Katie5

Katie5

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  1. How do I leave it all at work?

    Katie5 replied to RFRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very good recommendation- usually if you feel you did not do your best or could have done more, it nags at you. But when you're sure, that you exhausted all possible resources in meeting a...

  2. did the Dr. have a right to scold this nurse?

    Katie5 replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    You did not even hear anything. You saw the nurse tear up and you put two and two and came up with

  3. remember the flight attendent who quit creatively?

    Katie5 replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, your ideas seem well thought out...and infliction of harm in some way. I do admit, it gave me pause. What do I really know of other people's intent when I drink coffee or eat

  4. I've given up OB

    Katie5 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats:). Sometimes it's not only the degree that counts, it takes smarts too. Getting your foot in the door and showing them what you're made off can work wonders.

  5. Sitting down to calm an upset patient is unprofessional?

    Katie5 replied to kristandrews's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Everyone has a truth- right or wrong, this was the supervisor's. Bashing or calling the supervisor names changes nothing- he/she still holds on to that uncaring view. What I would suggest is in a less...

  6. She/He Did What?!

    Katie5 replied to walkingonthestars's topic in General Nursing

    That if we keep putting each other down, then there would be no one left to build up. Words matter and words hurt and knowing we have students on board should make a difference. I see threads on...

  7. Have you ever

    Katie5 replied to walkingonthestars's topic in General Nursing

    Not entirely true. A good nurse will outperform a mediocre nurse most of the

  8. Lame Nurse Practitioner

    Katie5 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A gentle reminder to the nurse to please explain to you, should have taken care of that. If missing one suture makes a lame NP, forgetting an instrument in a patient makes for a ......doctor?. LOL...

  9. Easy to blame the new nurse?

    Katie5 replied to nursebri's topic in General Nursing

    Quit and go where?She would be quitting for a long time then, if she chooses to remain in the nursing field. That might not be the best option. No one has outrightly accused her, they preface every...

  10. Easy to blame the new nurse?

    Katie5 replied to nursebri's topic in General Nursing

    Did you chart each and every action you took and the responses of the charge nurse and

  11. When an employee is a patient

    Katie5 replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

    For you, I WILL refrain from commenting on

  12. When an employee is a patient

    Katie5 replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nightshift nurses MOSTLY live by coffee- it would not have taken anyone but a minute to pou you a cup from the coffee maker. Was an attitude involved in requesting this? From some of the threads I...

  13. When an employee is a patient

    Katie5 replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ideally speaking, this should not in ANY way impact on the superb service that one should recieve. Realistically speaking, it COMPLETELY impacts on the care- they like you, good care, they don't like...

  14. Something wrong with this picture.

    Katie5 replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    In a conversation, a mature adult should be able to make a seperation from the individual and the comment. I make responses based on comments as I specifically mentioned in a comment to differentiate...

  15. Something wrong with this picture.

    Katie5 replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    English is not that much hard to understand, you

  16. Something wrong with this picture.

    Katie5 replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    If at sixteen, the teen is dumb enough not to know how to speak in low tones in a public environment, then she needs more learning. How did she shame the daughter? She shamed herself more then the...

  17. Something wrong with this picture.

    Katie5 replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    You with your hasty judgement on the mother, shame on that post. How can you sit on your computer and pronounce judgment on her? Did you not read where the mother said she could not pay for the MRI....

  18. Something wrong with this picture.

    Katie5 replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Healthcare Bills are astronomical with insurance. Try having no insurance~ it is unreal. Which makes me very empathetic to

  19. When did I become an old nurse?

    Katie5 replied to highlandlass1592's topic in General Nursing

    How does this relate to being an, "old

  20. why???

    Katie5 replied to smily11's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say something

  21. "I bet your other co-workers friends didn't have to..."

    Katie5 replied to NENE RN's topic in General Nursing

    True but sometimes the concerns become more stressful to the person. They are good intentions but they have to let up a little- she is stressed out enough looking for a job, she does not need family,...

  22. Diversity.. at what price?

    Katie5 replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Totally

  23. I want to call shenanigans!

    Katie5 replied to sweetsleep28's topic in General Nursing

    Who are you to judge? If she says she hs an allergy then she has an allergy. It may have become so strong for her that she mentally connotes the physical presence of the mushrooms with her her having...

  24. Would you consider me?

    Katie5 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    So it isnt as if you're not getting ANY jobs,it's not just what you WANT. Am I

  25. LVN to RN on same floor?

    Katie5 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats