JKL33

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    I Feel Responsible For A Patients Death

    Do you really believe these things; do you think they are rational? Or do you feel bad that a patient of yours died even though they not appear too distressed the last time you saw
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    Anyone removed from Orientation early?

    And she knew this was what she was going to do. The bottom line is you either accept it or you don't. You either accept that you're never likely to get a bona fide CVICU orientation or you don't...
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    SNF CNA ratio and abandonment

    I wouldn't think it made sense to have the PUI floor CNA go back and forth between there and non-PUI areas, but...lots of weird stuff happening so it's difficult to know. Regardless. Doesn't...
  4. With regard to this specifically I would say that we have never consistently been decked out in PPE as if everyone had "it." Have we? Haven't we generally spent a lot of time walking around with...
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    Toradol + narcotics and safety?

    Not sure what specific concern your preceptor would have had in
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    New Grad RN On Nights: Violence Causing Anxiety?

    I think this attitude is inappropriate. Sometimes it is a defense mechanism and (other times) it is some personalities that sort of get into being involved in these situations; I call that latter...
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    Am I fired? CNA Checking Blood Sugar

    I hope it would be handled with a simple review of expectations and would not become a big issue. That said, There are two separate issues, one being the scope of practice associated with...
  8. @kale_ Sorry to hear you are struggling. You are in a huge time of growth and transition with regard to learning new things, learning to apply what you have already learned and having it all...
  9. Okay. Got it. Definitely trade-offs.
  10. Tell me more.
  11. To simplify: No one got taxed at a 55% rate. They happened to have 55% withheld from a particular check. They are going to get a tax refund at the end of the year that is in line with the final tax...
  12. This is a common myth as far as OT not being worth it due to higher taxes on the random run-of-the-mill person for a given paycheck on which they had OT. Their (tax) withholdings from that check...
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    Resign while probationary period

    You will have to evaluate your own personal situation to know whether this solution would meet your needs, but what I would do is 1) Provide proper notice even though you will most likely be relieved...
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    What is up with the level of entitlement?

    I saw this once after a take-over of a community hospital by a huge corp. So in that case I could see the inappropriateness and at the same time completely understand it. There wasn't yelling but...
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    Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

    This is the underlying reason we kind of got off track and were giving banana bags/rally packs to seemingly every intoxicated patient for awhile. Some interesting reading:...
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    allnurses' netiquette

    * Pleasant strokes, arguably: 1) "WADR" 2) "My dear" 3) Familiarity/solidarity ("brother") - although this might have been an offensive stroke if you meant mon soeur or you don't know...
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Thank you for the clarification @JBMmom. I just have mixed feelings about it all (even though I probably wouldn't choose to behave exactly as what you're describing) since overall I believe there...
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    Employee of the month?

    I think an employee spotlight, chosen randomly, might be a similar but better idea. It's just highlighting someone for the sake of highlighting them as a person first, who is (happens to be) a member...
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Well...in my heart I'm trying to use proper netiquette (other thread ?) but in my very humble and polite opinion we should make sure to not imply that the nurses were wrong and are just screaming no...
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    Issue With Narcotic Count

    This is important because when people feel this way we tend to over-do it with trying to show our innocence through showing how distressed we are by the possibility that we could be suspect. The...
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Serious post: Yesterday I responded to a post where, upon first read, it very much seemed as if I was accused of being an unhappy person based solely upon the fact that I'm having some very real...
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    Diluting pain medication?

    My opinion is that it doesn't matter the majority of the time as long as no other important principles are violated during the course of the nurse's actions. I now only dilute things in the syringe if...
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    Quick! Blame the Nurse!

    It sounds like your team is not part of this profession, though? I promise I'm not trying to split hairs with your words, but that could be kind of important in terms of what they believe their...
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    How to Deal with Staff Who Don't Like You?

    Oh for pete's sake. Do you have any idea the number of times I literally have tears coming out of my eyes and someone says, "what's so FUNNY" and I have to say "oh, nothing..." cause it's too involved...
  25. Well, it applies to institutions or individuals that bill certain ways for certain services. But yes, I understand that it does not apply to individual nurses. I understand that HIPAA applies to...