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    Anonymous claim to BON...Psych Eval?

    jadelpn replied to TheMagicCookie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you have not already done so, I would really think about a restraining order, on both your home and your place of work--keep yourself safe first. Discuss this with an attorney as far as how to deal...
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    LVNs, please- advice needed!

    jadelpn replied to nurseratchit7's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would get an attorney. One that specializes in dealing with the BON. Find out if there is legal recourse. I would not communicate anything with the BON of that nature without first seeking legal...
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    I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray

    jadelpn replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely blame it on satellite radio. All 80's all the time and I might as well throw up a karaoke machine and take requests!! And I have been "caught" more than once pulling into parking singing...
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    Need co-worker advice

    jadelpn replied to Rocky546's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a tough one. She works with you now in something other than pediatric hospice? I believe it is unprofessional and unethical for a nurse who took care of a dying child to then start dating...
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    Preliminary precautions before preforming a haemiglobin test

    jadelpn replied to One Day's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am not sure what a haemaglobin test is.......(hemoglobin?) On any test, there are policies and procedures in place as to how specs are to be collected. As well as how critical values are to be...
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    discrimination in the workplace

    jadelpn replied to RngirlBsn2021's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As an LPN, are you in a charge role? The only thing that you can control is your professionalism and your practice. Set clear expectations, and if they are not being followed, then you need to be...
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    Am I in the Wrong??

    jadelpn replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Be sure that you obtain your own malpractice insurance if you do not already have it. Secondly--here's the lesson in this. You now know that each MD had their own order set. If it is not included in...
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    Workplace harassment/bullying

    jadelpn replied to electricblack's topic in Canada

    Seek out your union delegate and have a face to face meeting with her/him. You could go on their website and speak to someone in the area office and find out specific names if you do not know
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    Forced to resign, new grad with only 1 year of experinece.

    jadelpn replied to Elan84's topic in General Nursing

    Going forward--no matter how crazy the Er is. Be 100% sure, 100% of the time that you have the right patient, the right labels, the right documentation. Always. Every time. It is a matter of...
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    Bullying

    jadelpn replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    I am also beginning to believe the same is true of tattle-tale, snitch......really? We are adult professionals here..... I really think that there are not many nurses who would look all wide eyed and...
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    Bullying

    jadelpn replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    First off, if I read the OP's initial post, she was asked a question about delays by her superior. Not specific to anything but a process issue. She brought up the fact that assessments were not...
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    Bodily fluid and open cuts

    jadelpn replied to RunnerD1987's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    You could put on a pair of gloves, a plastic gown with thumb holes, then an elbow length pair of gloves over all of it. The inside pair of gloves would be up under plastic, therefore, you may find not...
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    Workplace Cowardice

    jadelpn replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In situation 1, you really have not a clue what was said/talked about, have no idea what one of the nurses did or did not bring to management, and that is not something that a third party would want...
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    Burned out, is hospice for me

    jadelpn replied to acuriousnurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What about home health in general? Some public health nursing? Hospice is something that nurses do get burnt out on. If your issue is with the sheer amount of paperwork--that is everywhere. And...
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    Afraid I'm going to be fired

    jadelpn replied to NaiveNewgrad's topic in Nursing Career

    "You would like to discuss my lack of commitment to your unit? OHHHHH, I thought this meeting was about YOUR lack of commitment to orient me completely and competently to your unit." (This is a huge...
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    Any other autistic nurses out there?

    jadelpn replied to elizabethgrad09's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I like the way you think. As the parent of a teenager with autism, I am constantly amazed at the ability of people who are on the spectrum to adapt. And to not understand some of social interaction...
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    Frustrated $8000.00 in to LPN Refresher/Re-entry program(s)

    jadelpn replied to Muckens28's topic in Canada

    If I were going to spend $8000 on anything, I would go for my RN, unless as an LPN you are able to get a job that you would like. It is outrageous that they are asking that kind of money for a...
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    Afraid I'm going to be fired

    jadelpn replied to NaiveNewgrad's topic in Nursing Career

    Unfortunately, your unit manager's staffing issues are not your concern. And they are making it your concern. Which is wrong, and speaks volumes as to how poorly run this unit is. With that being...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    jadelpn replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I believe it is a combination of all three of the factors listed by the OP. Addiction can come in many forms. With addiction comes the manipulative behaviors-- doesn't matter if it is meth or meat....
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    Fired and Devastated

    jadelpn replied to SweenyG's topic in General Nursing

    I can not like the above post more. When you have conversation with your career counselor, get the name of a counselor who specializes in career/adults with disabilities genre. Also have conversation...
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    huge moral problem - need help!

    jadelpn replied to shaken-stirred's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You can be a professional, and still be nice, friendly, outgoing, caring and not continue any of it after you leave a facility. Your work life is your work life, your personal life is your personal...
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    Wow. Just wow

    jadelpn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    And you may want to, going forward, just walk away. Unless you see everything a-z with your own eyes and it affects you or the patient which is under your care, I would just walk away. If a...
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    No, We Can't Offer You A Job, But.....

    jadelpn replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    Home health is growing into much, much more than it used to be. So I am not sure why one would "look down" on it. The independence and the hours can also be so much more flexible. As a new grad,...
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    Nurse with anger management issues/bipolar

    jadelpn replied to nancynurse009's topic in General Nursing

    If there is a anonymous compliance/ethics reporting system within your parent company, report him. Mentally ill people are part of a protected class. Therefore, if this nurse is mentally ill (and not...
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    Wow. Just wow

    jadelpn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    There are nurses who hold meds due to whatever parameters they see fit as well. I can see a scenario where the nurse in question gave the wrong med to the wrong patient, and now is attempting to cover...