NurseDiane

NurseDiane

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  1. ER nurse dealing with bullying...

    NurseDiane replied to guest1156666's topic in General Nursing

    If this "manager" was so concerned about you going into the separate break room, why didn't she go in the room when you were there to see what you were doing? "Managers" love to exert their...

  2. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is not the end of the world, but I would strongly advise that you retain an attorney for any board hearing, any board questioning and any document signing. The BON's goal is to scare you into...

  3. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It depends on where you live & what you need an attorney

  4. 2 full-time jobs?

    NurseDiane replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    Get a job while you're in nursing school to help pay expenses & stop relying on the school loans to fund your lifestyle. Bad decisions put you in the financial mess you're in now. Loans have to...

  5. Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

    NurseDiane replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    While doing a GYN case in the OR while I was a student nurse anesthetist, I was trying to give the patient a bolus of propofol in the IV, but I didn't realize the stopcock was turned the wrong way....

  6. The Worst Interview of My Life! Ever!

    NurseDiane replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a nightmare interview to report, but I wanted to comment on interviews for clinical nursing positions. Places treat interviews for staff nurses like they are interviewing for C-level...

  7. Using medical terminology as a nurse

    NurseDiane replied to RCHCLVN's topic in General Nursing

    "Hematuria" is not a diagnosis. It is a symptom. Blood in urine is a symptom of whatever condition is causing blood in the urine. Your DON needs to go back to clinical practice for a couple of...

  8. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You're right---the BON is not your friend & they attempt to get nurses to implicate ate themselves instead of having adequate evidence to prove their case. I believe it is a violation of an...

  9. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Whether they still worked at the facility at the time the complaint was filed makes a difference. If they did not work at the facility at the time they submitted the complaint to the BON, the...

  10. I survived the Board of Nursing

    NurseDiane replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If what was stated in the complaint is absolutely, 100% untrue, you can sue the hospital/facility and name the manager individually in the lawsuit for defamation, slander & libel---what she wrote...

  11. 2 full-time jobs?

    NurseDiane replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    How would it be more expensive to transfer to a community college at home for two more years? If you live at home, that saves you a crap ton of money. "Time consuming"? Do you know what time...

  12. 2 full-time jobs?

    NurseDiane replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't you get a job now? You can certainly work at least a part time job while going to school. $200K for a nursing degree is ridiculous. Get a job, and transfer to a school that is cheaper....

  13. Hot Cheetos are a public health menace

    NurseDiane replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And here is a perfect example of absolute & total waste of health care dollars. If you're laying there eating a bag of Cheetos, your belly pain can't be too bad. No million dollar workup--in...

  14. RNs Told They are Equal to MAs

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Good luck with the "face time" part, and I am not saying that to be snarky or sarcastic. Insurance companies & medical practices have created a "system" where it is difficult to provide the type...

  15. RNs Told They are Equal to MAs

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I'm curious about a scrub tech being permitted to be a "laser operator". You don't mean that a scrub tech can actually "use" the laser, do you? I am curious because I know in some states, only MD's...

  16. Wasted Meds Without a Witness

    NurseDiane replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    In this day and age of extreme short staffing, I find it hard to believe that there is no other way to witness waste than to take another nurse away from their own job tasks to watch a nurse waste...

  17. It's Complicated- Help!

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    You do? Really? I feel that a cover letter is a waste of time, paper & ink because no matter what is in the letter, it is the application & resume that really makes the decision. Plus, HR...

  18. RNs Told They are Equal to MAs

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Working as a team is much different than comparing the practices of various healthcare workers. Just like a nurse can't perform surgery, an MA can't manage a patient on a ventilator or flush a PICC...

  19. Have a Bachelors, Do I Really Need a BSN?

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    What I find ridiculous is that a BSN, even though they try to say that it is "focused" on nursing, is no different than other majors that have to take all the basic stuff any BS major has to take....

  20. RNs Told They are Equal to MAs

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    If an RN is equal to an aide, I'd ask the MA's to do nursing tasks & when they go to the manager to report that they're being told to perform nursing tasks & the manager comes stomping over to...

  21. House Supervisor Mixing Drips

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Well, it is true! It's NMFB (not my f****** problem) that the hospital doesn't have a 24 hour pharmacist. I am not going to practice beyond my scope of nursing because the hospital is too cheap to...

  22. It's Complicated- Help!

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Ugh---I feel for you, I really do. I have a friend that left nursing when she gave to birth to her 2nd child (she has 4 children total) and now that they are in college, she wants to get back into...

  23. Should I Go From RN to Scrub Tech?

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    NO, NO and NO!! That is too much debt to take on at this stage of the game. If you are bored as a CM, remember that when you work in the OR you have NO interaction with patients at all. It is very...

  24. House Supervisor Mixing Drips

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    No, No, No. Mixing meds so that the ER nurses can administer them is practicing beyond the realm of your license since mixing meds is the job of a pharmacist. I know all about this because once,...

  25. Trying to Cool My Jets

    NurseDiane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Well then, what is the "policy" as far as insulin titration? Unless the practice can produce proof of a policy that you were not following, I can't see how they can throw you under the bus. Plus,...