now. Yuck. So was it there...
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    How to leave toxic work environment when you're the only RN?

    JKL33 replied to pumpkinqueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do pretty much agree with this, too. It's probably safest. I wrote what I wrote based on my strong suspicion that this LPN doesn't know jack and is simply taking advantage of a willing participant....
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    How to leave toxic work environment when you're the only RN?

    JKL33 replied to pumpkinqueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ??‍♀️ For what? Why would you ever even suggest that? Sorry...I don't mean to insult you but sometimes I'm astonished at the way people invite others to manipulate them. You have had...
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    Who should decide?

    JKL33 replied to PPediRN's topic in Nursing News

    Can you elaborate on this