PMHNP10

PMHNP10

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  1. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    PMHNP10 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's fabulous. I currently work in a similar situation, although when they last threatened to cut insurance benefits the employees threatened union and in the end the threats of cutting benefits...

  2. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    PMHNP10 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to make sense of what you are trying to say here. Are you comparing a diabetic condition to a cocaine habit, or are you saying when you drink your glucose level bottoms out? On both...

  3. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    PMHNP10 replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I just had to bring it back. I came up with another field in health care I could never do...social work (yes I know social work isn't nursing, but it's close enough and this is my thread so I can...

  4. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    PMHNP10 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Dontcha reckon it's a safe assumption that an admin who plans on replacing licensed staff with unlicensed staff would easily qualify as "horrible", "short-sighted", or as I term them "average hospital...

  5. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    PMHNP10 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    While I believe what you say is tragically 100% the truth, I really really really hope music's response to me proves that even horrible management which make bad decisions (like replacing perfectly...

  6. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    PMHNP10 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So I'm sure I totally understand what you are saying...You and your colleagues have been able to keep admin from laying off nurses and replacing them with unlicensed personnel as well as address/fix...

  7. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    PMHNP10 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So if you are saying that by us doing our jobs to the best of our ability we are advancing our profession, I suspect (or at least hope) that a large majority of nurses do that. And thank you for...

  8. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    PMHNP10 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  9. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    PMHNP10 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    If you disagree that she should get help then the conversation is over; other than that I'm not sure what you are disagreeing with because I never said anything about her losing her job. But since...

  10. Random thoughts for Number 500

    PMHNP10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I happened to look on my little profile thingy and noticed I have 499 posts. So to commemorate this 500th I thought I'd post about nothing. Hey, it worked for Seinfeld, sorta, kinda. So to...

  11. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    PMHNP10 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Which begs the question...What have non union nurses accomplished to advance this occupation? I gotta know. There is no unity in nursing. Even if someone makes an attempt to improve things for...

  12. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    PMHNP10 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    I sincerely hope noone thinks it's "okay NOT to report this nurse". I suspect the biggest reason people are encouraging the OP to not report the illegal activity is out of fear of litigation. We are...

  13. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    PMHNP10 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    It's grounds for arrest and incarceration. It's illegal and that is one of the bottom lines. The other being that this person shows poor judgement. An individual does not pull out a bag of cocaine...

  14. Nursing a service industry?

    PMHNP10 replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    In the service industry, the customer is always right. If that were the case, there'd be little need for dialysis units, cardiac units, ortho, neuro, etc. I suspect most people are in those units...

  15. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    PMHNP10 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    No she's not. If this other nurse uses an illegal substance, whether on her day off or right before work, it's still illegal. The OP states she saw the coke; and while she didn't use the words "I...

  16. Do you ever think about going to medical school?

    PMHNP10 replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    You ask: Do you ever think about going to medical school? I say: Yep sure do every time I thank God I didn't make that

  17. Did you ever "neglect" a patient???

    PMHNP10 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I once had to float to a unit because the nurse suddenly disappeared. Everyone was in a panic at the time. Unfortunately, it so happens he had either a mild CVA or just a TIA; I think it is...

  18. brain pacemaker to treat depression

    PMHNP10 replied to lady_jezebel's topic in Psychiatric

    That's pretty cool. It's like a portable ECT machine that is even more effective because the electrical stimulation can be localized. Of course the negative would be if an infection were to occur...

  19. Co-Worker Threatening Suicide

    PMHNP10 replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    No doubt she has some Axis II traits. To the OP, if she says she is going to harm herself, call 911. Let the police do a welfare check and take her to the hospital for evaluation. If you let her,...

  20. med admin mistake...confused...

    PMHNP10 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    If I were to speculate I'd think the nurse was in a panic (overwhelmed) by her patient load in a new setting or something like that. the largest syring I've seen is one of those peg tube 60 CC...

  21. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    PMHNP10 replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    Here's an opportunity for me to learn. I wasn't in CA in the late 90s so I thought based upon what I read that it was the lobbying, protesting, palm greasing efforts (or whatever) of the CNA that got...

  22. Client or patient?

    PMHNP10 replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    You take a client to lunch or set up a business meeting with client. I'm pretty sure it's unethical to take a person you are caring for out to lunch and that's how I justify my feeling about how...

  23. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    PMHNP10 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me, but is there really any need to post this question? If you were her patient, would you delay for even a millisecond reporting her? I suspect not unless you have a death

  24. Complex Patients

    PMHNP10 replied to StuPer's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't know if I can be of much help, but could you please specify what you mean by "complex patients with enduring problems." If you mean depressed patients who don't seem to respond to...

  25. Safe Harbor when to evoke it?

    PMHNP10 replied to Jdon's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't worked in a nursing home per se, but did work in a prison environment which did have several long term care pts in addition to a group of acute psych pts. We were staffed with 1 or 2 CNAs...