jadelpn LPN, EMT-B

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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    jadelpn replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    An MD's office is very different than an acute care situation. An MD can "train" and "supervise" staff members to do whatever it is they would like them to do. Including injections, vital signs, and...
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    Charge Nurse harassment about pumping

    jadelpn replied to sungrl01's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you are an at will employee, they can let you go for any reason at all. And as sad as that is, you are protected by federal law regarding your need to pump. I would state to the charge nurse that...
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    Student nurse/patient relationship boundaries

    jadelpn replied to maria00's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    YIKES! I have not read anyone else's responses--and will, however, this made me sit up and take notice. To the OP--Personal and professional boundries should never, ever cross. Ever. You should...
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    Charge nurse hates me? and overall nasty attitude of coworkers

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

    With the charge nurses with whom you have a good rappaport with, I would ask "For my reference going forward, days when you are not in charge have become stressful due to patient load. Is it part of...
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    Charge nurse hates me? and overall nasty attitude of coworkers

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

    First off, please remember this is work, not your personal life, so a charge nurse "hating" you is not in the realm of things. This is not personal, it is professional. I would inform the charge...
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    The Golden Rule is best approach

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

    It starts at the top. Management must get into the mindset that the culture on their unit will be of mutual respect, team oriented patient care, support for each other, and a no tolerance attitude for...
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    HELP I NEED ADVICE

    jadelpn replied to nette1022's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And it sounds as if you have a tremendous amount of trauma happening in your life. From your husband passing, to being assaulted and stabbed, to your father passing..... Take some time and think...
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    Eating our young and more...

    jadelpn replied to campbellrn68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You can call it NETY, you can call it violence, queen bee syndrome...... Or you can just resign yourself to the fact that sometimes, no matter how well intended, some facilities seem to attract a...
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    Would you apologize, if you'd done nothing wrong

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

    It is all about perception. If the patient has a string of complaints--there is a few of those that do not pertain to you as the nurse. I would ask the manager if case managment might be a good...
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    Eating our young and more...

    jadelpn replied to campbellrn68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Bad behavior, backstabbing NETY ( If a facility has a no fault /reprecussion statement for nurses who report what they should, then that needs to be upheld. It starts at the top and works its way...
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    jadelpn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Bippy=one's rear end (at least here in the east). Back in the day where one's parents would have an utter COW if one referenced the rear end in any other fashion. (Especially the mule word. If I said...
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    Lifestyle Discrimination

    jadelpn replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Race, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation are all protected classes of people. So is mental illness. So these groups are federally protected from job discrimination. With all that being said,...
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    Racism in the workplace

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

    I would stop, look the person in the eye, and state "I am SURE you don't want anyone to misread your communication, and I really have no idea what you are referring to" and go about your
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    backstabbing

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

    First off, I would be concerned about signing anything. Was this supposed to be a written warning? If you have a union rep, now is the time to speak with that person. If you do not have a union, I...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    jadelpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Brand spanking new orientee in the OR--simple outpatient procedure. Proceed to go over the sterile field at least twice, and brush up against the MD's sterile gloves once. Decide that OR is akin to...
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    Pressure ulcer stage 2..what would you use?

    jadelpn replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

    Per TOS we can not give medical advice. However, it is never prudent to slap anything on a pressure ulcer until the nurse has had a chance to look at it, assess it, document it--regardless of stage....
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    jadelpn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my personal fav-- Thread #1--Something is happening to a "friend"--vauge, not much information, but requires a detailed answer that is mostly picked apart by an OP Thread #2--A week or 2...
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    malicious coworkers

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

    It is really unpleasant to go into work and be ignored. However, as pp's have indicated, these are your co-workers and not your friends. The only thing you can do is to work to the best of your...
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    The death of nursing

    jadelpn replied to massrn116's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As an LPN, I was in the time frame of being able to be mindful of my scope of practice, but work multiple areas of a facility. I was pleased to be able to hone my skills at the bedside. Fast forward...
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    Discouraged

    jadelpn replied to LPN197538's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    "I made a medication error that did not reach the patient, therefore caused no patient harm". "Because of this, I am extremely mindful of locking the medication cart every time". We all make errors....
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    February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    jadelpn replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Out of bed as tolerated, check. My daily workout,
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    February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    jadelpn replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I multi-task
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    "Just" a CNA?!

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

    As an LPN, I can only hope that you, and more like you will endevour to become managers!! This is what the profession needs!! Best of
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    When patients request NOT to have you as their nurse...

    jadelpn replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps, OP, when the patient has gone through "firing" the entire staff of nurses who do not attend to his ice cream needs in a timely fashion, they will think about discharging him
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    Cruel words....

    jadelpn replied to bgause-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would say to put it in a place within yourself that it really DID sting, and go forward with confidence. However, if you are personally hearing that she is making this comment (in your presence)...