JKL33

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    New Member Introduction – Excited to Join

    JKL33 replied to moe313's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome!!
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    Time Stamping in Standards of Care policies

    JKL33 replied to Erin Michelle's topic in General Nursing

    Not to be dense but what you are asking might be a bit ambiguous or maybe it just isn't clear what other options you are considering. Yes, nursing care orders are often q4, q8, etc, etc. Those...
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    Detection of Marijuana use in elevator while at work

    JKL33 replied to CharLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Just my personal opinion: IF another occasion arises that you feel compelled to report, I would not report any suspicions or possibility unrelated stuff like who talked to whom about when they...
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    Big issues at work

    JKL33 replied to Lindsey Oldag's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the above. Likely worse before better. Unfortunately the numbers are a separate factor that is not in your favor. This DON brought SEVEN people to this employer along with herself, so...
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    Need advice - is this malingering?

    JKL33 replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would follow employer's policy of limiting to temporary disability in this case. From what you have reported about the situation that's the extent of what you can fairly/honestly gauge anyway, and...
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    2 assist job

    JKL33 replied to 187281's topic in General Nursing

    AND remember that when the patient gets hurt and you were working outside your job descriptions and/or without the assistive devices they lied and said they had, you will be blamed. If you...
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    2 assist job

    JKL33 replied to 187281's topic in General Nursing

    Well this isn't entirely helpful, but no they can't make you. On the other hand they don't have to continue to employ you either. This is one of those topics for which you need to decide where to draw...
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    Overcoming Fear and Avoidance

    JKL33 replied to im-a-radio's topic in General Nursing

    For those who suffer with a tendency toward anxiety I think it is pretty common for things to get severe (or at least have that potential) when challenged by a specific stressor. I do recommend that...
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    Overcoming Fear and Avoidance

    JKL33 replied to im-a-radio's topic in General Nursing

    May reply to specific points later, but as an opening question — do you happen to be one who struggles with garden variety anxiety (tendency toward anxiety/generalized anxiety), for example prone to...
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    Am I unmarketable with burned bridges?

    JKL33 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Sincere condolences to this poster. I always imagine that this is right up there with the saddest and most difficult of things to go through in life. Congratulations on your many years together, I...
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    Why Is Compassion and Support missing in Nursing?

    JKL33 replied to Steph1985's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hopefully many of us have some degree of regard for the things you mention. Surely you know not all nurses possess a deep sense of empathy, compassion and commitment to caring. No, as a matter...
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    Big issues at work

    JKL33 replied to Lindsey Oldag's topic in General Nursing

    I live in fear of this type of scenario. Okay, I don't truly (and I've never had it happen to me) but what I mean is when I hear of stories like this my first thought is get away from these people....
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    Can I get a nursing job that lets me keep the Sabbath?

    JKL33 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    As a volunteer who is there to sit with a patient? I would not mind an occasional brief conversation about nursing. I'd be happy to hear of your nursing aspirations and chat for a minute when I...
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    Need help getting through feeling of burnout

    JKL33 replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like quite the rough time. It sounds like the workplace is a major problem; not necessarily nursing itself. Several bits you included in your post (crappy equipment, staffing, the...
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    Is it a career mistake to go from ER to Urgent Care?

    JKL33 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Random thoughts. Sometimes the "grass isn't always greener" warning isn't appropriate for various reasons, but I wonder if it may be appropriate here. The UC is going to put patients through...
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    Working off the clock

    JKL33 replied to Rn2bmomta's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully they will just pay the time worked and give a verbal reprimand (ie don't do this any more; if you do, you must be signed in and must have prior approval for OT if applicable...etc)...
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    Five Nurses. One Unit. All Diagnosed with Brain Tumors

    JKL33 replied to Erin Lee's topic in Nursing News

    But they don't all have the same type of cancer, in fact they don't have cancer at all according to the news reports currently available. The reports are of benign brain tumors of different types. At...
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    Patient compliments and feedback

    JKL33 replied to Success89's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say I have never felt this way, but it was in passing and thankfully has never really become a means of judging myself. It might have to do with our personalities whether this kind of...
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    Five Nurses. One Unit. All Diagnosed with Brain Tumors

    JKL33 replied to Erin Lee's topic in Nursing News

    Not enough facts to think any particular thing about this other than that looking into it is a good
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    Torn rotator cuff one week before starting first nursing job :(

    JKL33 replied to janice_c67's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Contact your healthcare provider and update them on your current status to see what they recommend next. Good luck, hope things get better soon
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    Old diagnosis in medical records

    JKL33 replied to MarkMyWords's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Decided to comment on this as well. Your verbiage would be appropriate for an intentional act of putting a wrong diagnosis on your chart. Maybe you didn't mean that, but calling something "false"...
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    Old diagnosis in medical records

    JKL33 replied to MarkMyWords's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You say this diagnosis is very old. Is your current PCP the one who diagnosed you with the condition? If so, use the clinic's process for submitting a request to amend your medical record. You...
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    Charting in the WAR

    JKL33 replied to Christina Plantinga's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully someone from LTC will respond but since they haven't yet, you can have my take: This is a great question to go directly back to the one(s) who gave the instruction! "hey...it seems like we...
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    Have you ever been bullied by someone who had seniority over you?

    JKL33 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. Well, except for this one more senior nurse who apparently had been terrorizing others for years and decided to try some fun stuff with me. I made a strong point of appearing not to notice,...
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    Flexibility and On-Call

    JKL33 replied to Sephra Atolt's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the above. Also, and I'm making a guess/assumption here, it seems like if you would be unavailable to be on call then you are also not able to work shifts on those days? If that's the case...