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    Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    metal_m0nk replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    I actually get paid more in the ICU than I did on Med/Surg in the form of a "specialty
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    Racism in the workplace

    metal_m0nk replied to einnil's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I tell them that holding on to all of that hate is terrible for their health. What's worse is when you have co-workers who actually defend their behavior..."Oh, they come from a different time. It...
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    Colleagues who always need help, but never reciprocate...

    metal_m0nk replied to metal_m0nk's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have often wondered if that was the
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    Colleagues who always need help, but never reciprocate...

    metal_m0nk posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know the one. They have fewer patients, fewer tasks, lower acuity patients, and still every small hiccup is a disaster. They routinely stay hours after their shift to wrap things up even though...
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    Colleagues who always need help, but never reciprocate...

    metal_m0nk replied to metal_m0nk's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What gets me is that she IS the experienced nurse in our small ICU. I am relatively new to critical care and to nursing in general by comparison. She's got 15 years on me at least. I am usually more...
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    Able to finish all tasks in ICU?

    metal_m0nk replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in MICU, SICU

    Another voice here recommending staying on top of your tasks and charting throughout your shift. I am relatively new to critical care and I notice that many of my seasoned colleagues are the types who...
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    PICC line blood draw

    metal_m0nk replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    You use 3 mL syringes to draw on PICC lines? How many PICC lines have had to be replaced after you've had your hands on 'em? OP - Did the patient have saline running when you drew your labs and did...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    metal_m0nk replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you'd stop making excuses for why you can't do your job and just do your effing job, it'd be done by now, you'd have developed a sense of organic confidence because you surpassed your own grossly...
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    Note from a new nurse to all the preceptors out there

    metal_m0nk replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not certain where you work or why the situation is so dire there. But where I work, preceptors are paid a $2.00/hr differential for precepting and are not responsible for any more patients than...
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    Why are some nurses so miserable?

    metal_m0nk replied to tangel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I believe that happiness is not in what someone else can give a person. If I waited around for someone else to MAKE me happy, I'd probably be miserable
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    Why are some nurses so miserable?

    metal_m0nk replied to tangel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it was pretty clear that the OP didn't mean that ONLY nurses are miserable....She was just identifying the context of this forum....This NURSING forum. Miserable nurses are easy to...
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    Awful Doctors

    metal_m0nk replied to JKimRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think at least part of the reason why what is widely considered as abuse is changing is because with the passage of time we are beginning to more fully understand the real physiological and...
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    Awful Doctors

    metal_m0nk replied to JKimRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nursing is not an easy job. There are a lot of knocks to take when you're first starting out. The trick is to learn to take your knocks, reflect, and move on. This too shall
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    You are not my only patient

    metal_m0nk replied to anotherone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's as simple as the laws of physics which dictate that a person cannot be in two places at once. Unless each nurse cares for one patient and one patient only, SOMEONE is going to have to wait and...
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    April 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    metal_m0nk replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "I'm going to need a bigger tongue
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    Clinical Nursing Student Needs Advice 5 patients

    metal_m0nk replied to Lynn52's topic in General Students

    It seems that some of the folks who are talking down nursing programs that don't give their students opportunities to take on more realistic patient loads are lacking in scope a bit. When I was a...
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    NCLEX Question Rationale

    metal_m0nk posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm getting a jump on NCLEX questions using the NCLEX-RN 3500 - Institutional Version software and there is a question that seems odd to me: A female client who recently had a colostomy expresses...
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    Why Do People Bully Me?

    metal_m0nk replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've got a better question... Why do organizations, co-workers, managers, and other spectators and members of a team working toward a common goal continue to let bullying go unchallenged and...
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    New nurses wanted.

    metal_m0nk replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there was a pervasive "everybody wins" indoctrination of children at one time. Some of this still exists in varying degrees. However, so seldom do the people who rally cry against the "Everbody...
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    New nurses wanted.

    metal_m0nk replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm.... Perhaps it truly is a very rare nurse indeed (or person in general) who is skilled at not only prioritizing their patient's needs, but also managing the rigors of mentorship with grace and...
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    New nurses wanted.

    metal_m0nk replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember ever saying that anyone had to be overly friendly or hand-holding. I do remember saying that I can see how having to contend with that expectation could be frustrating. When more than...
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    New nurses wanted.

    metal_m0nk replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not try to cast too many generational stones... I'm old enough and learned enough to know that the Boomers were termed the "Me Generation," characterized by self-involvement and a "me first"...
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    New nurses wanted.

    metal_m0nk replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    That can't possibly be true. I'm fairly certain that what each is describing is the exact same behavior. The difference is not the behavior, or the definition of it, but the perspective. When hearing...
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    New nurses wanted.

    metal_m0nk replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't agree
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    New nurses wanted.

    metal_m0nk replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's all a matter of perspective. There are plenty who would say that this line of thinking is just a cop out that experienced nurses fall back on to excuse their bad behavior. Which, logically...