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  1. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Guest343211 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not quite the same with nursing, and indeed it really shouldn't be. Again, likeability OK within reason, but it shouldn't get top billing. For nursing, especially in critical or acute care, that's...

  2. Have you ever lost it with a patient?

    Guest343211 replied to notjustanurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Guess I'm either a liar, or it depends on what you mean (extent) of "lost it." I have been firm with some patients or families, but I don't think I have ever "lost it." Now with some abusive...

  3. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Guest343211 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It does seem bizarre. When all you want to do is your best job and have some reasonable level of peace at work, well of course all of this is totally bizzare. What the heck are we thinking. ....

  4. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Guest343211 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Of course not. But there is an ethos in striving for balance and objectivity that has been usurped by the capricious state called "likeability." Likeability is a factor. The point is, it should NOT...

  5. Is it RN,BSN or BSN,RN

    Guest343211 replied to ava'smomRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Please try not to get upset by this. I don't think many nurses realize that physicians and student physicians think that this writing BSN after RN on their signatures is ridiculous. Their position...

  6. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Guest343211 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just a thought. . . What in the world would possess someone to attend an interview in pajamas? I find this hard to believe. . .on the other hand. .

  7. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Guest343211 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    No, especially in the areas of nursing I have worked, you are always being "interviewed," even after you get the position. Never get comfortable in your position. :) What I mean by this is continue...

  8. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Guest343211 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    With respect, honestly, how in the world does that come close to anything objective? What I mean is that as striving for objectivity should be there--while looking for or against a particular...

  9. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Guest343211 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This original post gave me a smile. Thanks for making my day. Now consider hiring strongly experienced RNs, at least who are matriculated into a BSN program, over unexperienced GN/BSNs. I am all...

  10. Central line protocols

    Guest343211 replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    I never have worked in any ICU or CCU or SICU, whatever, where anyone refused to take an admission for not having a central line--especially post-code. They would have had to get someone to put the...

  11. Central line protocols

    Guest343211 replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    Not always, I saw a kid's leg go to crap in a matter of seconds--stopped infusion right away! That kid still had a nasty tissue injury--and that was with acceptable amount of K+ in the IV infusion....

  12. Central line protocols

    Guest343211 replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    No policy after all that? Wow, typical BS. Document and send to risk mgt, and other appropriates. Seems like they need a policy one way or the

  13. 2 glove technique? HUHH?

    Guest343211 replied to RN1822's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is exactly correct. And if one wants to done gloves that are sterile, one needs to be careful when putting the sterile ones on, or they are blown. This seems to only make sense for the upon...

  14. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

    Guest343211 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I REALLY HATE to say this, but so much of what you are saying is definitely true in my experience. Psychometric tests are a joke in many cases. Bottom line. You will not know what an applicant is...

  15. Central line protocols

    Guest343211 replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    This is true. Dopamine can do some very nasty things to tissues. People have to do what is priority, but I say, get the central line ASAP to prevent other problems--b/c they definitely DO happen....

  16. Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

    Guest343211 replied to GypseyGirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OP, I am sorry if this is a repeat, but I skimmed through the thread and didn't see this bit mentioned--that is, repayment. Most internship programs make you pay back a dollar amount if you don't stay...

  17. Soooo, I quit

    Guest343211 replied to TX911's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above. I can remember when it was mandatory in many states that fresh Open Heart Patients must be 1:1 for 12-24 hours-depending where--post-op. This is the wave of crap I am talking...

  18. I feel so stupid. Mistake in the PICU

    Guest343211 replied to ERNurseRN5316's topic in Emergency

    OK, in general there can be a huge difference even between personality types in ED vs. ICU, especially PICU. Yes, there is a lot of maintanence care, as you state, but there is a lot of potential for...

  19. I think I committed career suicide

    Guest343211 replied to Ernurse2012's topic in Emergency

    Also, Plenty of people tire of ED, even if they are good at it. They can sick of running around, abusive drunks, the whole nine

  20. I think I committed career suicide

    Guest343211 replied to Ernurse2012's topic in Emergency

    How is this career suicide? It takes closer to 2 years full-time to even feel close to moving past novice in a particular role. Everyone thinks they are the outlier exception rather than rule. In my...

  21. Central line protocols

    Guest343211 replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    I agree. This is generally how it works, whether in peds CICU or adult Cards ICU or ICU. You just got to love all the passing of the buck. Dopamine, particularly if higher than renal is typically...

  22. Dealing with nosey nurses

    Guest343211 replied to Aviationurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Be careful. It's a balance between being cordial and positive versus giving too much information. By that I mean, sadly, some people want to get information to use against you in some way. NOT all...

  23. Outraged by no more privacy

    Guest343211 replied to inquiringaide's topic in General Nursing

    Those quotes are extreme and unfair IMHO. So if you want to fly, one day they can say, strip you down and bend you over and probe away--randomly or systematically, and that's just OK. . .b/c, after...

  24. "Untraining" someone from adults to NICU

    Guest343211 replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :) I wasn't referring to you at all prmenrs. It's more of a generalized thing I have seen in these areas with SOME nicu people. Thank God in heaven most I've worked with aren't like what I

  25. "Untraining" someone from adults to NICU

    Guest343211 replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    To me the whole "untrain" attitude smacks of a false sense of superiority among other things. You don't h ave to re-train as much as guide them in helping them to adjust their thinking. Um many human...