PMHNP10

PMHNP10

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  1. Guilt/Frustration Missing Work

    PMHNP10 replied to peds_cna's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you feel so horribly and hope you get better soon. But why is it that we feel so guilty when we are sick and want to call in? Isn't it enough that we are miserable with the sickness without...

  2. I am so flippen mad!!!!!!!!

    PMHNP10 replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    Sharon, We are in agreement. Indeed it is unbelievable, and although I wasn't as blunt about my disbelief, I did sorta allude to it in my post. However, "if indeed" the story is absolutely...

  3. I am so flippen mad!!!!!!!!

    PMHNP10 replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding from the OPs' posts is that the student is readily sharing said info. with everyone. If indeed this is accurate, I find it unfortunate that the school is allowing an individual to...

  4. Dating co-workers

    PMHNP10 replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    If you ask your employee to date you, they can say they agreed to date you because they feared repercussions for refusing to date you. I used the word perceive and stressed it because they might have...

  5. how does sign on bonus work?

    PMHNP10 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    If there is an expiration, which I believe many checks do indeed have, your route is the next best option, but that of course could require a bit more restraint to avoid spending the

  6. how does sign on bonus work?

    PMHNP10 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd imagine that you would have to sign a contract at some point during the application process (could be buried within a larger hospital contract). That is your best resource; and if you don't...

  7. Dating co-workers

    PMHNP10 replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    who's to say the ex is lying? maybe they really felt (i.e., there's that word "PERCEIVE" again), that they needed to date their sup. or suffer consequences. It doesn't matter the true motive of the...

  8. Getting tired of working 12 hour shifts......

    PMHNP10 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting you should start this topic. I absolutely love 12 hr shift; however, I remember my first travel assignment (in a max security prison) where I was miserable doing 12's. Those final 4...

  9. Give me some attention!

    PMHNP10 replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    or mental health APN on an aside...what part of Central CA? I lived and worked in the Monterey area for a couple years. I miss

  10. Dating co-workers

    PMHNP10 replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    Noryn If you as a supervisor, in a position of authority, date an employee directly under your supervision and somehow that situation goes bad and the employee decides to sue for sexual harassment,...

  11. Dating co-workers

    PMHNP10 replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    So you don't see how dating a sup. might be a poor decision regardless of how aware, considerate, careful you might be? How employees perceive that the sup. is treating their b/gf a little better...

  12. 90 day termination agreement

    PMHNP10 replied to goback's topic in General Nursing

    so they hire you, orient you for about 2 weeks, THEN they present you with this paper. They say you "slipped through the crack" but yet the same thing happened to the previous nurse. Furthermore,...

  13. Patients can sue all the nurses?

    PMHNP10 replied to autumn_sky's topic in General Nursing

    So many misconceptions. I know in TX that you do not have to disclose that you're insured unless named in a lawsuit. So if you are not insured and your name in a lawsuit is simply a result of...

  14. Dating co-workers

    PMHNP10 replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    A supervisor/employee cannot date. If possible, one would have to be removed from the unit to another. If not possible (e.g., the sup. is a DON of the LTC facility), one would have to sacrifice...

  15. Patients can sue all the nurses?

    PMHNP10 replied to autumn_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, some medical centers (they usually have lots of money) do cover you, but virtually no rural hospitals/LTC facilities (they don't have lots of money) cover you; HOWEVER, the key is that you...

  16. Patients can sue all the nurses?

    PMHNP10 replied to autumn_sky's topic in General Nursing

    As previously mentioned, anyone can get sued. However, the perception is that only doctors get sued because they have the money. Often, lawyers will not go after strictly a nurse because there's no...

  17. Question about personal liability/ malpractice insurance.....

    PMHNP10 replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    You might be correct about complications (in general; I'm not specifically referring to your case), but that depends on the wording of your policy and the hospital policy. However, the problem with...

  18. Question about personal liability/ malpractice insurance.....

    PMHNP10 replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    the first thing you should do is check with your state's dept. of insurance and find out their rating. The worst thing that could happen is that you purchase a policy and the company goes BK and you...

  19. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

    PMHNP10 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    if you are helping and you know it's the only thing that could save a life, could you let them die? Personally I don't know that I have the ability to start a trach, but in an emergency, who

  20. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

    PMHNP10 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    From a license standpoint, it's safe if your BON doesn't require you to help; not safe if they do but you don't help. So NY, for example, couldn't revoke a MI license if the emergency occurred over...

  21. What do you guys during your off-time?

    PMHNP10 replied to mcknis's topic in Men in Nursing

    So you are an a$m aggie and an astro fan?...heh... sorry...I'm a Baylor alum and lifelong Cardinal fan so I'm obligated to bust some chops. I'm actually not a Houston hater...cubs on the other hand....

  22. What do you guys during your off-time?

    PMHNP10 replied to mcknis's topic in Men in Nursing

    :cheers: exactly... OT, but I gotta ask...how long have you lived in WV? And were you in TX prior to

  23. In over my head (long)

    PMHNP10 replied to sunshineonleith's topic in Emergency

    I think everyone on here would agree that you did the most prudent thing you could have done given your level of experience/knowledge. And perhaps you did everything that a 30 yr. vet would have...

  24. Arizona Patient Protection Act introduced- Sets Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios

    PMHNP10 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    outsanding...maybe the trend will be to move along the southern states from the west coast to the east coast...that's mean TX would be 2nd in line...btw...how are the efforts to unionize TX going? I...

  25. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

    PMHNP10 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to disagree with so many over the past 24 hrs over legal stuff/insurance, but I have to respectfully disagree, again. You definitely can be sued, as evidenced in the link you provided and the...