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  1. Ever have a patient complain about you?

    Accolay replied to love lilacs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, it happens. To put it bluntly: you're not there to make friends. Do you best, chart the behaviors and don't take it personally. I had a patient's spouse leaving their baby (like baby baby)...

  2. A Rough Nursing Shift...

    Accolay replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I had one of these a few weeks back. 12 hour shift. One very sick patient who eventually died the next week. I didn't take a break, no pee, no food. Unsure if I drank any water. Yeah, probably my...

  3. What’s in your bag/what should I have as a newbie?

    Accolay replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I have a locker and always keep a clean set of my older scrubs in there, and an extra pair of socks in case I forget to bring any if I wear sandals to work. Otherwise quite minimalist what I carry...

  4. Utah Nurse Wubbels Reaches $500,000 Settlement

    Accolay replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Bolding mine. I'm neither a tax expert nor play one on tv, but are you sure about that?...

  5. RN GOP Lawmaker Says Emergency Rooms Should Be Able To Turn People Away

    Accolay posted a topic in Nursing News

    GOP Lawmaker Says Emergency Rooms Should Be Able To Turn People Away GOP Lawmaker Says Emergency Rooms Should Be Able To Turn People Away | HuffPost On one hand, I absolutely understand her...

  6. Utah Nurse Wubbels Reaches $500,000 Settlement

    Accolay replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I don't know...was $500,000 "just a drop in the bucket" of what she could have gained monetarily from this? Understanding that the only way to to change things in America is to "make them pay" so to...

  7. Jokes on me....?

    Accolay replied to Ms.UndastoodRn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. That's unacceptable. If a pump is alarming and the other RN is busy I'll check the order and either restart or stop the drip and find the other nurse and update them. If I have time I might...

  8. Difficult Colleague, Advice Needed

    Accolay replied to Godsgirl73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One thing I didn't think of: maybe you're manager is afraid of that nurse, or at least knows how she works. Wondering if your boss feels as if they have to respond to your coworker's allegations to...

  9. Difficult Colleague, Advice Needed

    Accolay replied to Godsgirl73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds pretty toxic...Need more data but it sounds like this job is something that wont be easy to ditch for something else. It also sounds like it doesn't matter how you react to a situation, your...

  10. How to properly wash & disinfect scrubs??!

    Accolay replied to seasons18's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    What's a little poop among friends? Besides, there's poop on basically everything: It'''s Not Just Beards — the Whole World Is Covered in Poop Best to take off your dirty scrubs after a shift and...

  11. Female Foley and Witness

    Accolay replied to jive turkey's topic in Men in Nursing

    Our hospital policy is also to have a witness in an attempt to decrease CAUTI. As far as having a volume of people standing over a patient: I think that may be why it's important to have two RNs and...

  12. California Requires Gender Pronouns

    Accolay replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    Yep. In the end, I don't really care despite how many hypotheticals materialize. I don't really see how this law would affect the care I provide. I will say in one google search about this law, the...

  13. MEN, dont come into nursing

    Accolay replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    Flipped your statement around a bit Mad Libs style. Does it seem ridiculous

  14. MEN, dont come into nursing

    Accolay replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    ...for someone with only a highschool education. Automation and I will guess that online retail will continue to take low education jobs. Ignore the OP, get your education and get a

  15. MEN, dont come into nursing

    Accolay replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    I will use male gender pronouns henceforth assuming you are a male and are a nurse. I wouldn't tell someone to not become a nurse, male or female. Where I live, there are jobs. Thankless job? Maybe....

  16. Lab and nursing

    Accolay replied to Labrat99's topic in General Nursing

    I would like some insight into how samples occasionally get lost when in the lab. Not sure it happens where you work as it could be something with where I

  17. BSN is a joke

    Accolay replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you. Being a fairly cynical guy and raised in the School of Hard Knocks I can relate. The BSN wont make you any smarter than you already are. However, you must understand that behind the...

  18. How hard is it to get your first nursing job?

    Accolay replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say: get into either a BSN or MSN program whatever works for you. I would recommend anyone get at least the BSN over the Associates, or if you're going to get the Associates be in a program that...

  19. new RN/BSN - where to work for the most experience

    Accolay replied to LTC_LNHA's topic in Men in Nursing

    Pretty much anywhere in a hospital will be a good job for you. But have you considered psych? You'll definitely learn how to talk to people. But one question: how do you know now that you want to be a...

  20. Restraints

    Accolay replied to emm1256's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think we need to be clear in how these restraints are being used. There are all manner of situations where I would continue restraints without an order (but getting one as soon as I can) In the...

  21. Support Planned Parenthood Today!

    Accolay replied to elkpark's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm sure if you gave it some real thought you could come up with examples of your own. -Because some people have and enjoy sex and birth control isn't 100% foolproof. -Because not all pregnancies end...

  22. Is this Facebook status Hipaa compliant?

    Accolay replied to musicmouse44's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Agree. There were some nursing students a couple of years ago that made news by taking a picture with....a placenta. They were all booted. Nursing Students Kicked out for Placenta Photos - CBS

  23. Fresh nurse from school

    Accolay replied to jameshutch's topic in Men in Nursing

    Welcome aboard! Nothing really specific I can tell you except all the trite cliched stuff like "keep your nose to the grindstone" and such. -Your first year is going to be challenging in some way....

  24. Male nursing student and female patient

    Accolay replied to StudentNurseM1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Honestly sometimes I will ask someone else to be in the room with me depending on what we're doing. If it's a female patient that may have a history of mental illness or other bizarre behavior...

  25. Support Planned Parenthood Today!

    Accolay replied to elkpark's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm really tired of this. I feel that your comment is intentionally obtuse as if this comment is a parody of the so-called "Pro-Life" argument. That term alone is a political boondoggle to frame the...