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    Three-year RN BSN, Still Having Great Difficulty Landing Hospital Job

    jadelpn replied to thinkingpositive's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, have someone review your resume is always a good thing. Start applying to smaller community hospitals, even if per diem, in their ER's. Urgent Care may also give you the patient turnover that...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...or your episode of "Punked". Perhaps Nurse Heidi is onto the fact that the OP doesn't like her very much, for reasons unclear. Perhaps she is also in on the fact that her roommate is making up...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And has absolutely nothing to do with how they practice nursing. Never forget
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    Magnet

    jadelpn replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Huge PR/Marketing scam. Money that could be spent on better staff ratios. A way to get unions out of the way, give illusions that nurses are "governing themselves" when in fact managment governs...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We really don't KNOW they are cheaters, nor liars. There's a great deal of assumption, but that is about all it is--assumptions. To have this affect the fact that you may have to precept the nurse or...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    May be wrong in your opinion, but still none of your business. Do you really want to start a bunch of stuff over now the room-mate deciding to open his mouth and say "not a lot of sleeping is going...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The only thing I need to do while working is to protect my patients. Otherwise, no one is under any obligation to protect anything but their own vows **in their PERSONAL lives**. And as distasteful...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    However, this has not ONE thing to do with the caliber of the work they do from the story as it unfolded. And unless I am hanging with them on off time, "disapproval" has nothing to do with it....
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Keep out of the rumor and the fray. Some people have weird personal lives that are messed up, not something we would do....you just never, ever know. For what it is worth, MD may not even still be...
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    Confront or do a slow burn!

    jadelpn replied to rich5clark's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wouldn't say "tattling". The charge nurse asked a question, and the nurse answered it. If the charge had asked you, what would you have said? It is on the nurse who asked the question to begin...
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    Have you ever cried in front of the relatives?

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

    Op, just be mindful and careful. We are not a party to what conversations the patient and family have had regarding end of life care. When one makes a person their decision maker, then that person...
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    Purposeless Ranting just to make myself feel better for a second.

    jadelpn replied to CourtneyRN2014's topic in General Nursing

    Any nursing experience is experience. There are many of us who worked full time, went to school on the off hours, and were lucky to get 4 hours of sleep a night. Yes, it beyond stinks, yes, the good...
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    Nursing note for beginner LPN, my first note..opinions?

    jadelpn replied to aloveless88's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Literally visualize head to toe. That is what I find most helpful. But you are spot on and with your choice of wording!! So excellent and you will get it! Oh, and also most facilities want the weight...
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    Nursing note for beginner LPN, my first note..opinions?

    jadelpn replied to aloveless88's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The visually impaired would go along with the "head" part of the head to toe. To take this one step further, the BP is elevated a bit--So any follow up note would have to include how you responsed...
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    has anyone failed their hospital's pharm exam twice?

    jadelpn replied to mquinox's topic in General Nursing

    Medication safety is huge. If you can not figure out how to dose medications, if you don't know the most common types of medication generally speaking--and given a second test and still haven't any...
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    quick questions re abx and

    jadelpn replied to AJpcvRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Verify anything with pharmacy. They are a world of resource. There are lots of depends,(is this a first dose of anything, for instance) and lots of policies that pharmacy can fill you in on. Use...
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    Yearly Bonus Ripped Off?

    jadelpn replied to cd365c's topic in General Nursing

    What is this bonus thing of which you speak?!?!?! In all seriousness, whomever is negotiating a bonus, needs to aim higher--as all income is taxed--including bonuses. If the goal is a 500 dollar net...
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    Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    jadelpn replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    People's lives change, they move, they have children, aged parents, other responsibilities. The newest and greatest cultures on a unit are so far removed from what a long term nurse is used to....
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    Terminated for Violation - HELP!

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

    I would NOT use "difference of opinion". I would simply state that the culture on the unit was such that you were not a good fit. Period. I would further ask HR if you can resign, as to not have a...
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    Terrible Unit Politics, Please help!

    jadelpn replied to aggiegirl13's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    First off, it is a tough gig to work in NICU. There's got to be some sort of wall up, a certain personality associated with a nurse as a nurse dealing with very ill infants. In other words, who you...
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    Breaking bad news to patients

    jadelpn replied to jomana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Most "bad news" is due to a medical diagnosis. And medical diagnosis under the realm of the MD. Which is up to the MD to explain and the nurse to then educate based on the diagnosis. If it is other...
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    painful reports

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

    And any number of facilities are wanting the entire team--primary care nurse, and CNA to be in on a bedside report. And as overwhelming as that is at 0700 or 2300 for a patient, it is the newest and...
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    Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    jadelpn replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Why that is LOVELY, and bless your heart for sharing that with me. Thank goodness my auntie goes to daily mass and says a little prayer for me, as this orienting is tough!! " Then go about your...
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    Help me out guys, I don't even know if I want to show up for the interview.

    jadelpn replied to supaflyz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You won't know until you try. Be confident in what you DO know. Be willing to learn what you NEED to know. Every facility has different equiptment. That is not unusual. There are multi-year...
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    Am I Overacting?

    jadelpn replied to NewTexasRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Here is my question--if there are 105 residents, and only one LPN--how the heck does THAT work? As DON and Assistant DON, you would not give meds, or otherwise engage a whole lot with the residents,...