dishes

dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    dishes replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    @lindarn ANA does not have the authority to make BSN entry to practice, the BONs are the ones with the power to set nursing education

  2. Working overnight and all day classes

    dishes replied to Kevonn's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is unhealthy for you body and mind to work nights and attend school all day, you risk becoming seriously sleep deprived and unable to function effectively in class or at work. Also, if you...

  3. Quitting job for new job back home

    dishes replied to curr987's topic in General Nursing

    Did you show the contract to a lawyer before you signed it? If not, now is the time to find out if witholding pay violates labor law. A lawyer can let you know if you have any

  4. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    dishes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    If you are going to continue to choose your battles wisely, I encourage you to become more informed about employee relations and human resources, the more knowledge you have, the better decisions you...

  5. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    dishes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I'm well aware that the reason to write the tech up is to gather evidence for termination, the problem is, that cola is dealing with a person with victim mentality. I anticipate that if cola starts...

  6. fetching the doctor's tea

    dishes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder if nursingaround's random stories are chapters from the books confessions of a male nurse and confessions of a school nurse by micheal alexander

  7. Not having a clue

    dishes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    It guess the upside of working for an agency, is that allows a nurse to experience a jack of all trades type of career without full responsibility, the down side (to me) is that a jack of all trades,...

  8. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    dishes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Once they start losing nurses due to unmanageble workloads, the management will realize they created a shortage cycle and will start hiring techs again. Nursing employers go in shortage/surplus...

  9. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    dishes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    @cola, I used to think like you, I used to believe that employees with emotional problems could be dealt with in a straight forward manner and if the employees' problems were not resolved, it was the...

  10. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    dishes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I strongly suspect the tech has a victim mentality/persecution complex problem, they probably have a history of targeting new staff and making wrongful accusations about colleagues who delegate tasks...

  11. Please help, I want go to school

    dishes replied to Annissa Yoon's topic in Nurse Registration

    The BON may have a backlog of internationally educated nurse(IEN) applications and your application may be sitting in queue with the other applications. If the NY BON confirmed that they have received...

  12. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    dishes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    If the tech has a victim mentality/persecution complex, the manager may know which style of management suits this tech best. It can be tricky to work with an employee/colleague with this problem,...

  13. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    dishes replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Is it possible that the tech has a problem with persecution

  14. fetching the doctor's tea

    dishes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    It must have been a slow news day for the

  15. Discovery of Falsified Documentation

    dishes replied to travelingrn2001's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    @shermrn Did you ask your provider to remove the statement that you were strongly encouraged to quit smoking? Having a false statement on your medical record can have repercussions on life

  16. Opinions please!

    dishes replied to mmw11's topic in General Nursing

    I can see why you are venting, when the management lied, they violated the ethical principle of veracity, two wrongs do not make a

  17. Opinions please!

    dishes replied to mmw11's topic in General Nursing

    The resident gave a statement that she received the medication and there was objective evidence to support her statement, yet the management chose to deceive the physician and the POA by telling them...

  18. RPN- BScN

    dishes replied to 2bNicunurse16's topic in Canada

    I noticed that you used the term nurse in your user name, just to let you know the title nurse is protected under the Nursing Act and only those who are licensed can use the title

  19. Core Measures, who is responsible?

    dishes replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

  20. Documenting elimination route

    dishes replied to RagingRaptor's topic in General Students

    Consider why the patient is wearing depends, are they incontinent? If so, what is the reason, do they have a urological or neurologicial condition that interferes with the storage of urine and/or...

  21. US- RN planning to transfer to Canada

    dishes replied to aubreytherese's topic in International Nursing

    @jay_jay, Agree with Silverdragon, it is not just a matter of having done the NCLEX, your education must be deemed comparable to a Canadian BScN and you must show proof of recent (within the past...

  22. Nurses expecting to do too much!

    dishes replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Medication reconcilliation takes teamwork, it's not not just the physician's and nurse's responsibility but is the pharmacist's responsibility as well, I have frquently seen pharmacists alert...

  23. RN-BSN student first PICOT question help!

    dishes replied to nursingstudentjess's topic in General Nursing

    Since you are just doing this as a school paper and not actually conducting research, you can still go with your original idea. Just include a paragraph of what some of the requirements and potential...

  24. Nurses expecting to do too much!

    dishes replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    @cosmo, the environment you work in seems like a recipe for burnout, have you considered finding another

  25. U.S. educated RN coming to Ontario, Canada

    dishes replied to ZB-RN's topic in Canada

    Seems like you would answer that it is a lifetime registration, as (I am assuming) you have not had any action taken against you and have not had your licence suspended. Here in Ontario, we keep the...